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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 11:36:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@inna.net>
To: Dave Alderman <dave@persprog.com>
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Subject: Re: What Printer To Get - Postscript
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On Fri, 16 May 1997, Dave Alderman wrote:

> Josef Grosch wrote:
> 
> > My HP Deskjet 500 does a very nice job doing
> > postscript. apsfilter works just fine and you can spend you money
> > other thinks like hard disks :-)
> > 
> 
> Does the apsfilter work at all with newer HP printers like the 85x and
> 870?  The 500 is not made anymore.  AFAIK, neither of these printers are
> "WinPrinters".

I bought an HP DeskJet 680C about 2 months ago, works fine.  It's PCL, 
and not PS, so I have to run it through ghostscript with a filter, but it 
works just fine.  Having color is a nice feature, and its not a 
Winprinter (blechh).

Jamie Bowden