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From: truesdel@ICS.UCI.EDU (Scott Truesdell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Cheap Networkable Printer?
Message-ID: <25A2CF96.22764@paris.ics.uci.edu>
Date: 4 Jan 90 04:22:46 GMT
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To: comp.sys.mac.hardware@ICS.UCI.EDU


I am looking for the cheapest way to get a 300 dots per inch printer
on a LocalTalk network. Here's where I'm at:

  current printer:	GCC's PLP  (Personal Laser Printer, SCSI)
			I will sell this if I come up with a better
			solution.

  gripe:		After spending approx. $1700 on a non-networkable
			printer, the only clear alternatives are: 
			(a) spend $1700 more for the BLP upgrade, or
			(b) sell the PLP and spend $3400 anyway for 
			    a printer that will network from the start.

  question:		Is there any way to get a NETWORKED laser printer
			or even a DeskWriter networked for less than
			$2000?  ANY 300 dpi printer will do.

Am I really blind or is there a HUGE gap in the printer market?

Thanks for any help or ideas.

  --scott