fast line printer wanted

[Henry Spencer]

> We are looking for a reliable high speed line printer.
> ...
> A DataProducts 600 lines/minute printer is being considered...

Have you considered one of the low-cost laser printers? Disadvantages are
relatively high per-page cost and the damnably small paper trays. On the
other hand, they are fast and quiet, the print quality is superb, and use
of small fonts can put a *lot* of text on a page. It's amazing how much
easier it is to sort out a 900-line program when it all fits on three
pages and you can spread the whole thing out in front of you... Oh yes,
the paper is a much more convenient size too. A good choice if situation
and workload permit.
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Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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[Larry Lippman]

In article <73...@utzoo.UUCP>, he...@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
> > We are looking for a reliable high speed line printer.
>

> Have you considered one of the low-cost laser printers? Disadvantages are
> relatively high per-page cost and the damnably small paper trays. On the
> other hand, they are fast and quiet, the print quality is superb, and use
> of small fonts can put a *lot* of text on a page. It's amazing how much
> easier it is to sort out a 900-line program when it all fits on three
> pages and you can spread the whole thing out in front of you... Oh yes,
> the paper is a much more convenient size too. A good choice if situation
> and workload permit.

I agree wholeheartedly with Henry. We have had a Xerox 4045 (a lower
cost version of the 2700) for several months now. It was originally
purchased for document preparation, and not for programming purposes.
However, it became quickly apparent how GREAT it was to have 66 lines
by 132 columns on an 8-1/2 by 11 inch page. Not only is the laser printer
faster than our chain printers (it is effectively > 600 lpm), but it is
really efficient to have program listings along with other documentation in
the same 3-ring binder. Furthermore, the paper cost for a quality 20# bond
8-1/2 by 11 paper is about half the cost for 20# 11 by 15 line printer paper.
There is of course a toner consumption cost for the laser printer; however,
I am going to hazard a guess and say it is about the same as a fabric ribbon
cost for high-speed line printers (we don't use re-inkers).

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[KP KP]

I have the HP laserwriter printer. Good printer in 2022.