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From: Lenny Tropiano
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1989 02:09

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Subject: Experiences with the Brother HL-8e laser printer?
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printer
Keywords: laser printer, HP compat

I'm considering purchasing the Brother HL-8e laser printer for my
UNIX system.  No, it's not Postscript compatible, but then again I don't
have software to take advantage of Postscript.  Brother does offer
an upgrade path for the printer to make it "postscript compatible"
like the Brother HL-8ps.

Has anyone had experiences, good or bad with the printer?   The
reasons why I'm considering this instead of the HP LaserJet Series II,
are ...

	 -  More standard internal fonts
	 -  Accepts HP compatible and HP font cards
	 -  1MB memory standard
	 -  Same engine as the HP LJ II (Canon SX)
	 -  5 emulations, including HPLJ, HPGL (plotting), Epson FX, 
	    Diablo-630, IBM Proprinter, ...

What does the net think?  The printer costs about $200 more than the HPLJ II,
but for $200, I'm getting a lot more ...  Would I be missing anything?
Many magazines, like PC Magazine, Byte, Computer Shopper, etc, have 
suggested this printer ...

-Lenny
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