Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!necntc!ames!amdcad!sun!softcore!eades From: eades%softcore@Sun.COM (Mark Eades) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: HP Laser printer for the Mac II ? Message-ID: <23783@sun.uucp> Date: Sat, 18-Jul-87 01:59:20 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.23783 Posted: Sat Jul 18 01:59:20 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 20:54:55 EDT References: <1987Jul9.143058.17426@utstat.uucp> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: eades@sun.UUCP (Mark Eades) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 31 In article <1987Jul9.143058.17426@utstat.uucp> kevink@utstat.UUCP writes: >Does anyone have experience with using any one of the HP laser printers >to print Post Script formatted files produced by Mac II software? > >I have heard a rumour that Hewlett Packard has made the software and >hardware modifications to imitate an Apple Laserwriter but HP Sales >up here in the frozen north of Canada are not informed of this new >capability. The HP Lazerjet is a good printer for letter quality work but is not a compatable postscript device. It can print off bit mapped files but does not understand the Postscript language. QMS, markets an add-on device to the Lazerjet that replaces HP's controller with a Postscript controller but costs about $3000. Mark Eades Sun Microsystems > >I'd appreciate receiving any details. > >Kevin J. Keen >Dept. of Statistics >University of Toronto >Toronto, CANADA M5S 1A! > >e-mail address: kevink@utstat > >P. S. Don't believe all that frozen north stuff in the Molson's and Labatt's > beer ads. Today it is 34C in Toronto with a relative humidity of 85%.