Re: A PostScript printer at home ?

From: ray (ray_at_zianet.com)
Date: 10/18/04 

Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:36:13 -0600

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:58:13 +0000, Jeff Relf wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have a PostScript printer at home ?
>
> How much does it cost to operate per year ?

I don't, but let me fille in a little info for you. Most PostScript
printers are lasers - there are some high end inkjets, as well. The
inkjets are quite expensive and will be quite costly to operate. So, let's
talk lasers. There are very few true PostScript printers available any
more (probably due to licensing costs due Adobe); most run a PostScript
emulator on top of another page description language, and are slower than
molasses. New PostScript capable printers are expensive.

I previously used a TI Microlaser 600Plus - it's about 10 years old by
now, but one of the fastest PostScript printers in the world (in terms of
time to render a page - that's what count, not how long it takes to print
40 copies of the same page, which is what 'pages per minute' refer to). I
believe the cartridges are still available - if you could find one it
would be very reasonable to operate - one cartridge does a LOT of
printing.

You'll find that Samsung and Brother both offer inexpensive ($120 -
$180) laser printers which will work with Linux. They are PCL, not
PostScript, but via GhostScript, will print any sort of postscript
document you might have.

Is there a particular reason you require PostScript?

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