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From: jim@applix.UUCP (Jim Morton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: Personal Pageprinter II and AIX 2.2.1
Summary: need 4216 adapter
Message-ID: <968@applix.UUCP>
Date: 6 May 89 19:20:46 GMT
References: <2561@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Organization: APPLiX Inc., Westboro MA
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In article <2561@nmtsun.nmt.edu>, peter@hydrovax (Peter A. Blemel) writes:
> Personal Pageprinter II. When I run 'devices' to add it (the printer) to the
> system, I see a selection for Personal Pageprinter. It does not say II, but
> I figure since it's the only reference to the beast... Anyway, when I 
> select it devices goes off looking for adaptors and then says something
> to the effect of 'You don't have any adaptors suitable for using this
> printer.'. 

You need the 4216/A Personal Pageprinter adapter, which is where the
PostScript interpreter code gets downloaded. Also, you need the "PostScript
Interpreter RT PC Edition" p/n 06F2410, a 3 diskette package done for IBM
by Adobe Systems. On the 4216/A, be careful -- it comes in both AT/RT bus
versions and microchannel versions. After you get all done, it ends up
being a lot more expensive than just buying a laser printer with the
PostScript built in, and takes up a fair amount of disk space on the RT.
--
Jim Morton, APPLiX Inc., Westboro, MA
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