logden@tc.fluke.COM (Leonard Ogden) (05/27/88)
Howdy! Just quick question on printers. My Pop is going to buy him one to work with GEOS in the near future. Seems there is alot of them available in the $200-300 range any recomendations? He had a Gemini Star that was unsatisfactory (the dots were widely spaced and the letters looked kind of crude). Well What do you have/like? I see that there are a large number of new printers hitting the scene (RUN, Compute!, etc. articles this month). Any comments on these? Thanks one and all, Logden
Sidewinder@cup.portal.com (05/28/88)
I would have to recommend the Panasonic line of NLQ Printers.
Either the KX-P1080i which has 3 print styles:
1) Standard Dot-Matrix
2) Near Letter Quality (very good, by the way)
3) Compressed type
... or the KX-P1091i which has all of the above, plus a
Boldface type mode. The latter runs at 160 characters
per second, while the former is closer th 120
(not much difference, really)
At my last check, Consumer Reports Magazine had rated the Panasonic
line as tops. That was enough for me. They can be had rather
cheaply through mail-order Computer Companies like Tussey.
Mine cost $189.00 (and you will need an Interface)
Good Luck...