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From: myers@nosc.mil (Margaret E. Myers)
Subject: Ethernet printer for  Macs, PCs and Suns
Keywords: Ethernet laser printer
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:49:22 GMT


I tried to post this earlier but I am not sure it went out...sorry if this
is a repeat...
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We want to put a printer on our local ethernet so that macs, pcs, and suns
can print grayscale images (and regular text).

I am thinking about getting the Apple Laserwriter IIg, mostly because of
its advertised 65 levels of gray printing.

Question 1:
	Another printer I am looking at is the NewGen TurboPS 880e.
	This gives me 800 dpi resolution and supposed automatic file
	type and interface sensing. Does more dpi give me better
	grayscale or does it just give me better looking text? Does
	anyone have any experience with this printer?

Question 2:
	Does anyone have any other printer suggestions? Our budget limit
	is $6K.

Question 3:
	I would like one of the Suns to control spooling to the printer.
	I know how to set up the printcap for a printer connected via
	a serial line, but I don't understand how to set up the printcap 
	file to talk to a printer on the ethernet.  Do I need special 
	software to run on the Sun to talk to the printer over the net?

Thanks for help on any or all of these questions.

Margaret Myers
myers@nosc.mil
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: joanne@probitas.cs.utas. (Joanne Sun)
Subject: Help: print color images from HP PaintWriter XL
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Uni of Tasmania
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 02:49:02 GMT

I am writing a program which will grab an image from a X-server,
write the image to a file in a format for HP PaintWriter XL (colour)
printer.

Anyone has information on the file format which should be ued?

Thanks in advance

Joanne Sun

e-mail address: joanne@probitas.cs.utas.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: jrkrause@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jim Krause)
Subject: Color Printer help needed.
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 14:06:08 GMT

Please help me.

I've been trying to find a decent color printer which supports
PostScript and is under $11,000.

I've looked at the Tektronix Paser III and the HP Paintjet 300. Has
anyone used either printer or heard any good/bad gossip or rumors?

If anyone has any comments or advice please post or Email. I will gladly
summarize the results.

Thanks

-- 
	Jim Krause 
	jrkrause@ucs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: gregb@murphy.com (Greg Banschbach (Unigroup of New York))
Subject: Postscript
Organization: Murphy & Durieu, New York, NY
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 15:21:41 GMT


Dear Fellow Netters, 

I am interested in knowing / comparing experiences with others who have
fairly FAST Postscript printers being used with AutoCAD.   Specifically,
I would like to get benchmarks for plotting the standard "nozzle.dwg" 
from the time you hit return - to the time you get the page......

	Also, I'd like to initiate or propose that one or more of the
PC and UNIX magazines get together and setup some printer performance 
benchmarks, like speed under varying conditions, postscript speed under
simple and complex conditions,  REAL abilities in the MULTI-PART forms
area ( DOT-MATRIX only ), and of course LEGEND or FOLKTALES concerning
longevity under brutal conditions 8-).  

	What do you all think?   

	BTW - since you must give in order to receive,  I would like
to commend GENICOM for the 3840E printer.   We have had it about 6 to
8 months, and although it was not EXTREMELY simple for me to set up,
it was not bad,  and 6 part continuous forms are a breeze.  But the
BEST part is that when you run out of continuous forms - GET THIS -
you just load a new batch and keep going - NO LOSS - NO FUSS - 
NO GRIEF.   Okidata has good printers, but this is IT.

	Thanks in advance for any benchmarks, etc  
	Please send all replys to:

	Greg Banschbach  (  gregb\@murphy.com ) 
	or :    ( 212 )  292-9000  Ext. 57
From: CB#1@lafibm.lafayette.edu (CB#1)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Dataproducts LZR 965 printer
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:23:57 GMT
Organization: Lafayette College
Originator: news@lafcol

Does anyone have information about the Dataproducts LZR 965
high-resolution printer? It has optional 300/600 DPI resolution,
8 MB memory, and Mac/PC compatibility at a list price of $2,995
(educator price $2,345) and sounds a little too good to be true.
Is it? Or is it a helluva bargain? Please e-mail any useful info.
Many thanks.
    Bob Carman, Lafayette College
    CB#1@lafayacs.bitnet
    carmanr@lafayette.edu
    carmanr@lafcol.uucp
From: cris@cl-next4.msu.edu (Cris J. Holdorph)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: PS on Apple LaserWriter IIg
Date: 4 Sep 92 13:09:16 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University

