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From: ergo@netcom.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Diconix/Kodak Laptop Printer
Message-ID: <14480@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 90 01:46:02 GMT
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In <15615@csli.Stanford.EDU> poser@csli.Stanford.EDU (Bill Poser) writes:

>In article <4399@trantor.harris-atd.com> dlang@su19f.harris-atd.com (David Langhorne) writes:
>>Saw an ad in the Computer Shopper for one of these ink jet printers for
>>$199.  Do any of you net.laptop.users have experience with one of these
>>printers? 

>I have a Kodak Diconix 150 Plus Printer, which may be the same one
>you are asking about. It cost me a good deal more than $199 though,
>so if they are the same, that is a real bargain. (I paid around $400.)

I paid $250 for a remaindered Diconix 150 (the old model) from DAK.
Wouldn't suprise me if less fancy mail-order companies were selling
them for $200.

As David says, it's a good value.  My main complaint is that
single-sheet printing is a pain:  if I'd known the Bubble-Jet would
soon be down to $350, I'd've spent the extra $100 for the sheet
feeder.

But the D's probably the cheapest printer with a good tractor feed
(letter-width forms only!).  Minor complaint is that the dot are
narrower, so even though it's IBM/Epson compatible, graphics come out
slightly squished.

I still don't know what the difference is between the 150 and 150+.  I
suspect they just changed the label to call attention to their
improvement of the ink.  With the new cartridges and "inkjet" paper,
it's good enough to do business correspondence on.

And it's *quiet*!
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ergo@netcom.uucp			Isaac Rabinovitch
{apple,amdahl,claris}!netcom!ergo	Silicon Valley, CA