sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Free NeWSprint 2.5 Upgrade Extended SunFLASH Vol 59 #20 November 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59.20 Free NeWSprint 2.5 Upgrade Extended Special free NeWSprint 2.5 upgrade available until December 31, 1993 with qualifying printer order ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Customers purchasing one of the following Sun(TM) printers by December 31, 1993 qualify for a FREE upgrade to NeWSPrint(TM) 2.5 software: Qualifying Product Sales Order Line Item ------------------- --------------------- NeWSprinter(TM) 20 NPRN-20 SPARCprinter(TM) SPRN-400 The above printers currently come bundled with NeWSprint 2.1 which runs on Solaris 1.x. To order the upgrade, the following *No Charge* line item must be added to the qualifying sales order: Sales Order Line Item Price Description --------------------- --------- ----------- NPT-2.5S N/C NeWSprint 2.5 Special Upgrade NeWSprint software offers Sun customers convenient PostScript(R) language compatible printing for Solaris(R)-based systems. Installed on a network workstation or server, NeWSprint makes it easy for users to share printing resources, and provides other workstation, PC, and Macintosh(R) users with easy access to a powerful SPARC-based printing solution. Along with PostScript, NeWSprint also supports Sun Raster, TIFF, and ASCII file formats. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CONSIDERATIONS ------------------------------------ NeWSprint 2.5 software supports: o Any Sun SPARC(R)-processor based system running Solaris 2.1 and later releases o All Sun printers including SPARCprinter, NeWSprinter 20, and the X1130A S-Bus board, plus HP(R) LaserJet(R) II & III series laser printers, DeskJet(R), DeskJet+, and DeskJet 500 series ink jet printers AVAILABILITY ------------ NPT-2.5S is shipping immediately. Last day to order is December 31, 1993 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS --------------------- Q. Does NeWSprint 2.5 run on Solaris 1.x? A. No, NeWSprint 2.5 is for Solaris 2.1 and later releases. Q. Does NeWSprint 2.1 support Solaris 2.x? A. No, NeWSprint 2.1 is for Solaris 1.x only. Q. What is the purpose of the free upgrade? A. The upgrade is designed to facilitate customer migration to Solaris 2.x U.S. PRICING & ORDERING INFORMATION ----------------------------------- Price Discount Part Category Number Description ----------------------------------------------------- NPT-2.5S Special upgrade Free N/A CD-ROM media, docs and 1-printer license (Also includes on-line documentation in the AnswerBook format, and 57 fonts on the same CD) Notes: The NPT-2.5S order must accompany the order of qualified printers (c) 1993 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation, SunPics, NeWSprinter, NeWSprint, and Solaris, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All SPARC trademarks, including the SCD Compliant Logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. SPARCprinter is licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems, Inc. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. HP, LaserJet and DeskJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. All other product or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. Archives are on draco.nova.edu, ftp.uu.net, sunsite.unc.edu, src.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.adelaide.edu.au All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or publication by Sun Microsystems. Send brief articles (e.g. third party announcements) and include contact information (non-800#, fax #, email, etc) to: John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@Sun.COM. +1 305 351 4909