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From: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Adobe Systems PostScript Cartridge
Keywords: Postscript, cartridge, HP Laser Jet, Laser
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Date: 8 Oct 90 16:27:34 GMT
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In article <5612@kd4nc.UUCP> cld@kd4nc.UUCP (Charles D'Englere) writes:
>Has anybody out there in netland tried the Adobe Postscript
>cartridge on a HP LaserJet III. The Adobe cartridge is the
>cheapest of all the PostScript cartridges sold ( I can not
>image why :-) ). All the ads only talk about the HP LJ II
>and not the III. Adobe also offers and additional font
>cartridge to use with the PostScript cartridge.

According to HP costomer service (of course they are the _last_ word :-)
the _Adobe_ cartridge is only for the (discontinued) II series printers.
For the IId/III printers you need the _HP_ cartridge, which is
an implementation of true adobe postscript.  It seems that 
HP and Adobe are working closely together in this arrangement, so
that we will not be seeing an Adobe produced  cartridge to
compete with the HP cartridge.

_begin opinion_
The two cartidges are essentially the same right? So why is adobe's
<$300 while HP's is like $700?

Marketing.
HP's price is clearly set to make the HP/Poscript/Appletalk package
just a little cheaper than the Apple offering.  They are not going
to sell many more packages if they cut the price another $300-400.
_end opinion_

by the way, I too am eagerly awaiting a good review of either 
product.

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-george   @sol1.lrsm.upenn.edu