stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett) (12/02/89)
In article <6383@shlump.nac.dec.com> long@rainbo.enet.dec.com (Richard C. Long) writes: >In article <1989Nov27.195051.20662@cs.rochester.edu>, bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys) writes... >>OK, so buy a Seikosha SP-1000AP from MidWest Micro-Peripherals ay 800-423-8215, >[deleted] > >Fine. Is this an equivalent to the Imagewriter II? Any potential problems? The local elementary school has been loooking for cheap printers to hook to the cheap 512KEs they bought. I suggested that they buy a Seikosha to try out. It's a slow Imagewriter I clone. The school tells me it takes twice as long for the Seikosha to print a page - I think they said 5 minutes (I don't know what they were printing). Also I saw someone printing something on it that ran off the end of the page -- perhaps the vertical spacing isn't right either?? I'll try to check next week. Does anyone know how to make the Imagewriter driver print bidirectionally in "faster" mode? -- steve.ligett@dartmouth.edu or ...!dartvax!steve.ligett
ogden@fusion.cad.mcc.com (Deene Ogden) (12/06/89)
In article <17519@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett) writes: >In article <6383@shlump.nac.dec.com> long@rainbo.enet.dec.com (Richard C. Long) writes: >>In article <1989Nov27.195051.20662@cs.rochester.edu>, bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys) writes... >>>OK, so buy a Seikosha SP-1000AP from MidWest Micro-Peripherals ay 800-423-8215, >>[deleted] >> >>Fine. Is this an equivalent to the Imagewriter II? Any potential problems? > >The local elementary school has been loooking for cheap printers to hook >to the cheap 512KEs they bought. I suggested that they buy a Seikosha >to try out. It's a slow Imagewriter I clone. The school tells me it takes I bought a Epson AP80 to use with my 512 Mac several years ago. I don't know if it is still available, but its a good printer and doesn't seem slow to me, although I have never compared its speed with an Imagewriter. I paid $275 for it new from ComputerCraft in Austin. The only drawback I have found with the AP80 is that it takes a unique ribbon and they cost about twice the normal Epson ribbon. Deene Ogden.