Don Wakefield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been looking at a new HP Laserjet 1300 printer > and have a few questions which the salesman was unable > to answer. I bet there is someone on the list who can > answer them for me, so please offer your > recommendations. > > 1) > There are 2 models of the 1300, one with ethernet > built in, which is $200 more expensive than the other. > There are external "print server" boxes which sell for > $50 and feed the parallel signal to the printer while > offering an ethernet socket to the network. Do you > think the "overhead" of the "server box" would be > noticable to a typical "moderate" user like myself?
Hi Don, IMHO, you won't notice any speed differences between embedded and external print server models. I've seen several 'heavy duty' LaserJets (4000, 2200, 5000 etc), and I can't say internal print server is any faster. Technically, embedded ones are 100Mb while stand-alone models are typically 10Mb, but I don't think it will affect the printing performance unless you have several dozens of users printing simultaneously and printer equipped with internal hard disk & memory expansion cards. WBR, Artur -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
