JetWriter         HP LaserJet IIP board for connecting your Mac
JetWriter Lets Macs Print on HP's LaserJet
 
Microbytes Daily News Service
Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
If you're put off by the price of an Apple LaserWriter, you can
now connect your Mac to the HP LaserJet IIP. JetWriter includes a
board for the printer and software drivers.
 
The drivers convert Macintosh Quickdraw files to HP's Printer
Control Language.
 
The product includes a high speed interface board replacing the
serial interface in the LaserJet IIP.
 
The JetWriter interface operates at 234K bits per second as
opposed to the standard 19.2K bits per second speed of the serial
interface.
 
But the interface is not AppleTalk-compatible and therefore a
LaserJet IIP with JetWriter cannot be used in an AppleTalk
network, although the companies claim that's in the works.
 
JetWriter does not support Postscript, but does support Adobe
Type Manager.
 
Price: $345.
 
Contact: Insight Development, 2200 Powell Street, Suite 500,
Emeryville, CA 94608, (415) 652-4115.
 
                              --- Roger K. Adams
 
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