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From: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Help wanted: affordable postscript printer.
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Date: 21 Dec 90 03:51:37 GMT
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In article <73105@unix.cis.pitt.edu> slist2@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Shih-chen Lin) writes:
>I am looking for an affordable postscript printer for my PC.
>I don't consider HP+cartridge due to its low-speedy.
>
>(1) Is there anyone have experienced with TI MicroLaser PS17
>    ($1,500) or NEC SilentWriter 2, 90 ($1,600)? How was it?

I have the TI PS35 which has a street price of about $1600 right now.  I
got an extra 1MB of memory to bring it up to 2.5MB, but I'll only need
that for fonts.  It is a terrific little printer to have in a home or
small office.  The only knock is that the toner/developer system is a
little tricky to install; it pays to read the instructions and take it
slowly your first time through or you can end up with a HIDEOUS BLACK
SPOT on the carpet :-)  It has full HP LJ2 emulation built in as well as
Adobe Postscript with 35 fonts.  The engine is 6ppm.  The PostScript
interpreter doesn't seem particularly slow.  It has a 250 sheet bin and
a manual feed slot in front.  Output trays are on top (face down) and
back (face up).  It will do envelopes and labels.  There's a fairly
complex menu-driven interface off the front panel buttons, but you can
control basic functions, like switching HP/PS emulation, by pumping
brief control sequences at it, so I rarely touch the panel.

If anyone knows of a good FTP site that stores fonts I can feed to this
thing, by the way, a pointer posting here would be welcome.

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