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From: wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: NeXT secrets
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Date: 14 Oct 88 22:49:58 GMT
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>"consortium" price.  Even so...)  And how can he possibly sell a 400 DPI
>laser printer for $2000?  I hope there's no law against dumping laser printers
>below cost...
>
   Simple. Part of the Cost for the Apple LaserWriter is the 68000 controller
they've got inside. Since the Next Box uses Display Postscript anyway, it
probably just uses the Box to drive the printer directly.

  If you compare this to Apple's similar printer, the IISC the consortium
price (before the price hike) is about $1700.
Pierce


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