mpradhan@f.adelaide.edu.au (05/24/91)
We have one of the new HP LaserJet IIIsi printers installed in the
Medical School Office as of this morning. Here are some first
impressions:
From my tests so far it is AMAZINGLY fast. The limiting speed for
printing is the AppleTalk network, the IIIsi spits out a page almost
as soon as the Mac finishes sending the file. The printer is rated at
17 pages/min, and unlike the LaserWriters which rarely reach their
page rating speed, the IIIsi prints out multipage documents at close
to 17 ppm! Even the LaserWriter IINTX has a reasonable amount of think
time before it produces a page with complex PostScript graphics - the
IIIsi doesn't seem to get phased by it at all.
The only problem so far is a PostScript error when printing multipage
documents in Word with Color/Grayscale selected. Black&White does not
cause problems. HP are looking into this.
The printer has 2 bins with 1000 sheets each, user selectable or auto
select, optional duplex (we don't have this installed) also selectable
via a desk accessory. Our configuration is: 3Mb RAM (HP are throwing
in 1Mb free till July), Adobe Postscript version 52.3, AppleTalk which
auto selects between AppleTalk, serial, parallel. The guts behind the
printer is an AMD29000, also found on the 8*24GC card from Apple.
HPs Resolution Enhancement is included so it smooths the usually jaggy
300dpi, this does not seem to slow down the printer at all. Ink
cartridges last for about 8000 pages and work out a bit cheaper than
the LaserWriter.
Overall: very impressed.
Regards,
Malcolm
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Malcolm Pradhan
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