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From: ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu
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Subject: Re: How did they make the printer so cheap?
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Date: 18 Oct 88 04:00:27 GMT
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In article <5807@zodiac.UUCP> jshelton@ads.com (John L. Shelton) writes:
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>How can NeXT possibly make a postscript printer to sell for $2000?
>I'm afraid to find out, but I suspect that the printer has no CPU and
>memory.  More likely, the printer uses the NeXT CPU and memory.  I got
>suspicious when I heard that there was a specific PRINTER port for the
>machine.  Anyone got the real scoop?
>
>=John=
It is not a postscript printer. Is this a change in Adobe's licensing
policy? I thought you had to have postscrip in the printer.