Re: Laserprinter recommendations sought

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hedley,

No Lexmark printer in the last eight years of so has had Adobe
PostScript. All use the Phoenix/Xionics/Oak (company keeps on
being acquired) clone that has been highly problematic with
PostScript generated by recent versions of Acrobat and InDesign.
To be fair, Lexmark has been fairly good about shipping firmware
updates, but it is still iffy at best from what I hear.

        - Dov 


At 10/1/2002 06:44 PM, hedley_finger@myob.com.au wrote:


>Dov:
>
>> > My personal trusty Epson EPL 7000 (HP IIP emulation) is dying and is
>probably not
>> > worth the cost of attempting repair.
>> >
>> > Therefore I am in the market for a laserprinter to replace it for my
>personal use
>> > - not corporate level. Yes, I do an occasional manual printout but that
>is only
>> > 20% or so of total pages printed.
>> >
>> > I am tempted to get a overhauled HP 4 or 5M as the printers I see out
>there do not
>> > seem any more robust than those. Also I have seen duplexing versions of
>these on
>> > occasion.
>> > [...]
>> > Allen Schaaf
>>
>> A low-mileage, certified-by-someone-knows-what-they-are-doing
>> LaserJet 5M should fit your bill. Adobe PostScript Level 2, an
>> exceptionally reliable laser engine and controller, readily
>> and inexpensively available toner supplies, excellent performance
>> even by today's standards (5 years later), high quality output,
>> and very reliable software. I personally own two and with enough
>> memory (cheap these days; 23MB even with duplexing is ample),
>> it prints everything, including the most gnarly InDesign and PDF
>> files we can throw at it.
>
>What's your opinion of these Lexmark models?  (I have a chance to pick one
>up cheaply.)
>
> Lexmark Optra S 1250 A4 Laser printer
>
> Lexmark Optra S 1650 A4 Laser Printer
>
> Lexmark Optra S 1855 A4 Laser Printer
>
> Lexmark Optra S 2455 A4 Laser Printer
>
>Do they have genuine PostScript and, if so, at what level?
>
>Does Adobe publish a list of printers that include official PostScript
>interpreters?
>
>Regards,
>Hedley
>
>
>--
>Hedley Finger
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