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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

3522.0. "Goodies for LaserJet II(P)" by LEDS::ACCIARDI (Larger than life, and twice as ugly) Sat Feb 24 1990 02:22

    
    While thumbing through a mail order catalog for some silly PC Clone
    supplier, I came across some interesting peripherals for the HP
    LaserJet IIP printer.  Since this looks like it's going to be a fairly
    popular printer, I thought I'd post a notice...
    
    Data Pacific 'Plotter in a Cartridge' is an HPGL emulation cartridge
    for use with any LaserJet II series printer.   Compatible with the HP
    7475A, 7470A and 7440A plotters, but prints up to 100 times faster.
    
    Accomodates Letter, Legal, Executive, A4, B5, COM-10, Monarch, C5 and
    DL media sizes.  Supports 20 pens and 48 line widths.
    
    Requires 1.5 MB printer memory.
    
    Retail price $395.00
    TENEX price	 $249.00
    
    Data Pacific's PacificPage offers full PostScript compatibility with 35
    scalable fonts.  Requires 2 MB total printer memory.
    
    TENEX price  $399.00
    
    TENEX is a mail order supplier of PC compatible goodies.  I believe
    their prices are very high (they are asking $1095 for the IIP, which is
    about 10% above the average).  However, I suspect that these IIP
    add-ons would also be available from other suppliers at lower prices. 
    
    Let's use this note as an information source for best suppliers,
    prices, etc for HP stuff.
    
    Ed.

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3522.1	Software only solutions are nice, too.	FROCKY::BALZER	Christian Balzer DTN:785-1029	`Mon Feb 26 1990 09:47`	10
	Re: .0 Or you could just go and install PLT for _free_. ;-) If you have CPU cycles to burn, PLT (available on Fish Disks and several EasyNet locations), will do a very nice job of printing HPGL data to _any_ (Preferences supported) printer. FWIW, <CB>
3522.2	give that man a cigar!	LEDS::ACCIARDI	Larger than life, and twice as ugly	`Tue Feb 27 1990 10:42`	13
	Thanks <CB>, PLT: works fine! I _did_ remember seeing something like this, but I thought I may have dreamed it. The PLT: handler takes any HPGL file and teaches your printer how to print it. The conversion takes a few minutes on a 2500/20. Output is redirected to the PLT: device via the normal AmigaDOS file redirection format; COPY FILE.HPGL to PRT: There is also a screen previewer that displays the HPGL file in about two seconds. Ed.
3522.3	Hey, but I don't smoke! How about a beer? ;-)	FROCKY::BALZER	Christian Balzer DTN:785-1029	`Tue Feb 27 1990 11:56`	9
	Well, it _should_ work fine, that's why I'm a beta tester for PLT:. ;-) The authors claim, that given some time, a redesigned version should be substantially smaller and a tad faster... <CB>_who's_drunken_at_keyboard_again,_since_it's_'Karneval'_over_here! (Don't confuse Karneval with carnival...)
3522.4	font editor ?	EEMELI::HEISKANEN	maasta se pienikin ponnistaa	`Mon May 21 1990 15:19`	9
	There used to be Jet Master (C.Ltd). Does it still exist ? Is there anything else for editing and loading fonts to HP LaserJet ? pekka
3522.5	FYI: RAM + PostScript = $525	BOMBE::MOORE	Eat or be eaten	`Mon Sep 24 1990 23:54`	21
	Well, frustration at the absence of decent software support for my LaserJet III's built-in capabilities has driven me to upgrade to PostScript. I remember pricing this at around $800 when I was buying the printer last spring, but prices seem to have come down a bit since then. After scanning ads in the current issue of PC Magazine (I only read it for the advertisments ;^), I've ordered these: 2MB RAM upgrade: $175 from Microprocessors Unlimited, (918) 267-4961 [A couple of others came in around $180-$185, several were over $250.] Pacific Page (PostScript) cartridge: $349 from Arlington Computer Products, (800) 548-5105 [One of several dealers in the $350-$380 price range.] Total cost: $525 to upgrade a LaserJet IIP or III to PostScript.
3522.6	another good price	LEDS::ACCIARDI	Larger than life, and twice as ugly	`Tue Sep 25 1990 00:34`	8
	From Computer Shopper (honest, just looking at the ads) Genuine Adobe Postscript cartridge for LaserJet II - $295 1-800-USA-FLEX Ed
3522.7		BOMBE::MOORE	Eat or be eaten	`Tue Sep 25 1990 04:56`	6
	Yes, I saw the Adobe cartridge at attractive prices (e.g. $239) in some of the ads. But I also read something that stated this cartridge was for the LJ II only. Presumably the thing would function in the newer models, but I suspect you'd be losing something (performance?) due to internal differences. Notice that all the other PostScript cartridges have different versions for the IIP/III versus older Series II.
3522.8		LEDS::ACCIARDI	Larger than life, and twice as ugly	`Tue Sep 25 1990 10:57`	6
	Ahhh, I thought that was too good a price to be true, especially coming from Adobe. They must have a parking lot full of these older cartridges. Ed
3522.9		BOMBE::MOORE	Eat or be eaten	`Tue Sep 25 1990 22:34`	9
	I suppose you could call Adobe to ask about it. Theirs is by far the lowest priced. The other one is JetPage, which was only slightly less expensive than Pacific Page, around $325. I ordered my stuff mid-afternoon yesterday, the RAM card arrived bright and early this morning. As always, outstanding service from the folks at Microprocessors Unlimited! BTW, it uses the same 256K x 4 CMOS DRAM chips that go into the A2091/A590 boards, expandable in 1MB increments up to 4MB.
3522.10	update	ACOSTA::MIANO	John - NY Retail Banking Resource Cntr	`Tue Sep 17 1991 14:20`	6
	Does anyone have any late information. I'd like to upgrade my IIP to PostScript but I have not seen any adds for the cartridges recently. Does anyone know where I can get one cheap? John
3522.11		BOMBE::MOORE	Amiga: Where 'multimedia' REALLY began	`Tue Sep 17 1991 20:45`	4
	Check Computer-Shopper and similar rags, they usually have plenty of ads for printer add-ons such as these. A quick scan of the current issue of Byte (in the library) indicates prices around $350 for the Pacific Page cartridge and $140 for the required 2MB RAM expansion.