[NTLUG:Discuss] success storyr

[Stuart Johnston]

Chris Cox wrote:
> Stuart Johnston wrote:
> 
>>Charles Cashion wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>>>PS When I worked for DSC Communications, all company printers were
>>>"PostScript" printers. Does anybody still make a "PostScript" printer?
>>
>>Yes.  Mostly lasers.
>>
>>
>>>Is that one of those things that is prohibitively expensive?
>>
>>Yes.
> 
> 
> Not anymore.  The $1000+ licensing fee for PostScript went
> away some time ago.  In fact, most business class HP
> laser printers are now PostScript aware out of the box (instead
> of running HP's fake postscript).

The cheapest laser printer I could find on HP.com with PostScript 
(emulated - is that what you mean by fake?) was $400.  In the context of 
this discussion (inkjets that start at $50) I would consider that 
"prohibitively expensive" especially when you are not even getting color.

-Stuart