laser-lovers@uw-beaver (laser-lovers) (10/11/84)
From: allegra!emory!km@uw-beaver.arpa (Ken Mandelberg)
Are their any modern laser printers that can also be used
as an office copier?
I know the IBM 6670 can be used for both, but the 6670 is really
not competitive with the newer machines in several ways.
Ken Mandelberg
Emory University
Dept of Math and CS
Atlanta, Ga 30322
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From: ihnp4!tosca@uw-beaver.arpa (M. Cole) Ken, The Xerox 5700, designed to compete with the IBM 6670, can also be used as a copier. Though it has more features than the 6670, i've heard that it has a number of problems of its own, and i don't see Xerox pushing it very hard. lyn cole (ihnp4!tosca) AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL
laser-lovers@uw-beaver (laser-lovers) (10/16/84)
From: Brian Reid <reid@Glacier> A combination laser printer and copier is a lot like a combination automobile and speedboat--it will likely require too many engineering compromises. My friends who understand the black magic of xerographic reproduction tell me that when you tune a reprographic device for optimum performance in laser imaging, it is substantially sub-optimal for copying, and vice versa. Also, I am told, the better-quality laser printers use a write-black technology, while copiers must use (by definition) a write-white technology. Now what I really want is a laser printer with enough oomph to be a printing press, something like the fabled Xerox Dover.
laser-lovers@uw-beaver.UUCP (10/17/84)
From: ihnp4!wlcrjs!marc@uw-beaver.arpa >Are their any modern laser printers that can also be used >as an office copier? I think I recently read somewhere (perhaps in Byte or Computer & Electronics) that Matsushita is introducing a combination laser printer/copier. Marc Lavine uucp: ...ihnp4!wlcrjs!marc MCI Mail: MLavine (174-4419)
laser-lovers@uw-beaver.UUCP (10/20/84)
From: hnij@BNL The Royal 2800 is advertised as having an attachment that can make it act like a copier. I don't know if it actually exists (the attachment, that is), or if it's still in design. We just got a 2800 on Tuesday, and it's working really well. It's a 240dpi, 20ppm printer. We're trying to get a bulk feeder and RAM cartridge for it, but they haven't arrived. The only problem is that it only has about 20 available fonts, and all of them are 12pt or so. Sorta limited. @ hnij @ John Labovitz <hnij@bnl.arpa>