In article <1992Sep3.214830.14480@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> gleeson@rook.dec.com  
(Sue Gleeson) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Sep2.215245.6111@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>,  
cris@cl-next4.msu.edu (Cris J. Holdorph) writes...
>> [ I complain about not getting a postscript job to print...]
> 
> It's very likely that there's automatic datatype sensing going on.
> Try putting %! as the first 2 characters of your file and seeing if that
> helps.
> 
> 
> Sue Gleeson				gleeson@rook.enet.dec.com
> PrintServer Systems Engineering
> Digital Equipment Corporation
> Westford, MA

Yep, this works.  *shrug*    Although I don't understand why.  Thanks.

---- Cris J H
From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: How do you drive an HP-500C without a bitmap?
Keywords: hp500c,postscript,hpgl
Date: 26 Aug 92 09:22:53 GMT
Organization: City University, London

In article <antonyc.714265759@betwixt> antonyc@betwixt.ugcs.caltech.edu (antony chan) writes:
>
>I'd like to be able to print out
>color output on the hp500c. The 500c, though, only understands hp-pcl
>level 3, which means I'd have to send bitmaps to it.  Is there any soft-
>ware out there (commercial packages or hacked patches) that will
>interpret something like a color postscript or hpgl file and print it
>in hp-pcl 3?

I have not checked this out myself, but Post 1.7 on one
of the Fish Disks can take a Postscript file and output
the bitmap to your printer. I have heard that it only
outputs 3 or 4 bitplanes though for colour pics. This is
merely what I have heard.

I also have the same printer and the same requirement,
so I would be interested in further solutions.

PS. Pbm has a filter called ppmtopj which converts from
ppm format to HP Paintjet. I sent a pj file directly to
the PAR: device and amazingly enough it produced a tiny
but perfectly formed full colour picture on my HP500C.

>                                               -pete


--
Lionel Tun   (lionel@cs.city.ac.uk)
Vision Group, City University, London, EC1V 0HB. 071-477 8000 x 3889
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: cole@lea.csc.ncsu.edu (Robert Cole)
Subject: Re: EPSON software emulation for HP Laserjet
Keywords: epson laserjet
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 14:42:03 GMT

schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:

>In article <cole.715479165@lea> cole@lea.csc.ncsu.edu (Robert Cole) writes:
>>I've been looking for a software package (hopefully shareware) which
>>will provide a software emulation of an Epson dot-matrix in order to
>>print to a laserjet.

>It's called DMPLAS.ZIP and should be on major archive sites.
>Also has an optional set of 9-pin soft fonts for even better effect.

Okay, does anyone know where this can be found?  It's not in the archie
database at all.

Robert Cole
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.hp
From: rypma@waterloo.hp.com (Ted Rypma)
Subject: Re: Escape sequences to change ink cartridge on HP DJ500C
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 03:52:31 GMT
Organization: HP Panacom Div Waterloo ON Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1.3 PL5

Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)513-1673 (kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote:
: 
: A new version of the HP DeskWriter 500C (the Mac version) is due out 
: soon that will have all 4 colors available at once.  Presumably the PC 
: version will also be upgraded. 

TELL ME MORE !!! Great. When? (Anyone?)

Ted Rypma
HP Panacom Division
(inside HP we're sometimes the last to know :-)
From: cris@cl-next4.msu.edu (Cris J. Holdorph)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: PS on Apple LaserWriter IIg
Date: 4 Sep 92 12:41:26 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University

