rhc@nsscb.UUCP (Rick Calder) (03/12/90)
Does anyone have any feedback on this product ? Can someone send me the product announcement that went out many moons ago ? Does it just take the place of an existing LP port, meaning the IRQ ? Does it totally rasterize the printer output ? Will it work to an HP DeskJet+ ? Thanks in advance. -- Rick Calder, AT&T National Systems Support Center [att!]rick!rick rick@rick.att.com attmail!rcalder
woody@chinacat.Lonestar.ORG (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) (03/13/90)
In article <1269@nsscb.UUCP>, rhc@nsscb.UUCP (Rick Calder) writes: > > Does anyone have any feedback on this product ? > Can someone send me the product announcement that went out many > moons ago ? > Does it just take the place of an existing LP port, meaning the IRQ ? > Does it totally rasterize the printer output ? > Will it work to an HP DeskJet+ ? > Thanks in advance. The Jescript controler contains 3 megs of memory, and a 12 Mhz 68000. It plugs into a pc-bus slot. There is a cable that runs over to the user port (not the serial port or paralell port, but an internal port) and has a small card that plugs into the laserjet II there. You leave your normal connections to the hp in place. Postscript takes about 2 meg of disk space. It is encrypted. There is a loader that downloads the Adobe interpreter into one 1 meg of memory in the controller card. There is a device driver that installs in the computer (3k). Printing to LPT4, will send to the Postscript interpreter, printing normaly will send to the hp. Basicaly, the plug in card switches the internal controller off and gains direct access to the video inputs in the hp. This card works FAST, and does an excellent job. You cannot access the 68000 or the extra memory, except through a postscript program. I may have access to 1 board for sale (it is new, but way out of warrantee). I'll check, and if it is available, the first $1400 will get it. BUT there is only 1. We bought it 2 years ago at the store where I used to work, demoed it 2 times and never got it sold. Last I knew it was still sitting there, though it may be gon now. This is a GOOD product, and works well. It is still available from The Laser Connection. I can get further info if anyone is interested, email me... Cheers Woody e > -- > Rick Calder, AT&T National Systems Support Center > [att!]rick!rick rick@rick.att.com > attmail!rcalder