mattp@oakhill.UUCP (Matt Pressly) (01/13/89)
I am interested in purchasing a 24-pin printer in the $300-$400 price range.
I would greatly appreciate any information anyone can provide (especially
firsthand experience) about such printers. I am particularly interested
in the EPSON LQ-500 and Panasonic KX1124 printers, but if there are some
other 24-pin printers in this price range, I would like specs and opinions
on them also. Things of primary interest are speed, buffer size, parallel/
serial, type of tractor feed (push/pull), ability to use single sheet as
well as form feed paper, reliability, print quality, difficulties with use,
service, etc..
Thanks,
Matthew Pressly
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UUCP: oakhill!wynge!mattp@cs.utexas.edumattp@oakhill.UUCP (Matt Pressly) (01/13/89)
I am interested in purchasing a 24-pin dot matrix printer in the $300-$400
price range. I know of two such printers that are available: EPSON LQ-500
and Panasonic KX-1124.
If you have used either of these printers could you please email or post
your opinions about them? Also if you know of any other 24-pin printers in
that price range, I would appreciate your sending me specs on them. I am
primarily interested in speed, type of tractor arrangement (push/pull),
input port (serial/parallel), buffer size, emulation capabilities, type
quality, ability to use both tractor and friction feeds, reliability,
service problems if any, price, and any problems you have had using the
printers.
I'll summarize the responses and post if anyone else is interested.
Thanks,
Matthew Pressly
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address: !oakhill!godiva!mattpjc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) (01/22/89)
Personally, I've seen both the Epson LQ and the Panasonic work.
I won't strongly recommend either one because I like both of them.
If you are a strong Epson person, then Epson is the way to go because you are
guaranteed Epson compatibility. On the other hand, if you're not strong Epson,
then the Panasonic offers slightly more features.
-- J. Chin (a.k.a. Computer Dr.)
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