grw@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (George Wu) (06/21/91)
I am buying a NeXTStation and also contemplating whether I should get the NeXT laser printer or a third party PostScript printer. I know the NeXT laser printer prints at 400dpi but I really care more about its printing speed. Is it faster than the low-end third party PostScript printers(e.g. TI, HPLJ III w/PS cartridge, etc.) ?
izumi@mindseye.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) (06/21/91)
In article <1991Jun21.033021.24262@cs.ucla.edu> grw@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (George Wu) writes: > > I am buying a NeXTStation and also contemplating whether I should >get the NeXT laser printer or a third party PostScript printer. I >know the NeXT laser printer prints at 400dpi but I really care more >about its printing speed. Is it faster than the low-end third party >PostScript printers(e.g. TI, HPLJ III w/PS cartridge, etc.) ? There are two reasons to buy NeXT laser printer. [1] Because NeXT lacks a parallel port, a 3-rd party printer must be driven via a serial port. Even at 19200 baud, printing documents that contain a lot of bitmap images will take forever to print. NeXT printer doesn't have this bottleneck. Try printing "IB_Tutorial" or "NeXTAdvantage" documents available at FTP sites both on a NeXT printer, and any serial PS printer. [2] You will automatically get the newest PostScript version every time you get an OS upgrade from NeXT. Cant' do that with PS interpreter that reside in ROMs of 3-rd party printers. It will cost you a fortune even if you can. And with CPU board upgrade, your NeXT printer will become even faster. And may be one more, NeXT laser is probably the most economical PS printer with Ethernet interface. Izumi Ohzawa [ $@Bg_78^=;(J ] USMail: University of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 Telephone: (415) 642-6440 Fax: (415) 642-3323 Internet: izumi@violet.berkeley.edu NeXTmail: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu
jchin@wimsey.bc.ca (Joseph Chin) (06/21/91)
In article <1991Jun21.033021.24262@cs.ucla.edu> grw@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (George Wu) writes: > > I am buying a NeXTStation and also contemplating whether I should >get the NeXT laser printer or a third party PostScript printer. I >know the NeXT laser printer prints at 400dpi but I really care more >about its printing speed. Is it faster than the low-end third party >PostScript printers(e.g. TI, HPLJ III w/PS cartridge, etc.) ? The NeXT 400-dpi Laser Printer is undeniably MUCH FASTER than any "low-end" third-party Postscript printer; even when connected to a lowly 8MB 030 OD Cube! This is even more apparent when printing bitmap images (e.g. BIG scanned TIFF file). 400-dpi is also noticeably better than 300-dpi. You also don't have to worry about Postscript compatibility between the NeXT (Display Postscript) and a third-party printer's Raster Imaging Processor (RIP). :-) Joe -- Joseph Chin Wordcraft Systems Corporation jchin@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca 201-434 West 12th Avenue (604)879-9687 (voice & NeXTfax) Vancouver, B.C., Canada V5Y 1V3 ********************* NeXT Registered Developer ********************