[comp.sys.atari.st] How to make a full resolution laser printer very cheap

brad@looking.UUCP (01/11/87)

In response to an article doubting a laser printer for $1500 or even $1000,
the secret is to make a laser printer with essentially NO computer and NO
memory in it.  Just the laser engine itself.

If QMS can make one with a computer at memory for $2000, Atari can do it
for $1500 easily.

The point is that this laser printer uses the ST (through its DMA port) as
the controller.  The ST controls the laser directly.  If you want 2 megs of
memory for full screen resolution and fonts, you get a two meg ST.

Now this is cheap, and it can be faster for some applications (the ones that
like to prepare and dump bitmaps) but it can also be slower for text
applications because the computer can't do any processing while it is
outputting a page.
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Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473