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From: pml4791@ROUGE.USL.EDU (Landry Patrick M)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Ever heard of this printer??
Keywords: postscript taxan Crystal Jet KE-300
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Date: 30 Mar 90 21:33:46 GMT
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I just saw an ad in a liquidator catalog for a
	"TAXAN laser printer with POSTCARD controller"
The deal is for a printer and an AT controller card.
The printer is a 
	"Crystal Jet KE-200 Laser Printer"
I can gather from the ad that the printer uses
liquid crystal shutter technology at 300dpi. It is
rated at 8ppm.
The controller card is a
	"Abaton PostCard Printer Controller"
It is a full-length AT card. It "processes postscript
or PCL formatted files".
If you have ever heard of either of these products, maybe
you could answer a couple of questions:
	- is this a decent printer?
	- write-white or write-black?
	- how expensive are supplies?
	- will I be able to find supplies into the future?
	- is the controller true postscript or an emulation?
	- if emulation how good is it?
	- does the board "look like" a printer port to
	  the PC or does your software need a special
	  driver?
Thanks to all who take time to read an especially to those who reply.
--
patrick
pml@cacs.usl.edu
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