rick@pcrat.uucp (Rick Richardson) (10/07/89)
I just had a most enjoyable evening playing with the new
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet Series IIP printer. This is
a four page/minute *personal* laser printer. It lists
for $1495, but you should pay no more than about $995
from your reputable mail order dealer.
This printer is tiny, but don't let its size fool you.
Except for the imaging engine speed, the IIP printer is
more capable than its big brother, the industry standard
LaserJet Series II. The entire paper path is no more
than about 6" long, and arranged so that the paper
is curled first toward you, then past the imaging roller,
and then curled away from you. This means less curl to
the pages.
The Series IIP printer also takes two forms of *compressed*
raster graphics commands, RLE and TIFF. As software matures
for the printer, this will mean much shorter times to print
pages composed of mostly graphics. In particular,
this will be of great importance to people printing
*facsimile* documents and *CAD* drawings.
I highly recommend this printer to people who have been
considering a high end 24 pin printer or DeskJet. Its
worth the couple hundred $$$ extra. And, it works
beautifully with JetRoff!
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