Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!gvax.cs.cornell.edu!jqj From: jqj@GVAX.CS.CORNELL.EDU (J Q Johnson) Newsgroups: mod.computers.laser-printers Subject: Re: Xerox 4045 as a networked printer Message-ID: <8511121212.AA16310@gvax.cs.cornell.edu> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 07:12:13 EST Article-I.D.: gvax.8511121212.AA16310 Posted: Tue Nov 12 07:12:13 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 00:42:03 EST Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 17 Approved: laser-lovers@ucbvax.berkeley.edu 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)?