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From: drg@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu (David Gutierrez)
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Subject: Re: QMS PS-410... Good Deal ??
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Date: 12 Feb 91 22:04:31 GMT
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In article <12976@hubcap.clemson.edu> chrisb@hubcap.clemson.edu (Chris 
Behrens) writes:
> Does anybody out there have a QMS PS-410 Laser Printer ???
> Ads claim you can use either IBM or Mac to print.
> My question : Does it require ANY additional hardware/software to 
> accomplish this besides the necessary cables ??
> Is the print quality comparable to Mac Laser printers ??

It really does work in both environments at the same time. No additional 
hardware or software is needed. The lucky PC user who got the parallel 
port on the thing almost wet himself when he found out it would print 
PostScript through the parallel port. I think it will also print HP PCL 
jobs through the same port; it's supposed to automatically detect what 
kind of job it's printing.

The printer worked OK as a LocalTalk printer until we hooked up the PC. 
After that, the printer started randomly hanging up in the middle of print 
jobs. It had the added benefit of hanging up the Mac involved. QMS has 
offered to ship us a replacement unit with updated ROMs that may fix the 
problem, but we haven't been able to get their customer service department 
and our purchasing department to agree yet on how to do it.

The print quality is good.

The 50-sheet paper shelf is too small for a multi-user environment. One of 
these days we may receive the paper tray we ordered for it two months ago.

David Gutierrez
drg@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu

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