On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 08:50, Douglas Sheerer wrote:
> Can anyone please recommend a genuine Colour A3
> 'Postscript' Laser printer. We are looking to
> lease/purchase a new colour laser but after the
> intermittent troubles we've had with our 3 year
> old B/W Sharp Laser printer/copier I need to
> know that the new printer is a genuine
> 'Postcript' printer instead of one that just
> pretends to be.
I assume you mean that you're looking for a printer with an Adobe
PostScript 3 engine embedded, rather than a "PostScript Compatible" such
as those made by HP? If so, there's a world of choice out there - just
make sure you pick one with the Adobe engine. You will pay a lot for
that, though - there's a reason HP emulates it instead.
I know Ricoh use Adobe PS in their high end printers, as do Xerox, and I
expect the same is true of the lower end ones. No doubt many others do
too. HP are the main ones I know of that don't use the Adobe RIP.
It's worth noting that an Adobe PS RIP is no guarantee that the printer
will work well. Our Xerox DocuPrint 4025 has been an unending nightmare
with the macs.
There's also no substitute for going to the showroom with a laptop that
has your suite of production software installed and spending the next
two hours printing torture tests.
--
Craig Ringer
