RE: IPDS/AFP Printing

[Buck Calabro <mcalabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have had mixed results with the 3130.  The first year or so had a new
release of microcode every week, and a batch of PTFs for the 400 about as
frequently.  It is also pretty fussy about the paper quality and the
operating environment.

If you create the LAN attached printer as a physical device (not as a
remote outq) the printer acts very much like a twinax attached device.

Buck Calabro
Billing Concepts, Albany, NY

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Schaefer 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 5:32 PM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      IPDS/AFP Printing
> 
> We are considering acquiring AFP/400 to work in conjunction with 
> either IBM's 3130 or Infoprint 40  laser printers.
> 
> Question #1:
> The AFP sales literature indicates that AFP/IPDS printing over a 
> LAN has similar error recovery as a twinax attached line printer.  Is 
> this so?
> 
> Question #2:
> Does anyone have experience with both the 3130 and Infoprint 40?  
> I'm wondering if the 3130 is more reliable.  It surely is more 
> expensive.
> 
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