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From: paul@cgh.UUCP (Paul Homchick)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Info wanted on QMS printers
Keywords: QMS, Postscript
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Date: 30 Dec 89 14:48:38 GMT
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I am thinking of getting a NeXT cube, but the NeXT laser printer
doesn't look like a particularly good buy because it requires a cube
to be attached to it, and I have seen reports of serious CPU loading
while the bit-map is generated and then sent to the printer.  Further,
the NeXT only has five of the thirty-five fonts that you usually see in
a postscript printer.  So, I have decided to buy an 'ordinary'
postscript laser printer to go with it.

The candidates (selected primarily on a basis of cost) are the NEC
LC-890, the QMS 800, and the QMS 800 II.  There is a NEC at the
office, so I am familiar with that, but the QMS printers are a
mystery.  Can someone comment on the difference between the 800 and
the 800II and provide any caveats or praise?

Thanks!
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