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From: neil@uninet.cpd.com (Neil Gorsuch)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: looking for hp lj II ethernet cards
Keywords: ethernet laserjet
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Date: 15 Oct 90 23:18:12 GMT
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In article <1990Oct12.044423.1802@wsrcc.uucp> wolfgang@wsrcc.uucp (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes:
>The problem is that downloading a one page bitmap (eg. ghostscript
>output) involves moving a megabyte of data.  This comes out to over 9
>minutes for the download alone at 19.2 baud.  This is a bit too long
>for my tastes and tends to slow the 8ppm printing down a bit.  ;-)
>No - using the LJ Centronics port isn't really an option for me.  I am
>running on an Sparc SLC which only has serial, SCSI and ethernet
>connections.

We have a SCSI based Centronics port that works fine on SLC's.  The
current model outputs at up to 30,000 characters per second, which
pushes the download time to around 30 seconds.

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