railey@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU (11/19/85)
Has anyone knowledge (first-hand or secod-hand) of letter quality printers such as the Juki 6100s or the Brother HR-15xl? I'm on the market for one such printer, and would appreciate any advice or other suggestions. Thanks ahead of time.
railey@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU (11/19/85)
that's "second-hand" not "secod-hand" ... sorry.
bright@dataioDataio.UUCP (Walter Bright) (11/20/85)
In article <10800017@uiucdcsp> railey@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU writes: >Has anyone knowledge (first-hand or secod-hand) of letter quality >printers such as the Juki 6100s or the Brother HR-15xl? I'm on the >market for one such printer, and would appreciate any advice or >other suggestions. I have been using a Diablo 630 for years and am very pleased with it. I have seen some cheap letter quality ones, and the problems are: o Bold face and double strike really shows up problems with the accuracy of the carriage. They frequently come out as double-images. Really gross! o The text lines are frequently not parallel! The Diablo exhibits none of these problems. If you're not willing to pay the bucks for a real letter quality printer, I'd stick with dot-matrix.
lsmith@ut-ngp.UUCP (lsmith) (11/22/85)
The Juki printer is slow but puts out very nice print. I've heard second-hand reports that the Brothers are cheaply made. The Brother typewriter/printer is so slow it's worthless.
caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) (11/26/85)
In article <2633@ut-ngp.UUCP> lsmith@ut-ngp.UUCP (lsmith) writes: >The Juki printer is slow but puts out very nice print. >I've heard second-hand reports that the Brothers are cheaply made. >The Brother typewriter/printer is so slow it's worthless. I have a Dynax DX-15 printer which is the same as a Brother 15. It seems well built, and the users I've heard from have had good luck with it. I reviewed the unit for a magazine which went belly up before the review was finished. The disadvantages are obvious; it takes a little longer to appreciate the advantages. Disadvantages: Slow, about 13 cps (faster models available, but more $$$). Ribbons are much more costly than Selectric II. Paper jams tend to break the film ribbon. Limited selection of printwheels. The unit I have does not modulate the print force; periods emboss the paper while M's are light (newer units may correct this). Instruction manual is terse, even by Unix standards. Advantages: Cheap, reliable. Optional sheet feeder is inexpensive and works reliably when used properly. Good print quality. 10, 12, 15, PS pitches. Totally acceptable for formal correspondence. If you're not saving up for a laser printer, the DX-15 makes a good and cheap sheet fed printer for low quantity formal correspondence if you get it discounted. -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf CIS:70715,131 Omen Technology Inc 17505-V NW Sauvie Island Road Portland OR 97231 Home of Professional-YAM, the most powerful COMM program for the IBM PC Voice: 503-621-3406 Modem: 503-621-3746 (Hit CR's for speed detect) omen Any ACU 1200 1-503-621-3746 se:--se: link ord: Giznoid in:--in: uucp
ward@chinet.UUCP (Ward Christensen) (12/07/85)
I am quite happy with my Royal Alpha 610 printer/typewriter. I had an aging selectric (sitting in basement with a "rotate" ribbon hanging out the front), and wanted a "more modern" typewriter, mostly to type postcards (which I use many of weekly - quick product requests, "take my name off your junk mail list" requests, etc). This machine is a nice daisy-wheel typewriter, with 10-12-15 CPI daisy wheels, etc. $269 at Service Merchandise, with $130 for a serial/parallel interface module, which has 630 compatibility and a 4K buffer (it can reprint a page from its buffer). I have no 630 driving software to test it with, so can't say much there except: (1) it doesn't print backwards - or rather it DOES, but the silly thing spaces RIGHT every time it gets a space, so printing a line backwards would do (where c is a char, s a space, b a backspace): cccsbbcccc..ccsbbcc etc. ALso, it has a built-in "micro justify" mode, but using it with PC-Write didn't work - it worked when hacking with it directly, but the "char pitch" changes that PC-W seems to send all too often, hoses up the P.S. this typewriter has lift-off and cover-up correction, with a 2-line memory so it can remember what char to lift off when you space/backspace and reverse-index back while typing. I recommend this device IF you need a typewriter AND a 15cps or so printer.