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In article <1992Feb17.062212.9897@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> sysjohn@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (John Chee Wah) writes:
>In article <9202141906.AA04575@moore.com> paul@moore.com (Paul Maclauchlan) writes:
># I noticed in PC Magazine(!) that the new Hewlett Packard LaserJet IIISi
># has an optional ethernet interface.  I assume that means the printer
># can be connected on a network just like a workstation.  I'm presently
># using an SBus card to send data to a printer's parallel port, an
># ethernet link would remove that bottleneck.
>
>The one listed in the PC Magazine is probably for networks like Novell. HP
>has just announced the TCP/IP option for some laser printers. You are
>probably not going to get a speed up by switching from parallel (HP
>interface is 100 to 400 Mbits/s tops) to ethernet. There are advantages
>to going to ethernet but speed is not one of them.

For regular text, Postscript or Tektronix graphics, speed of the link
is not important (we run our printer on a 19200 baud serial line),
but for dumping bitmaps, link speed is the controlling
factor on our Imagen. The HP LJ IIISi doesn't have all these options,
so it doesn't matter for that printer.

I'm glad to see HP finally woke up and supplied an Ethernet interface
to their printers. Can this be retro-fitted to existing IIISi's?
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