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From: tbandit@athena.mit.edu (Carlos E Reategui)
Subject: Re: Questions: Truetype and Stylewriter
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In article <1991Mar29.125853.3710@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> ym3y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
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>On a related subject, I understand that the stylewriter (which I have, perhaps
>foolishly ordered) has a rated 6,500 sheet life expectancy. I called Apple and
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>Kazys Varnelis
>YM3Y@VAX5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU


I just got my SW two days ago an have been pretty impressed so far.  I was
under the assumption that it was the printhead that dictated the life
expectancy of Dot Matrix and Ink/Bubble Jet printers and since one replaces
the head every time you change the ink cartridge I was under the impression
that its life expectancy would depend on the mechanism, for which 6,500
pages seems way low.  I expect it to be (kind of optimistic here) more on
the 50 to 75,000 range.

Carlos
tbandit@athena.mit.edu

PS by the way student price at MIT was 375 which turned into 393.75 after taxes