lackey@Alliant.COM (Stan Lackey) (06/04/88)
Well, I was walking through my local software shop last night, and, much to my amazement, I saw a few of the atari letter quality printers selling for $79.99!! Needless to say, it took me about 3 seconds to decide to buy one. (All I had was an even wimpier PCjr thermal printer I bought off the telephone auction on TV a few years ago for $30). OK, it's a little slow. But it really works. On actual paper! My question is, where do I find the replacement little ink things? I would like to collect up a supply, because stuff like that can start getting in short supply when things are past their prime :-). -Stan
weaver@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Weaver) (06/05/88)
In article <1907@alliant.Alliant.COM> lackey@alliant.COM (Stan Lackey) writes: >Well, I was walking through my local software shop last night, and, much >to my amazement, I saw a few of the atari letter quality printers selling >for $79.99!! Hmm... this may be a good deal, but... >My question is, where do I find the replacement little ink things? I would >like to collect up a supply, because stuff like that can start getting >in short supply when things are past their prime :-). My question: did you buy the Atari 1027 Letter Quality Printer? If so, this is a printer that Atari started making about 5 or more years ago (before Tramiel bought the company) and no longer supports. (As far as I know.) If it isn't the 1027 model, which model is it? I haven't heard of any new Atari printers (aside from the XMM801/SMM801 dot matrix printers and the in/famous Atari Laser Printer) since all the hype about three years ago. Good luck on finding supplies though; I think a couple of places that might be able to help you out are B & C Computervisions in San Francisco and a place called American TV (I think ... I don't have my Antic or Analog magazines in front of me...) Both of these have advertised parts and things for older Atari components, they should be able to help you out. >-Stan -- Andrew Weaver | weaver@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu OSU College of Business | ...ihnp4!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut!weaver
woodside@ttidca.TTI.COM (George Woodside) (06/06/88)
In article <1907@alliant.Alliant.COM> lackey@alliant.COM (Stan Lackey) writes: ...[edited]... >I saw a few of the atari letter quality printers selling >for $79.99!! Needless to say, it took me about 3 seconds to decide to >buy one. > >My question is, where do I find the replacement little ink things? Atari advertises in every issue of Atari Explorer. They currently list ink rollers as "in stock". FC100626 Ink Rollers $ 3.95 5 Ink rollers for $ 10.00 California residents add 7% sales tax. S & H - under $50.00, add $ 3.50 over $50.00, add $ 5.00 over $100.00, add $ 7.00 outside USA add $10.00 Order from Atari ST, Dept. M9 P. O. Box 61657 Sunnyvale, Ca. 94088 -- *George R. Woodside - Citicorp/TTI - Santa Monica, CA *Path: ..!{trwrb|philabs|csun|psivax}!ttidca!woodside
jdd@db.toronto.edu ("John D. DiMarco") (06/06/88)
In article <15077@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> weaver@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Weaver) writes: >In article <1907@alliant.Alliant.COM> lackey@alliant.COM (Stan Lackey) writes: >>Well, I was walking through my local software shop last night, and, much >>to my amazement, I saw a few of the atari letter quality printers selling >>for $79.99!! This is a good deal - jump at it! >>My question is, where do I find the replacement little ink things? I would >>like to collect up a supply, because stuff like that can start getting >>in short supply when things are past their prime :-). You don't need to stock up on the ink rollers - you can re-ink them quite nicely by running them up and down an ink pad a few times. One roller can last you indefinitely. >My question: did you buy the Atari 1027 Letter Quality Printer? If so, >this is a printer that Atari started making about 5 or more years ago >(before Tramiel bought the company) and no longer supports. (As far >as I know.) If it isn't the 1027 model, which model is it? I haven't >heard of any new Atari printers (aside from the XMM801/SMM801 dot matrix >printers and the in/famous Atari Laser Printer) since all the hype about >three years ago. The 1027 is the only letter quality printer Atari has produced, and it is the only Atari printer I know of which uses 'little ink things'. It is a fairly nice printer, but it has the following disadvantages: - it is very loud. - it is very slow (about 10-20 cps) - it only supports friction feed. However, it produces quite nice letter quality print, and it supports the international character set. The one beef I have about the printouts it produces is the fact that the apostrophe (') character looks rather funny; it is slanted quite sharply. If it breaks, however, you'll have trouble getting it fixed, since it is no longer supported by anybody. I had a 1027 for quite a while, and it was a fairly nice little printer. >>-Stan >-- >Andrew Weaver | weaver@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu >OSU College of Business | ...ihnp4!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut!weaver John -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John DiMarco Hard work never killed a man ... jdd@csri.toronto.edu ... but it sure has scared lots of them! {uunet!utai,watmath!utai,decvax,decwrl,ihnp4}!utcsri!jdd jdd@utcsri.UUCP --------------------------------------------------------------------------------