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From: cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Alfter)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: looking for OEM supplier of Laser Printer w/ SCSI interface
Keywords: Laser SCSI
Message-ID: <1990Feb12.060906.18946@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 90 06:09:06 GMT
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I'm just curious, but does anybody even make laser printers that use SCSI or
parallel interfaces?  The only interfaces I've ever seen used are AppleTalk and RS-232.  Then again, my only laser-printer experience is with the Laserwriter.  AppleTalk is used around here in all-Apple networks, but I've seen RS-232 used;
there's a computer lab across the street that consists of a bunch of Mac SEs
and PS/2 50s connected to a 386-based server, which is connected to a
Laserwriter IINT.  The IBMs can only use the Laserwriter as a text printer, so
performance to them is good enough, but some printouts from the Macs take
forever because the Laserwriter's RS-232 input only handles 9600 baud (I
think).  It's really pitiful, especially when the rest of the network runs on
Ethernet, which is faster than even AppleTalk!

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