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From: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Jasmine LaserPrinter
Keywords: Laser Printer Laserprinter Mac
Message-ID: <919@esquire.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 88 17:23:59 GMT
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In article <81627@sun.uucp> cramer@sun.com (Sam Cramer) writes:
>>Every major PostScript printer out there today uses Adobe.  I can't
>>imagine this one doesn't--they would be stupid not to.
>
>Unless, of course, they care about a silly little thing called "cost."
>Adobe postscript licenses are expensive - I've heard rumors that 
>they are at least $100/printer.

Off by an order of magnitude, I'm afraid.  That's one of the reasons
Jasmine can sell their printer for about $1000 less than companies
using Adobe PostScript.

$1000 is a lot, but since it gives you the ability to use all of
Adobe's wonderful fonts, most people seem to think it's worth it.
And of course you don't have to worry about compatibility issues.

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