er225711@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Martin NMN Thurn) (01/30/91)
My wife and I are in the market for a laser printer. If anyone can give us some advice, we would greatly appreciate it. Here's what we need: short version: Print from both an "IBM" and Mac, preferably w/o (hardware) switching Must do text smoothing and graphics smoothing from the Mac "IBM" only needs to print text, no graphics Speed doesn't matter Cost: hopefully < $2000 long version: We need to print from WordPerfect on the "IBM" and from everything (OK, MSWord, HyperCard, EGWord, MacDraw, Excel, MPW, ...) on the Mac. We need to print Japanese from the mac, which only looks good if the printer does text smoothing and/or graphics smoothing. We want to hook up both computers at the same time and not worry about switching. We will probably NOT ever have both machines wanting to print at the same time. I've heard of AppleTalk connectors for "IBM" machines, what is the cost & features? The speed of the printer doesn't matter (thank god for spoolers). We're hoping to find one that does all this for less than $2000. Thank you for any help you can offer. --Martin and Sukie Thurn thurn@lcl.cmu.edu or the Reply-To address, doesn't matter
todd@toolz.uucp (Todd Merriman) (02/06/91)
er225711@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Martin NMN Thurn) writes: >My wife and I are in the market for a laser printer. If anyone can give us >some advice, we would greatly appreciate it. Take a look at the new laser printer from TI that can do both Postscript and HPCL (if you buy the options). The price is amazing considering the features. You can find it in local computer stores. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Todd Merriman - Software Toolz, Inc. * Maintainer of the * * 8030 Pooles Mill Dr., Ball Ground, GA 30107-9610 * Software * * todd@toolz.UUCP, (...emory!stiatl!slammer!toolz!todd) * Entreprenuer's * * V-mail (800) 869-3878, (404) 889-8264 * mailing list * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *