Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ls1i+ From: ls1i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Leonard John Schultz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Not another NeXT defector???!!! Message-ID: Date: 7 Nov 90 17:02:00 GMT Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 31 >I don't have the manual handy, but since I just installed one in my office this >morning, the information is pretty fresh. The Personal LW NT is a Postscript >printer. The Personal LW SC is the "QuickDraw" printer. Both the Personal >LaserWriters are based on a 4 page per minute Canon engine rated for (I think) >150,000 copies. I think it would be a good idea to compare the two printers NeXT Laser Printer 400 dpi 8 pages per minute 300,000 page duty cycle No monthly limit $1282 (University Price) * New versions of postscript (like PostScript II) can be utilized since PostScript is in software. * Fast imaging on a 68040 in the background * Up to 64 MB RAM Apple Personal LaserWriter NT 300 dpi 4 pages per minute 150,000 page duty cycle 100 page per day limit $2121 (University Price) 2MB RAM 68020 PostScript in ROM