scratch@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Steven J Owens) (01/10/91)
Hello, Our family has an Apple II+ with an Okidata microline 92 printer (about five years old). The printer head has gone bad, and the tech says that it will cost $125 to fix it. Would it be a better idea to buy a new printer, or get the Okidata rekpaired? There's a panasonic dot matrix printer available for a very reasonable price, that we're thinking about buying. Should we? Someone has offered us the use of an Alphapro 101 from Alphaco. We don't know if it will work with the apple, nor what might be required. Any advice? Please respond via e-mail. If there is interest in the replies, I will post a summary to the net. Steven J. Owens | Scratch@Pittvms | Scratch@unix.cis.pitt.edu "This is one of Mr.Gaunt's old contracts." "Yeah? Well they were just lying around in the office. We just scratched out the parts that said "Kill" and "Maim," and substituted "Play Music."" -- Munden's Bar (Grimjack#15, story by Phil Phoglio).
WNSWIS%WSU.DECNET@MSUS1.BITNET ("I do not think, therefor I am not") (01/10/91)
At a{hundred and twenty five for the new printer head???!?!?!
NO QUESTION THERE!
Buy a new printer -- althogh the oki is an ok printer there are many out
there that are much better ---
I would suggest looking to either panasonic or STAR
STAR has a color printer that is very nice for around 200.00 so I
would, if in the market go for that ---