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- Subject: Re: Apple Personal Laserwriter NTR vs. TI microLaser Turbo
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.193402.1646@ucbeh.san.uc.edu>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 19:34:01 EST
- References: <1992Aug11.210458.14858@tc.cornell.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug11.210458.14858@tc.cornell.edu>, eacj@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Julian Vrieslander) writes:
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- Deleted : similar price and other things ...
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- > Both models have RISC processors and PostScript Level 2 interpreters. The
- > Apple has more memory (3 Meg vs. 2.5 Meg). The TI has a faster engine
- > rating (9 ppm vs. 4 ppm). Both are 300 dpi.
- >
- > Are there any other non-obvious considerations that distinguish the TI
- > printers from Apple's? Reliability? Upgradability? Cost of consumables?
-
- The Apple uses Canon engine while the TI uses Sharp engine. The former uses
- disposable cartrige, which can be refilled at quite low prices, while the
- latter uses OPC+Developer+Toner combo, which you replace at certain intervals
- individually. If you have read one or more books on electrophotography, you
- know that the latter usually gives faster engine speed. The cost of
- maintaining the former (repair + consumables) is usually lower. Most people
- agree that Canon engines gives a little bit better print quality over the
- Sharps, although not necessarily these two printers per se.
-
- I would vote for Apple for a saving over a long run (a few years, a few tens of
- housands of pages) and more reliable performance and better print quality,
- although I'll have to sacrifice for the slower print speed.
-
- BTW, it is usually the data transfering/image forming processes that holds back
- the printer speed, not the engine speed. The image forming process may take
- about 30 second per page for simple graphics while the engine will teks 7(the
- TI) to 15(the Apple) seconds to produce a page of output for the 1st copy and
- the same speed (7 to 15 sec) for any aditional copies. Any way, the 9 ppm is
- not much an advantage over the 4 ppm for me considering the pay back I can get
- from the Apple (actually from the Canon engine).
-
- Just my 2c.
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