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From: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: The NeXT laser
Message-ID: <1991Jun16.161125.4158@shaman.com>
Date: 16 Jun 91 16:11:25 GMT
References: <1991Jun15.191851.22533@acs.ucalgary.ca>
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In article <1991Jun15.191851.22533@acs.ucalgary.ca> kthompso@acs.ucalgary.ca  
(Kelly Thompson) writes:
> I only have access to one NeXT laser printer here on campus, and the output
> is streaky. Is this a common problem. It didn't really live up to my 
> expectations of what 400dpi output should look like.
> I think it was one of the first ones made, so maybe it's just its age
> showing.  Any comments?

   No, if your school is anything like Cornell, then what they did was use
recycled toner cartridges. This is a no-no. 
   The reasons why Cornell do it are:
       Official:  It's cheaper.
       Un-official but rumoured: It's so that people don't use the NeXTlasers
                                 as resume printers (or thesis printers, etc.)

   I think that both are true, but that's my own reasoning. 
   NeXTlasers using original toner almost never streak (in my humble 
experience).


   - Jiro Nakamura
     jiro@shaman.com

ps. I go to Cornell, if you're wondering.
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