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From: mjv@brownvm.brown.edu (Marshall Vale)
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Subject: Re: New Personal LaserWriters announced
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Date: 11 Jul 90 20:39:36 GMT
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In article <1990Jul11.131926.5416@cbnewsh.att.com> brion@cbnewsh.att.com 
(brion.n.feinberg) writes:
> Oh yea, for a little more money, you can put the IIP on Localtalk.  I
> use a Shiva NetSerial, but I understand HP now sells a LocalTalk
> version of the IIP (price unknown, rebate doubtful). This would
> probably bring the price up to a discounted Personal SC, but now
> the printer is shareable.

 Well the AppleTalk board for the LaserJet 3 is $215 retail and I'd suspect
the IIP would be the same. 

 I find the LaserJet, MacPrint,ATM set up works like a charm and if I want,
PostScript is just a mere $500 away.

> Admittedly, the slow communication (19.6 K) of this set up can be
> a bottleneck, slowing printing down to over 10 minutes a page
> sometimes.

 One advantage of having a Mac with a parallel port is that I can transfer
it over at 57.?k baud (or whatever that top setting is.) It transfers pages
very fast. (I case your wondering, its an Atari with Mac emulation.)

Cheers,
Marshall


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