UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) (12/06/89)
Star has a new printer, and I think I have the number right. It is
to replace the NX-1000, I hear. It is a nine pin printer and claims to
print plain black text at 300 cps draft, 63 cps NLQ.
There is also a color upgrade kit for it. I've seen the printer with the
color kit for $380 in Computer Shopper.
So, has anyone seen this printer, or run it on the Amiga? I assume it will
use the EsponX drivers, does anyone know?
I know the color isn't really great. I need b&w speed more than I need color,
and I'm not sure I really want two printers in my life. 8-)
As a comment... Since the beginning, the "What printer for my Amiga?" question
has been a sort of confused issue, at least for me. Perhaps this is just
because I have been unable to bring myself to spend $700 or more for a printer.
I was spoiled by paying only $265 for a printer in 1980, and now that I've sold
it I want to get a much more powerful one for less money, since after all
that's what happened when I sold my Osborne and bought an Amiga. (Of course,
I didn't get WordStar with the Amiga...)
But we seem to see more what-printer? questions then we do other what-X?
questions here. I think it is because the printer issues haven't evolved as
quickly as they could have, either at Commodore (though I applaud the printer
driver concept and its execution), the dealers, or in the marketplace.
For example, there was a printer review eons ago in Amiga World, but I
don't recall seeing frequent reviews of suitable printers.
Sorry, I'll quit rambling. No flames please.
lee