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From: jpp@slxsys.UUCP (John Pettitt)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: Need info about the AST TurboLaser/PS
Message-ID: <8711242119.AA23090@brillig.umd.edu>
Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 03:34:40 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 17 03:34:40 1987
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Summary: Good Value


In article <8711121759.AA08475@brillig.umd.edu> UKJWERK@VAX1.CC.LEHIGH.EDU ("Keith J. Werkman ", ATLSS Proj B1, X84605) writes:
>In a recent Byte suppliment, Jade computer in CA is selling the
>AST TurboLaser/PS for $3398.  This appears to be a good price for a Postscrtipt
>laser with 35 resident fonts, etc (8ppm).  Has anyone had any luck with
>this printer?  Does anyone have any info on it?
>

We just (4 days ago) got one of these printers.  So far we are
very impressed.  It's a real PostScript printer for about 30%
less than most (in the UK at least).  It seems to work with
all the software we have tried (Ventura, PageMaker etc) and
with several 'hand written' postscript programs.   

Overall: Good value for money,  documemtation is useless !

Disclaimer:  AST are one of our competitors in the I/O card
business !


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