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From: crosenberg@cdp.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: 24 pin wide carriage printer choic
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Date: 25 Aug 90 04:17:00 GMT
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!crosenberg    Aug 24 21:17:00 1990


I am interested in hearing from people who have had a lot of
experience with various brands of 24 pin wide carriage printers.
PC Magazine gives Editor's choice to the Olympia NP 136-24 and
the IBM Proprinter XL24E.  I am a little concerned about buying
the Olympia because I don't see it advertized very widely.  I
wonder if the IBM is over-priced just because of the brand name
although I am sure it is a good printer.  I saw a mail order
price of $689 for the IBM.  The earlier model proprinters were
real work horses.  I have had very good experience with Okidata
320's and I wonder if the Okidata 391 which is a 24 pin wide
carriage model is just as good as it less expensive sibling.
The NEC printers have also been recommended to me, but I don't
know what they have in a 24 pin wide carriage model.

The two features that I am most concerned about are jam-free
paper handling and good print quality.

Any help on this would be very much appreciated.