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From: tswift@well.UUCP (Theodore John Swift)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: How did they make the printer so cheap?
Message-ID: <7420@well.UUCP>
Date: 19 Oct 88 18:29:28 GMT
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Reply-To: tswift@well.UUCP (Theodore John Swift)
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>>How can NeXT possibly make a postscript (PS) printer to sell for $2000?
>>I'm afraid to find out, but I suspect that the printer has no CPU and
>>memory.

>It is not a postscript printer. Is this a change in Adobe's licensing
>policy? I thought you had to have postscript in the printer.

I dunno about whether the printer is PS or not (why have DPS and *not* have
a PS printer? -other than parts, assembly, and licensing costs?).

However, on p.8 of the 18 Oct issue of MacWeek, they mention "A 400 dot per
inch laser printer, controlled by the 68030 processor inside the NeXT box,
will sell for $2000."
  This probably means that all your fonts and other printing resources are in
the CPU box, also.  Sigh.  I was hoping that Apple would come out with a new
LaserWriter at half price :-).
-- 
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