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From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: DeskJet or Laser Printer
Message-ID: <1991May29.193122.22293@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 29 May 91 19:31:22 GMT
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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.
Huh?
Deskjet $450
Laser   $800

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