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From: Gene.Hastings@BOOLE.ECE.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Re: Anybody know of an enet/TCP printer?
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Date: 16 Nov 89 01:00:32 GMT
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DEC makes a pair of printers (the LPS-20 and LPS-40) which connect via
Ethernet only. They are Postscript engines, and DEC supplies translators.
There are two differecnt downloadable servers for the beasts, one using
DECnet transport, and one using IP. To puth them into perspective, each is
rated roughly to do <its model number> pages per minute, and costs somewhat
more than that factor in $k-US.

I believe Imagen also makes (made?) Ethernet connected printers.

Another possibility is to get an Apple LocalTalk compatible printer, and
place it behind an Ethernet to LocalTalk bridge (like the Kinetics
Fastpath). There area few packages which will let you spool to such a
printer from a Unix system. (Columbia University's CAP, and Sun's TOPS come
to mind.) This will not give you full bandwidth, but it will give you a
network connected printer fairly inexpensively, and it is faster than a
LaserWriter connected to a serial line....

Gene

Disclaimer: There has been no attempt to be exhaustive. This is just a dump
of my (very) random collection of assorted tidbits. If any soul knows more
than I've just said, share the information!