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From: km@emory.UUCP (Ken Mandelberg)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Ethernet, Duplex, and Postscript
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Date: 13 May 88 15:52:22 GMT
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I am looking for a relatively low cost laserprinter that supports
Postscript (or a clone of it), Duplex printing, and has an ethernet
interface. Failing that I would be interested in any Postscript printer
with at least one of duplex or ethernet.

Of course I know how to get around the need for an ethernet interface
by either using a bridge on Appletalk or a Unix ethernet host via
rs232. I was hoping for a direct connection this next time around.

I believe that Imagen has solutions of this type. However, the last
time I checked it seemed that their lowest cost solution was about
triple the cost of what one of the new highend Apple Laserwriters would
cost us, with about the same speed. (This factors in a high academic
discount from Apple). The cost factor seemed too high to justify
duplex and ethernet.

I know Diconix has duplex inkjet, but it has no network interface at
all (just RS232 and parallel).

I also know that Cannon has showed an inexpensive duplex engine, fairly
comparable to the popular SX in speed and cost. This is relatively new
and I haven't seen anyone announce a printer containing it.

Can anyone can add any information on existing or upcoming Postscript
printers with either duplex or ethernet?
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