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From: scotte@applix.com (Scott Evernden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: DeskJet or Laser Printer
Message-ID: <1204@applix.com>
Date: 29 May 91 05:07:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: applix.1204
References: <1991May14.215216.18867@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <5870043@pollux.svale.hp.com> <1991May22.151523.20858@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <1991May28.201446.8595@unlv.edu>
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In article <1991May28.201446.8595@unlv.edu> whitney@jimi.cs.unlv.edu (Lee Whitney) writes:
>
>As far as the Deskjet, I consider a toy whose days are numbered.  How
>irritating to have to wait forever for printing and to walk on eggs
>just so you dont smudge important documents.  The Laser Printer is
>becoming a commodity item and when it does the Deskjet will obsolete
>along with a significant part of the dot-matrix market.  It's already
>tough to justify a Deskjet even for home use when a laser is only
>about 15-20% more.

This is baloney.  Why would H-P have just introduced a new model in the
DJ 500?  The ink doesn't smudge now.  The machine is utterly silent.
And with ATM, I can have all the fonts I want.  And, very importantly,
there is *no* warm up time to print.  With both ser. and par. connectors,
You can even drive one printer from 2 computers!

For low volume use, like a page or 3 each day or so, this is the most
sensible printer you can get for the money.  It absolutely takes care
of all of my home office requirements.

Now, please- can you let us all know where to pick up that laser printer
you mentioned for $570?  (1.2 times $475 for a DJ500)...

-scott