pryor@convexs.UUCP (09/19/85)
I'm in need of advice. I want to buy a daisy-wheel printer for
under $800 that will be reliable and durable. I've read articles
in PC magazine and called several vendors but I'm getting conflicting
information. Do you have a recommendation? Please give me some
reasons why you think your recommendation is a good choice.
Thanks
Steve Pryor {allegra, ihnp4, uiucdcs, ctvax}!convex!pryor
Convex Computer Corp. - OR -
Richardson, TX {allegra, ihnp4, uiucdcs, ctvax}!convex!convexs!pryordan@gumby.UUCP (09/23/85)
> I'm in need of advice. I want to buy a daisy-wheel printer for > under $800 that will be reliable and durable. Whatever you do, DON'T BUY A JUKI! I have had a 6100 for two years, and have not had a day of satisfactory service from it. The company is filled with the most extraordinary dolts I have ever spoken with (make Microsoft look real good). One wanted to know why I was so persistant in trying to get a problem solved. Another, when I told him that I really should be able to send my printer the bold face and underline control codes in either order, lectured me on how I'd be a happier person if I only stopped saying, "should". Another, after I described in excruciating detail the problems I was having making proportional spacing work properly with Microsoft Word, called me with advice on modifying WordStar. The most aggravating thing is, the Juki is ALMOST a very nice printer. It just can't make it that last critical 5% toward complete functionality, and it's being marketed by typewriter salesmen. Eccch.