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Re: HP: Kudos!

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On Thursday, July 27, 1989 at 4:04:54 PM UTC-7, gil...@m.cs.uiuc.edu wrote:
> Thank you, HP.
> The deskwriter is a great product, about the first 3rd-party
> high-throughput binary image printer under $1000. A couple of months
> ago I complained in this notesfile that nobody was worrying about
> binary image printers -- they were just building more of the same
> cheapo character-based printers, and spending their money on fancy
> (confusing) printer control software rather than raw speed in the
> printer and I/O port. In other words, printers were CISC, when they
> should be RISC!
> My prayers have been answered: HP has now come through with the
> Deskjet+ and the Deskwriter printers.
> This is a big leap forward for the PC-printer industry. It's good to
> see an American company get there first!
> Epson, Toshiba, catch HP if you can!
I still have mine. works awesome.