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From: nmje@colman.newcastle.ac.uk (Michael Elphick)
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Subject: Re: PC to SCSI connections?
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Date: 12 Sep 90 14:11:33 GMT
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In article <38685@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) writes:
>
>Oops, I think we're on the wrong track here. I think the SCSI interface
>on the laser printer would be for attaching a hard drive, wouldn't it,
>and the printing would actually be done through the AppleTalk connection.
>If I'm right on that, what you want for connecting your PC to the laser
>printer is an AppleTalk card such as that made by TOPS, or Apple or
>a lesser known clone of these. We use TOPS FlashCards and the TOPS/DOS 3.0
>software which takes care of sending PostScript output to the printer.

No -- the AppleTalk connection is NOT present on this printer (presumably
to simplify the design?); it's a relatively cheap 'Personal Laser Printer'.
One comment from a local source was that "the SCSI interface operates at a 
higher level than other parallel printer interfaces, and that this might
be a major source of problems".