gavin@mit-caf.MIT.EDU (Gavin C. H. Zau) (07/12/89)
Can anyone recommend a postscript laser printer for 286 and 386 PCs. I am looking at the Apple Laserwriter II NTX at the moment. Thanks. -- Gavin Zau Dept of Chemical Engineering, MIT gavin@caf.mit.edu mefl@eagle.mit.edu
mm42@prism.gatech.EDU (Mark A. Mitchell GTRI/STL/MSD) (07/12/89)
In article <2842@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> gavin@mit-caf.UUCP (Gavin C. H. Zau) writes: > > Can anyone recommend a postscript laser printer >for 286 and 386 PCs. I am looking at the Apple Laserwriter II >NTX at the moment. Thanks. We have had good success with QMS Postscript printers. They seem to give a bit more for the money than Apple's. The QMS-PS 810 is similar to the LWII NTX. -- Mark A. Mitchell GTRI/STL/MSD Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!mm42 Internet: mm42@prism.gatech.edu
russ@prism.gatech.EDU (Russell Shackelford) (07/13/89)
In article <2842@mit-caf.MIT.EDU>, gavin@mit-caf.MIT.EDU (Gavin C. H. Zau) writes: > > Can anyone recommend a postscript laser printer > for 286 and 386 PCs. I am looking at the Apple Laserwriter II > NTX at the moment. Thanks. dunno if you need a REAL postscript printer or not, maybe this'll help: i got an HP LJ2 ($1500) and a LC2 board from Lasermaster Corp for slightly more. i use it with ventura. the LM board provides the 35 bitstream fonts that match what comes with the Laserwriter and prints them a LOT faster!!!! ventura can spit out postscript. the LM board can let yousee proofs or produce camera-ready FAST. it can also convert postscript files and print them (albeit slowly, but then again postscript is SLOW) via the free LM-Page utility. all in all, the most bang for the buck, and saves $ too.... IF you're using ventura or gem or windows or ...., i believe that its the most cost/effective way to go, and i'm not aware of any down side to the deal. if your interested, lemme know, maybe i can help... -- Russell Shackelford School of Information and Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332 russ@prism.gatech.edu (404) 834-4759
neighorn@qiclab.UUCP (Steven C. Neighorn) (07/17/89)
In article <2842@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> gavin@mit-caf.UUCP (Gavin C. H. Zau) writes: > > Can anyone recommend a postscript laser printer >for 286 and 386 PCs. I am looking at the Apple Laserwriter II >NTX at the moment. Thanks. You might look at the NEC LC-890 Postscript Printer. It comes with the usual 35 fonts, 3 megs of memory, two paper trays, serial, parallel, and appletalk interfaces, emulates HP LJ, Diablo 630, and Apple Laserwriter II, and can be had for under $3500 mailorder. I've printed a few thousand pages on mine and am quite happy. -- Steven C. Neighorn !tektronix!{psu-cs,nosun,ogccse}!qiclab!neighorn Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Where we DESIGN the Star Fighters that defend the 9900 SW Greenburg Road #240 frontier against Xur and the Ko-dan Armada" Portland, Oregon 97223 work: (503) 684-9001 / home: (503) 641-3469