[net.wanted] quiet printers?

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