[comp.sys.amiga.hardware] Which laser printers will work with AMax-II and how are they connected?

bigbroth@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (James M. Coleman) (01/08/91)

Please send replies to UN106153@WVNVMS.WVNET.EDU.  I am using a friend's
account.

I know of a person with an Amiga and a copy center.  He wants to use his Amiga
for something other than playing games.  The first thing that popped into 
my mind when I heard this was RESUMES.  He could use AMax-II and some Mac
WP programs to make his Amiga useful.

So my question is which laser printers will work with AMax-II?

Will these printers produce all the graphics of a Laser Writer?  Are they
postscript compatible?

Will these printers work with the Amiga?

He may not want to pay $500 - $600 for an AMax-II system.  Which laser printers
will plug into an A500?  Will they print postscript files generated with an 
Amiga WP?

                                Thank you
                                Shane Saddler
                                UN106153@WVNVMS.WVNET.EDU

root@mgbo.toppoint.de (Michael Goeckel) (01/16/91)

>In article <dhansen.5286@amiganet.UUCP> dhansen@amiganet.UUCP (Dave Hansen) writes:
>Why spend money on an AMAXII merely to produce resume's?  Tell him to go buy
>PageStream for $299. retail.  He can print resume's on ANY printer with that
>DTP, as it works in native Amiga mode with PostScript, HPGL, and has the best
>quality dot-matrix output available.

Have you tried out FreeHand or PageMaker on a MAC ? See guy, I've got an 
68030/882 on 50 MHz running in my 4 MB System (130 MB HD) and PageStream
*is* (snail *)slow. I've used to work with a standard oldfashioned Mac II.
It was faster. This MAC only contained a 68020 at 25 MHz.
I haven't tried Amax on my system -- someone knows something about Mac SW
speed?
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