[comp.laser-printers] HP Laser Jet

carter@boulder.UUCP (Mike Carter) (08/20/87)

Does anyone out there know if it is possible to upgrade the memory of an
HP Laser Jet (not the II) to the equivalent of an HP Laser Jet+. If anyone
has done this, knows how to do this, or has even heard of someone that that
has done this, please respond with e-mail.

Thanks in advance... Mike



 Mike Carter, Academic Computing Services, University of Colorado, Boulder
                        carter@tramp.Colorado.EDU
                                       

rjn@hpfcmp.hp.COM (Bob Niland) (09/01/87)

re: "Does anyone out there know if it is possible to upgrade the memory of
     an HP Laser Jet (not the II) to the equivalent of an HP Laser Jet+."

The now-discontinued HP 26053A kit upgrades a 2686A (std) LaserJet to the
full 2686A Option 300 LaserJet+ configuration.  You end up with dual
interfaces, 512K RAM and PCL Level 4 command set.  Some dealers may still
have this kit in stock.

The 26053A was replaced early this year by the 26054A, which expanded the
RAM in the '53 kit to 2 Mbytes.  This kit is still available, but its list
price (about $2500, as I recall) is the same as buying a whole new 33440A
LaserJet-II :-(

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