Printer Purchase for Sun3/60

[Russ Poffenberger]

In article <2453 at brazos.Rice.edu> drmurray at brocku.ca (Bill Murray) writes:
|X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 176, message 8 of 13
|
|Our University has a small network of Sun3/50 and 60's and need to
|purchase a printer/laser.
|
|Requirements:
|   1. Postscript printing,
|   2. Student projects with Core and Phigs need printing
|      capabilities (maybe screendump),
|   3. Color printing is NOT necessary,
|   4. Can be serially connected or use ethernet.
|
|We also have an Apple laser connected to our localtalk and have installed
|a Fastpath bridge which works fine.
|
|Questions:
|   1. What software/printers are available to do local
|      printing, i.e. without the use of the apple laser.
|   2. What software can be considered if we were to use
|      the apple laser through the fastpath connection.
|
|Any information will be appreciated, and since we are a university, a
|cheap solution is almost always preferred.

Sounds like if you purchase TOPS for Sun (available from a division of
Sun), that is all you need. It can spool (using one of your suns) and then
print to your apple laserwriter through the fastpath gateway.

Russ Poffenberger               DOMAIN: poffen at sj.ate.slb.com
Schlumberger Technologies       UUCP:   {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen