Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!drutx!mtuxo!mtunh!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!laser-lovers From: laser-lovers@uw-beaver Newsgroups: fa.laser-lovers Subject: Re: Xerox 4045 as a networked printer Message-ID: <1712@uw-beaver> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 14:42:57 EST Article-I.D.: uw-beave.1712 Posted: Tue Nov 12 14:42:57 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 07:16:39 EST Sender: daemon@uw-beaver Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 19 From: jqj@GVAX.CS.CORNELL.EDU (J Q Johnson) If you want to have a 4045 printer on your network (with Interpress) you need to buy a Xerox T22 processor as the server, plus the appropriate software. That pushes the cost up to only a bit less than an 8044. I haven't seen pricing data from Xerox yet, but my estimate is that the total system will cost about $10-13K including printer. In that configuration it's a nice machine, but it will probably have problems competing with a Laserwriter or networked Imagen except in marketplaces that need Interpress (Adobe, where's that Interpress to Postscript translator?) or a standalone XNS-based server. Related question: If one wants to hook a Laserwriter to an Ethernet as a print server/spooler, (let's say running TCP/IP and some arbitrary print spooling protocol) what's the most cost-effective way to do it (assuming you don't have a spare Unix machine handy)?