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From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl)
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Subject: Re: Too good to be true?
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Date: 12 Feb 90 19:03:29 GMT
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ries@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Marc Ries) writes:

>In article <17100021@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> berger@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>->The HP IIP is NOT a laser printer.  Although it boasts comparable
>->resolution, I'm not convinced it competes for the same market.
>->A $ 1000 laser printer sounds cheap.
>->Mike Berger, Univ. of Illinois

>Say what?  I own a HP IIP (purchased for $950).  It looks like a laser
>printer, it smells like a laser printer, it sounds like a laser
>printer, and the black stuff it puts on paper looks like the output
>from a laser printer.  I'm gonna take a wild guess and say IT IS A
>LASER PRINTER!

I would guess that the original poster was thinking of the HP DeskJet
which does boast comparable resolution and costs $1000.  It is an ink
jet printer.
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