[rescue] Must have peripherals [was Re: worth it for the disks?]

[George Adkins]

On Wednesday 31 July 2002 10:20 pm, you wrote:
> > ...for photographic-quality output, I use a Kodak
> > XLT-7720 dye sublimation printer.  These are *sweet* devices.
>
> Sheesh.  Then again, if I had a machine room full of Crays++
> in my house, I suppose I'd want a quality output device too.
> The color inkjets are getting pretty impressive these days, but
> nothing quite beats the dye sublimation printers IMHO--especially
> for something where you want the hardcopy to last > 3 months.

What we need is a  24" plotter-style, large-format, plain-paper, 
continuous-tone printer that's well-built, uses inexpensive inks and 
supplies, speaks PostScript (Level 2 and 3) 

and costs less than $200.00 US.


George