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From: davef@FANTASIA.STANFORD.EDU (David Finkelstein)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Dayna EtherPrint Evaluation
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Date: 10 Oct 90 16:31:21 GMT
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Dayna Communications Corp. (with whom I am unaffiliated, except as a  
purchaser of their products) makes a box called EtherPrint.   
EtherPrint allows you to directly connect a LaserWriter (or  
ImageWriter) directly to the Ethernet.  We've been using one for a  
while now, and we can't even tell it's there.  Once it's been set up,  
operation is completely transparent.  We've had no problems  
whatsoever with it.

Set up is pretty simple.  You have to choose between the AUI and thin  
Ethernet connectors, and select AppleTalk Phase 1 or Phase 2  
protocols (EtherPrint supports either, but not both at the same  
time).  Connect EtherPrint to your LaserWriter, and you're ready to  
go.  I tested printing from Macs and Unix boxes running papif, and  
had no problems.  I couldn't discern any speedup in printing, but the  
printing bottleneck is the laserwriter itself anyway.

EtherPrint supports only AppleTalk protocols.  So if you want to  
print to it, you have to speak AppleTalk on the Ethernet.  


The retail cost is $500, or $400 to universities.  Dayna is  
supposedly working on a version of EtherPrint that supports multiple  
LaserWriters, but I don't know when they expect to ship or how much  
the product will cost.

For those of you interested, you can contact Dayna at:

Dayna Communications Corp.
50 S. Main St.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84144
(801) 531-0600

We bought direct; as I recall, they're selling discounted to  
universities direct only.

David Finkelstein
Academic Information Resources
Stanford University
davef@fantasia.stanford.edu