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From: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis)
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Subject: Re: 400dpi, 16ppm, PostScript printer
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Date: Mon, 15-Sep-86 00:14:42 EDT
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   The following note went out on Info-PostScript:
      Agfa-Gaevert announced a 400dpi, 16 ppm ("although it slows with heavily
      etc.

      -- Rex

   I also received a press release on this printer.  Interesting points
   from the press release are:

   - The printer uses "LED array electro-photographic marking
   technology."

   - "The Agfa P400PS printer is the first PostScript-intelligent
   printer developed by Agfa-Gevaert under its contractual agreement with
   Adobe Systems.  The Agfa P400PS is the first printer equipped with the
   Adobe 'Atlas' controller based on the 68020 processor and is able to
   etc.

	--Rick

The P400 printer has been around Europe for a while.
The concept of the LED-array (actually not 400 dpi but 404 or so)
always looked neat to me, as well as the large input bin (2000
pages, an extra (smaller) bin for special paper for banner
pages etc..
I never considered it as a serious printer because the interface
they gave you was unbelievable stupid. Most of the limitations
came from the hardware.
I have told them several times that the printer would be nice if
they could provide a sensible interface, like PostScript. The
standard answer to this was always: "We have the best Interface
of the world, and everybody, including Adobe, will follow us".

So I'm amazed by this announcement. I will try to find out on
this end if the machine is really working or just in the (re-)design
stage.  Apparently they changed the hardware and kept the printing
engine, because under the old system there was no way
that you could be anything sensible with it.


	jaap