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From: michael@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Michael Johnson)
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Subject: Is there a duplex-capable PostScript printer available?
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Date: 14 Feb 90 19:48:11 GMT
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I've more than once wished, when printing large documents, that we had a
PostScript printer that was capable of printing in duplex mode, i.e. on both
sides of a sheet of paper. Obviously it is possible to construct such a
machine, as there are laser photo-copiers that can produce duplex copies.
If anything, it should be easier to construct such a beast than to produce
a copier that can do this (no scanners, feeders or collaters needed).

Naturally, I can run the printer output through a copier to make it duplex,
but that wastes paper, toner, and my time and makes for inferior quality.
It's pretty much not an option for a 650 page document.

Michael Johnson
University of Maine System
Computing and Data Processing Services