Re: How much RAM for a Postscript printer?

Dave wrote: 
Ian Wilson wrote:

Dave wrote:

I'm looking to buy a cheap printer for home use, which will not get much use (400 pages/month).

However, since 99% of the time I run UNIX (Solaris to be precise), that makes using an Inject a pain in the ***. I have used one before, running on the parallel port with Ghostscript doing the Postscript to Epson ESC2 language, but it is a pain.

So I'm looking at a Postscript printer. I'm considering the OKI 4350NPS, as that is one of the cheaper ones that has both ethernet and postscript. A few things I have read on the web suggest it is reasonable.

Two questions.

1) Any comments about that particular printer?

2) Any suggestions for one in the same price range (311 UK pounds including VAT), that might be more suitable?



HP LaserJet 1320?


Thank you for that suggestion, but having looked at it more closely, I think it would be a particulary bad choice for me. It would appear that the emulation for Postscript is in a software driver, so unless you run one of the supported operating systems (which are not UNIX or Linux), it would be unusable as a postscript printer.



You've been misled, I regularly print Postscript files to the 1320 from Linux and other Unix systems using LPR/LPD protocols. The PS interpreter in the 1320 is not licenced from Adobe but *is* embedded in the printer and needs no O/S assistance - no deed for Ghostscript, foomatic filters etc, just send plain old unadulterated PostScript text to the printer.
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