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From: cwc@mhuxd.UUCP
Newsgroups: btl.micro,net.micro,net.periphs,net.wanted
Subject: quiet printers?
Message-ID: <1161@mhuxd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Oct-83 17:17:24 EST
Article-I.D.: mhuxd.1161
Posted: Thu Oct 27 17:17:24 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 31-Oct-83 03:10:40 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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We in the AT&T BTL libraries have need of QUIET printers for our publicly
available systems.  I presume this limits our choice of technologies
to either thermal or ink-jet since I haven't heard of electrostatic much
lately and I have never heard an impact printer which could qualify as
quiet.  Sound-proof hoods are impractical.  Other criteria are a throughput
in the range of 100cps, serial interface and price under $1000.

I have seen several slower thermal printers which are otherwise fine, but
as soon as one talks about 100cps, the price seems to skyrocket, or the
equipment is untrustworthy (I had an Olivetti dealer advise me NOT to buy
their product at this time).  Oh, yes, I've seen the Perkin-Elmer 650,
but it prints sideways, wasting LOTS of paper unless you've got 24 line
slugs to print.

Anyone have any ideas?  I'm getting desperate!  If you can't get back to
me at ...!mhuxd!cwc my (U.S.) mail address is

	C. W. Christ
	AT&T Bell Laboratories
	600 Mountain Avenue,  Room 6B336
	Murray Hill, NJ  07974

Thanks in anticipation--

					Chip