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From: evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch)
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Subject: Any news on the Laserjet III?
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Date: 4 Feb 90 20:41:56 GMT
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PC Week magazine had a brief, but front-page article on the planned
announcement of the Laserjet III. This printer, supposedly to be pegged
at a lower price than the LJII units it's replacing (US list - $2400),
is due for release in March.

The article didn't say much, except that:

- It takes the same toner carts as the II/IID;
- It will contain a noticably-expanded graphics language;
- There will be 30 built-in fonts, some of them scalable;
- engine speed is claimed at 8 pages per minute;
- res is still 300dpi, but said to be sharper than the present LJ;

With new graphics features and scaled fonts, I wonld think twice before
  running to put in a Postscript cartridge. This may be enough for most
  desktop publishing needs all by itself...

Does anyone have any more information than PC Week had?
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