[NTLUG:Discuss] success storyr

[Chris Cox]

Stuart Johnston wrote:
> 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.

Well.. yes.. that's true.  Inkjets are considerably cheaper, but
the per page costs are extremely high.

Inkjets are disposables after about 3 cartridge replacements.  That is,
economically, you can buy a whole new printer.  That's a lot of
landfill!  I blame Epson (especially) and the rest for creating
a business model that is very, very, very bad for the environment.

Hmmm.. I thought (?)... HP was really using a licensed PostScript
rather than their emulator... apparently I was wrong.