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From: edmoore@vcd.hp.com (Ed Moore)
Subject: Re: Canon BJ200 (BubbleJet) and HP DeskJet 500...
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 22:31:30 GMT
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thomas.d.fellrath.1@nd.edu@nd.edu wrote:

: The key issue that I bought my BJ-200 on was ink drying speed.  You really 
: have to try awful hard to get the BJ-200 ink to smear.  The HP DeskJets need 
: 10-15 seconds to completely dry.  In both cases, however, do not get your 
: pages wet.  Unlike laser printers, the material on your pages is INK, not 
: toner.  But that should go without saying.

I think the ink now used in the DeskJet family is water-fast. 
