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From: andy@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Andy Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: What printer should I get?
Summary: DJ 500 is only about $500 street price
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Date: 14 May 91 20:11:07 GMT
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In article <8400010@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> rrd@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Ray Depew) writes:
>> Hey there, people..  I have a question that maybe someone could give me
>> some advice on.  I need a dot matrix printer with letter quality, does
>> graphics, and is relatively quiet and fast.  I have about $600 (give or
>> take $100) to blow on this thing.  What should I look at?

>What you want is an older-model DeskJet.  Your cost constraints kind of
>eliminate the latest version, the DJ500, but it retails for only about $1K.
>I don't know the street price of a DeskJet or DeskJet Plus, but I'd be really
>surprised if they were going for much more than $500.

Actually, the street price of a DeskJet 500 is only about $500 as well.  I
bought mine for $520, and I've seen newspaper advertisements for around $460
(cash price) in Los Angeles.

Ditto on all of the other comments though - very sharp text, 300 dpi
graphics, very quiet, etc.  I've been very satisfied with mine.

					-- Andy
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