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Subject: Re: About HP Laserjet IIP
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Date: 5 Mar 91 19:08:11 GMT
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In article <1991Mar5.075302.26116@agate.berkeley.edu>, bclee@.berkeley.edu (Bob C. Lee) writes:
|> 
|> 	Hi!  Lately I've been shopping for a printer.  Then I read
|> 	a spec sheet on the Laserject IIP.  It appeared to be the
|> 	one printer that whould fit my needs.
|> 
|> 	So, some questions for you:
|> 
|> 	1. I couldn't remember what I read, so, is a PostScript printer?
|> 
|> 	2. What is the best price for it, as you've seen?  Where?
|> 
|> 	3. Any happy owner out there want to share with me their joy
|> 		in laser printing with a IIP?
|> 
|> 	
|> 	Follow-up or reply, I don't mind.
|> 
|> 	Thanks in advance!
|> 
|> 
|> 	G'day,
|> 
|> 	...B.o.b...


1.  The HP IIP is NOT a PostScript printer.  It uses HP PCL as its page
    description language.  To make it a PostScript printer, you need to
    get 2 more MBs of memory and a PostScript cartridge and most likely
    an AppleTalk connector (unless you want to drive it from the serial
    port.)

2.  The price averages around $900 (?).  However, you can get the OKI laser
    printer (I forget which model, Oki-400?) for $684 at SoftWarehouse. 
    It emulates HP PCL and has a LED engine instead of a semiconductor laser
    engine.  I saw it at the SoftWarehouse in Torrance, CA.  To go to
    PostScript on the HP IIP will cost in the area of $1600-1800.  Not worth
    it since it's very slow.  If you want PostScript, check out the TI printers
    or the QMS PS-410 (my choice).

3.  Again, very slow.  If you already have a HP printer around then it would
    make sense to get the hardware/software to make it work for the Mac.
    Otherwise, for $999 you can get the GCC PLP II QuickDraw printer.  I've used
    a HP LaserJet III with all the PostScript stuff added on and boy was it
    slow (and for ~$2200)

Someone please verify all this?  I'm doing this from memory...

Tony Chi
tchi@usc.edu