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From: sho@pur-phy (Sho Kuwamoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: How did they make the printer so cheap?
Message-ID: <1596@pur-phy>
Date: 20 Oct 88 00:50:57 GMT
References: <5807@zodiac.UUCP> <15626@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <574@optilink.UUCP>
Reply-To: sho@newton.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (Sho Kuwamoto)
Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., W. Lafayette, IN
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In article <574@optilink.UUCP> cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
<In article <15626@agate.BERKELEY.EDU<, ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu writes:
<< In article <5807@zodiac.UUCP< jshelton@ads.com (John L. Shelton) writes:
<< <
<< <How can NeXT possibly make a postscript printer to sell for $2000?
<< <I'm afraid to find out, but I suspect that the printer has no CPU and
<< <memory.  More likely, the printer uses the NeXT CPU and memory.  I got
<< <suspicious when I heard that there was a specific PRINTER port for the
<< <machine.  Anyone got the real scoop?
<< <
<< <=John=
<< It is not a postscript printer. Is this a change in Adobe's licensing
<< policy? I thought you had to have postscrip in the printer.
<
<Not a requirement -- the IBM PostScript printer has the PostScript in
<the controller card in the computer.
<
<Does anyone really have any specs about the NeXT PostScript printer?
<What sort of interfaces does it have?  (When will I be able to buy
<one for my PC?)

I think the printer gets its own DMA channel, so good luck getting one
for your PC. 

-Sho