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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: My kingdom for a laser printer!!!!
Message-ID: <687@newave.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 91 03:46:10 GMT
References: <62977@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
Reply-To: john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III)
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In article <62977@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v564huce@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
> Hewlett Packard stuff:  Don't, it's an IBM thing.  HPs are fine if you ave an
> IBM, but upgrading it to do Postscript costs too much and it's too slow. 
> Numbers I have seen put it about half as fast as other printers.  Put your
> money elsewhere.

This might be good advice for those with university discounts on postscript
machines, but for the rest of us, an HP is a very good alternative.  For
everything except programs that require postscript (like Illustrator), you
cannot tell the difference between HP-IIP output and postscript output.

Since HP's connect to the serial port, you will save the cost of LocalTalk
cables (about $100 or so), and HP clones can be had for as low as $699.
This is only slightly more than the retail price of an Imagewriter II.
The only extra that you will need is the MacPrint printer driver (there
are several other that will work, but I have not tried them).

The cost upgrade to postscript is not an issue becuase you do not need 
postscript for most Mac programs.  If you are running on the cheap, you
can use Freedom of the Press ($55 mail-order) to print occasional postscript.

-john-

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