Xerox 4045 as a networked printer
laser-lovers@uw-beaver
If you want to have a 4045 printer on your network (with Interpress)
you need to buy a Xerox T22 processor as the server, plus the appropriate
software. That pushes the cost up to only a bit less than an 8044.
I haven't seen pricing data from Xerox yet, but my estimate is that
the total system will cost about $10-13K including printer.
In that configuration it's a nice machine, but it will probably have
problems competing with a Laserwriter or networked Imagen except in
marketplaces that need Interpress (Adobe, where's that Interpress to
Postscript translator?) or a standalone XNS-based server.
Related question:
If one wants to hook a Laserwriter to an Ethernet as a print server/spooler,
(let's say running TCP/IP and some arbitrary print spooling protocol) what's
the most cost-effective way to do it (assuming you don't have a spare Unix
machine handy)?