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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: An interesting idea...
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Date: 2 May 91 02:41:54 GMT
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In article <gd9G9cr_1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>
>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.
>
	You KNOW my point, andd it is totally true. The point of
the discussion was (from David's question) why does the printer
cost so much, and you essentially said that its cost includes
PostScript, which it doesn't. Yes, that is an advantage of the
NeXT, and you do a good job of flaunting it, but it definitely
isn't a reason to get the printer itself.

>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 :-).
>
	The price is good. It isn't miraculous. You can get HP
compatible laser printers for about $800 these days, 300dpi ones
that is. I know that with DTP programs like PageStream I don't
NEED Postscript. It will take adobe fonts and convert them to
bitmaps itself at print time.

>-Mike


	-- Ethan

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