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From: hst@mh_co2.mh.nl (Klaas Hemstra)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: super-duper laser printer?
Message-ID: <4847@mhres.mh.nl>
Date: 15 Jun 90 15:54:28 GMT
References: <1990Jun13.200117.19179@cec1.wustl.edu>
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From article <1990Jun13.200117.19179@cec1.wustl.edu>, by dave@wucs1.wustl.edu (David T Mitchell III):
> I've got an application that requires a *bunch* of printing.  I'd
> really like to do everything on a pc (486 probably), but need some
> kind of monster laser printer:  got to dump 50k images, about one
> every 1.5-2 seconds!

Well, we had to make a offer for a post-conversion office once. In there
they would have to print a lot of telex messages for transfer with
 FAX machines.

There was also the trouble of printing.

First there is the question of the printer command language.
The best is that the printer can be adressed with some kind of compressed data
format. The new HP III can be adressed with RLE compressed graphics data.
But then the printing speed !, Most printers will not do more then 8 pages/min.
Big laser printers are also expensive. And then there's the problem of sending
the amount of data you are talking about. Mostly those big laserprinters are
good in printing multi copies, but images ?

Of course you can connect multiple printers to an 486. Run unix. With 50K/
image you should use parallel interfaces though.

					Just some comments,
						Klaas

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