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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: super-duper laser printer?
Message-ID: <544@vidiot.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jun 90 04:11:38 GMT
References: <1990Jun13.200117.19179@cec1.wustl.edu>
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In article <1990Jun13.200117.19179@cec1.wustl.edu> dave@wucs1.wustl.edu (David T Mitchell III) writes:
<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!

I have no idea why you want to go this fast.  But that is a transfer rate
of 25K/sec (40 microsec per byte [if the 50k is in bytes]).  That leaves out
serial ports.  I don't know the max transfer rate of the parallel port.
The 486 should be able to keep up.

But, a laser printer that can handle 50k in 2 seconds and print it is going
to be tough.  I don't know of any printers that can receive and print 50k
worth of data in 2 seconds.

If it does exist, it must be expensive.
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