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bd1308
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on: August 03, 2006, 21:11
I have a 5500 running 7.6 and I was wondering if there was any easy way I could get a localtalk laser printer (old laserjet 5 something) to use for invoices for my company. What available avenue do I have to get this printer? b |
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RacerX
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32 MB Posts: 36
Reply #1 on: August 04, 2006, 11:14
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I would guess it depends on what local resources you have (in addition to the obvious ones on the net), but I've been pretty happy with Apple's LaserWriters. I recently bought a Personal LaserWriter 300 to use with my PowerBook 3400c... it's main limitation is the printer language (it uses QuickDraw) but that also brought the price down to something reasonable ($25.00). I have a number of used computer places here in the Twin Cities that I get both parts, systems, monitors and printers from. Depending on what you would want to do with it, many of the Apple LaserWriters are pretty reasonable. The major price jumps are usually based on printer language, networking, upgradability and toner availability. In the area of printer languages, the first jump is going from QuickDraw to PostScript 1 (which can be used with Mac OS X using GimpPrint... included in 10.3 and later). Then you see another jump from PostScript 1 to PostScript 2 (native support in Mac OS X, great for graphic design on all systems). There is also a smaller jump with the inclusion of PCL (HP's answer to Adobe's PostScript language) which makes the system that much more PC friendly. With networking/connectivity you have systems with serial ports, localtalk/printer serial ports, and ethernet ports (often an AAUI-15 port). The localtalk systems can be added to an AppleTalk ethernet network with a localtalk-to-ethernet bridge... but it is pretty slow. The ethernet ready systems may need an AAUI adapter (shouldn't be to hard to find... I have 3 or 4 extras if you can't find one on ebay or the like at a reasonable price). The major things that are upgradable on LaserWriters is memory or logic boards. Memory is most helpful with complex documents and speed. The logic board upgrades are hard to find these days, and usually effected the printer language, connectivity and maximum memory. And then there is toner. Some of the systems used standard toner. For example my PLW300 uses the same toner cartridge as a number of Canon LBP and HP LaserJet printers. The best thing is to have a good idea of what you want and what each printer can do. And with Apple's LaserWriters, this page is a must when picking out a good printer.
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bd1308
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128 MB Posts: 198
Reply #2 on: August 05, 2006, 05:13
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for now, I just put 8.6 on the 5500 and bought a USB printer. I'll check into a laser printer. I just need one that will work with either 7.6.1 or 8.6 or 9.1 Thats the main three OSs I use. I sold my Powerbook G4 to my dad for 200 bucks, when I bought it for 600. b
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dpaanlka
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1024 MB Posts: 1646
Reply #3 on: August 05, 2006, 08:04
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I have an Okidata C5300 or something, big laser printer on a network, and it actually works perfectly with 7.6.1.
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