Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdahl!drivax!alexande
From: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: LaserJet or Postscript printer:  Help me choose
Summary: QMS PS-810 is nice
Keywords: LaserJet  Apple LWriter  QMS 810 PS Postscript Desktop Publishing PC
Message-ID: <3967@drivax.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 88 02:11:56 GMT
References: <501@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Reply-To: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander)
Organization: Bob-ist Temple of Monterey
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In article <501@mitisft.Convergent.COM> burton@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Philip Burton) writes:
>Help me select a laser printer for my wife's office-at-home.

We have a QMS-PS 810, and it's a very nice printer.  It's reasonably
fast (16 MHz CPU), has a parallel interface (fast downloading), and
the output looks good.  I have seen it advertised through mail-order
houses as low as $3200.

Our printer stopped working after a couple of months.  The dealer
(MicroAge) gave no help, so I called QMS directly.  Their service
was great -- they always returned calls, and the problem got fixed
pretty quickly.  (It was a bad PROM on the PostScript board.)

Another alternative for cheap PostScript is the NEC LC-890.  You can
get this for about $3200 now.  According to several magazine reviews,
it is a bit slower than than most PostScript printers, but is great
otherwise.  One nice feature is that you don't have to throw away the
toner cartridge -- you just refill it.
-- 
Mark Alexander	(UUCP: amdahl!drivax!alexande)
"Bob-ism: the Faith that changes to meet YOUR needs." --Bob (as heard on PHC)