On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, Tony Duell wrote:
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.
Tall Tree used toi sell them
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.
How many times can they be refilled ?
(I've got
a few IIP's, but I don't want to deal with shipping those.)
I suspec tthe
origianl Laserjet is heaver.
quite a bit. the IIP (and IIIP) were lightweight "home" printers for
people who didn't want the size, weight, and price of the "real"
laserjets.