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From: Ernie_Gorrie@mindlink.bc.ca (Ernie Gorrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Dumb Laser Printers
Message-ID: <5686@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 30 Apr 91 00:41:11 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> sjcst2@unix.cis.pitt.edu writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <122170@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
> Posted: 30 Apr 91 08:02:54 GMT
> 
> Org.  : University of Pittsburgh
> Person: Scott J. Corley
> 
> Mike , I hate to break this to you but Atari's been offering a dumb laser
> printer (no memory , no CPU) for use with their Atari ST since 1987. Next
> didnt invent the idea of using the computer's CPU and memory do the work
> necessary to print pages.


        Amiga also had one for a few years (and some of us still have it), the
C Ltd. LazerXpress laser printer.  It uses a General Computer Corporation
Personal Laser Printer for the hardware (along with a special C Ltd. PAL chip)
and Amiga software.  The GCC-PLP is available for the Mac and has the option of
being "dumb" or using specially installed memory in the PLP.
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