First Look: PostScript laser printing gets more personal

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Three new PostScript printers are targeted for small, 2-3 person workgroups and single users. All three printers are 300 dots-per-inch, 4-pages-per-minute printers. Users cannot go wrong buying any one of these printers. QMS's QMS-PS 410 is the most convenient for a network of integrated Apple Computer Macintoshes and IBM PCs; it costs about $2,795. The QMS-PS has the standard 35-font LaserWriter set plus Garamond, Garamond Light, and Helvetica Condensed typefaces. CC Technologies's BusinessLaser Printer II (BPL) comes with an AppleTalk and SCSI port on a plug-in card. The BLP II has a light-emitting diode engine; it can print to the top, bottom, and side edges of the page. The BLP II and IIS cost about $2,299 and $2,799, respectively. Apple Computer's Personal LaserWriter NT, $3,299, has the 35 LaserWriter Plus fonts plus the IBM PC Extended Character Set. It includes a second processor to handle AppleTalk and serial port communications.

Apple Inc., New Product, GCC Technologies Inc., KONICA MINOLTA Printing Solutions USA Inc., Apple Personal LaserWriter NT (Computer printer), QMS PS 410 (Laser printer), GCC Technologies Business LaserPrinter II (Computer printer)

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PC Publisher Kit Series II (controller board): Imagen Corp

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The $1,995 PC Publisher Kit Series II controller board, from Imagen Corp, when combined with HP Laserjet Series IIs, gives desktop publishers who use PCs a PostScript-Compatible printer that is fast at graphics. The board works with any laser printer that incorporates a Canon SX or CX engine. The product reportedly did not print downloadable Bitstream fonts, which were used in a test. Results, using a Ventura document, were 'mediocre' in terms of time saved.

Product/Service Evaluation, Desktop publishing software, Computer fonts, Compatibility (Computers), Compatible Hardware, Print Rate, Upgrading, Font Package, DTP Software, Page Description Language, HP LaserJet II (Laser printer), PostScript (Printer software), Expansion Processor Units, Imagen, Imagen PC Publisher's Kit II (Circuit board)

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