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From: forrest@blia.UUCP (Jon Forrest)
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Subject: Higher Resolution Laser Printers?
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Date: Tue, 21-Apr-87 11:54:29 EST
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Most of the recent discussion of future laser printers has been
about faster printers or new PDL's. I'm interested in higher
resolution laser printers. The fact that 300dpi printers have been
around so long seems contrary to the normal technological improvements
we have seen in memory capacity and microprocessor speed.
Perhaps the lack of higher resolution printers is due to the fact
that they will require lots of memory for holding bit maps but again,
memory prices and capacities are going down much faster than laser
printer resolution has gone up.

There are rumors that Apple is coming out with a 600dpi printer. Which
engine will they use?

Jon Forrest
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