Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!milton!ogicse!littlei!gandalf!andyc From: andyc@bucky.intel.com (Andy Crump) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: Why scsi printers? Info wanted. Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 91 12:20:35 GMT References: <+++-+TA@b-tech.uucp> Sender: news@littlei.UUCP Distribution: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.periphs.printers Organization: Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon Lines: 20 In-reply-to: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us's message of 15 Feb 91 15:20:36 GMT >>>>> On 15 Feb 91 15:20:36 GMT, zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) said: >advantage is to a SCSI printer. It seems to me that the speed of the >print mechanism is by far the limiting factor to print speed, not the Jon> Every try to rapidly print 600K bitmaps on a laser printer? Currently Jon> we have to use a PC with a coprocessor board that talks to the printer Jon> via the video interface. A scsi laserprinter would probably eliminate Jon> the need for the PC and coprocessor. But if the laserprinter is postscript, how does that help you? -- -- Andy Crump ...!tektronix!reed!littlei!andyc | andyc@littlei.intel.com ...!uunet!littlei!andyc | andyc@littlei.uu.net Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed here are my own and not representive of Intel Corportation.