Folks--
Thanks for the response to the question of lost cost printers that work with Newsprint 1.0. Emma Hendler offered the most complete info on printer support. her message is:
NeWSprint 1.0 - PRINTERS
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This is a list of the printers that support NeWSprint as of 1/91. The Hewlett-Packard printers and the Seiko 5500 series color printers have
handlers included in NeWSprint 1.0.
All other handlers must be obtained directly from the printer vendor.
A list of vendor contacts is also included at the end of this list.
If a printer is not supported here, customers have 2 choices -- they
can write a handler themselves using the development tools included
with NeWSprint, or they can have one written for them through Sun
Consulting or:
Z Microsystems
2382 Faraday Drive Suite 150
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Robert Allan (619) 431-5290
FAX (619) 431-5750
Manufacturer Model No. PrinterCard Speed Features
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Canon BJ-10 yes 1 ppm BubbleJet
Canon BJ-130e yes 1 ppm BubbleJet
Canon LBP-4 yes 1 ppm 300 dpi laser
Canon LBP-8 yes 1 ppm 300 dpi laser
Epson all some models 1-8 all laser, inkjet,
dot-matrix
Hewlett-Packard II,IIP, III, Optional* 1-8 ppm low cost laser and
Hewlett-Packard Deskjet Optional* ~1 ppm inkjet
Mitsubishi Electric G650 yes >1 ppm color wax thermal transfer
A or B-size 300 dpi
Mitsubishi Electric G370 yes >1 ppm color wax thermal transfer
300 dpi A or legal size
Mitsubishi Electric S340 yes >1 ppm dye sublimation 150 dpi 24-bit color
Shinko CHC-635 yes <1 ppm B-size 200 dpi wax color thermal transfer
Shinko CHC-645-2 yes <1 ppm B-size 300 dpi wax color thermal transfer
Shinko CHC-645-4 no <1 ppm B-size 300 dpi SCSI wax color thermal transfer
Shinko CHC-345 yes <1 ppm A-size 300 dpi wax color thermal transfer
Shinko CHC-445 yes <1 ppm A-size 300 dpi wax color thermal transfer
Shinko CHC-445-4 no <1 ppm A-size 300 dpi SCSI wax color thermal transfer
Shinko CHC-745-2 yes <1 ppm B-size 300 dpi wax color thermal transfer
Shinko CHC-745-4 no <1 ppm SCSI wax color thermal transfer
Pacific Rim Data Sciences no 2-8ppm high speed connec
tions to Canon, HP, & Fujitsu
including SCSI to video
Raster Graphics ColorStation yes 1/4 min D Size electrostatic
400 dpi color
Seiko 5500 Series yes <1ppm color thermal 300 dpi A or B size 300 dpi
Talaris/Ricoh 1590, 1590-T not required 15ppm ethernet, laser
2 paper trays
Talaris/Xerox 2492-B not required 24ppm laser
Talaris 2090
Talaris/Olympus 3093 not required 30ppm ion deposition
Talaris/Olympus 5093 not required 50ppm ion deposition
Versatec 8836 from Versatec <1ppm 400 dpi laser
Versatec C25xx series from Versatec <1ppm narrow color
Versatec CE3000 series from Versatec <1ppm wide color
Versatec 7000 series from Versatec <1ppm wide monochrome
Versatec V-80 series from Versatec <1ppm narrow monochrome
Versatec 8200 series from Versatec <1ppm wide monochrome
Versatec 8500 series from Versatec <1ppm wide monochrome
Versatec CADMate series from Versatec <1ppm wide monochrome
Versatec 8600 series from Versatec <1ppm wide monochrome
Versatec 8900 series from Versatec <1ppm wide color
Printer Vendors Contacts
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Canon USA EPSON America, Inc.
123 Paularino Ave 2780 Lomita Blvd
E. Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Torrance, CA 90505)
Bob Schneider (714)432-6800 ext 6983 Carolyn Perrier (213) 539-9140
FAX (213) 539-3728
Eastman Kodak Fujitsu
Thermal Printer Products 3055 Orchard Drive
343 State Street San Jose, CA 95134-2022
Rochester, NY 14650 Rita Hernandez
Michael Mui (716) 724-2382 (408) 432-1300
FAX (716) 724-9416
Hewlett Packard Mitsubishi Electric
11311 Chinden Blvd 991 Knox St
Boise, Idaho 83714 Torrance, CA 90502
1-800-752-0900 Lorraine Clancy (213) 217-5792
FAX: (213) 761-1788
Mitsubishi/Shinko Pacific Rim Data Sciences
3255-2 Scott Boulevard Suite 102 47307 Rancho Higuera Rd
Santa Clara, CA 95054 Fremont, CA 94539
Lisa Schwarz (408) 980-1100 Phil Martinez (415) 651-7935
FAX (408) 980-8891 FAX (415) 226-9691
Raster Graphics Versatec
285 N. Wolfe Rd 2710 Walsh Avenue
Sunyvale, CA 90486-3820 Santa Clara, CA 95051-0982
Jean Wilcox (408) 738-7865 Leesa Lee (408) 748-3195
FAX: (408) 749-0544 FAX: (408) 727-2399
Talaris Systems, Inc. Seiko Instruments Inc.
6059 Cornerstone West 1130 Ringwood Court
San Diego, CA 92126 San Jose, CA 95131
Kevin King (619) 587-0787 Cheryl Landmann (408) 922-5950
FAX (619) 587-6788 FAX: (408) 922-5840
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I personally have tried to hook up a HP LJ11P with a 1 MB memory upgrade using Newsprint 1.0 (this printer is not on the list) and it works beautifully. Using an Aurora 10S parallel port, this print speed is about 30 seconds a text page. This is wonderful compared to the older HP LJ II with 2.5MB of total RAM, which is about 3 minutes a page (all other hardweare/software the same). It would seem that any printer with good HP-PCL 4 or 5 emulation will work.
Charles Mengel
ERI
12020 Sunrise Valley Drive
#100
Reston, VA 22091
703.620.8960
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