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From: jcb@frisbee.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Information on Okidata 400?
Message-ID: <6894@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 29 Jan 91 22:51:51 GMT
References: <1991Jan26.184127.18254@cs.columbia.edu> <16830005@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> <8588@hub.ucsb.edu>
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    In article <16830005@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> sgothard@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Steve Gothard) writes:
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    >
    >  The Okidata is not a laser printer but rather uses an array of
    >  LED's to expose the photoconducting drum.  You get what you pay
    >  for.
    >
    >  Steve Gothard
    >  Hewlett Packard


Oki has spent a lot of $$$ advertising in various periodicals. I
called the 800 number, since I really wanted to take a look at the
400. They took my name and address, but I never got anything in the
mail.

Also spent a long time looking for prices on the 400 around the bay
area. There was *only* ComputerLand that sold them! There were plenty
of stores selling the dot matrix, but not the LED/Laser printers. Note
that they have been around for some time, but aren't in the dealers!

So decided to get the Panasonic 4420, but when I was there to buy it
the salesman made the choice of the IIP pretty obvious. So I wound up
with a IIP, which is really nice. No regrets for the extra $$ spent.
There are a billion and one things that can be added to the HP, and
nothing easy to get for the Panasonic right at the moment. Third party
hardware makes the printer a lot more appealing.

One minor problem though, there is some junk on both edges of the
toner cartridge, which causes repeated patterns on the edge of the
paper (1.25" spacing). This is outside of where the cleaning paper can
get to, and trying to get into the cartridge doesn't work too well.
Any suggestions short of a new toner cartridge?


The IIP is a very well done job. I can now see why the recommendations
for it are so high. Glad to see well done products like this.

-Jim Becker

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