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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
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Subject: Low cost printing?
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Date: 2 Jul 90 16:53:23 GMT
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I'm interested in the relative costs of various printer technologies
if I need to print around 50,000 pages a year. Imagewriter is out
(would be good enough for draft, but too slow). PostScript would be
nice, but with ATM (and System 7...) not vital. How do per page
costs for cheaper printers, like HP Deskwriter compare? What
differences are there between per-page costs of the common laser
engines? What is the breakeven for a more expensive laser printer?

Any hints, ideas, etc. will be useful.

Please e-mail; I'll summarize.

Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu