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From: snuzs@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: "pc-compatible" printers
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Date: 19 Jun 89 14:05:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!snuzs    Jun 19 09:05:00 1989


>  What is the current wisdom of the net on "pc-compatible"
>printers?  I'm about to buy one, and it looks like dot-matrix
>is it (laser printers seem too expensive for my hobby!).  Any
>great advantage of 24-pin over 9-pin?  I've been eyeing the
>Epson LQ series (500 maybe) or Panasonic (1124?).  Any comments
>on these specific devices??
>
>  roger

I just received the Panasonic 1124 in the mail a month or so ago and I am
extreamly impressed.  I paid about $350 including shipping which is slightly
more than the Epson LQ500, I think.  I was also looking at the Epson LQ 500 
since the price was about the same.  I found the 1124 to have many more of 
the features I was looking for than the Epson LQ500 did, i.e. multiple
paper paths and paper parking.  The 1124 has 5 LQ fonts and 1 Draft Font
and prints 192 cps draft and ~60 cps LQ.

The advantages of 24 pin over 9 pin are great.  24 pin printers can print
letter quality text and the graphics look great.  I would strongly suggest
spending slightly more to get a 24 pin printer, you won't be sorry you did.

  snuzs     ...microsoft!trsvax!snuzs