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From: peter@aucs.uucp (Peter Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Does HP have a postscript printer in the works?
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Date: 4 Aug 89 11:06:31 GMT
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Organization: Acadia University - School of Computer Science
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> Does anyone know if HP has or plans to have a laserprinter that supports
> both the Laserjet language as well as postscript. Or alternatively, does
> HP plan to have a postscript upgrade for the Laserjet that would allow
> the printer to be shared by other PCs (and possibly Macs)?

I may have an answer to my own question. I just saw a note in InfoWorld
about a font cartridge for the HP Laserjet that will give it postscript
support. The product is by Pacific Data Products, not HP (you'd think
HP would think of something like this). Although not yet available, it
certainly is a lot cheaper than the $2500 QMS upgrade we were looking
at. The price is $695, although the HP has to be upgraded to 2.5 megs.
Still cheaper though. Does anyone have some pre-release info on this
product? Is it as good a deal as it appears? Is it true postscript
or one of those clones?

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Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada B0P1X0 (902)542-2201x121
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