NeXT Laser Printer
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The NeXT Laser Printer [NeXT PN N2000] was a 400
The printer used a proprietary high-speed serial interface, and was in essence a predecessor of the software-rendering approach, as it used the DisplayPostscript renderer in NeXTStep rather than a hardware PostScript renderer. Regardless of the lack of dedicated rendering hardware, it usually achieved close to its rated speed of 8 ppm, as the NeXTStation had a much faster CPU (25 or 33MHz 68040) and greater memory capacity (up to 128 MB in Turbo models) than the rendering engines of contemporary printers. Because NeXTStep used DisplayPostscript extensively in its windowing system, the PostScript rendering path was optimized;[citation needed] thus, printed documents had a true output WYSIWYG corresponding to the screen.
NeXT also produced a color inkjet printer, the
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- ^ News: Software Makers Pledge Support for Next Machine, By Rachel Parker and Martin Marshall, InfoWorld, 3 Apr 1989, Page 5, ...The 400-dpi Next laser printer will sell for $3,495....