pfr654@csc.anu.oz (09/06/90)
I don't know about the GCC laserprinters, but I would strongly recommend that you look at the DeskWriter (DW) rather than the DeskJet (DJ) or DJ plus (DJ +). I have a DJ and it takes about five minutes per page to print at 300dpi resolution, unless you print in the built-in Courier at 2 pages per minute. The DJ+ is slightly better, just using a serail connection, than the DJ, but with a fast serial-to-parallel converter it can go as fast as the DW, if you have the right driver (cost aoround $100 for MacPrint or JetLink Express which are the best two; the serial-to-parallel cable is about $150). Of course you don't have to get a commercial driver for your DJ or DJ+, as there is a quite good one on the archives which is FREEWARE, (which is what I use) but everyone who has one of the other drivers says its worth it (except for the Grappler LS, don't know about their LQ or LX). Anyway, unless you want PC compatibility in your printer, or someone gives you a DJ or DJ+ I would strongly recommend getting the DW. Last point: where do you get a price of $700 fro the DW? In Australia the RRP is $A1800 ex tax (which is another 20%) [$A = $0.82 currently]. *====*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* Phil Ryan ANU Department of Physics and Theoretical Physics Canberra, Australia pfr654@csc.anu.oz.au phone:(61 6) 249 4678 fax:(61 6) 249 0741