Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gumby.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!gumby!dan From: dan@gumby.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Need Daisy-Wheel Ptr Advice Message-ID: <450@gumby.UUCP> Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 20:51:03 EDT Article-I.D.: gumby.450 Posted: Sun Sep 22 20:51:03 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Sep-85 10:08:10 EDT References: <7300002@convexs> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 18 > I'm in need of advice. I want to buy a daisy-wheel printer for > under $800 that will be reliable and durable. Whatever you do, DON'T BUY A JUKI! I have had a 6100 for two years, and have not had a day of satisfactory service from it. The company is filled with the most extraordinary dolts I have ever spoken with (make Microsoft look real good). One wanted to know why I was so persistant in trying to get a problem solved. Another, when I told him that I really should be able to send my printer the bold face and underline control codes in either order, lectured me on how I'd be a happier person if I only stopped saying, "should". Another, after I described in excruciating detail the problems I was having making proportional spacing work properly with Microsoft Word, called me with advice on modifying WordStar. The most aggravating thing is, the Juki is ALMOST a very nice printer. It just can't make it that last critical 5% toward complete functionality, and it's being marketed by typewriter salesmen. Eccch. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com