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From: aic@pucc-i (Craig Norborg aka Doc Pierce)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Printers
Message-ID: <1231@pucc-i>
Date: Sat, 4-Jan-86 09:49:02 EST
Article-I.D.: pucc-i.1231
Posted: Sat Jan  4 09:49:02 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jan-86 04:49:23 EST
Reply-To: aic@pucc-i.UUCP (Craig Norborg aka Doc Pierce)
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
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Keywords: printers, star, okimate


    A few people have been asking about printers on the Amiga and what they
thought of them.  I for one would have to say that the Star SG-10 is probably
one of your best buys.  At the store in which I bought my Amiga they are
recommending it for a very decent NLQ printer and it is only $290 ready
to go.  I don't know all of its features, but it works fine in graphics dumps
and one major feature is its NLQ mode in which it shifts the print head
slightly and fills in the spaces between the dots...  I think it has
240 dots/inch and it also has its own small internal buffer and the ability
to use one of its many built in fonts or to download your own into it...
When you configure your driver to epson, it works just great!
    They also have the Okimate 20 (for $214, isn't $240 high?) and it looks
great for graphics with its color, but the plain black print has a bit to be
desired.  For one, the cartridges are expensive and they run out fairly
quick and you have to use very high grade smooth paper.  Overall I was 
unimpressed.
    BTW, if your wondering, the store mentioned is Burkat Computer Center
in South Bend, IN.
-- 
					Craig Norborg (aka Doc Pierce)
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