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From: werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: EPSON LQ850 PRINTER - A Tale of Woe
Message-ID: <2277@aecom.yu.edu>
Date: 28 May 89 04:27:26 GMT
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> As quoted from <21092@genrad.UUCP> by charlie@genrad.com (Charlie D. Havener):
> +---------------
> | 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 recently bought both an LQ500 and an LQ850. One of my first
impressions was just how dark the NLQ Roman font was.  Is it possible
that this particular printhead is just a real turkey, and that the
faintness is neither endemic to Epsons in particular onr 24pin printers
in general? 
-- 
	        Craig Werner   (future MD/PhD, 4.5 years down, 2.5 to go)
	     werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
              (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517)
    "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity."