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In article <859@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> hudgens@sun13.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Hudgens) writes:

>      The other half of Sun's new open printing solution, SPARCprinter [...]

>   I think list on this is $2700 or so, with the software at $500.  
>   Discounts could get that down to $2000 or so.  
>   It's not really comparable to the above prices (for NeXT), 
>   I know, and not really that good a deal in comparison to a 
>   NEC890 or the new TI postscript printer.
>   But has anyone seen one of these?  Any opinions?  

I haven't seen anything. Just read the blurbs. What they say:

	"Performance can also soar. In a demonstration, the
SparcStation/Sparc-Printer combination finished printing a complex
nine-page document before the Macintosh IIfx/LaserWriter II NTX could
begin printing a second page." 

	- Infoword Oct. 1 Pg. 28

Can the other printers in this price range compete in the page per minute?
The SparcPrinter seems worthwile - if you happen to have a spare
SparcStation lying around.

Also, this is a PostScript Clone. the 35 LW+ fonts are included along with
22 other fonts. Have no idea how much extra fonts costs. Don't know if
you can download Type 1 fonts from a Mac.

I seem to recall saving an article posted to comp.windows.news that
was a simple version of NeWSPrint. It just rendered a PostScript image
to memory and did a bitmap transfer to a file.

Re: the NeWSPrint package - current printers supported are HP
LaserJets/DeskJets, Seiko CH 5504 and 5514 color printers.

Future printers supported are laser printers from Epson, Fujitsu,
Xerox, Talaris, ink-jet printers from Canon, Epson, and Kodak,
color thermal printers from Raster Graphics and Versatec, and ion
deposition printers from Talaris.
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