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From: muir@postgres.uucp (David Muir Sharnoff)
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Subject: Re: How did they make the printer so cheap?
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Date: 19 Oct 88 18:02:26 GMT
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In article <73489@sun.uucp> swilson@sun.UUCP (Scott Wilson) writes:
>this much of its memory?  What kind of transfer rates are expected
>out the printer port?

1Mbit/s in 300dpi mode and 3Mbit/s in 400dpi mode.   The printer gets
one of the 12 "channels" on the DMA chip.  

-Dave