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From: byronl@techbook.com (Byron Lunz)
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Subject: Re: TI Microlaser PS, PS17
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Date: 26 Jul 90 03:17:11 GMT
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In article <9007200324.AA07429@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU> cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
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>I'm getting ready to buy a laser printer real soon, and while I want
>PostScript, I don't necessarily want to pay for a lot of speed.
>The TI Microlaser PS is available from Boffin Ltd. for around $2100;
>now there is a TI Microlaser PS17 which is even cheaper, and only
>has 17 font families, instead of the 35 in the Microlaser PS.
>
I just purchased the TI microLaser for a friend from Telemart in Phoenix
for $1845 plus shipping.  See their ad in PC Magazine.
It is the original PS35, not the PS17, and
comes with 1.5MB of memory.  Delivery was promised as 5 - 7 days and it
arrived via UPS yesterday, one week after I ordered it.  My friend
just picked it up today and is in the process of setting it up,
so I can't report on that.  The TI is obviously based on the Sharp JX-9500.
They look virtually identical, except the TI does PS of course.  I've
owned the JX-9500 for about 5 months and been quite pleased with the
print quality.  Also our church has a TI microLaser connected to a
Mac - it has been getting a LOT of use for over 6 months with not
a single problem.  So far, I'd give a hearty recommendation to 
either the TI or the Sharp.  These printers are not based on the Canon
engine, and do not use the single Canon-type replaceable unit.  Instead,
the toner and developer drum are replaced separately.  This arrangement
should prove slightly cheaper in the long run, I think.

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