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Subject: Re:  Corona Laser Printer
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 16:53:09 EDT
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From: phr%ucbernie@Berkeley (Paul Rubin)

The Corona Laser Printer has been around for at least a year.  It is
an LBP-CX based printer with not very many features and not much software.
What's interesting about it is that its interface is a card that plugs
into an IBM PC backplane and transfers rasters at memory speeds, so you
can print full page bitmaps or anything else that your PC can generate.
I don't know of any other printers that aren't a lot more expensive tha
can do this at reasonable speed.  Yes, Corona are the Corona PC people.

I heard that Lance Carnes was working on a version of Personal TeX that
ran on a PC and drove this printer directly.  I don't know what is going
on with that these days.  I would recommend contacting his company (in
Mill Valley, CA, I think) but I don't know the address.  He advertises
in TUGBoat or you could try 415 directory assistance.

Disclaimer: I don't have anything to do with any of the above organizations.

Hope this helps

	paul rubin

[[Editor's note:  Lance's company is Personal TeX, Inc., at
(415)388-8853.

Out of fairness, I ought to ask someone who attended TUG to summarize
the manufacturer's displays so we can hear about the competing
products as well.  Anyone want to take this on?		--Rick ]]