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From: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Need Help Selecting Laser Printer
Keywords: Amiga, Mac, Laser, Printers
Message-ID: <13163@gryphon.COM>
Date: 11 Mar 89 04:31:40 GMT
References: <10502@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
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Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <10502@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com> dbk@teroach.phx.mcd.mot.com (Dave Kinzer) writes:
>
>  I need some help in selecting a laser printer.  I have an Amiga computer
>so I would like to get something that works with this.  This means that
>I would like to have an HP or something with HP emulation.
>
>  My wife has a Mac SE so I am looking for something which is compatable
>with this computer as well.  This is where I have no knowledge at all.
>What kind of interface, compatability, postscript, or whatever is needed
>to properly work in the Macintosh environment.
>
>  Ideally, I would like to get an HP LaserJet II with some kind of plug in
>board to make it work with the Mac, but I do not know if this is possible.
>Alternately, I could write an Amiga driver for the Laserwriter, but I
>would like to avoid this if possible.

Get a PostScript printer. 3 reasons:

1) It will work with your amiga and your wifes mac. (you married her anyway ?)

2) You may one day want to print Helvetica (tm) in a point size greater
   than 15.

3) PostScript has a future.


Disclaimer: I wrote postscript, and own 300,000 shares of Adobe stock.
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