[comp.laser-printers] How is the PRINTSERVER 40

JWMANLY@AMHERST.BITNET (John W Manly) (05/05/88)

Hi, all.  Quick question to all those people who have purchased DEC's
PRINTSERVER 40s. (LPS40s).

How do you like this printer?  I have heard that it really can do 40 pages per
minute of postscript output, is this true?  How fast is it with ANSI text that
needs host translation?

We are a college environment, so the really important question for us is
HOW IS THE RELIABILITY?  At 40 pages/minute, that engine must be just flying.
Does it hold together under continuous printing?

We need to make our decisions fairly quickly, so any advice anyone has would
be greately appreciated.  Please send to me directly since I am no longer on
this list.

BITNET:  JWMANLY@AMHERST                    - John W. Manly
PHONE:   (413)-542-2526                       System Manager
                                              Amherst College

ron@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU (Ron Natalie) (06/01/88)

Well, it's a lot faster than a laser writer on PostScript.  I would
suspect by an order of four or five.  The thing seems to be reliable,
but it's print quality goes down rapidly as time goes by since the last
Preventive Maintenance.  It's only other real problem is that it's
DECNET based, so it's not much fun unless you've got a VMS machine kicking
around (perhaps DEC has gotten ULTRIX support for the beast by now?).

-Ron