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From: jsa00564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet IIP
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Date: 22 Sep 89 19:59:00 GMT
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I just saw an advertisement for a the new HP LaserJet IIP.  I've been
dying to buy a laserprinter for home/personal use but couldn't justify the
expense.  This printer lists for $1495, has 14 internal fonts, handles four
different paper sizes, runs portrait or landscape, 512K memory (upgradeable
to 4.5 Mbytes).  I doubt its in stores yet, but sounds VERY impressive.
I am interested in finding out whether it is HPGL compatible, and if it is a
300dpi printer.  Any questions or comments?  -Dwaine
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You might consider looking at the HP Deskjet Plus, which retails for $999 
and sells at a street price of around $700.  The DJ+ is not a laser 
printer, but rather an ink jet.  Now wait, hold on... I bought one because
the output is almost indentical to that of a LJII.  The printer prints
at a top resolution of 300dpi, just like the laserjet.
  Although the new LJIIP is only $1495, you still have to buy 2MB of
memory to get full-page 300dpi graphics.  With the deskjet, the computer
and software do all the imaging (of course, the deskjet prints slower than
a LJ, but full-page graphics seem don't seem to take too much longer than
the LJ).  Also, the DJ+ has two font cart. slots that can be used for 
either cart. fonts, soft font memory modules, or even an Epson FX emulation
cart.  The IIP on the other hand, has only one font slot.  (The IIP uses
the standard LJ carts, while the DJ+ has its own set).
  I'd assume that the IIP is HPGL compatible, and I know it is a 300dpi
printer.  But the DJ+ has these features as well, and by the time you 
buy the extra memory for the IIP, the DJ+ will be about $1000 cheaper....

Jeff Autor
jsa00564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
At the University of Illinois