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From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
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Subject: Re: Postscript Cartridge for HPLJII
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Date: 3 Jan 90 20:15:07 GMT
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In article <10576@etana.tut.fi>, jja@etana.tut.fi (Ahola Jari) writes:
> Jan 90 Byte has an article of Pacific Data Products Pacific Page cartridge
> which also turns your lj series II printer to a postscript compatible one.
> It's priced at $695 but retails for $500 and below (check for instance the ads
> in the same Byte).

Pacific Page's cartridge uses PheonixPage, which is fine unless you want
to use Adobe fonts.  HP has a cartridge with Adobe PostScript in it for about
$995 (I don't know what the street price is).  For churning out documents
and Illustrations that use the "basic four" typefaces (Times, Helevtica,
Courier, & Symbol) though, the Pacific Data Products cartridge should work
fine.

Disclaimer: not having a LaserJet, I haven't had much chance to play with
either of these.  Caveat Emptor.

Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation
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