Andrew Corp, Torrance, California has come out with a printer adaptor for interfacing Canon Inc laser printers to IBM Corp mainframes: LaserLynx III/Coax supports the Canon LBP-8 Mark III, IIIT and IIIR printers by emulating the IBM 3287 and also enables mainframe users to share a printer with a locally attached personal computer, local area network or async host; it plugs directly into the optional interface port of the printers and enables host-sourced printouts immediately on installation without any programmer set-up or configuration needed, and applications can make use of all the printers’ functions and the product costs $900.
