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From: jaz@abvax.UUCP (Jack A. Zucker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Printing on the NeXT
Keywords: slow printing
Message-ID: <953@abvax.UUCP>
Date: 10 Nov 89 15:10:44 GMT
Organization: Allen-Bradley Company, Inc; Industrial Computer Division, Highland Heights, OH
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Since printing to the NeXT laser printer seems to be the biggest bottleneck,
has anyone used the NeXT with a "smart" postscript printer ? Do the NeXT
applications support sending the postscript directly to a printer ? QMS and
Brother both make 16mz 68000 based postscript printers that can be bought
from NY for about $3800.00. They are 300dpi and can print 8 pages / minute,
but the good part is that the computer can send the relatively small
(in most cases) postscript source to the printer, and the CPU in the printer
does the hard work. Before anyone says, "well the NeXT printer is superior
because it has 400dpi", well I have been using a 300dpi printer at work,
and never have felt the need for more resolution.

 Also, there is a company called NewGen that makes two
Intel i860 (risc) based postscript printers that have scsi interfaces. At
$4495.00 for the 300dpi, and $5295.00 for the 400dpi, these are the cheapest
printers that I have seen with a scsi connector.

On a related subject, does anyone know why more printers are not equipped
with Enet ports ? With Enet cards selling for <$200.00 for the IBM PC,
I would think we would see lots of cheap laser printers with this type of
connection. The Imagen printer we have at work has Ethernet, but it costs
about $20,000.00 !!!!


jaz@calvin.icd.ab.com