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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Alternatives to the NeXT printer?
Message-ID: <1247@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 29 Jan 91 06:14:19 GMT
References: <1991Jan29.015157.28918@macc.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: San Francisco State University
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In article <1991Jan29.015157.28918@macc.wisc.edu>
	yahnke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Ross Yahnke, MACC) writes:
>What alternatives to the NeXT printer have people heard
>about?

PrintManager in 2.0 lists quite a few compatible printers.

>       Is that port that drives the NeXT printer parallel?

No, it's something weird:  (excuse the crude ASCII graphics)

	  5 4 3 2 1
	 ,---------.
	( o o o o o )
	 \ o o o o /
	  `-------'
	   9 8 7 6

Pin	Signal		Pin	Signal
1	LP CLK		6	GND
2	LP DATA IN	7	GND
3	LP DATA OUT 1	8	GND
4	LP DATA OUT 2	9	NC
5	LP PWR ENABLE

>What are the chances that someone could attach something
>like, say, an HP DeskJet or LaserJet, or even, ahem, a LaserWriter?

LaserWriter II NT and II NTX (but not II SC) printers have been
supported for as long as I remember as serial printers.  You can
get PostScript cartridges for LaserJet II and III printers.

>Do I assume correctly that someone would have to create a
>printer driver of some sort to make this work???

Only for non-PostScript printers.

					-=EPS=-