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From: tim@J.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Timothy Lange)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: Laser Printer Tractor Feeder?
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Date: 27 Nov 87 03:25:13 GMT
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I know that BDT corp. makes a feeder unit that has two paper bins
and one envelope bin on board.  Price is about $1600.  They even
make one that has seven paper bins.  All bins are software
selectable, so they may be used with any programs.

I have seen a Zyad feeder made for the HP LaserJet.  It had two
paper bins and the envelope feeder.  Price $1400.  It worked
quite well, it could handle envelope stock thicker than the Laser
could.  It too had the bins software selectable by just a
particular string of ASCII characters, so it could be used with
any software.

On both of the above units your data cable goes to the paper
feeder unit first, then the laser.  I think the BDT unit is more
complex because of the AppleTalk interface.

-- 
Timothy Lange / PC Learning Resource Center / Mathmatical Sciences Bldg.
Purdue University Computing Center / West Lafayette, IN  47907
317-494-1787 / tim@j.cc.purdue.edu