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    02-May-93 15:51:36
Sb: #97794-#ParNet
Fm: Scott Harris 73717,1162
To: Jonathan Blackwell 71732,3311
>Laser printers on AppleTalk have serial communication at 57k baud. The best normal serial communication can do is 19.2k and most printers max out at 9600.< If I remember correctly, AppleTalk itself operates at 230.4k baud (I think that's the number). Are you saying that the printer itself is limited to 57k baud, despite Appletalk's higher potential speed? (Not that 57k is slow for serial communication, as you indicate.) In any case, I think the biggest bottleneck in most Postscript printers (at least once you get beyond the slower 19.2 and 9600 baud rates) is probably the speed of the printer's own internal processor. ===Scott