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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: An interesting idea...
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In article <1991May1.212416.14238@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:

	   I thought Dave was way off here too, but I thought we
   laid this argument to rest! You don't get PostScript anything for
   that $1795/$1295 price. You get a 400dpi black laser printer with
   no display lights. I think it is a good deal, personally. At
   $1,295 you are getting a 400dpi printer, not 300dpi like the HP
   III.

Whether you get postscript or not depends on how you look at it.  You
can use Adobe Fonts and print PS code.  In other words, you can do
*everything* with a NeXT AND their laserprinter that you can do with
any postscript printer.  Performance is the only reason to put PS in
the printer too.  And I think a NeXT with its laser printer will
printer faster than a Mac with and a Laserprinter(they haven't put a
RISC in their printers yet, have they?).  Cost is the reason for not
putting PS and less hardware in the printer.  NeXT must make a profit
and this is a great way(IMHO) for them to do it.  They obviously
aren't making a fortune on the "cheap" NeXTstation.

How much do you think that it costs to actually build the NeXT
printer?  $1795($1295) is a great price for us, but it probably has a
bit of a markup.  We all win with NeXTs stratagy.  Oh I forgot, this
is an Amiga group :-).

-Mike