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From: oliver@fire.berkeley.edu (Oliver Sharp)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Have you had experience with these Postscript printers?
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Date: 4 May 91 01:36:14 GMT
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Now that low-end Postscript printers are available for a reasonable amount
of money, I'm thinking about getting one.  The three printers I've looked
at are:
  - the QMS PS410
  - the TI MicroLaser PS 35
  - the Printer Works QMS JetScript/Canon engine combination

If you have experience with any of these printers or something else in
the same price range (1200-1900), I'd appreciate hearing about it.  Speed
is not as important as reliability and an absolutely faithful implementation 
of Postscript.  The printer will be light duty, but I want it to last.
I like HP equipment a lot, but the Postscript emulation I've seen was
painfully slow and not a full implementation.  I might use HP PCL if it is 
available, but I won't miss it - Postscript is what I deal with most of the 
time.

I'd prefer email responses, to avoid wasting bandwidth, and I will summarize
in about a week.

Thanks very much,
- Oliver