In article <1992Sep3.214830.14480@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> gleeson@rook.dec.com  
(Sue Gleeson) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Sep2.215245.6111@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>,  
cris@cl-next4.msu.edu (Cris J. Holdorph) writes...
> > 
> >I have an Apple LaserWriter IIg connected through an RS-232 cable from
> >a NeXT slab.  I want to print a postscript program I have.  When I use
> >a command like:
> >                                                                 
> >lpr test.ps
> > 
> >I only get the actual text to the postsctipt file, not the image it's
> >suppose to create.
> > 
> >test.ps contains:
> >% start postscript job
> >100 600 moveto 300 -300 rlineto stroke
> >100 100 moveto 300 300 rlineto stroke showpage quit
> > 
> >and that's exactly what prints.
> > 
> >Anyone?  Is there an escape sequence to switch it to postscript mode?
> > 
> >---- Cris J H
> > 
> >============================================================
> >= Christopher J. Holdorph                                  =
> >= ACM Vice-Chairperson, Michigan State University          =
> >= e-mail:  holdorph@frith.egr.msu.edu                      =
> >= NeXT mail:  cris@cl-next4.cl.msu.edu                     =
> >= "...Your dream is over, Or has it just begun?"           =
> >=  ---"Silent Lucidity",  Queensryche                      =
> >============================================================
> 
> 
> It's very likely that there's automatic datatype sensing going on.
> Try putting %! as the first 2 characters of your file and seeing if that
> helps.
> 
> 
> Sue Gleeson				gleeson@rook.enet.dec.com
> PrintServer Systems Engineering
> Digital Equipment Corporation
> Westford, MA 
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: hruska@bnr.ca (Bob Hruska)
Subject: Looking for a new printer <$300
Originator: hruska@brtph380
Organization: BNR, Inc. Research Triangle Park, NC
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 01:15:39 GMT

I'm looking to buy a new printer since my old Star Gemini 10X just isn't
doing it anymore...

I'd like to spend less than $300 (closer to $200 actually) and have
looked into the following:

  Epson Action Printer 3250
  Panasonic KX-P2123
  Citizen GSX-140+

They are all in my price range and all have pretty good looking output
(as far as 24 pins go)

Can anyone offer me advice on the above printers, or suggest another one
in my price range?




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| BNR Inc. - XPM Base Software |USmail: 35 Davis Drive                       |
| RTP North Carolina           |        Research Triangle Park, NC 27709     |
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: ziehmer@aix3.rhrk.uni-kl.de (Thomas Ziehmer [E-Technik])
Subject: Print JPEG-Files with PS
Reply-To: ziehmer@aix3.rhrk.uni-kl.de (Thomas Ziehmer [E-Technik])
Organization: rhrk
Distribution: eunet
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 11:37:05 GMT

We have an Tektronix Phaser III Sublimation-printer and we want to print
JPEG-files. The problem is that we need an header PostScriptfile to do so.
Can anyone give us an solution or an tip what the correct headerfile is.
An other question is, can we print JPEG-files which where compressed with
the PD-cjpeg from the Independent JPEG Group?

  Bye
     Thomas Ziehmer
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 Regionales Hochschulrechenzentrum  | privat  049-6301-4831
 Kaiserslautern                     |
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 6750 Kaiserslautern                |
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From: novanet@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Dipswitch settings Smith Corona D300
Date: 31 Aug 92 13:12:16 -0300
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Does anyone have the dipswitch settings for a Smith Corona
D300 printer? Thanks.
Leslie Foster, Novanet @ ac.dal.ca
From: gleeson@rook.dec.com (Sue Gleeson)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: PS on Apple LaserWriter IIg
Date: 3 Sep 92 22:48:08 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <1992Sep2.215245.6111@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, cris@cl-next4.msu.edu (Cris J. Holdorph) writes...
> 
>I have an Apple LaserWriter IIg connected through an RS-232 cable from
>a NeXT slab.  I want to print a postscript program I have.  When I use
>a command like:
>                                                                 
>lpr test.ps
> 
>I only get the actual text to the postsctipt file, not the image it's
>suppose to create.
> 
>test.ps contains:
>% start postscript job
>100 600 moveto 300 -300 rlineto stroke
>100 100 moveto 300 300 rlineto stroke showpage quit
> 
>and that's exactly what prints.
> 
>Anyone?  Is there an escape sequence to switch it to postscript mode?
> 
>---- Cris J H
> 
>============================================================
>= Christopher J. Holdorph                                  =
>= ACM Vice-Chairperson, Michigan State University          =
>= e-mail:  holdorph@frith.egr.msu.edu                      =
>= NeXT mail:  cris@cl-next4.cl.msu.edu                     =
>= "...Your dream is over, Or has it just begun?"           =
>=  ---"Silent Lucidity",  Queensryche                      =
>============================================================


It's very likely that there's automatic datatype sensing going on.
Try putting %! as the first 2 characters of your file and seeing if that
helps.


