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From: oliver@fire.berkeley.edu
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Subject: Summary of responses about low-end Postscript printers
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Date: 10 May 91 05:33:12 GMT
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About a week ago, I posted a question asking about low-end Postscript
printers.  I was particularly curious about the QMS PS410, the TI
MicroLaser, and the Printer Works JetScript/Canon engine combination.

There certainly seem to be a lot of cheerful laser printer owners out
there :-).  The responses about the QMS spanned the entire range from
"it works fine, I recommend it" to "since I bought a 410, I have become
wise, wealthy, and even my dog likes me".  One person reported that the
machine had been damaged en route, but was fixed by QMS immediately.
All of the four people who had or had used TI printers liked and recommended
them as well.  The only person with anything bad to say said that he had
had a bad experience with the JetScript controller.

So, I'm still not quite sure whether to get the TI or the QMS.  I'm leaning
towards the former because it is small and a bit cheaper, but I have been
left with a very good impression of the 410 and I may go ahead and spring
for one if I can find a good deal.  It sounds like I should be in pretty
good shape either way.  I'd like to thank everyone who responded, and I 
hope this summary is useful to someone else.

The replies came from:

bryan@cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer @ Wit's End)
tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
Steve Owens <owens@cse.ogi.edu>
peb@pine.pine.dk (Per Baekgaard)
unmvax!gatech!dcatla!dudkl@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (Danny Llewallyn)
adpplz!dtb@apple.com (Tom Beach)
gatech!motatl!mcdchg!gargoyle!chinet.chi.il.us!pdg@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Paul Guthrie)
lee@shell.com (Bill Lee)
Joseph_Keenan@NeXT.COM


Thanks, everyone.
Cheers,
- Oliver