[vcf-midatlantic] NeXT printer emulator/bridge

[Herb Johnson]

> On 06/17/2018 01:33 PM, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>> I have two next laser printers..I thought they were just
>> ho laser jet II's with an adapter
> 
>  Dave McGuire wrote;
>  No, they are very different.  HP never got their hands on
>  these; NeXT bought SX engines from Canon.

Well.. The Laserwriter II was also based on a Canon SX engine, which was 
the engine for the LaserJet II. My wife still uses a LJ II or III, and 
I've sold LW II printers and parts for well over a decade. Wikipedia 
describes the lineage:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserWriter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_LaserJet
(probably an entry for neXt...)

Point being, calling all these "a LJ II" is a plausible term of 
convenience, as LJ II's and III's were the most common of the printers 
discussed.

Herb
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