Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz.cpd.com!neil From: neil@uninet.cpd.com (Neil Gorsuch) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Wanted: info on Laserjet IIIsi and networks. Message-ID: <1991Jun10.165358.19267@zardoz.cpd.com> Date: 10 Jun 91 16:53:58 GMT References: <3670001@hprnd.rose.hp.com> Sender: sales@cpd.com Followup-To: sales@cpd.com Organization: Uninet Peripherals, Santa Ana, CA, USA Lines: 18 In article <3670001@hprnd.rose.hp.com> jpm@hprnd.rose.hp.com (John McHugh) writes: >There are some boxes made by third parties that connect to the network and >then provide output spigots to RS-232 and Centronics which connect to the >printer. These are typically over $1000 and are limited to the performance >of the box and the Centronics interface but for complex graphics that may >still be much faster than RS-232. The least expensive option would be >to have a Centronics interface on your workstation but if that is not >possible you may consider the third party tcp/ip boxes. Our SCSI based Centronics parallel interface goes for $495 including software, the standard model does 30,000 characters per second, and it hooks up to lots of workstations. I'm sure sales@cpd.com would be happy to tell you more 8-). -- Neil Gorsuch INTERNET: neil@cpd.com UUCP: uunet!zardoz!neil MAIL: 1209 E. Warner, Santa Ana, CA, USA, 92705 PHONE: +1 714 546 1100 Uninet, a division of Custom Product Design, Inc. FAX: +1 714 546 3726 AKA: root, security-request, uuasc-request, postmaster, usenet, news