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From: laser-lovers@uw-beaver (laser-lovers)
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Subject: Re: laser printers to replace impact printers
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 00:48:12 EST
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From: ihnp4!utzoo!henry@uw-beaver.arpa
> From: Stuart Friedberg  
> I would suggest looking into the high-volume laser printers marketed by
> Xerox and IBM.  I'm not sure exactly what IBM's models are but their
> high-end printer is good for 2 or more pages a SECOND.  Xerox has a
> wide range of capabilities with their models 5700, 8700 and 9700.
> The 9700 is also good for 1.5 or a little over 2 pages a second (don't
> remember which, but probably the larger (135 ppm)).

The trouble is, both companies' printers are big dumb fast line printers,
period.  Lots of fonts, high speed, impressive marketing brochures, but
they're useless as graphics or typesetting machines.  The 9700 is great
for production runs of documents using simple monospace fonts, but that's
about it.  I'm told the IBM printers are, if anything, worse.