But just as the NeXT Computer raises the quality of the display image, it dramatically boosts the quality of the finished product.

The NeXT Laser Printer raises the printing standard from 300 to 400 dots per inch.  Multiply those numbers to compare total dots per inch--90,000 vs. 160,000--and you can better appreciate the difference in total resolution.  It's an improvement of over 75%.

Printed on the NeXT Laser Printer, gradations from light to dark are even more even, and more faithful to the original art.  Type is crisp and black.

For internal documents, that means you'll get a look that's closer to typeset.  For documents you are proofing prior to sending to a service bureau for outside production, you'll get a more accurate image of things to come.

Now, earlier we mentioned that the NeXT Computer was a pure PostScript machine.  Because it's driven by PostScript in the main computer, the NeXT Laser Printer is noticeably smaller and less costly than other laser printers.  So it makes as much sense as a personal printer as it does a shared workgroup printer.

You can also connect the NeXT Computer directly to any PostScript device.  That includes not just laser printers, but slide makers and the highest quality professional type-setting machines (such as Linotronic imagesetters)--which can achieve resolution high enough for the most demanding publications.

Any or all of these devices can exist on your local network.  To print, simply click you selection and you document is produced on that device.

As you've seen, the NeXT Computer raises the quality of every step in the publishing process.  You get a better display image, better tools and--most important--a better document.