North-Holland Microprocessing and Microprogramming 19 (1987) 77-80
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QMS PS 800 Laserprinter The qMs Ps 800 laserprinter, now introduced in Europe, is the first QMS printer fully compatible with the page description language PostScript. It is based on the Canon LPB-CX print engine and controlled by a Motorola 68000 with resident PostScript interpreter. Intermixed text and graphics are printed at up to 8 pages/minute with a resolution of 300 x 300 dots
per inch. Standard interfaces, including RS 232, RS 422 and Apple talk are supplied with the printer. Application software for Apple computers, raMPc and compatibles, and mini and mainframe driving the laser printer is available. Easter printers for applications including A3 size are expected to be announced. For further information contact Mr. Ruud Schothorst, QMS International B.V., Herculesplein 263A, N L 3584 AA, Utrecht, The Netherlands, phone 31(0)30518024.
EDITOR: A N e w Menu Driven Software Product
Fig. 1. The QMSPS800 laserprinter.
The Institute for Scientific Information (IS0, Philadelphia, PA, announces the release of a new menu driven software product, Er)ITOR. Designed as a tool for preparing and reformatting bibliographic references, it is the third component of ~sI'S Sci-Mate software system, first released in 1983. The EDITOR formats references in 15 styles supplied with the program, including those required by the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, the Council of Biology Editors and the Editors of Nature and Science. Users may also design their own styles, and bibliographic data can be entered at the keyboard or imported from other software. The page layout and printer effects like boldface and italics can be specified by the user; 5 sort options .... including author sort in chronological and reverse chronological order are offered. Full or abbreviated references may be inserted in a manuscript, prepared with a word processor, and may be sorted in the order in which they are cited. EDITOR runs on the IBM PC XT and AT and compat-