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In article <4836@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> todd@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Todd Ogasawara) writes:
>Has anyone in netland used the IBM PagePrinter II much?  I just tested the
>Model 30 (am waiting to test the newer Model 31) last week and would like
>to check on a few things...
>
>1. A number of full text pages (text in all rows and columns for a given
>typeface) had chopped letters on the edges.  I never saw anything like that
>happen on the Apple LaserWriters (NT and NTX) I used to use.
>
>2. Black areas (e.g., blackened bars) were not a solid black.  The areas
>were very splotchy looking.  I acknowledge that this might be due to a bad
>toner or inappropriate paper (don't recall what kind of paper we used for
>the test).
>
>I'm tempted to buy the printer just to get a Postscript printer with a
>parallel port.  However, the problems mentioned above make me very hesitant
>to purchase the PPII...
>-- 
>Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii
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I had one for a couple of weeks, mainly to test the AppleTalk capabilities.
I would say that it passed all my printing tests, from Mac stuff to Unix
stuff to pure PostScript stuff.

I don't remember what exact model it was, and I didn't notice any cut off
edges on the stuff I did, but I was looking for it either.  But contrary
to your experience, the blacks were very solid.

The only real complains I had was that the machine I used did seem to make
more noise that a LaserWriter, sort of squeeky or grindy sounds.  Also, the
paper tray is a bit flimsy and doesn't have a manual feed like the NT(X)
that adjusts for envelopes.

Edward Moy				Principal Programmer - Macintosh & Unix
Workstation Support Services		Workstation Software Support Group
University of California
Berkeley, CA  94720

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