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Subject: Re: Toshiba 1340 printer -- will it work?
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Date: Mon, 9-Jun-86 01:03:17 EDT
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(If u cn rd ths

A while ago I asked whether it would be sensible or foolish to buy a 
Toshiba 1340 printer to go with my new Amiga.  Several replies were posted,
and/or mailed to me, and the upshot was, "I dunno, maybe."  So faced with
this overwhelming opinion, I went out to buy one and was seduced by 
a little Citizen 120D.  This job is $150 cheaper than the Toshiba, (even though
the Toshiba is selling for around 1/3 its original $1K pricetag.)  I think the 
120D is actually cheaper than any other printer around.  It has fairly
nice near letter quality, a multitude of sizes of print, everything can
be emphasized or shrunk or italicized.  It has proportional printing, 
it will justify automatically, AND it emulates an Epson FX printer, so the
Amiga can draw on it!  I am quite pleased, in fact.  

I'm working on off-loading a lot of the functionality from Ken Yap's
roff-like text formatter to the printer, since the printer driver knows
how to make the printer boldface, and all the other jazzy stuff.  If and
when I finish this project I'll send it to Fred Fish and let him do what
he wants with it.

Summary -- The Citizen 120D is a great buy.  ($185 at Advance Computers, in
San Francisco.)
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etc.

Just because something is pretty doesn't mean it's good to eat.

Nils Davis   (415) 638-4075 (w)  (415) 547-4850 (h)
5445 Broadway #4, Oakland, CA  94618 (home)
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