HARRELL%EDUCOM.BITNET@wiscvm.arpa (01/16/86)
Larry, EDUCOM has a Diablo 1640 for which we paid $2500.00 for several years ago. We have been very happy with the print quality and print several hundred letters on it every day. The Diablo prints at approximately 45 cps. Regards, Ralph From: EDUCOM::GATEWAY::"LBAFRIN%clemson.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA" 15-JAN-1986 18 :59 To: HARRELL Subj: Need info fast on Diablo, NEC, and other heavy-duty LQ printers Received: From <SMTPUSER@WISCVM> for <HARRELL@EDUCOM> via RSCS by EDUCOM; Wed, 15-JAN-1986 18:59 EST Received: from AMSAA by wiscvm.wisc.edu on 01/15/86 at 16:15:13 CST Received: from csnet-pdn-gw.arpa by AMSAA.ARPA id a013019; 15 Jan 86 16:26 EST Received: from clemson by csnet-relay.csnet id ad09782; 15 Jan 86 16:14 EST Date: Mon, 13 Jan 86 21:31 EST From: LBAFRIN%clemson.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA To: info-ibmpc@USC-ISIB.ARPA, info-micro@BRL-VGR.ARPA, info-cpm@AMSAA.ARPA Subject: Need info fast on Diablo, NEC, and other heavy-duty LQ printers Howdy, fellow netlandians. I need some quick feedback from the field on the performance (speed- and print-quality-wise), *reliability*, and expected maintenance costs for *heavy-duty* letter quality printers, the kind you would have *no* qualms about using to handle the printing of many thousands of letters *each week*. My off-the-cuff analysis says that ink-jet technology is out (the print image isn't high enough quality), but if somebody knows something I don't, I'd still like to hear about it. Laser technology is still in the running, but I have to have print quality equal to the finest daisy wheel printers. At the moment, daisy wheel technology is at the head of my list. I need at least 80 cps out of a daisy wheel, with a print head and (probably metal) wheel that can really "go the distance" in terms of not breaking down or just being plain worn out. Tractor feed is almost a must (note "almost" -- that's not "absolute"). (Are there any laser printers yet that handle a tractor feed?) The local ComputerLand has a 90cps daisy wheel made by a company called Primage. With sheet feeder and tractor it's $2200. Based on the demo, (i.e., looking at the construction, listening to it print, "gut feelings"), I'm not sure it can handle the load. Does anyone know anything about this model? (The salesman says we'd have to replace the print head for $20 after every 10,000 letters, probably, not to mention the plastic print wheels.) So if you've got personal experience (or know someone with personal experience) with a *high-speed*, *heavy-duty*, letter-quality printer, now is the time to step forward and plug it. (I'm willing to spend up to $5,000.) I really need this info, and you'd have my undying gratitude for replying (isn't that a great incentive?). Thanks in advance... -- Larry Afrin Dept. of Computer Science Clemson University ================================ Please send replies, if any, to: lbafrin@clemson.csnet or lbafrin%eureka@clemson.csnet or, as a last resort, any reasonable-looking string with "lbafrin", "eureka", and "clemson" in it I disclaim everything anybody ever said about anything.