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From: cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: QMS HP upgrades - has anyone done it?
Summary: non-cost effective solutions
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Date: 30 Jun 88 22:41:20 GMT
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In article <8806281403.AA12407@brillig.umd.edu>, hurf@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Hurf Sheldon) writes:
> 
> 	
> 	We are contemplating a QMS/Laser Connection 'HP Jet+'
> 	upgrade to an HP LaserJet. Does anyone have any experience
> 	with this? The possibility of getting Appletalk, postscript
> 	hpib and still be able to use HP modes make this look attractive to
> 	us.

I've never understood why so many people want to upgrade a LaserJet to
support PostScript.  The last time I looked at the price of the PostScript
upgrade board, it wasn't radically more expensive to buy a PostScript
laser printer -- and have twice the throughput, and probably less
headaches.

Clayton E. Cramer