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From: pla@zippy.eecs.umich.edu (Paul Anderson)
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Subject: Re: NEC Silentwriter LC-890 Printer -- comments?
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Date: 25 Jan 88 19:07:44 GMT
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In article <1988Jan22.185018.1516@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> lharris@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Leonard Harris) writes:
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>I've used one of these for a while and I recommend you stay away from it.
...
>problems and when the machine works the output is very nice - just not
>worth the aggravation.
>/leonard

Yours might be a lemon.  I've been very happy with mine except
for two things:
  1) it leaves dots (2 or 3) at the top right of the first page of a job
  2) The physical page is very slightly narrower than a LaserWriter Plus,
     so programs that don't let you tweak the margins slightly may give
     clipped pages (about 1 column on the left for my machine).

I've dumped several thousand pages of various documents and screen
dumps, and haven't yet noticed any problems other than these two.

I managed to get a nasty paper jam (I overfilled the paper tray)
that left toner all over the drum once,
but I was able to disassemble it, clean it, and get it all working again.

All in all, I like the machine a lot, and other than some design desicions
that I don't agree with, it is a well designed and constructed
machine.

Paul Anderson