paul@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Paul Steele) (06/04/91)
We are looking for a replacement for our old AppleLaserWriter Plus and HP LaserJET. What we would like is a printer with automatic emulation sensing between HP PCL and Postscript. By automatic emulation sensing I mean that the printer examines the information as it arrives and decides whether the characters are a postscript image or a PCL image. I know QMS has a least one such print, a real pricy 20 ppm printer, but we'd like something a little less fancy, but with the performance of something like a LaserWriter NTX. The printer also has to have Appletalk. If anyone has any information on such printers I'd appreciate hearing from you. Thanks. -- Paul Steele Acadia University, Wolfville, NS Canada B0P 1X0 Systems Analyst Paul@aucs.acadiau.ca (902) 542-2201x587
klefstad@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Sue Klefstad) (06/05/91)
paul@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Paul Steele) writes: >We are looking for a replacement for our old AppleLaserWriter Plus and >HP LaserJET. What we would like is a printer with automatic emulation >sensing between HP PCL and Postscript. I have no firsthand experience with the following (though I would love to hear comments). But do you know about: The BridgePort (by Extended Systems 208-322-7575). Electronic switching device that allows Macs and PCs to connect to PostScript printer without user intervention. Emulates LaserWriter so Macs can print to non-Apple printers. Compatible with HP LaserJet, Apple LaserWriter, IBM Laser printer with PostScript Option, QMS PostScript 810 Turbo Printer. $495. QMS-PS 410: 4 ppm (I believe) printer that interprets incoming data and automatically chooses appropriate printer language. Can handle data sent simultaneously on its AppleTalk, serial, and parallel ports. -- - Sue Klefstad Ill. Natural History Survey s-klefstad@uiuc.edu
Wally.Meerschaert@wyrm.rbbs-net.ORG (Wally Meerschaert) (06/06/91)
PS> ... What we would like is a printer with PS> automatic emulation sensing between HP PCL and Postscript. By PS> automatic emulation sensing I mean that the printer examines PS> the information as it arrives and decides whether the PS> characters are a postscript image or a PCL image. I know QMS PS> has a least one such print, a real pricy 20 ppm printer, but PS> we'd like something a little less fancy, but with the PS> performance of something like a LaserWriter NTX. The printer PS> also has to have Appletalk. If anyone has any information on PS> such printers I'd appreciate hearing from you. Thanks. Actually, QMS incorporates ESP (their trademark for their sensing thingy) into their entire line, from the 410 (4ppm) to the 2200 (22ppm) The 410 is about $2k, and the 8xx's run about $3.5k. We use several 410's aroung here and have found that it was easier to do the switching manually, or in some cases to just convert our text to PS before sending. EPS isn't a panacea, and it is pretty hard for a pronter to know when one job ends and another one starts without going in for some proprietary switching codes. --- Via Silver Xpress V2.28 -- Wally Meerschaert - via RBBS-NET node 8:914/201 INTERNET: Wally.Meerschaert@wyrm.rbbs-net.ORG