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From: trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Color Printers
Message-ID: <309@stag.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jan 88 17:20:58 GMT
References: <276@lamont.Columbia.edu>
Reply-To: trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey )
Organization: Mindtools ST Access Group, Plymouth, MN
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Keywords: color printer wanted

In article <276@lamont.Columbia.edu> adam@lamont.Columbia.edu (adam levin) writes:
>I don't want the Okimate because of the ribbon-wasting, and I can't find
>a dealer that carries the PJ-1080A.  I called Canon, they put me in
>touch with a distributor who will sell me the PJ-1080A.  The thing lists
>for $699, their price is $528 (or $480 if I am a dealer, which I'm not).
>Even DAK's version of the PJ-1080A (the Quadram QuadJet) is $500.
>But I remember the price quotes from a year back as being MUCH lower!

You might want to put a message up on your local IBM PC boards for the
Quadram/Canon/Radio_Shack/etc Color Ink jet printer. It is a very nice
and reliable unit and is very inexpensive to operate. As to the cheap
prices, about a year and a half ago, they were being liquidated for
around $150 to $200. We sold quite a few of them for $219 and then DAK
went and bought out all the inventory from Quadram for under
$120/unit. I think they are bundling a lot of IBM PC hardware and
software with the quadram to make it look more attractive to IBM PC
people, but all that stuff is somewhat of a waste for ST and Amiga
owners (we already have paint programs coming out of our ears). Maybe
you could call DAK and offer $300 for just the printer or something...

  -Todd Burkey
   trb@stag.UUCP