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In article <2741@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> kaleb@mars.UUCP (Kaleb Keithley) writes:
> In article <11300@xanth.cs.odu.edu> jfm@cs.odu.edu (John F. Mclaurin) writes:
> > I was recently at a local Price Club discount warehouse.  They had a Packard
> > Bell Laser printer for ~$1199.  It had 1.5M, two HP compatible slots, and
> > Laserjet emulation.  Has anyone used this printer?  Is it any good? 

The best price that I have seen advertised was $1229 in Computer Shopper.  On
that basis, it is a good price.  I have never seen it, though.

> Keep shopping.  Two weeks ago, at a computer swap meet, several vendors had
> HP LaserJetIIPs for under $1000.00.  That's right, this is not a misprint.

Very good advice.

I bought an Epson EPL-6000.  I have been very happy with it and I highly
recomend it to anyone looking for a laserjet compatible.  I paid $949, and
it came with a special Epson version of UltraScript for only $39 (which I
haven't tried yet).

> Why would you want a Packard Bell when you can get an HP?

Have you seen the LaserJetIIP?  The paper handling is awful.  It makes the
paper do several sharp turns to get through the mechanism.  Add $175 if
you want a paper try.  Add $425 for a HP memory expansion (you can get this
much cheaper if you go third party--I quoted ComputerLand prices).  Then wait
16 seconds for each page to print.

-john-
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