Sue Gleeson				gleeson@rook.enet.dec.com
PrintServer Systems Engineering
Digital Equipment Corporation
Westford, MA 
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: garth@b30.ingr.com (Garth Smith)
Subject: Pnaanasonixc KX-P1092i Printer - $100
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 16:36:13 GMT


Forgive me if this is the wrong group to post a "for sale"
notice...

As noted in the Subject title,  I have a Panasonic KX-P1092i
multi-mode printer,  9 pin print head,  for sale. This is an
extremely dependable printer. I have original box,  manuals,  
and also a print stand.

COD only.

Garth Smith
(205)730-3403  Day
(205)859-8585  Evening


Specs for the printer:
- 240 CPS
- 9X9 dot matrix (draft mode)
- 18X18 dot matrix (near letter quality)
- Standard 96 Character ASCII set
- 96 Italic characters,  32 international characters
- Bi-directional printing (prints right and left)
- proportional spacing
- 4 print pitches: Pica (10 CPI)
		   Elite (12 CPI)
		   Compressed (17 CPI)
		   Semi-compressed (15 CPI)
- Bit-mapped graphics printing
- tractor and friction feed
- Form length selector switch (3" to 12")
- Centronics parallel interface
- 6k buffer
- Epson FX-80 or IBM Proprinter emulation
- 21.8 lbs
- New line time: 100 msecs
- Single sheet or fanfold
- Completely programmable characters and settings
- Font downloading capability
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From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Escape sequences to change ink cartridge on HP DJ500C
Date: 27 Aug 92 10:09:02 GMT
Organization: City University, London

rypma@waterloo.hp.com (Ted Rypma) writes:
>If you simply send it data to print, it assumes black cartridge. I see
>this regularly when I want to print a colour file and accidentally leave
>the printer script set to print headers - the darned thing asks for the
>black ink cartridge for the header, then the colour cart. for the data.
>When the colour file is done, if I print again, it will always ask for
>the black ink next unless the file is specifically colour graphics...

Does this mean that if I want to do some desktop publishing with
98% black text and a little bit of colour for effect, I can use
the black cartridge and it will ask me for the colour cartridge
when its time to print colour?

It seemed a design fault that you could not have the black and
the colour catridges on-line at the same time.

--
Lionel Tun   (lionel@cs.city.ac.uk)
Vision Group, City University, London, EC1V 0HB. 071-477 8000 x 3889
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: myers@nosc.mil (Margaret E. Myers)
Subject: Grayscale printers for macs, suns, and pcs
Summary: Request for info on grayscale printers
Keywords: ethernet laser printer
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 19:02:48 GMT


We want to put a printer on our local ethernet so that macs, pcs, and suns
can print grayscale images (and regular text).

I am thinking about getting the Apple Laserwriter IIg, mostly because of
its advertised 65 levels of gray printing.

Question 1:
	Another printer I am looking at is the NewGen TurboPS 880e.
	This gives me 800 dpi resolution and supposed automatic file
	type and interface sensing. Does more dpi give me better
	grayscale or does it just give me better looking text? Does
	anyone have any experience with this printer?

Question 2:
	Does anyone have any other printer suggestions? Our budget limit
	is $6K.

Question 3:
	I would like one of the Suns to control spooling to the printer.
	I know how to set up the printcap for a printer connected via
	a serial line, but I don't understand how to set up the printcap 
	file to talk to a printer on the ethernet.  Do I need special 
	software to run on the Sun to talk to the printer over the net?

Thanks for help on any or all of these questions.

Margaret Myers
myers@nosc.mil
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: jamin@leland.stanford.edu (Benjamin Mark Mendelsohn)
Subject: Hytype 1650, Facit 5411 <--- what are these worth?
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 16:34:42 GMT

Folks,

I have a hytype printer which has a 3rd part card in it to allow serial
data connections.

The facit is just a serial matrix printer.

Can anyone tell me what they might be worth on the used market?
Thanks.

