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From: igreenaw@hemel.bull.co.uk (ian greenaway)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Questions about BROTHER HL-8 and fonts/memory/postscript etc.
Summary: I've just got an old Brother HL-8 laser and I have some questions.
Keywords: HL-8
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.133411.16159@hemel.bull.co.uk>
Date: 27 Mar 91 13:34:11 GMT
Organization: Bull HN UK
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I've just bought a BROTHER HL-8 laser printer secondhand and I have a few   
questions about it.

I have noticed that it bears remarkable similarity to the HP Laserjet I printer
and that it has two slots beneath the paper tray.

As the printer can emulate the HP Laserjet +, am I correct in assuming that
the slots will take normal HP font cartridges (or indeed the Postscript one) ? 

If not, will any other manufacturers cartridges work ?

Next question, It has 1/2 meg memory - can I up that to at least a meg (either
with a kit - or a soldering iron and a handful of chips ?)

Finally - sometimes after power on, it display the emulation type and ram size
etc but then stays permanently in the WAIT state - as if were still warming up.
Any ideas why ?

Thanx in advance

Ian

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