Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdahl!rtech!brent From: brent@rtech.UUCP (Brent Williams) Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Dot Matrix Printers - request for info Message-ID: <1342@rtech.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 00:38:26 EST Article-I.D.: rtech.1342 Posted: Tue Oct 27 00:38:26 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Oct-87 20:30:58 EST References: <208@tsc.dec.com> Organization: Relational Technology Inc. Alameda, CA 94501 Lines: 38 Xref: mnetor comp.periphs:661 comp.sys.att:1610 From article <208@tsc.dec.com>, by pete@tsc.dec.com (Pete Schmitt): > I am in the market for a dot matrix printer for my 6300+, but > would like to get some recommendations on them. Particularly > the 24 pin models because I need high resolution graphics, > but I can't afford the laser or ink jet technology. I don't > want to spend more then $500. Any help out there? > I have a toshiba p351-2 and love it. I paid ~1200 for it including forms tractor a year ago. No problems whatsoever. It, along with the Epson LQ-2500 (I think that's the model #) are probably the most widely supported 24-pin printers, since they have been around a while. No problem supporting it through Word Perfect, Lotus (graphics), TeX (good resolution though a bit slow) or anything else I've thrown at it. Only problem is that one of the add-on software downloadable fonts I bought to do the display of the box-graphic characters in letter-quality mode is brain-damaged -- it maps the characters at the top of the 256-character set to some nutball equivalents in the bottom 128 characters, thus my software has to use some nasty font-changing to print letter-quality box graphics. If I had it to do over again, I'd eat the extra $500 and get a laserjet II, which is faster. You can always add memory incrementally with the LJ2, so if you need more for full page graphics (or TeX) you can add it. Hope the foregoing has been of some help. -brent williams Relational Technology, Inc. 1080 Marina Village Parkway {amdahl,sun,mtxinu,cpsc6a,hoptoad} Alameda, CA 94501 !rtech!brent (415)-769-1400 -- -brent williams Relational Technology, Inc. 1080 Marina Village Parkway {amdahl,sun,mtxinu,cpsc6a,hoptoad} Alameda, CA 94501 !rtech!brent (415)-769-1400