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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: My kingdom for a laser printer!!!!
Message-ID: <91069.163856JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 10 Mar 91 21:38:56 GMT
References: <62977@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <687@newave.UUCP>
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In article <687@newave.UUCP>, john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) says:
>
>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.

This is true.  Why everyone is so Postscript nuts I don't know, but
what I do know is that there ARE good alternatives.  The HP IIP is one
of them.  With my IIP and a printer driver from GDT (the product is
LaserJet Express), I get output that is sometimes even BETTER than our
LaserPrinter IINTX at work.  And for less than $1000 compared to
the $4000 and up for a IINTX, I'll wait an extra few seconds for each
page!!  :-)  Really, the extra printing time isn't that much at all;
Even with many fonts per page, I don't find myself waiting very long.

Few of us can afford Postscript.  HP's LaserJet IIP is a wonderful
alternative.  The printer can be found for about $900; then add in
only $85 for LaserJet Express (you can also use Freedom of Press 3.0,
or MacPrint, but I have no experience with either of these) and you've
got a less than $1000 Postscript alternative.  Get Adobe Type Manager
too, but I don't count that in the cost because you should have it
even with a Postscript printer.   :-)

                                                            Kurt
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