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- From: mark@cyantic.com (Mark T. Dornfeld)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
- Subject: Re: Color Printer Woes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov09.213548.9009@cyantic.com>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 21:35:48 GMT
- Article-I.D.: cyantic.1992Nov09.213548.9009
- References: <1992Nov9.154233.29551@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
- Organization: CYANTIC Systems
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- In article <1992Nov9.154233.29551@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> eboltz@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Eric Scott Boltz) writes:
- >My division has decided to buy a color printer for our network of Suns,
- >PeeCees and (soon) one NeXT. We want the print to hang off the NeXT, but
- >here's the problem: the NeXT color printer is o.k. output, we'd prefer
- >something like the Tek Phase PXIIi plain paper printer (~$9k), BUT
- >the NeXT has NO PARALLEL PORT!
- >
- >Just think, a 3-4Meg Postscript file could take 20minute to send over
- >a serial line - totally unacceptable.
- >
- >Has anyone found an alternative? Are there 'good' printers that support
- >SCSI input (many have SCSI for a hard disk, but not input)?
-
- Put it on the network. Have you had a look at one of the TCP/IP-Ethernet
- printer controllers. Milan's is supposed to work well and I have used the
- one from Microplex with no problems though I no longer have access to it.
-
- These boxes are attached directly to the Ethernet and software is run on
- the CPU that has the controlling spooler to send files down to the box.
- Milan's boxes have one serial and one parallel port. I don't know how much
- memory they have or the exact details on how they communicate with the
- spooler, but it's worth a try.
-
- They support Sun, and perhaps they could be talked into a NeXT port since
- Berserkley is underneath both.
-
- Milan's number is: 408-752-2770.
-
- More and more printers are coming out with direct Ethernet connections, so
- maybe Tektronics will be there soon.
-
- Hope this helps.
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