CompuServe Messages

George, The HP LJIII is now a discontinued printer. The IIIP is not. To learn more about the differences, go HPPeriph and get the file named FEATUR.LJ This file will show you some of the differences between the III, IIIP, IIISi, IIP, IIPplus, and IIID printers. The LJIII is replaced with the LJ4. The street price on the LJ4 is about US$1400 right now. There is a version of the printer with the PS option installed, an extra 4 Meg of ram (for a total of 6 megs), and a LocalTalk interface card. I beleive it's street price is about US$2200. The LJ4 is a 600 dpi printer!!! HP has two PS cartridges for the LJ III family. The newer one is called PS+ and is a Postscript version 2 cartridge. It also has capabilities for being told to switch between PCL and PS from the computer (or front panel). No need to power down, remove (or install) the cartridge, and power up again to switch languages. The cartridge goes for about US$600. I wouldn't use any other cartridge for PS due the above capabilities. Note that I run the IIIP and do not have the PS or PS+ cartridge at this time. So, I wouldn't pay more than US$800 for a used LJIII with nothing added on. I think a LJIII with the HP PS+ cartridge and an additional 2 megs of ram is worth about US$1400. Though right now, if I could find a buyer for my IIIP, I'd get the HP LJ4M (postscript version). 73, Kelly