Date   : Thu, 16 Jan 1986 08:54:24 EST (Thu)
From   : Jeff Edelheit <edelheit@MITRE.ARPA>
Subject: Re: Need info fast on Diablo, NEC, and other heavy-duty LQ printers

Larry - While none of the lasers I know of support a tractor, I would recommend
any of the Canon engine based machines.  If you really want typeset quality,
then look into Imagen.  Imagen provides a preprocessor to the laser engine.  
The bottom of the line uses the Canon engine, but if you need higher speeds,
then you can move up to one of their Xerox engines.  (We have an Imagen 8/300;
the preprocessor + the Canon engine.  It's really nice.  It also supports
either a serial, parallel or Ethernet interface.)

I also understand that QMS has some nice lasers.

With the kind of output you are talking about, I am not sure that any daisy
type machine will either hold up or produce the amount of output your
talking about.  Also, the general rule "the higher the speed, the higher
the noise" probably applies to the impact printers.  The noisyest thing on
the Canon is the clicking as it pulls the paper thru.

Let me know what you find/decide.

Regards,
Jeff Edelheit
(edelheit@mitre.arpa)

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