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From: GASPARD@HROEUR5.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Laser Printers and the ST
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Date: 2 Feb 88 16:38:00 GMT
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>First - does it make a great deal of sense to by the laser engine for
>$2K when right next to it is an HP going for $1.7K, which has .5 Meg of
>memory, and the ability to upgrade it to almost anything. (Postscript
>included).  Is the quality of the Atari Laser so great as to outweigh
>all other factors?
>
>Second - consider the following two scenarios.  I buy a mono-mega4 and
>an atari laser printer for $4.5K, and lets say Word Perfect, a page
>publishing program.
>
>-or-
>I buy a mono-ST for .9K and a AST Turbo Laser for $3K -> for a total of
>$3.9K.
>I have the same software.


I'm using the Atari laser for about two months now and I find it
wonderfull. Just compare its 'black' with most other lasers.

But let me ask you same questions:

Do you have a 'GDOS'-printerdriver for the AST-turbo-laser?
Can you make a screendump to the AST-laser?
The programs that you have or you'll have in the future, are they
supporting the AST-laser?
Do you have a 'epson'-emulator for the AST-laser? (a German-company is
selling one for the Atari-laser)

I think, if you are sure you don't sell your ST in the near future, you
will be better of with the Atari laser.
I'm very sure some smart company will make a RS232- or centronics-
interface for the Atari-laser.
I'm sure some smart guy will write a fonteditor for the Atari-laser.

I agree, it's sometimes a wast of time waiting to get the ST back when
the laser is printing.


Bert Rozenberg
Dutch ST-foundation.