Ernie_Gorrie@mindlink.bc.ca (Ernie Gorrie) (04/30/91)
> sjcst2@unix.cis.pitt.edu writes: > > Msg-ID: <122170@unix.cis.pitt.edu> > Posted: 30 Apr 91 08:02:54 GMT > > Org. : University of Pittsburgh > Person: Scott J. Corley > > Mike , I hate to break this to you but Atari's been offering a dumb laser > printer (no memory , no CPU) for use with their Atari ST since 1987. Next > didnt invent the idea of using the computer's CPU and memory do the work > necessary to print pages. Amiga also had one for a few years (and some of us still have it), the C Ltd. LazerXpress laser printer. It uses a General Computer Corporation Personal Laser Printer for the hardware (along with a special C Ltd. PAL chip) and Amiga software. The GCC-PLP is available for the Mac and has the option of being "dumb" or using specially installed memory in the PLP. -- No Fancy Signature Here Just: Ernie_Gorrie@mindlink.UUCP (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
sjcst2@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Scott J. Corley) (04/30/91)
Mike , I hate to break this to you but Atari's been offering a dumb laser printer (no memory , no CPU) for use with their Atari ST since 1987. Next didnt invent the idea of using the computer's CPU and memory do the work necessary to print pages.
melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) (04/30/91)
In article <122170@unix.cis.pitt.edu> sjcst2@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Scott J. Corley) writes:
Mike , I hate to break this to you but Atari's been offering a dumb laser
printer (no memory , no CPU) for use with their Atari ST since 1987. Next
didnt invent the idea of using the computer's CPU and memory do the work
necessary to print pages.
I never said that they did invent it, and I never said that it was a
great idea. But is very economical. At $1795($1295) NeXT is probably
making a bit of a profit since they don't have to pay Adobe royalties.
Last year someone pointed out that you could buy a NeXTstation and a
LaserPrinter for the price of an Apple NTX. I'm not sure if this
still holds, but that did put things in perspective for some Macintoy
owners. Ideally, I would want a CPU for everything, but NeXT does
have to make a profit and hardware cost money.
-Mikechucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) (05/01/91)
sjcst2@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Scott J. Corley) writes: >Mike , I hate to break this to you but Atari's been offering a dumb laser >printer (no memory , no CPU) for use with their Atari ST since 1987. Next >didnt invent the idea of using the computer's CPU and memory do the work >necessary to print pages. also, C Ltd had their Laser Express that did the same thing for the Amiga .--------------------------------------------------------------------------. | UUCP: {amdahl!tcnet, crash}!orbit!pnet51!chucks | "I know he's come back | | ARPA: crash!orbit!pnet51!chucks@nosc.mil | from the dead, but do | | INET: chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org | you really think he's | |-------------------------------------------------| moved back in?" | | Amiga programmer at large, employment options | Lou Diamond Philips in | | welcome, inquire within. | "The First Power". | `--------------------------------------------------------------------------'