From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 28 06:22:32 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id GAA13796 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 06:22:32 -0700 Received: from teller.asd.banctec.com (banctec.clark.net [168.143.2.209]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA13791 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 06:22:27 -0700 Received: (from rjs@localhost) by teller.asd.banctec.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id IAA06820; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 08:51:49 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 08:45:18 +0100 From: Ron Steele Subject: Re: Low end PS laser, or inkjet/bubblejet To: "matthew c. mead" cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199509280456.AAA03968@Glock.COM> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 28 Sep 1995, matthew c. mead wrote: > > I've been needing a new printer for a while now, considering what > I've got is from 1991 - a Star Micronics 1020 Rainbow 9 pin dot matrix > thing. I'd like to retire that to line printer status only and purchase > either a low end postscript level 2 capable laser printer, or a mid to high > end ink/bubblejet printer. I'm leaning towards the ink/bubblejet printers > right now because PS laser starts higher than I'd like to spend. I know > ............. > -matt Well, I picked up a Panasonic LED (non-laser page printer) a few months ago for $400US. It is PS Level 2. It has 2MB upgradable to 4MB. Not that many fonts without some upgrade option. It seems to consistantly print documents that our HP Laserjet 4 with PS that I use at work chokes on. 300DPI. This is not a high end machine, but it is a cheap entry into PS. Ron