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gsteen@student.business.uwo.ca (Garnet Steen) writes:

>     I have a NeXT station and need to buy a laser printer for it.  I 
>spent all of last year saving wordperfect files on IBM disks, luggint 
>lugging them to school and printing them out on IBM's connected to HP 
>Laserjet IIIs.  All in all, a pretty crappy way to get anything done, 
>especially if you want to print out something froma program that isn't 
>available on IBM.
>     So, my question is, shoul I pony up the dough for a NeXT printer or 
>can I hook up another (read: cheaper) laser printer to my NeXT.  In case 
>you are wondering, I do realize that the NeXT printer would be the easy, 
>flawless solution, but I am wondering what the downside is of going third 
>party.  I am stand alone, and don't do huge volumes of work, and few 
>graphics, so high PPM and 400dpi aren't a big concern for me.  
>Suggestions?

Unless you go with one of the 'mini' laser printers (HP IIIP, etc.),
you are going to have to look hard to find a cheaper laser printer
than the NeXT Laser Printer.  
If you have a IIIP with PostScript card, it shouldn't be too hard to
make it work- but you will have so much less troubles if you get the
NeXT Laser Printer, and it will be a lot faster than most any other
solution. (esp. for that price)
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