Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!rcsrlh!rhaar From: rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com (Robert L. Haar CS50) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Epson LQ510 vs. Panasonic 1124 Message-ID: <46623@rphroy.UUCP> Date: 2 Mar 91 15:06:28 GMT References: <1991Feb1.175831.22617@investor.pgh.pa.us> Sender: news@rphroy.UUCP Reply-To: rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com (Robert L. Haar CS50) Lines: 72 Nntp-Posting-Host: albert.cs.gmr.com In article <1991Feb1.175831.22617@investor.pgh.pa.us>, rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes: |> |> In article <957@hrshcx.csd.harris.com> you write: |> >It is time to purchase a printer for the home PC. Two reasonably |> >priced printers are the Epson LQ510 and the Panasonic 1124. Applications |> >include Windows 3.0. I don't want to start a 'religious' war but |> >I can't decide which to buy and I'm looking for some input. Comments? |> |> How timely of you to ask! My daughter has a Panasonic & Windows; I have |> the Epson. In using both over the holidays, my other daughter and I |> both agreed that the paper handling capabilities of the Panasonic stink. |> The Epson does really neat things with handling and switching between |> continuous and single sheet mode. |> |> For example, on the Epson, you can unload continuous forms to feed |> single sheets. The single sheets feed in from the top through an |> adjustable guide slot. When finished, the continuous forms reload and |> remember the previous alignment. All this with the touch of a button. |> |> The Panasonic does not remember the continuous paper alignment. You |> must line it up and reset the printer. Either I am misunderstanding what you said, or our KXP-1124's work differently, or you are not following the manual instructions carefully. I have a Panasonic KXP-1124 that I use in single sheet mode for printing on letter head paper. I can 'park' the fanfold paper, switch to single sheet, and return to continuous feed without resetting the printer or adjust the Top-Of-Form position of the fanfold paper. To do this, I follow this sequence: (starting with fanfold paper at the top of an unused page, with previously printed pages torn off.) 1) press then soft keys. this rolls the fanfold paper back. 2) move the paper feed selector lever from T-PUSH to F. 3) insert single sheet paper through front feed slot, feed up to print postion, and adust position if necessary. Print it and repeat for additional pages. 4) When done with single sheet printing, switch feed selector lever to T-PUSH. 5) push and keys. This rolls the fanfold paper forward to the first print position. 6) push key. and your are all set. The key point in returning to the print position is #5. It is possible to use the and keys to bring the fanfold paper back up, but it will come up in the middle of a page. You have to read the Pansonic manual to get this. Using the does seem natural. |> Single sheets feed in from the |> bottom front and the only guide is a raised edge on the left. It is |> very easy to get the paper slightly skewed. Yes, the mechanism for inserting single sheet paper or envelopes with the Panasonic is less than perfect. Getting the paper straight requires some attention. The printer manual suggests loosening the tension and adjusting the paper position after you have rolled the sheet up to the print head. This is an extra bother, but is workable. I haven't used the 24 pin Epson printer in single sheet feed, but can believe that their feed mechanism is more convenient. Bob Haar InterNet : rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com Computer Science Dept., G.M. Research Laboratories DISCLAIMER: Unless indicated otherwise, everything in this note is personal opinion, not an official statement of General Motors Corp.