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From: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: EPSON LQ850 PRINTER - A Tale of Woe
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Date: 24 May 89 23:03:28 GMT
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As quoted from <21092@genrad.UUCP> by charlie@genrad.com (Charlie D. Havener):
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| simple ( My wife loves it!) The letter quality mode of the LQ850 was
| excellent but a major disadvantage was the faintness of the characters
| even with new ribbons. I suspect this may be endemic in 24 pin printers
| but I am not sure.
+---------------

I don't know how common it is, but I *do* know that my Okidata 390 with
fancy form control and 24 pins works fine and prints nice and dark in NLQ
mode.  (It also emulates the Epson LQ series.)

++Brandon
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