Microsoft KB Archive/59609

= NEC Silentwriter 2 260 and 290 =

Article ID: 59609

Article Last Modified on 7/30/2001



This article was previously published under Q59609



SUMMARY
The following information summarizes the specifications of the NEC Silentwriter 2 family of printers. The 260, which can emulate an HP LaserJet Series II, uses font cards &quot;whose character sets correspond to those of one or more LaserJet Series II cartridges.&quot; The 290, a PostScript printer that can emulate the HP LaserJet Plus, contains 35 resident Adobe scalable fonts.

Note: The 2 290 will typically be used in its native PostScript mode, NOT its Laserjet emulation mode.

NEC Silentwriter 2 260
Emulation: HP LaserJet Series II

Language: PCL

Memory: 1 MB standard, up to 5 MB

Resident Fonts: 8

Optional Fonts:

SilentFont Cards -- 5 to 17 per card -- 12 cards available

Downloadable -- 23 font floppy disks -- 34 max (+ 8 resident)

Graphics Resolution: Up to 300 x 300

Paper: Letter, legal, envelope

Transparencies: Yes

Controller: NEC V50

Interfaces: RS-232C, Centronics

NEC Silentwriter 2 290
Emulation: HP LaserJet Plus

Language: PCL, PostScript

Memory: 2 MB standard, up to 4 MB

Resident Fonts: 35 Adobe scalable

Optional Fonts:

PostScript compatible

LaserJet compatible

Graphics Resolution: Up to 300 x 300

Paper: Letter, legal, envelope

Transparencies: Yes

Controller: 68000 (16.7 MHz)

Interfaces: RS-232C, Centronics, AppleTalk/LocalTalk

Keywords: KB59609

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