Re: Too good to be true?

Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc

Article #42207

#42207

From: Marshall L. Buhl
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1990 19:03

22 lines
1562 bytes

ries@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Marc Ries) writes:

>In article <17100021@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> berger@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>->The HP IIP is NOT a laser printer.  Although it boasts comparable
>->resolution, I'm not convinced it competes for the same market.
>->A $ 1000 laser printer sounds cheap.
>->Mike Berger, Univ. of Illinois

>Say what?  I own a HP IIP (purchased for $950).  It looks like a laser
>printer, it smells like a laser printer, it sounds like a laser
>printer, and the black stuff it puts on paper looks like the output
>from a laser printer.  I'm gonna take a wild guess and say IT IS A
>LASER PRINTER!

I would guess that the original poster was thinking of the HP DeskJet
which does boast comparable resolution and costs $1000.  It is an ink
jet printer.
--
Marshall L. Buhl, Jr.                   EMAIL: marshall@wind55.seri.gov
Senior Computer Engineer                VOICE: (303)231-1014
Wind Research Branch                    1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO  80401-3393
Solar Energy Research Institute         Solar - safe energy for a healthy future

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1990Feb12.190329.20782@seri.gov>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall

References: <11300@xanth.cs.odu.edu> <17100021@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <302@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall
From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Too good to be true?
Message-ID: <1990Feb12.190329.20782@seri.gov>
Date: 12 Feb 90 19:03:29 GMT
References: <11300@xanth.cs.odu.edu> <17100021@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <302@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM>
Sender: news@seri.gov (news [NO CHARGE])
Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute
Lines: 22

Reply to Parent Message