weesh@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Darweesh) (09/24/90)
My friend and I are looking for an inexpensive laserwriter. Apple and non-apple recommendations are welcome. Also, if you have a used Laserwriter SC or something, send me some mail. Currently, we are looking at the Laserwriter SC (with an educational discount). Our goal (even though it may be unattainable) is to find a laser for $1000 or less. Please let me know of any ideas you have. Also, if you want to reply to me directly, send to the address below. Replying to this mail will not work. -Mike Darweesh (and Dean Acito) weesh@crd.ge.com
owen@raven.phys.washington.edu (Russell Owen) (09/26/90)
We just bought an HP LaserJet III. With the postscript cartridge and appletalk interface (both from HP) and 2Mb of RAM from Technology Works the whole thing was $1900 with academic discount. That's less than Apple's new postscript printer. And we could have had one of HP's II series printer for a few hundred less. Goods: - excellent design -- robust and adding the extra things I mentioned was very easy - nice output (has resolution enhancement, which does seem to improve things some) - good front panel (easy to configure things like disabling the startup page) Bads: - cannot accept a second paper tray (unlike some HP's II series printers) - slow on complex pages but fine on normal stuff (the postscript cartridge uses a 68000) MacWorld or MacUser (I think the former) rated postscript printers this month. Check it out. Russell Owen owen@raven.phys.washington.edu Astronomy Dept. FM-20 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195