[plug] Printing, US and Wow

[Chris Caston]

On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 20:03, Garry wrote:
> Just talking to my brother in Sinny, who has just started a new job. The 
> Oce printers he is fixing run at 1200 pages per minute!! Mind you these 
> are costing > $500,000 a piece, but wow just the same.. He admitted that 
> they are actually cheating at the moment, using 2 in line with a paper 
> flipper to do duplex at hundreds of pages a minute... These things are 
> reliably (with maintenance) working after 300 million copies too, which 
> blew my mind..
> 
> Of course they use Linux for the print servers, making me smile..
> 
> 
CUPS or BSD style?

> Anyone a regular visitor to the US, particularly the Florida area? 
> Looking for places to send him shopping, he'll be going on courses there 
> very soon. 8^)==
> 
> Especially interested in hearing of computer gear places or camping gear 
> places (series of shops - lots of locations) which might have an online 
> prescence. I have heard of Walmart, but that's about it.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Garry
> 
> 
> 
> 
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