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- From: Jonathan Waland <walaj@abstruse.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Printers need Windows to operate?
- Date: Sat, 6 Apr 96 15:30:12 GMT
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- spaces@woods.uml.edu wrote:
- :
- : I would like to purchase a new laser printer for my A2000 system but several of
- : the models I like have specs that read something to the effect that :
- :
- : "Requires 386sx/16 or better, 4 megs ram, 10.5 megs hd space, and Windows 3.1
- : or 95"
- :
- : Do these printers absolutely need to be attached to a pc running windows to
- : operate? Seems like my A2000 should be able to more than meet the specs above
- : but...
- :
-
- some printers don't have a cpu on board, and NEED windoze to actually
- get them to print. Imagine them as partial print engines, with windoze
- being the real driver. The idea is that the printer is then cheeper.
-
- (but as I said this applies only to some printers)
-
- jon
-