bossert@thalatta.COM (John Bossert) (06/02/88)
Having seen >5 requests for information on this printer, I thought I'd post directly to the mailing list. We are using a NEC LC-890 with very good results. Goodness: 1) The print quality seems significantly better than that of a Laserwriter. 2) 35 fonts (ala Laserwriter+) 3) 2 paper bins, 250 sheets each. Supposedly software selectable, but we've not gotten around to verifying that it works... 4) Good price (3500.00 for us) 5) Excellent support from NEC. We had a few problems initially which were resolved often within HOURS. I can't compliment their field support enough. Badness(?): 1) Seems to eat toner. We went through one "cartridge" at ~2500 pages. We use our printer in a "bursty" mode - lots of pages, then no use for days. 2) Watch out for marginal signal strength on the serial port. We needed to replace the motherboard on the printer because it would drop Xon/Xoff at baud rates greater than 2400. VERY prompt support from NEC. Hope this helps. Feel free to ask specific questions. --- In-Real-Life: John Bossert, Thalatta Corporation, (+1 206 455-9838) Domain: bossert@Thalatta.COM Path: uw-beaver!uw-entropy!thebes!bossert