rubin@mead.UUCP (Daniel Rubin) (08/08/90)
Question - Do you need some special controller or software for the HP Laser Printer IIP work with a Mac? The reason I ask is because the best price that I can find in MacWorld Magazine for one is $1299 while in Computer Shopper one is offered for $899. Computer Shopper is a PC based magazine. Also does anybody have any experience with the HP DeskJet printer? email mead!rubin@uccba.uc.edu or uunet!mead!rubin - Dan Rubin
fmidgley@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Frank Murray Midgley) (08/08/90)
I bought a HP Laser Printer III about two weeks ago. To hook it up to my Mac, it required an Appletalk interface card, a Postscript cartridge, and extra memory. These accessories cost me about $1300, if I remember correctly. It took a lot to get it working, but it does great now. -Frank /-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | fmidgley@phoenix.princeton.edu | This space left blank due to a lack | | | | | "Your fault -- core dumped." | of imagination. So sue me. | \-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/
jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson ) (08/10/90)
In article <1697@idunno.Princeton.EDU> fmidgley@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Frank Murray Midgley) writes: > > I bought a HP Laser Printer III about two weeks ago. To hook it up to my >Mac, it required an Appletalk interface card, a Postscript cartridge, and >extra memory. These accessories cost me about $1300, if I remember correctly. >It took a lot to get it working, but it does great now. > -Frank Is this the HP cartridge or the Pacific Data cartridge? What do you mean it took alot to get it working? Doesn't it use the same print driver as any LaserWriter?
fmidgley@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Frank Murray Midgley) (08/10/90)
I was talking about the HP cartridge. It was not any trouble physically hooking everything up, it was just hard to find the parts. HP has been back-ordered on parts for a while. The HP actually has its own printer driver. It has a program that modifies the Apple driver to suit its needs. /-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | fmidgley@phoenix.princeton.edu | This space left blank due to a lack | | | | | "Your fault -- core dumped." | of imagination. So sue me. | \-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/