Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!umn-d-ub!cs.umn.edu!nis!wd0gol!newave!john From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Too good to be true? Summary: Make sure that you really like the HP-IIP before buying Keywords: Packard Bell Laser Printer Message-ID: <35@newave.UUCP> Date: 6 Feb 90 06:13:16 GMT References: <11300@xanth.cs.odu.edu> <2741@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Reply-To: john@newave.MN.ORG (John A. Weeks III) Distribution: usa Organization: NeWave Communications Ltd, Eden Prairie, MN Lines: 33 In article <2741@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> kaleb@mars.UUCP (Kaleb Keithley) writes: > In article <11300@xanth.cs.odu.edu> jfm@cs.odu.edu (John F. Mclaurin) writes: > > I was recently at a local Price Club discount warehouse. They had a Packard > > Bell Laser printer for ~$1199. It had 1.5M, two HP compatible slots, and > > Laserjet emulation. Has anyone used this printer? Is it any good? The best price that I have seen advertised was $1229 in Computer Shopper. On that basis, it is a good price. I have never seen it, though. > Keep shopping. Two weeks ago, at a computer swap meet, several vendors had > HP LaserJetIIPs for under $1000.00. That's right, this is not a misprint. Very good advice. I bought an Epson EPL-6000. I have been very happy with it and I highly recomend it to anyone looking for a laserjet compatible. I paid $949, and it came with a special Epson version of UltraScript for only $39 (which I haven't tried yet). > Why would you want a Packard Bell when you can get an HP? Have you seen the LaserJetIIP? The paper handling is awful. It makes the paper do several sharp turns to get through the mechanism. Add $175 if you want a paper try. Add $425 for a HP memory expansion (you can get this much cheaper if you go third party--I quoted ComputerLand prices). Then wait 16 seconds for each page to print. -john- -- =============================================================================== John A. Weeks III (612) 942-6969 ...uunet!rosevax!bungia!wd0gol!newave!john =============================================================================== <*** *** Disclaimer: Its my machine, so I can say whatever I want. *** ***>