NEXT Color Printer find

From: Louis Schulman <louiss_at_gate.net>
Date: Sun Dec 30 15:07:22 2001

On 30 Dec 2001 00:13:27 -0500, Jeffrey H. Ingber wrote:

#Very interesting. Mine definitely has only 2 50-pin Centronics ports.
#The serial number is 00000078, and is an N2004. What makes this even
#more interesting is that NeXT's didn't have a parallel port (that I know
#of).
#
#There's an easy way to test if a) That's a parallel port, and b) it has
#an on-board PostScript processor. Just connect it to a PC and send some
#PostScript to the printer. That would make a nice inexpensive
#PostScript color printer if this works, as ink is still available.
#
Ok, here's the report. The printer works, and runs the self-test (in full color). Still has ink!

The 36-pin port is a parallel port, and does receive data from the PC. You select from SCSI/Parallel on an
LCD menu on the printer.

The printer did not understand PostScript. However, on the printer, there are a number of different "Modes"
and other options that are selectable, and without a manual, it isn't clear what they do. One could be
PostScript, I'll have to do some more tests. But plain ascii sent from the PC worked fine.

Louis
Received on Sun Dec 30 2001 - 15:07:22 GMT