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From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl Jr.)
Subject: Re: Need recommendation on lowest cost, full featured laser printer
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Keywords: HP, Deskjet 500
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rkl@cbnewsh.att.com (kevin.laux) writes:

>	I need recommendations for a low cost, full featured laser printer.
>Pages per minute is not critical, but being able to do 300 dpi in graphics
>mode, availability of soft fonts, quality, ease of use, etc. are.

>	HP brand is preferred.  Use will be 'desktop publishing' ala Windows
>applications (Word, Excel, Project, Powerpoint, etc.)

It's here!  It's here!  Finally - it's here!

I just talked to a dealer about the new HP IIIP.  She doesn't have much
information on it yet.  She didn't know about availability and options.
she says the base (not list) price would be $1028.

I use an HP III here at work and really LOVE it.  Nary a problem over
about 9 months.  It has built-in scalable fonts including Times and
Helvetica like fonts (CG Times and Univers).  This means you don't need
to buy any fonts - unless you want wierd stuff like DingBats or
something.  It also uses resolution enhancement technology to smooth out
jaggies.  It comes with 1MB of RAM.

I don't know if the IIIP will just be a slower version of the III or if
they'll remove some features, but I'll bet it'll be a nice machine.  I'd
love one for home.  I was hoping that the price would be under $1000.
Maybe they'll have a special on it sometime.

BTW, I bought my first HP LJ II about four years ago.  I have three
other II's and two III's.  Just yesterday, we had our first LaserJet
problem.  There's a groove in the fusor roller.  The printer still works,
but it squeeks a little while printing.  HP makes high quality printers.

Highly recommended.

Marshall
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