Xref: utzoo comp.text:2934 comp.periphs:1376 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ficc!walker From: walker@ficc.uu.net (Walker Mangum) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.periphs Subject: Re: Laser printers - AST vs. NEC vs. ???? Summary: NEC LC890 Experience - Very Good Keywords: laser,postscript,hpgl Message-ID: <2474@ficc.uu.net> Date: 16 Dec 88 22:37:24 GMT References: <246@boake2.UUCP> <1202@mtund.ATT.COM> Organization: Adytum, Inc. Lines: 34 In article <246@boake2.UUCP> scott@boake2.UUCP (Scott Boake) writes: > The two that I'm looking at are the AST and NEC Postscript Lasers. > The perfect laser for us would have the following features: > > 1. Postscript > 2. HP > 3. Parallel / Serial / Apple Talk > 4. Reliability / Built well > I've been using the NEC LC-890 for about a year now, and have had virtually no complaints (a sheet of paper may have jammed in it once or twice, but out of thousands of pages, so what?). The 890 produces outstanding output. We run it mostly in PostScript Batch mode (output from WordPerfect & PageMaker), but have run it in HP LaserJet mode, and occasionally in Diablo 630 mode. My only minor complaint is that in Diable 630 (dump printer) mode, the print begins at the left EDGE of the paper, and there is no way to make it offset. We only use this mode for dumps, etc., but it is annoying because the printer can't actually print within about 0.25" of the paper edges, so the first character on each line is lost. Oh well, I guess that's what Epsons are for. The 890 is fast. It falls off of 8 pages/minute only if you do a lot of font changes during a document, or have a lot of graphics. Basically, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it, and if we were in the market for another printer, we'd buy another NEC LC-890. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Walker Mangum | Adytum, Incorporated phone: (713) 333-1509 | 1100 NASA Road One UUCP: uunet!ficc!walker (walker@ficc.uu.net) | Houston, TX 77058 Disclaimer: $#!+ HAPPENS