Re: [NTLK] OT Laser printer made by ?

From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Tue Jan 27 2004 - 09:40:12 PST


On Jan 27, 2004, at 8:58 AM, Norman Palardy wrote:

>
> On Jan 27, 2004, at 12:29 AM, Jon Glass wrote:
>
>> Hm. I think they were more than simply branded... Just looking at the
>> boxes
>> shows they are of completely different shapes, and I don't think, for
>> instance, you can exchange parts from the transport mechanism. I
>> downloaded
>> a PDF for an HP printer once, thinking it would help me with my Iig,
>> but it
>> looked so different for the most part, that I gave up trying...
>>
>> I think that they rely on the same imaging engine, but beyond that,
>> the
>> differences start to mount. Surely somebody on this list knows for
>> sure...
>
> Most of the imaging engines were identical, but the similarities
> stopped there as Apple added things to the motherboards for them that
> other printers did not support at the time (like SCSI drives ,
> AppleTalk, etc)
Many of the HP's support Appletalk also. Although clearly Apple did
modify the digital logic board for all of it's printers.
>
> About the only thing you could get that would be interchangeable were
> toners, drums, and the other imaging parts
The transport parts, Power suppiies and fusers also cross in many
cases.

Marty

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