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In article <122864@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> bend@fez.Sun.COM (ben dubin) writes:
> I am thinking about buying a laser printer. The only applications I
> will be using it for are word processing (Word 3.0.1), Drawing
> (MacDraw 1.9.5), and spreadsheets (Excel 1.5). I am thinking about
> purchasing Apple LaserWriter II SC (with the option of later upgrading
> to a NX). Any comments on this? Some questions I have include:
> 
> 1) How will a non-Postscript printer fit into the proposed 7.0
> operating system?

Beautifully.  The outline-fonts capability of 7.0 will give non-Postscript 
printers full typographical versatility and make them fully competitive 
with Postscript printers for text-oriented material.

> 2) How is Quick-draw vs. PostScript for the above applications? Will
> the SC look professional?

Output from the SC with the Word 3.0.1 and Excel looks as professional as 
output from the Postscript printers.  Output from MacDraw 1.9.5 has one 
problem: filled-in polygons are slightly ragged around the edges.  MacDraw 
II doesn't have this problem.

With the Microsoft applications there is a different kind of glitch:  you 
have to hold the shift key down in order to get the Page Layout and Print 
dialogs that belong to the LaserWriter IISC, so you can control its 
features; but then to actually print you must use Microsoft's Print dialog 
(no shift key).

> 3) Can the SC be upgraded memory-wise? Can additional memory be added
> when it is upgraded to a NX?

The upgrade to an NT or  NTX consists of removing the SC controller board 
and plugging in an NT or  NTX board.  Once this is done, the printer IS an 
NT or NTX, as all parts except the controller board are identical.

> 3.5) Do you have a SC? If so, I would like to here your experences
> with it.

I have one, but I'm not impartial, as I was involved in developing it.  I 
have the SC in my office and am on a network with a spooled NT, and I find 
that the only time I ever use the NT is when I'm dealing with gray-scaled 
images or with Postscript-oriented applications such as Illustrator.  For 
most of the printing I do (word-processor documents, electronic mail, and 
source code) the SC is noticeably faster than the NT.  I can't wait for
7.0, so I can use something besides Times, Helvetica, and Courier.




David Casseres

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