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From: jp@lanl.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Cheap LQ printer wanted
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 15:53:21 EDT
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> My brother is looking for a cheap (under/around $300) letter-quality
> printer for home use.  Does anyone have any suggestions?


YES.  I have purchased two COMREX CR-IIE's for my college students word
processing applications.  They are 17cps and are available for about $359.
The print wheels are more expensive than some, but they are supposed to
be long lived and they are extremely easy to change.  No problem if you
want to stop the output, print one Greek letter, and continue.  Couldn't
do that on my Qume because the ribbon and print wheel interact in a way
that made changing printwheels too time consuming to do in the middle of
text.  The ribbons also snap in and out easily.  There are virtually
identical models available under the names Brothers (HR-15XL) and 
Dynax (????).

Jim Potter  jp@lanl.arpa