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- From: peterj@hparc0.aus.hp.com (Peter Westley)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Printer HP IIISI & TCP/IP Ethernet connection?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.060441.502@hparc0.aus.hp.com>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 06:04:41 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.144913.14441@thinkage.on.ca>
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- kadorken@thinkage.on.ca (Keith Dorken) writes:
- : I would like anyone's experience in using the above printer directly connected
- : via the Ethernet option to a Sun (or PC network). Does this work better, much
- : better, or no improvement over connecting the printer to a serial line?
- :
- : I have been told that some printers serialize a LAN connection internally, so
- : that the overall throughput is still the same as if you connected the printer
- : to a serial line in the first place. Does anyone know if this is true of
- : the HPIII SI ?
- :
- :
- : --
- : Keith Dorken
- : Thinkage Ltd., Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA
- : Internet: kadorken@Thinkage.On.CA
-
- Keith,
- Much better is far far too mild, 10E16 would describe it more
- accurately! The IIISi (depending on lan traffic) will gobble up postscript
- or PCL data AND print it at 17ppm. No holds barred. It is a real interface
- once it comes off the LAN. I.e., no serial in between. Although I am from
- the hallowed company, I can vouch for it as I use one everyday of my life
- and it is wonderful! We used to have it via serial and even at 19200, the
- thing was as slow as a wet week. Moving to lan was the best thing.
-
- Hope this unbiased opinion is of help!
-
- regards,
-
- Peter Westley .-_!\ Hewlett Packard
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