mdeltoro@druco.ATT.COM (DeltoroMA) (08/10/90)
I have just recently acquired a QMS Lasergraphix 800 laser printer. I am having some trouble getting it to work with my word processor. The printer has version 3.0 (1.12 firmware) QUIC installed. The parallel daughterboard is REV A. I would like to hear from anyone who has used any of the QMS Lasergraphix printers. If so, how should it be configured ?? What software has drivers for it ?? Is it upgradeable ?? Thanks for your response. -- ********************************************************************** Michael 'DT' Del Toro, Consultant 303-538-1764 Analysts International Corporation AT+T Bell Labs, 120th + Huron, Denver, CO
polansky@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert M Polansky) (08/23/90)
In article <9008222046.AA08136@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU>, mdeltoro@druco.ATT.COM (DeltoroMA) writes: |> |> I have just recently acquired a QMS Lasergraphix 800 laser printer. |> |> I am having some trouble getting it to work with my word processor. |> |> The printer has version 3.0 (1.12 firmware) QUIC installed. The |> parallel daughterboard is REV A. |> |> I would like to hear from anyone who has used any of the QMS Lasergraphix |> printers. If so, how should it be configured ?? What software has drivers |> for it ?? Is it upgradeable ?? |> Our lab has had for the past few years a QMS Lasergraphix 800 as well. It is connected to our VAX 11/750. While the print quality is good and it is a reliable machine having printed 2 - 3 times its expected lifetime on its first (and current) engine, I have found that it is not the most useful printer. It is not upgradable to postscript. It understands the quic language for formatting, and can also understand a few other formats like Wordperfect. We use it to print from TeX using TeX and DVIQMS. We are using an old version of TeX, so we don't know if there is a version of DVIQMS that is compatible with current versions of TeX. We also print out NCAR graphics on the 800. I wish that I knew more about the printer, but the printer has been here longer than I have and it doesn't have any documentation that I can find. The QUIC language looks something like this: ^IMV0100010500^IMH0000008000 ^IS404 ^IL0600 ^JM00000^T00000 Oh well. -Rob Polansky