HP LaserJet 3150's Versatility Is Big Step Forward in Small Package

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For some odd reason - to be uncovered, perhaps, by years of analysis - I've long been searching for the perfect output system. I guess it began when I bought an electronic typewriter back in 1982. You could hook it up to a personal computer I was told. The part I wasn't told: the film ribbons the typewriter used cost $3.50 each and would yield about 10 pages.

But I digress.

In January, Hewlett Packard announced the HP LaserJet 3150, a $599 system it bills as a "printer/fax/copier/scanner all-in-one" unit. For once, I believe a major corporation could be accused of gross understatement: this isn't just a multi-function unit. It's a minor miracle, I believe.