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From: igreenaw@hemel.bull.co.uk (ian greenaway)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Questions about BROTHER HL-8 and fonts/memory etc
Summary: I've just bought a secondhand Brother HL-8 laser and I have questions.
Keywords: Brother
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Date: 27 Mar 91 14:53:46 GMT
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I've just bought a BROTHER HL-8 laser printer secondhand and I have one or two
questions - here goes.

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: does anyone use this printer (or in fact any laser) with the Amiga
because the output from Deluxe Paint etc even with 1.3 drivers is incredibly
slow (15 - 20 mins or more per page) and I need to know how to speed things
up.


Thanx in advance

Ian

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