This combined with Corel Draw, PageMaker (for Windows 3.0) and WordPerfect 5 (for DOS) ruthlessly ruled my world in '90.
That point in time was a bit odd; it was exciting to do "desktop publishing".
> but perhaps that's just fuzzy memories...
so essentially P agrees with GP.
Output quality will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, but I wasn't impressed when some years ago I purchased a Samsung laser and noticed that it had tiny little notches on the letters that my previous printer did not have. Of course the Samsung repair shop couldn't do anything about it as no firmware updates were available.
I think the general effort from manufacturers to print pages fast and cheap also meant that quality had to change for the worse. Perhaps the toner didn't adhere as well anymore because it needed higher heat for a shorter duration, etc.
I don't mind spending more money on a high quality printer - the problem is that I have no idea what that printer is. Noone is doing print quality tests these days.
I have good memories of Laserjet 4 and 5 series printers from the 90s though.
"What's that, Dix?"
"This scam of yours, when it's over, you erase this goddam thing."