clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye) (04/14/89)
Has anyone seen or played with the new Jasmine postscript printer?
It looks soooooo sweet and I am interested in getting a printer
for next year.
What I'm really interested in is the print quality and how it handles
complex postscript effects with text and graphics. But basically,
anything that might help a prospective buyer. Also while the $3500
is attractive, its the one that is quoted in all the ads from
Jasmine itslef.
Does anyone know of any retailers that are selling it for considerably
less? I expect there to be at least a couple.
Muchas Gracias,
Chriskucharsk@uts.amdahl.com (William Kucharski) (04/14/89)
In article <7728@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye) writes: >Has anyone seen or played with the new Jasmine postscript printer? ^^^^^^^^^^ It's NOT PostScript, but rather it's PostScript-Compatable. What that means to you is most likely dependent upon how much of the Red Book you or any application are likely to throw at it... Just another consideration to keep in mind. (No, I don't work for Adobe... :-) ) -- William Kucharski ARPA: kucharsk@uts.amdahl.com UUCP: ...!{ames,decwrl,sun,uunet}!amdahl!kucharsk Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are my own, and may not agree with those of any other sentient being, not to mention those of my employer. So there.
lauac@mead.qal.berkeley.edu (Alexander Lau) (04/14/89)
In article <7728@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye) writes: >Has anyone seen or played with the new Jasmine postscript printer? >It looks soooooo sweet and I am interested in getting a printer >for next year. > >What I'm really interested in is the print quality and how it handles >complex postscript effects with text and graphics. But basically, >anything that might help a prospective buyer. Also while the $3500 >is attractive, its the one that is quoted in all the ads from >Jasmine itslef. > >Does anyone know of any retailers that are selling it for considerably >less? I expect there to be at least a couple. > >Muchas Gracias, > > Chris For now, I recommend you stay away from it as long as they still have the SERIOUS bug (reported in MacWeek a couple of months ago) that won't allow it to print ANY downloaded fonts. Never mind that it won't print Adobe fonts; it won't print ANY of them, apparently. I suggest you arrange for a test drive with YOUR hard drive running YOUR software and downloading YOUR fonts. That's the only way I can see you making sure it works. Jasmine's in a lot of trouble; their hotline is just about ringing off the hook every day (still). I wouldn't expect great service from them until this Rodime thing cools off. --- Alex UUCP: {att,backbones}!ucbvax!qal.berkeley.edu!lauac INTERNET: lauac%qal.berkeley.edu@ucbvax.berkeley.edu FIDONET: Alex.Lau@bmug.fidonet.org (1:161/444)
ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (04/15/89)
In article <23085@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, lauac@mead.qal.berkeley.edu (Alexander Lau) writes... >Jasmine's in a lot of trouble; their hotline is just about >ringing off the hook every day (still). I wouldn't expect >great service from them until this Rodime thing cools off. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What is this "rodime thing"? I read something about it, one of them's suing the other, tales of corporate trickery, etc. What I want to know is: I bought a Jasmine DD 100 about two months ago, and I believe it has a Rodime in it. No problems at all...so far. Should I be concerned in any way? Robert ------ ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu ------ generic disclaimer: all my opinions are mine
ech@pegasus.ATT.COM (Edward C Horvath) (04/15/89)
From article <7728@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, by clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye): > ...Also while the $3500 > is attractive, its the one that is quoted in all the ads from > Jasmine itslef. > Does anyone know of any retailers that are selling it for considerably > less? I expect there to be at least a couple. Not likely: much of Jasmine's competitive pricing comes from the fact that they only sell direct (the local dealer agreed to get one for me only because AT&T does a lot of business through him). Originally J didn't even accept credit cards... =Ned Horvath=
hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) (04/15/89)
In article <2792@pegasus.ATT.COM> ech@pegasus.ATT.COM (Edward C Horvath) writes: >From article <7728@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, by clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye): >> ...Also while the $3500 >> is attractive, its the one that is quoted in all the ads from >> Jasmine itslef. > >> Does anyone know of any retailers that are selling it for considerably >> less? I expect there to be at least a couple. > >Not likely: much of Jasmine's competitive pricing comes from the fact that >they only sell direct (the local dealer agreed to get one for me only >because AT&T does a lot of business through him). Originally J didn't even >accept credit cards... > >=Ned Horvath= While this used to be true, at about the time the BackPack came out Jasmine started setting up dealer policies (I know because I enquired about them). The margins were a bit slim, but not abismal. This is why, as you'll notice, many of their current prices are not nearly as competitive as they used to be. This has happened to many similar outfits that discovered the benefit of a dealer network. Recently Hardware House went all the way and totally removed itself from the mail order business. Their products are now available through dealers under the label Maxess (sp?). Josh ------------------------- Josh Hodas (hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) 4223 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 222-7112 (home) (215) 898-5423 (school office)