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Terrance Richard Boyes (tez@pierrot.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> Dave Beames (dave@beames.demon.co.uk) wrote:

> > Anyone got any views on whether the Mig could be persuaded to use these?
> > It *seems* like just a very special driver --- or is there more to it

> AFAIK yes it's that simple... And you can get a similar result on the Amiga
> anyway, just run wb:tools/cmd which for those without manuals redirects
> all output sent to the printer to a file. You can then simply copy the
> file to the printer port, since it's already got all the printer codes in
> (having passed through the driver).

Mmmmm .... of course. Didn't think of that :)
But it presumably takes the usual 10+ mins per page (of graphics) to write
the file. If I ever get a laser I want it to work at a reasonable speed,
& there's no point in having a (say) 4ppm printer if the driver takes best
part of an hour to generate the file for those 4 pages.

Has anyone actually *run* a laser from the Mig, with a suitable driver?
If so, what kind of throughput can you get (on graphics)?

> But the way windows does this seems a bit pointless, although cheaper.
I thought that *was* the point :)

> How much are these printers? 
I've seen about 270 quid.

> Who makes them?
NEC for one, using their own standard engine (I rang them to ask).

> How well do they compare to other lasers for quality? 
Pass. I haven't seen any specimen prints.

> Lasers have Ram and CPU's of their own for a damn good reason, they're
> dedicated to doing that job, and do it well, like our custom chips :)
Yeah, guess you're right. And of course PostScript & the like would be out 
of the question, I s'pose ....  Perhaps I'll save up a bit longer :(

DaveB
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