ajw@watson.hf.intel.com (Alan Waldock) (03/21/91)
This is a repost, as our news servers are up the creek AGAIN. I'm looking to buy a laser printer, and would like to be able to hook it not only to my 1040ST but also to an AT-class machine. I need a postscript capability. My budget starts getting a bit tight around the $3000 mark. Does anybody have any strong recommendations and/or avoidables they'd like to share? Email preferred - I'll summarize. -- Alan Waldock, from but not on behalf of Intel Corporation ajw@watson.hf.intel.com ...uunet!intelhf!watson!ajw
laird@think.com (Laird Popkin) (03/28/91)
In article <1991Mar20.164937.20433@intelhf.hf.intel.com> ajw@watson.hf.intel.com writes: >This is a repost, as our news servers are up the creek AGAIN. > >I'm looking to buy a laser printer, and would like to be able >to hook it not only to my 1040ST but also to an AT-class machine. > >I need a postscript capability. > >My budget starts getting a bit tight around the $3000 mark. > >Does anybody have any strong recommendations and/or avoidables >they'd like to share? Email preferred - I'll summarize. I can recommend GCC Technologies' BLP II and BLP IIS. For $1999 list the BLP II is a 4 ppm printer, with 2 Mb RAM expandable to 4 Mb by plugging in off-the-shelf SIMMs. It also has a SCSI port for attaching a hard drive for font downloading and precomputing. The BLP IIS, for $2899, is an 8 ppm printer with the same features. Both printers are based on an LED engine, so instead of a laser beam with lenses and a rotating mirror they've got a row of LED's drawing staight onto the drum. Very nice, clean design, and the output quality is excellent. The only drawback is that the printers come standard with only a LocalTalk interface, so you would either need to add LocalTalk to your PC and ST (PromiseLAN, anyone?) or add the serial and parallel interface option to the printer ($100 or so). You can contact GCC Technologies at 800/422-7777. > >-- Alan Waldock, from but not on behalf of Intel Corporation > ajw@watson.hf.intel.com ...uunet!intelhf!watson!ajw