josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann) (02/26/91)
Yes, GCC just announced that its FABULOUS PLPII (Personal LaserPrinter II)
now costs $999.
This makes it the lowest-priced laser printer around, I think.
Their postscript edition costs $1999, which is very competitive.
Now, I paid $1399 for my PLPII. Anyone think there's any chance I can
get the upgrade for a bit over $600 :-)
I doubt it.
More like $1100.
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In article <1991Feb26.092340.15758@athena.mit.edu> josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann) writes: >Yes, GCC just announced that its FABULOUS PLPII (Personal LaserPrinter II) >now costs $999. >Their postscript edition costs $1999, which is very competitive. >Now, I paid $1399 for my PLPII. Anyone think there's any chance I can >get the upgrade for a bit over $600 :-) >I doubt it. >More like $1100. Actually, I remember from when I worked for GCC that one of the cool things they did was price the postscript upgrade for the exact difference between the list prices between the PLP II and BLP II lines, they wouldn't penalize you for buying one and then upgrading. So the upgrade is probably still $1000. I'm really like the GCC PS printers, since besides the obvious reasons ;-), I do believe they're some of the best deals around. Two features that I seldom see highlighted in reviews are: a) SCSI port for DL fonts and font cache, a la NTX. You can hook up a $300 40 megger and your printing speed goes up significantly when using DL fonts and large resident fonts. b) Use of standard NTX SIMMs for RAM upgrading ($40-50 vs. $150-up). PostScript is a memory hog on large pages, and upping the RAM from the std 2MB to 4MB can make a big difference. So what people really don't mention is that you can buy yourself a seriously good performance PS printer for $2499 (BLP IIS, 8ppm) + $300 (40 meg external HD) + $100 (2MB fx/NTX SIMMs) = $2899 (which used to be the list for the BLP IIS before the price drop). I have no relation to GCC except as an ex-employee and a very happy ex-user of their printers (our site has a LW2NT, so I've been demoted ;-(). Take it as you will. Later, -Ivan Cavero Belaunde Visualist DiVA, Digital Video Applications Corp. Internet: captkidd@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
etxmalk@tore.ericsson.se (Alan Malkiel) (02/28/91)
I would like to post a note of caution to that glowing recommendation. I purchased a GCC PLP II in August prior to a move to Sweden. I have no complaints with the hardware but when I needed customer support, in the form of a new paper tray, GCC in Massachusetts would only send "Were sorry but ..." in response to my fax(s). And GCC in Sweden never returned my calls or faxes. Finally I was able to purchase the tray from GCC in England after 8 weeks of trying. Let me add a note of thanks to the various readers of this NEWs who contacted me and GCC in my behalf. --Alan Malkiel <etxmalk@tore.ericsson.se>