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ArticlesJune 1996 / BYTE Lab Product Report


June 1996 / BYTE Lab Product Report

article 12 Ink-Jet Printers for Quality Color
illustration Ink-Je t Printers
Choose from among the dozen ink-jets we tested for affordable, high-quality output.
- by By Jim Kane and Dorothy Hudson

article Best Overall: Ink-Jet Printers
screen See For Yourself
Picking the right color ink-jet printer depends on the person who's picking the printer.

article Lab Results: Ink-Jet Printer Ratings
table BEST OVERALL: Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 1600CM
table HIGH QUALITY: Epson Stylus Pro
table LOW COST: Lexmark Color JetPrinter 2070 and Canon BJC-4100
photo HP DeskJet 1600CM
photo Epson Stylus Pro
photo Lexmark Color JetPrinter 2070 and Canon BJC-4100
The following tables give the weightings and ratings for the ink-jet printers tested.

article Details
photo Talk to Me
photo A Whole Lotta Shakin'
screen On-Line Printer Status
If you can deal with your car telling you your "door is ajar," then you'll love C anon's talking BJC-610.

article HP's CopyJet Does It All
photo The Printer That Acts Like a Copier
Hewlett-Packard ((408) 246-4300; (800) 752-0900) had an idea: Why not combine its wealth of experience in color ink-jet printing and digital scanning into one product.

article Test Specs
photo Colorful Quality Tests
Our test suite lets us evaluate a printer's performance, quality of printed output, usability, and features.

article New Leaders of the Client/Server Migration
screen C/S DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
sidebar New Releases Move the Target
"Upstarts" Delphi 2.0 and Visual Basic 4.0 offer the fastest ways of building client/server applications for Windows users.
- by Mark Hettler

article Client/Server Development Tools Ratings
table Best Overall: Borland Delphi Client/Server Suite 2.0
illustration Overall Performance Rating
sidebar Performance
illustration Accessing Full Database
illustration Nondatabase Functionality
illustration Reporting
sidebar Features
table Features Comparison Table
sidebar Partitioning Adds a Middle Layer
illustration Adding a New Layer
Outstanding performance that's head and shoulders above the competition, plus features on par with the best of the rest.

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