On Dec 23, 2008, at 12:40 AM, Paul wrote:
> Most of the Laserjets with a good reputation use a Canon printing > engine. For instance, the Canon LBP-32X engine is in all of these > printers: > > Canon LBP-1000 > Canon LBP-32X > Canon P 100 > HP LaserJet 2100 > HP LaserJet 2100m > HP LaserJet 2100se > HP LaserJet 2100tn > HP LaserJet 2100xi > HP LaserJet 2200d > HP LaserJet 2200dn > HP LaserJet 2200dt > HP LaserJet 2200dtn > HP LaserJet 2210 Canon's generic products (those which have all the capabilities of a "marking engine", but no interface besides its proprietary "video interface") are all called LBPs ... Laser Beam Printers. The early LaserWriters were quite simply an LBP with an Apple- designed PostScript RIP (Raster Image Processor), with the PostScript interpreter from Adobe Systems. (Adobe designed numerous RIPs ... Atlas, Redstone, etcetera, all generally named for missiles ... but Apple's RIP was its own design, and was considerably simpler that of Adobe's, or anyone else's ... more reliable, too). The basic LBP had its top removed and replaced by an Apple-molded top (the piece with the Apple logo). The Apple RIP was fitted into holes already present in the LBP, and the RIP was cabled to the LBP's video interface, and also to the RS-422/RS-232 connector box, which replaced Canon's video connector box). LaserWriter and LaserWriter Plus = LBP-CX = CX Marking Engine (Also LaserJet and LaserJet Plus) LaserWriter II = LBP-SX = SX Marking Engine (Also LaserJet II and III) LaserWriter Pro 630 and LaserWriter 16/600 = LBP-EX = EX Marking Engine (Also LaserJet 4) Canon LBPs of most types are one of the few printer families for which replacement and repair parts are widely available. Countless LaserWriters and LaserJets are discarded each year because of a failed (paper) pickup roller, which are widely available for about $6, yet take several hours to install. Fuser rollers are available, too, for about $10, but the replacement procedure is quite difficult. Complete fuser assemblies are often available at reasonable cost, about $50 for the most popular models, on an exchange basis. Apple has never offered its LaserWriter repair manuals for sale. However, HP has, and although these initially cost about $25, these now cost several times that amount. Doubtless, one can probably find a scan of a repair manual on-line. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
