Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!tank.uchicago.edu!arxt From: arxt@tank.uchicago.edu (patrick palmer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: laser printers for Amiga? Keywords: printers, laser Message-ID: <1742@tank.uchicago.edu> Date: 7 Feb 89 17:14:20 GMT Sender: arxt@tank.uchicago.edu Reply-To: arxt@tank.uchicago.edu (patrick palmer) Distribution: na Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 34 I have been thinking about getting a laserprinter for my Amiga, and found ads in the Sunday paper for the HP Laserjet II for as low as $1635, and a local store has the Apple Personal Laser for ~$1450 and another advertised an Okidata Laserline 6 for $1350. (When I finish my tax return, I will know if the idea is feasible financially, but I can dream, can't I.) I should explain that I am not a heavy printer user anyway, perhaps I average 10 pages per day. (If I had a better printer, the total would probably creep up; but the point is use would be light.) I am now using a 6 - 7 year old Gemini-10X; and, I realize that a modern dotmatrix printer would be a step up, but if I buy a new printer, I would like one that I would use for the next 6-7 years. 1. What brands of "cheap" laser printers are people using on Amiga's? 2. Were these printers easy to use (i.e. supported in 1.3, did not require cables from Afghanistan, etc.) 3. How important is Postscript for an Amiga user? I mostly use Scribble! and would like to make simple plots (i.e. line drawings, not grey scale). I played around with a macII with an expensive Apple Laserwriter, and found that it was nice to be able to set up the pages on the screen, but I did not find it so great that I would want to spend a lot extra on it. But, maybe I am missing the greatest thing since sliced bread. (What I am getting at is: is ability to expand to Postscript compatibiliy an essential feature for the prudent buyer?) I would be very grateful for any advice. (And grateful to IRS if I have any money left to buy anything.) If anything interesting turns up, I will summarize for the net. Pat Palmer (email: ppalmer@oddjob.uchicago.edu)