cwc@mhuxd.UUCP (10/28/83)
We in the AT&T BTL libraries have need of QUIET printers for our publicly available systems. I presume this limits our choice of technologies to either thermal or ink-jet since I haven't heard of electrostatic much lately and I have never heard an impact printer which could qualify as quiet. Sound-proof hoods are impractical. Other criteria are a throughput in the range of 100cps, serial interface and price under $1000. I have seen several slower thermal printers which are otherwise fine, but as soon as one talks about 100cps, the price seems to skyrocket, or the equipment is untrustworthy (I had an Olivetti dealer advise me NOT to buy their product at this time). Oh, yes, I've seen the Perkin-Elmer 650, but it prints sideways, wasting LOTS of paper unless you've got 24 line slugs to print. Anyone have any ideas? I'm getting desperate! If you can't get back to me at ...!mhuxd!cwc my (U.S.) mail address is C. W. Christ AT&T Bell Laboratories 600 Mountain Avenue, Room 6B336 Murray Hill, NJ 07974 Thanks in anticipation-- Chip
cwc@mhuxd.UUCP (10/28/83)
Not that I'm ungrateful for the good intentions of those who have responded thus far to my request for help, but please do NOT waste your time with ideas to circumvent my need for a quiet, fast, cheap printer. The criteria stated in my request are not a result of ignorance of alternatives, but a realistic evaluation of constraints. Anyway, thanks for your thoughts. Chip