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From: piety@hplabs.UUCP (Bob Piety)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Printer query
Message-ID: <1811@hplabs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-Sep-83 10:32:15 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  1 10:32:15 1983
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I don't know anything about the others but, having just purchased a Hewlett
Packard 82906A printer which I believe is on OEM'ed Epson FX-80, I can say
that I'm delighted with it.  Aside from about 20 or so variations in fonts,
pitches, sizes, densities, etc, it has the capability for user-definable (sp?)
fonts. Also, it has graphics capability, tractor or friction feed, and can
move the paper in either direction. (might come in handy some day????)
Also, the 82906A has an IEEE-488 (HPIB, GPIB) interface.
Caution:   A.  I'm not 100% sure that this really is an Epson FX-80.
           B.  Even if it is, some of the features I just described
               may be found only on the HP version.


Now....if any of you in net land know anything about CHEAP ($200 - $300)
daisy wheel printers, *PLEASE* post it on this or net.peripherals.

                 Bob