Thrift store score: HP LJ4L

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Roy J. Tellason <rtellason at verizon.net> wrote: Not with this model - the 4M and 4ML use the same case and engine (and look identical from the outside), but under one of the cord cover bays is a Mac-pinned RS-422 8-pin minidin which is either at the edge of or is cabled to an extra board that the 4L does not have. The extra board is a Postscript engine and font ROMs. I believe it would be possible to turn a 4L into a 4ML by adding the extra goodies, but it is nothing like its contemporaries that were mostly lacking a ROM SIMM with Postscript and/or Adobe fonts on it. The 4ML will even talk out both ports - the Mac port to a Localtalk network, and the parallel port to a PC or Amiga or whatever. I used to use that feature to my advantage when I would run a Mac emulator on my Amiga (with add-on Mac serial ports and Localtalk). The printer was smart take a job from one port and hold the other port off until the first job was done - no printer switch necessary. Yes I like larger HP printers, but for something that only takes up the corner of a desk, the 4ML is really nice. -ethan