7 Nov
2012
7 Nov
'12
12:24 p.m.
> There were, eventually, quite a few. I used
the Corona/Cordata.
> and the JLASER
> and the Eiconscript (Postscript compatible and/or PCL)
> I had a switchbox at the input of my printer.
On Tue, 6 Nov 2012, Dave
McGuire wrote:
Neat! I didn't know there were others.
Postscript really is a wonderful thing. :-)
I always assumed that it was a proprietary dialect of Forth.
Do you still have a LaserJet?
Don't you actua;ly need a printer with the driect 'video' interface for
those cards? For CX printers (Lasterjet, etc) that means removing the
formatter board and wiring the 34 pin header on the DC controlelr board
that conencted to the fomatter to a DC37 conenctor. And if you want,
wiring some status LEDs to the appropriate conenctor on the DC
controller. The result is a 'CX-VDO' printer.
For SX printers (Lasterjet II,. etc), the original way to get this
'video' interfce was to replace the formatter board iwth a buffer board,
whioch also includes the necessary DC37 socket. However, IIRC, there wa
a3rd party board that fitted the optiaonal interface slot on Canon/HP
formatter bords and which provided this interface whille leavign the
formatter in position. I have never seen this board, though.
The problem with running a CX printer today is tht the toner cartridges
are essentialyl unobtainium. I don't use the one on my PERQ for this reason.
(I've got a few IIP's, but I don't want to
deal with shipping those.)
I suspec tthe origianl Laserjet is heaver. It's got a linear PSU with a
massive transfomer for a start. Actually, models with internal formatters
have _2_ massive transfromers in the bottom.
-tony