mward@milton.u.washington.edu (Mark Ward) (04/30/91)
For Sale: DEC LA50 Printer $100 Excellent condition. Works Perfectly. All items sold as-is. Conditions represented as well as possible. Further descriptions available on request. No Returns. Buyer pays shipping. Prepay only. -mark
boyd@cs.unca.edu (Mark Boyd) (04/30/91)
Not to be too unkind, but La50s are one of DEC's worst products. Definitely not worth $100. If you need a serial printer with few features and don't need to use the tractor feed ( it slips ) .. Mark Boyd
gibbonsj@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (05/01/91)
In article <1991Apr29.235806.2617@rock.concert.net>, boyd@cs.unca.edu (Mark Boyd) writes: > Not to be too unkind, but La50s are one of DEC's worst products. > Definitely not worth $100. If you need a serial printer with few > features and don't need to use the tractor feed ( it slips ) .. > > Mark Boyd Why do you think that DEC came out with the LA75??? There were SO many complaints about jamming tractor feeds and other problems with the LA50 that they actually fixed it in the LA75. The LA50 is not a HORRIBLE printer, but I doubt its worth $100. -- John Gibbons Cleveland, Ohio "Welcome My Son, Welcome To The Machine" - Pink Floyd Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most...
bcw@rti.rti.org (Bruce Wright) (05/04/91)
In article <1991Apr29.235806.2617@rock.concert.net>, boyd@cs.unca.edu (Mark Boyd) writes: > Not to be too unkind, but La50s are one of DEC's worst products. > Definitely not worth $100. If you need a serial printer with few > features and don't need to use the tractor feed ( it slips ) .. I think that's going too far. The LA50 (and its follow-on, the LA75) aren't bad as small printers go (they are incompatible with most other PC-type printers, which is a bigger problem than the mechanical problems, in our experience). As far as mechanical problems go, the Epsom FX80 and some of the daisy wheel printers seem to have _far_ worse problems - I'm not even sure that the FX80 qualifies as useable (at least by me) because I have such difficulty loading the paper _just_ _right_. But with the LA50 it's easy to load the paper without having it jam as soon as it starts printing. And I'm not sure I'd even want to be _paid_ to have to deal with a daisy wheel. Life is too short. The LA50 _is_ a rather dated device at this point however ... but when it was introduced it wasn't really a bad device compared to what else was out there. Bruce C. Wright