todd@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Ogasawara) (09/13/89)
Has anyone in netland used the IBM PagePrinter II much? I just tested the
Model 30 (am waiting to test the newer Model 31) last week and would like
to check on a few things...
1. A number of full text pages (text in all rows and columns for a given
typeface) had chopped letters on the edges. I never saw anything like that
happen on the Apple LaserWriters (NT and NTX) I used to use.
2. Black areas (e.g., blackened bars) were not a solid black. The areas
were very splotchy looking. I acknowledge that this might be due to a bad
toner or inappropriate paper (don't recall what kind of paper we used for
the test).
I'm tempted to buy the printer just to get a Postscript printer with a
parallel port. However, the problems mentioned above make me very hesitant
to purchase the PPII...
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Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii
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INTERNET: todd@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU <==I'm told this rarely worksedmoy@violet.berkeley.edu (09/14/89)
In article <4836@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> todd@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Ogasawara) writes: >Has anyone in netland used the IBM PagePrinter II much? I just tested the >Model 30 (am waiting to test the newer Model 31) last week and would like >to check on a few things... > >1. A number of full text pages (text in all rows and columns for a given >typeface) had chopped letters on the edges. I never saw anything like that >happen on the Apple LaserWriters (NT and NTX) I used to use. > >2. Black areas (e.g., blackened bars) were not a solid black. The areas >were very splotchy looking. I acknowledge that this might be due to a bad >toner or inappropriate paper (don't recall what kind of paper we used for >the test). > >I'm tempted to buy the printer just to get a Postscript printer with a >parallel port. However, the problems mentioned above make me very hesitant >to purchase the PPII... >-- >Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii >UUCP: {uunet,ucbvax,dcdwest}!ucsd!nosc!uhccux!todd >ARPA: uhccux!todd@nosc.MIL BITNET: todd@uhccux >INTERNET: todd@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU <==I'm told this rarely works I had one for a couple of weeks, mainly to test the AppleTalk capabilities. I would say that it passed all my printing tests, from Mac stuff to Unix stuff to pure PostScript stuff. I don't remember what exact model it was, and I didn't notice any cut off edges on the stuff I did, but I was looking for it either. But contrary to your experience, the blacks were very solid. The only real complains I had was that the machine I used did seem to make more noise that a LaserWriter, sort of squeeky or grindy sounds. Also, the paper tray is a bit flimsy and doesn't have a manual feed like the NT(X) that adjusts for envelopes. Edward Moy Principal Programmer - Macintosh & Unix Workstation Support Services Workstation Software Support Group University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@violet.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!violet!edmoy
prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson) (09/14/89)
In article <4836@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> todd@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Ogasawara) writes: >Has anyone in netland used the IBM PagePrinter II much? I just tested the >Model 30 (am waiting to test the newer Model 31) last week and would like >to check on a few things... ..... >I'm tempted to buy the printer just to get a Postscript printer with a >parallel port. However, the problems mentioned above make me very hesitant >to purchase the PPII... Then why don't you consider the QMS PS-810? It has parallel, serial (up to 56 Kbps, I believe; we use it at 38.4 Kbps) and appletalk connectors. -- Robert Claeson E-mail: rclaeson@erbe.se ERBE DATA AB