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From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Personal Postscript Printers
Message-ID: <3889@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>
Date: 31 Aug 90 20:53:30 GMT
References: <1990Aug31.190120.18945@midway.uchicago.edu>
Reply-To: dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
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I bought the TI Microlaser PS a few months ago and love it.
I recently added an RS232/Appletalk interface to hook it
up to a Mac II (I'd been using via a parallel port to an RT/PC.)
It works like a charm with both, although you have to manually
switch between the different interfaces from the front panel
(no problem for me, since I'm the only user.)  I ended up paying
about $2K for the printer w/ Postscript.  You get LaserJet
emulation too, which is nice to know, though I haven't used that.

Maybe if I were buying a printer now, I'd go with the Apple Personal
Laserwriter NT, simply because I can get it for roughly the same
price as the TI (the new Apple wasn't available back then.)  But
I don't regret my purchase one bit.  The TI is fast (enough);
I haven't done any timings, but I haven't had any reason to complain.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu