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From: redmond@pravda (Mike Redmond)
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Subject: Harris-DOS, Laser Printer Support
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Date: 18 Nov 90 21:18:29 GMT
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A college buddy called me up with a computer problem/question.
Not being a computer person he didn't know that this was way
out of my area. 
On the surface of it I think he's f*cked. Excuse me, I mean
I think the vendor has him where they want him.

They have an old system sold by Lanier. Apparently Lanier
was recently bought out by Centrex.

The problem comes in because their laser printer is beat.
I think another part of the problem is that the secretary
is tired of hand feeding envelopes.

So they pick out an HP printer that they like and has
dual trays so that both paper and envelopes can be fed 
automatically.

Problem is, the old system runs Harris-DOS instead of
MS-DOS. They're told that the only laser printer supported
is this Lanier LS-6 which can't feed envelopes automatically.

HP says their printer can't deal with Harris-DOS, so at least
that seems on the level.

Centrex wants them to buy a new system which does support
the printer they want. My friend's company being a small 
company, they're not anxious to do that.

The question is, might there be a third party company that
might have developed support for that printer under 
Harris-DOS ?

My suspicion is that the details of Harris-DOS necessary 
to do that are not available, and that nobody has the source
code. I also suspect that there probably wouldn't be enough
demand either :-)

I told my friend I'd ask around but that I think they're 
in trouble. Well, they'll probably need to get a new 
system (I don't think it will be Centrex :-) )

If anybody knows of anything that might be helpful,
please e-mail me at redmond@cc.gatech.edu

Thanks,

Mike


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