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Subject: Re: QMS 1200A and other QMS PostScript printers
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Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 15:45:06 EST
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From: Christopher A Kent <cak@PURDUE.ARPA>

We've been wondering about the expected lifetime of the QMS 2400. As I
understand it, it's just an XP12 engine brought up (tuned, if you will)
to the original design speed. If QMS can do it, why hasn't anyone else
(like Xerox)? How long have these units been in the field? Can they be
expected to be the never-failing workhorses that the 1200s are, or will
they end their lives early, burned out from running too fast?

Has anyone really beat on a 2400 to get a good feel for this?

chris
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