fledley@mbir.bcm.tmc.edu (R. Mark Adams) (06/21/91)
I am considering the purchase of the companion printer to the HP48sx, and I am
wondering if anybody in netland has had experience with it. I have never had
a printer for a calculator (though I always considered purchasing one for my
HP41c...)
My specific questions are:
1) How durable is it? Can I carry it around as much as I carry the 48?
2) Are the consumables prohibitivley expensive? ie. How often do you replace the paper?
3) Where is the best price people have found on it? The best I have seen so
far is 47th ST Photo for $99.00.
Any other comments would be welcome, too. Thanks for the help!
------------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------
___ | R. Mark Adams | On cars: "...if such a
/ / | Baylor College of Medicine |thing did exist, it would
/ /_____ ______ | Department of Cell Biology |certainly be called an
/ __ / / __ / | |'isomobile' or an
/ / / / / /_/ / | fledley@mbir.bcm.tmc.edu |'autokinesin'. Never mix
/__/ /__/ / ___/ | |Greek and Latin."
/ / | "Molecular Biologist in |
/__/ | Training..." | -Goethe
------------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------asmith@acorn.co.uk (Andy Smith) (06/25/91)
In article <6117@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> fledley@mbir.bcm.tmc.edu (R. Mark Adams) writes: >I am considering the purchase of the companion printer to the HP48sx, and I am >wondering if anybody in netland has had experience with it. I have never had >a printer for a calculator (though I always considered purchasing one for my >HP41c...) >My specific questions are: >1) How durable is it? Can I carry it around as much as I carry the 48? If you mean the little IR printer that HP do to go with the 28/48/etc, then these are my first impressions, having had mine about 3 weeks. Cons.. It is not of the same quality plastics as my 28, or the 48's I've seen. I do not carry the printer like I carry my 28 for this reason. The battery compartment lid seems to be about the weakest part, but this is on the bottom so should not be a problem. There is no proper roller for the paper. It is friction fed, and the paper just stands in a curved tray at the back. Even the cheap Casio's with built in printers have a roller for the paper. Its noisy. When the head is moving, the printer is noisy, no good for exams:-) this is made worse by the head moving when you do a paper feed. I do not see the point in this??? Think of all that electical energy being converted into noise energy. I would have expected better from a #100 printer Pros... The print quality is very good. Its great to be able to get a program listing for checking the program, especially when comparing one you've typed in from a mail server. I can sit on my sofa and point the 28 at the printer on the desk to get a print out. NO LEADS to get in the way. >2) Are the consumables prohibitivley expensive? ie. How often do you replace the paper? You replace the paper about once every 30 metres:-) The paper is not that expensive. Andy