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- From: mdl@cypress.com (Matt Landrum)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: comments on hp laserjet 4m & sun's newsprinter 20 sought
- Message-ID: <MDL.92Dec16163134@ak.cypress.com>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 22:36:21 GMT
- References: <51604@seismo.CSS.GOV> <1992Dec15.190232.4761@Cigna.COM>
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- Organization: Cypress Semiconductor Southeast Design Center
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- In-Reply-To: dave@Cigna.COM's message of Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:02:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec15.190232.4761@Cigna.COM> dave@Cigna.COM (Dave Good) writes:
-
-
- In article <51604@seismo.CSS.GOV> dsc@seismo.CSS.GOV (David S. Comay) writes:
- >
- >we are looking at purchasing either a hp laserjet 4m or an newsprinter 20 from
- >sun for use on our network here. most of the jobs consists of printouts from
-
- let me first note that the SPARCprinter is different from the newsprinter 20
-
- [...]
-
- The HP has several advantages over the Sun printer, mainly because of the
- inadequacies of the SnoozePrint(tm) software:
- - SnoozePrint will more than "partially" tie down a printer unless you
- can afford to hook it to, say, a SPARCstation 2 (or 10) and don't need
- to use that workstation for any real work.
-
- We have ours on a 670 and it doesn't even hiccup. If it's on a SPARC 1, it
- will crush the machine on large jobs.
-
- - The SnoozePrinter can't be connected directly to your network (the
- HP can with an optional JetDirect card)
-
- No, but it is directly connected to the SBUS which means the data gets
- there in a hurry. I don't know what other advantage there might be for
- having a printer directly on the network (there probably is some advantage).
-
- - FONTS! The HP can use standard Type 1 Fonts, which are widely available
- for (relatively) low prices. SnoozePrint requires F3 fonts, of which
- there are only a few sources, and they cost mucho big bucko (2-3 times
- the cost of the same Type 1 font).
-
- how much is mucho big bucko (seriously)
-
- - HP has an extremely good reputation for their printers, and has been in
- the business for over 5 years. Sun is just getting into the printer
- business, and if the SPARCprinter is any indication, they may not be
- in the business much longer.
- - HP maintenance is dirt-cheap and extremely good. 4-hour response
- (at least in my area) is only $384/year.
- - SnoozePrint sometimes gets confused while rasterizing. Figuring out
- how to fix it is problematic, and usually we just reboot the workstation
- it's connected to.
-
- I keep hearing of these problems, but our application works like a champ. 4.1.2 and
- NewsPrint 2.0 may be why.
-
- We had a LaserJet 4 in for evaluation (we ended up buying a IIIsi for its
- speed and capacity) and were quite impressed with it. On the other hand,
- we have a SPARCprinter that's sitting on a shelf gathering dust. We've also
- used SnoozePrint on some Talaris T2090s, and desperately wish we could get
- out of our 3-year lease on these and buy some more HP IIIsi's.
-
- I'd like to here more about the IIIsi (speed, price, etc.), meanwhile how
- much do you want for that SPARCprinter?
-
- [...]
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