Yours,
Benjamin

jamin@leland.stanford.edu
From: 0004056081@mcimail.com (George S. Thurman)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Problem With Epson LQ-510 Type Printer
Date: 1 Sep 92 01:00:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: mcimail.92.09.01.1
Reply-To: George S. Thurman <0004056081@mcimail.com>

I need some help with a printer problem.

I recently purchased an EPSON ACTIONPRINTER 4000, which is a
re-built/re-furbished EPSON LQ-510.  I use continuous feed paper...
no stopping between pages.  After about 8 to 15 pages (depending on
the font used and amount of text) the printer goes in to OVERHEAT.
The printer stops functioning.

The ON LINE light starts to flash, but after about 30 seconds or so,
printing will resume.  The guy on the phone at Epson tells me that
this is normal, that it is designed like that to stop the print head
from burning out.  I need to know if there are any other Epson
LQ-510/ActionPrinter 4000 users that have experienced this, or did I
get stuck with another bad printer. (I did have to send the first one
back because of another problem)


Please contact me by email if you can help.


Thank you,

George Thurman
4056081@mcimail.com
From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Envelopes on HP DJ500
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:15:01 GMT
Reply-To: km@mathcs.emory.edu
Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS

Does anyone have a pretty envelope printer program (with source) they
can send me for the HP DJ500. This is for a Unix host.

I would also like any envelope hints anyone has to offer. So far I've
found it difficult to align them properly. The text tends to tilt
significantly one way or another. I'm using whatever I had on hand,
so it might be type of envelope I have.

---
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Emory University    | {rutgers,gatech}!emory!km    UUCP 
Dept of Math and CS | km@emory.bitnet              NON-DOMAIN BITNET  
Atlanta, GA 30322   | Phone: Voice (404) 727-7963, FAX 727-5611

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: boie@prince.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE (Markus Boie)
Subject: new HP printers?
Organization: Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH, Hamburg
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 18:25:05 GMT

Has anyone heard of a new series of HP deskjet printers that will follow
the current one? I've heard rumors of 600 dpi. Any information welcome!

Markus
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: jimmy@namao.ucs.ualberta.ca 
Subject: HELP HELP HELP ...
Organization: University of Alberta
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 04:10:53 GMT

Sorry for the dramatic subject header, folks, but your truly has tried to
attract your attention before and failed.
I am looking for a sample code/book/journal-article/anything-that-help to
write a simple 2-D graphics printing program for an IBM dot matrix printer.
I have a few line segments and some text saved in a file. The line segments
are stored as a collection of points.
How do I define a "Viewport" on paper and print these lines and text ?
Thanks,
Jimmy
--
jimmy@namao.ucs.ualberta.ca
From: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: IS there a Desk[Jet|Writer] refill FAQ ?
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:26:15 GMT
Reply-To: buchignani@hg.uleth.ca
Distribution: inet
Organization: University of Lethbridge

re: inkjet refilling

There are several firms that sell bulk ink in 8 oz. bottles.
It works far better than 'plain [fountain pen] ink. Consult
Computer Shopper for details.

    Norm Buchignani/University of Lethbridge/BUCHIGNANI@HG.ULETH.CA
"If we have been accustomed to deplore the spectacle...of a workman occupied
during his whole life in nothing else but the making of knife-handles or pins'
heads, we may find something quite as lamentable in the intellectual class, in
the exclusive employment of a human brain in resolving some equations, or in
classifying insects. [This] occasions a miserable indifference about the
general course of human affairs, as long as there are equations to solve and
pins to manufacture."                                      Auguste Comte
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones)
Subject: Re: new HP printers?
Organization: UTCS Public Access
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:22:04 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.182505.23437@news.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE> boie@prince.DKRZ-Hamburg.DE (Markus Boie) writes:
>Has anyone heard of a new series of HP deskjet printers that will follow
>the current one? I've heard rumors of 600 dpi. Any information welcome!
>
>Markus

I have a brochure in my hand for the HP DesignJet 600 monochrome plotter
which is an inkjet plotter that understands HPGL, HPGL/2 and Raster Transfer
Language (RTL). This may not be what you want but there is probably
a printer using the same engine coming down the pipe...

tj
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