ben@hao.UUCP (Ben Domenico) (08/16/83)
We are in the process of putting together a plan for using a laser
printer to do our text processing output and perhaps some graphics.
Currently we are considering a system consisting of an intelligent
laser printer frontended by a supermicro dedicated to text processing
and graphics metacode translation. If any of you have had any experience
with these devices or any ideas on the subject, please forward them to me.
The specs we have come up with so far are the following:
* The laser printer,
- 10 pages per minute or faster.
- 240 dots per inch or better.
- local maintenance in the Boulder area.
- able to process the output of TEX or TROFF.
- able to plot vector graphics.
* The supermicro,
- able to run TEX and TROFF.
- able to communicate with our Interactive System/One (based on
PWB) UNIX (tm of Bell Labs) via a simple tty port connection.
- able to communicate via Ethernet with a VAX running the latest
BSD software.
- optionally capable of interfacing with Network Systems Corporation (NSC)
Hyperchannel hardware.
- optionally capable of handling a several megabyte disk system.
- optionally available with a high resolution bit-map screen for
previewing output eventually destined for the printer.
Ben Domenico
NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
303/494-5151 x 559 (messages at x 519)
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