Survey of colour Postscript printers

Owen Baker rxcob at minyos.xx.rmit.oz
Fri Aug 24 12:22:08 AEST 1990


We are conducting a survey of colour (or color if you like) Postscript
printers. That is Postscript printers that output a colour image not just
3 or 4 pages of B&W separations. 

Specifically we would like to know:

1. What make, model, type of colour Postscript printer's you have used.
2. The page specifications it supported; A3, A4, etc.
3. The colour matching (if any) supported; Pantone, etc.
4. Resolution in dots per inch.
5. Speed in pages per minute.
6. Colour imaging process (if known) or a brief description of how it works;
   Thermal with 3 passes, etc.
7. Interface; LocalTalk, RS232, automatically switchable, etc.
8. Other formats supported; Diablo, HP, Epson, etc.
9. Approximate cost if possible in $Australian or $US.
10.Is it any good, your view; good, bad, I luv it, etc.

If you cannot provide all of the above then just tell us what you can. Any
comments or other general information are welcome.

If a survey such as this has been conducted on the net before then please let
us know otherwise the results will be posted in a couple of weeks.

Please e-mail all resposes to rxcob at minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au or 
odb at caxton.csu.rmit.oz.au

Thankyou....

Owen Baker
Technical Support Manager
Communication Services Unit, RMIT - Victoria University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
Phone: (61 (3) 660-2038



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