<>DEC used it as a graphics drawing engine for a high speed laser printer
<>(40ppm!).
<
<Whew! Probably cost the life salry of my extended family. That'd be fast
<enough to do something like print out hard copies of logs for a server...
It was about $55k and it was considered a medium speed, medium duty printer.
For the task you mention a Xerox9700 with a big vax on the side at 100+ppm
was the ticket.
Oh, theses were 1987 products. ;)
Allison