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From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
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Subject: Re: HP IIP & Postscript
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Date: 4 Oct 89 17:18:41 GMT
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In-reply-to: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com's message of 4 Oct 89 07:35:18 GMT

In article <143@limbo.Intuitive.Com> taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes:

   Jeff Sullivan of USC's Information Sciences Institute writes:

   > I've heard that [the PostScript cartridge for the HP LaserJet IIP] is 
   > only ANNOUNCED, not slated for a release any time soon, and may never 
   > see the light of day.

   Well, I don't know where you get your information from, Jeff, but I
   talked to the marketing manager of HP's San Diego Division, who
   released the IIP, and he assured me that HP was currently working 
   on the PS cartridge for the new IIP as one of the logical followups
   to their new PostScript cartridge for the Series IID printer.  Knowing 
   the people involved and their committment to the Macintosh marketplace, 
   it'll most certainly happen.  Expect it first quarter of 1990.

					   -- Dave Taylor

Boy are YOU naive!  ;-)  HP has a standing policy that any product not
shipped may never see the light of day.  When I was waiting for my
review copy of a DeskWriter, days before it was to be released, they
were still saying "it may never actually be released."  When a product
is PROPOSED to ship in the first half of 90 (a 6MO period up to almost
a year from now), I begin to question the "most certainly"ness of the
result.  I velieve that HP has had some examples of products developed
to some level and never shipped.  Can anyone back me up on this?

Another point of curiousity is HP's traditional policy of not
commenting on unshipped products.  A week or so before the DW was to
ship, they still wouldn't admit to me on the phone that they were
actually working on one, for instance.  Why the sudden change?  It's a
little suspicious.

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