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From: lauac@mead.qal.berkeley.edu (Alexander Lau)
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Subject: Re: Jasmine's New Printer
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Date: 14 Apr 89 07:58:20 GMT
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In article <7728@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye) writes:
>Has anyone seen or played with the new Jasmine postscript printer?
>It looks soooooo sweet and I am interested in getting a printer
>for next year.
>
>What I'm really interested in is the print quality and how it handles
>complex postscript effects with text and graphics. But basically, 
>anything that might help a prospective buyer. Also while the $3500
>is attractive, its the one that is quoted in all the ads from 
>Jasmine itslef. 
>
>Does anyone know of any retailers that are selling it for considerably
>less? I expect there to be at least a couple.
>
>Muchas Gracias,
>
>      Chris

For now, I recommend you stay away from it as long as they
still have the SERIOUS bug (reported in MacWeek a couple of
months ago) that won't allow it to print ANY downloaded 
fonts.  Never mind that it won't print Adobe fonts; it won't
print ANY of them, apparently. 

I suggest you arrange for a test drive with YOUR hard
drive running YOUR software and downloading YOUR fonts.
That's the only way I can see you making sure it works.

Jasmine's in a lot of trouble; their hotline is just about
ringing off the hook every day (still).  I wouldn't expect
great service from them until this Rodime thing cools off.

--- Alex
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