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Subject: Apollo laser printer and etc.
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Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 15:54:27 EDT
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From: Neal Holtz <holtz%cascade.carleton.cdn%ubc.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa>

You will likely get better info from SIGGRAPH attendees, but in the meantime, 
extracting supposed facts from the Apollo press releases of July 24
(and omitting the blarney -- which cuts down size remarkably):

DOMAIN/LASER-26 laser printer:

        - "up to" 26 pages/minute
        - 300 dpi.
        - PostScript interpreter built-in to graphics processor on printer
        - up to 11x17 inch paper
        - straight-through paper path
        - 1500 sheet capacity paper cassettes
        - optional 10-bin sorter/collater
        - RS-232 or Centronics parallel interface
        - less then 55 db noise.

PostScript support:

        - "Apollo has adopted PostScript as its standard corporate print
           language ... "
        - "Because the PostScript decomposer runs on Apollo workstations,
           users can output PostScript files to non-PostScript printers."
 
        (there is also a statement implying [I think] that it might be possible
         for users to write their own device drivers for the PostScript
         decomposer, but I found it confusing and fairly content-free, so
         I won't quote it).

LaserWriter support:

        - "Apollo also announced new software that supports the Apple
           LaserWriter ... . ... connected to the workstation via RS-232 ... "

        (this may be simply providing support for the print server
         and "PRF" command, but I know no more.)