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In article <1992Feb17.151521.9439@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson)) writes:
# 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?
# -- 
# What are the chances that any computer system will ever "work" properly?
# ... and Slim just left town. -*- Mike Peterson, SysAdmin, U/Toronto Chemistry

Yes the two options are available for existing HP laser printers (that
were listed in the HP article).


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Johnny Chee Wah
(johncw@physics.utoronto.ca / johncw@utordop.bitnet)