Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:1137 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:1134
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!sdcc6!dino!dlou
From: dlou@dino.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: HP Laserjet query
Message-ID: <12416@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Date: 25 Aug 90 23:04:09 GMT
Sender: news@sdcc6.ucsd.edu
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Organization: CSE Dept., U. C. San Diego
Lines: 26
Nntp-Posting-Host: dino.ucsd.edu


I am looking at 3 different ads for a used HP Laserjet for between
$475 and $600 in my local classifieds.  I took one look at these ads
and decided "I need a laser!".  Has laser printer prices drastically
dropped recently or is it just me?  I guess the Cannon LBP4 and HP IIP
really made an impact...

My question is this:  Are these prices reasonable or should I go for a
HP IIP instead (they go for $800, right?)?  What the current crop of 
laser printers do that a Laserjet can't?  Are the Laserjets upgradable 
to Postscript via cartridge?

(When the ads say Laserjet, I'm assuming the series I)

My thought is that I'd get a LJ really cheap and get GoScript until I
can afford something better.  (remember, I'm a poor hungry college
student; I want a laser printer so I can get word processing and
consulting jobs to pay for school)

Thanks for the help.  E-mail, post, throw a rock through my window, I
don't care how you respond.

--
Dennis Lou                Disclaimer: I don't use lame disks.
dlou@dino.ucsd.edu         "But Yossarian, what if everyone thought that way?"
[backbone]!ucsd!dino!dlou  "Then I'd be crazy to think any other way!"