Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!laser-lovers From: laser-lovers@uw-beaver (laser-lovers) Newsgroups: fa.laser-lovers Subject: [Wang Zeep: Laser Printers] Message-ID: <1764@uw-beaver> Date: Sat, 22-Sep-84 17:55:55 EDT Article-I.D.: uw-beave.1764 Posted: Sat Sep 22 17:55:55 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 02:31:14 EDT Sender: yenbut@uw-beave Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 50 From: Richard Furuta This item from info-mac. The PostScript description is in the public domain and copies of its description may be purchased from Adobe. I believe the cost is $35. It seems like recommended reading to me. Unfortunately I don't have Adobe's address right here---if someone on the list has it, please mail it to laser-lovers; otherwise I'll send it out on Monday. As far as the feeling that the printer cannot be produced to sell for less than $8000---note that the HP LaserJet using the same print engine retails for around $3500 (admittedly the controller is less capable). The rumored price for this printer (in earlier messages to laser-lovers) has been about $7000. --Rick --------------- Return-Path: Received: from SUMEX-AIM.ARPA by WASHINGTON.ARPA with TCP; Sat 22 Sep 84 11:43:09-PDT Return-Path: <@MIT-MC:G.ZEEP@MIT-EECS> Received: from MIT-MC by SUMEX-AIM.ARPA with TCP; Fri 21 Sep 84 13:07:15-PDT Date: Fri 21 Sep 84 16:02:10-EDT From: Wang Zeep Subject: Laser Printers To: info-mac@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA ReSent-date: Sat 22 Sep 84 09:45:00-PDT ReSent-From: Ed Pattermann ReSent-To: info-mac: ; 1) Rumor from a friend in the business of designing laser printers has Apple using the Post Script protocol from Adobe systems to specify their page layouts. This is important because a) Microsoft and QMS both will support the same protocol. b) Mergenthaler Linotype signed with Adobe to provide high- quality digitized fonts for the PostScript protocol. 2) He also says that it will be massively intelligent and will include a 12 Mhz 68000 and 2 megabytes of 256Kbit RAMs. He cannont see how it will come out for less than $8000. (QMS's version of the Canon is said to be similar and costs $10000). 3) One possibility if this is all true is that Apple may be able to sell IBM compatible laser printers, as Microsoft will surely bring out a PostScript compatible version of Word. wz ------- -------