Are there any Firewire Postscript LaserPrinters?

satchmosatchmo
Posted:
in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I highly doubt it and I'm wondering why manufacturers are using USB with it's slow transfer rate (USB2 should be faster).



Postscript also seem to be a dying feature on many lasers and the adoption of a fast high speed interface such as Firewire just isn't happening.

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    Why not consider those using ethernet?
  • Reply 2 of 3
    allenchristopherallenchristopher Posts: 135member
    Firewire just seems to be for what it's for. Even Firewire webcams aren't very popular, though 640x480 is definitely what I'd call minimum for reasonable video-conferencing.



    I'd guess that it isn't quite common enough on PCs, so only uses that really require the speed and justify an add-on card will be popular. People get by printing on USB.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    satchmosatchmo Posts: 2,699member
    [quote]Originally posted by Leonis:

    <strong>Why not consider those using ethernet?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yeah, that's what I'll end up doing. But it just involves a bit more hardware and connections.

    With a high speed connection via ethernet, that means getting a hub. My old HP4MP also needs a Jetdirect or AsanteTalk to connect to that hub.



    You see what I mean. A simple fast Firewire connection would be great.
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