Date:  Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:01:51 -0300
From:  "Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] HW: Update: Tim's Warped Bargains: Color Laser Printer Update


From: "Matthew J. Walsh" <mwalsh1DESPAM at elp.rr.com> 

Actually I got the Minolta 2350-EN for $924 delivered and it has both PCL6
& PostScript and is fully networkable.  I've got it on my home network
with 3 OS/2 machines, 2 Win machines and a Linux box.  So it is highly
recommended. 
 
Matt Walsh

[Moderator Note: Tim did say  "almost all the Minoltas are 'host-based'
printers".  Glad to hear there is another option for OS/2 to use. ]



On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:55:57 -0300, Mark Dodel wrote:

>
>From: Timothy Sipples <timothy.sipplesDESPAM at us.ibm.com> 
>
>
>Dear Bargain Hunters:
>
>I recently received some e-mail inquiring about the Minolta color laser
>printers so aggressively marketed by office supply stores.
>
>My advice?  Stay away!  As far as I can tell, almost all the Minoltas are
>"host-based" printers, meaning your (Windows-only) PC must create the
>whole page before sending it to the printer.  That saves about a nickel on
>the manufacturing cost, but it makes the printer unsuitable for use with
>eComStation, OS/2 Warp, Linux, or DOS, among other operating systems.  It
>also imposes extra workload on your PC, taking horsepower from other
>applications.  And it limits your networking options if you want to share
>the printer.  Even if you run Windows, you'll be at the mercy of the
>printer vendor for a driver when the latest-and-supposedly-greatest
>Windows version comes out.  (There are plenty of horror stories about
>not-so-old "Winprinters" inoperable with Windows 2000, ME, and/or XP.)




Matthew J. Walsh, MD  FACEP
Assoc Professor & Chairman
Texas Tech Dept of Emergency Medicine



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