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From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: HP Laserjet III vs. HP Laserjet IIIP
Message-ID: <1991May27.114921.3580@panix.uucp>
Date: 27 May 91 11:49:21 GMT
References: <1991May26.220855.7385@sactoh0.sac.ca.us>
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In article <1991May26.220855.7385@sactoh0.sac.ca.us> mholtz@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark A. Holtz) writes:
>I am contemplating the purchase of a HP Laserjet III. However, I
>noticed that HP has just released the HP Laserjet IIIP. Now, I am
>wondering, what are the differences between the two, besides the 4
>ppm (IIIP) and the 8 ppm (III). 
>
The IIIP has a faster CPU and parallel port. Throughput on graphics and
complicated pages can potentially be faster than the III, in spite of
a slower print engine. Also if you add the optional lower cassette, you
have a two-bin printer like the IIID.

>Most of my print jobs require only about 10 pages, so I can deal
>with a slower laser. But, can I still plug in one of those font
>cartriges, like PacificPage's font cartrige?
>
The IIIP has only one cartridge slot compared to the III's two.

PacificPage is =NOT= a "font cartridge". It is a Postscript Language
interpreter which happens to have 35 resident fonts.

Pacific Data's =font= cartridge for the III, the Complete Font Library
cartridge, works fine on the IIIP.

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It looks like the IIIP would be ideal for you.



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