Under the hood: a close look at six personal PostScript printers
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Six "personal" PostScript printers that work on both the Mac and PC, use an Adobe PostScript interpreter, and cost less than $5,000 are reviewed. These printers are not designed for heavy-duty network use, and their testing with four typical documents is described. The QMS-PS 810, $4,999, is the overall printer of choice due to its speed, excellent features, and superior print quality. The GCC Business LaserPrinter, $3,299, offers good print quality and is considered a good value despite its average printing speed and its lack of PC printer emulation modes. The Qume Scripten, $4,999, works well on long documents, but its noise, large size, excessive weight, and intermittent paper jams are significant drawbacks. The Apple LaserWriter IINT, $4,499, gives mediocre performance with a MAC, and poor performance with a PC. It lacks a parallel port, and its warranty extends only 90 days. The IBM Personal Page Printer II, Model 31, $4,999, can be advantageous for PC users, but gives mediocre performance with a Mac. The Fujitsu RX7100PS, $4,795, is rated poorly in terms of both print speed and quality, particularly in view of its price.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1990
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Keep it in color: eleven color scanners for the Mac and the PC
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It is important to consider the application when buying a color scanner; for generating color comps, a flatbed scanner works best. Some flatbeds are more versatile than slide scanners. Microtek Inc's Mac-based $2,695 MSF-300Z Color/Gray scanner is the least expensive of those evaluated, but is the best. Sharp Electronics Corp's $7,565 Mac-based JX-450 is as good as the Microtek MSF-300Z, but is much costlier. Howtek Inc's $8,195 Scanmaster is the best of the PC flatbeds evaluated, but is the most expensive and least impressive system for the Mac. Nikon Inc's $9,995 Mac-based LS-3500 provides excellent clarity and color-rendering but is costly and has software deficiencies. Barneyscan Corp's $9,495 Mac-based and $8,700 PC-based 35mm Slide Scanner is the easiest to configure but lacks image sharpness. Howtek Inc's $8,195 Mac and PC-based Scanmaster 35 is the least expensive slide scanner on the market, but produces dull and inaccurate color.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1990
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