Laser printers for filePro on SCO Unix...

[Mike Schwartz]

     I have a customer who needs a fairly hefty laser printer to attach to
the parallel port of their Unix server.  They are looking at HP 4240's,
4250's and 4515's and also at Lexmark T644's and W840's.

     Previously, they used OTC dot-matrix printers, but now that OTC is out
of business, they want to try a couple of laser printers and get out of the
dot-matrix world.

     Unfortunately, even after reviewing the past emails on this subject,
I'm still not sure how I can be certain that these printers will accept
straight ASCII print on their parallel ports and work with the filePro
printer drivers.  

     Here is a Lexmark page, indicating that the W540 is "HP 5e compatible":

http://www.lexmark.com/lexmark/product/home/757/0,6970,204816596_653293751_4
91779829_en,00.html?tabId=1#top

     However, as I recall, that doesn't mean that it is not a "windows-only"
printer.

     If a printer has a CUPS driver, does that mean for certain that it
accepts straight ASCII characters through the printer port?

     It would be nice if I could get my hands on one of these printers, then
actually plug it in and test it, but, I would have to purchase one to do
that.  It will probably not be returnable, so I would have to "eat" it, and
these printers all cost a lot of money!

     Or, do any of you have a suggestion for a different model of laser
printer that will print at upwards of 40 pages per minute and print at least
100,000 pages a month reliably for at least a couple of years?

Thanks!

Mike Schwartz