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We are almost at wits end with QMS and our recently-purchased QMS PS 1700.
On two different interfaces it will occasionally stop printing a page and
start printing bit-patterns.  This is even with the input-stream sensing
feature turned off.  QMS's technical support will take messages ad-infinitum,
but nobody will ever get back to you.  And the fax-line for help yields
the same result.  We didn't have this problem with a demo unit that QMS
brought to our organization last summer.

Anyway, in case we have to force our salesperson to take the unit back, can
you offer any recommendations for 17ppm printing?  Our requirements are:

      - As "standard" Adobe PostScript level II as possible.  The HP
        LaserJet-III with the Adobe cartridge, for instance, balks at some
        of our PostScript that works fine on Apple-manufactured printers.
      - 16 MB of memory
      - 17 ppm printing
      - Duplex paper-handling if possible
      - Availability of an Ethertalk (not TCP/IP) interface.
      - A fairly large paper-input (say 500-1000 pages)

Any suggestions or advise on our bit-pattern problem will be appreciated.

Thanks.

--Tim Fredrick
  National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Division
  Boulder, CO 80307-1000