Dear Chuck:  HP has a great product proven in business and industry for many
years now and of the three printers listed, I would choose the HP.  Their
support is good.  I spoke with their support office this morning -- it was
the only line available on the weekend and got some information you may wish
to proceed with.  HP has a presale support line that may be able to point
you in the right direction for more discounted prices to educational
facilities.  My wholesale price for this printer is, however, outside your
budgeted price, but HP may be able to do better for you because of your
educational facility status.  The information I got was fairly limited but
give this a try.  The number is 800 752 0900 in the U.S.  Open weekdays 6am
to 5pm Pacific Time.  Good luck to you.
Gina Hunkins
Georgia

>I'm considering adding a reasonably priced laser printer to each classroom
>in my school.  Each class has 4 Pentium computers and will share the
printer
>thru the local port of one of computers (Windows 95) and then over the
>Windows NT network to the other 3.  I've narrowed the choices to:
>
>NEC Superscript 870
>HP 1100  (my first choice, but may be financially out of reach)
>Okidata 6e
>
>I'm wondering which you would choose and why for this task.  The printers
>will receive light workgroup duty with 25 elementary students and one
>teacher printing maybe 30 - 60 copies p day.   We currently have Apple
>LaserWriter NTR printers shared on the network, one printer to four
>classrooms.  It will be much easier for each classroom to have their own
>printer, even though it may be a bit more expensive in the long run.
>
>Any other printer suggestions would be appreciated that I didn't mention.
>Our budget allows 350 p printer.  THanks!
>
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