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From: swann@acsu.Buffalo.EDU (stephen swann)
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Subject: Re: Printers
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Date: 7 Feb 90 04:22:45 GMT
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In article <28eZ022c84EN01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) writes:
>Well, I guess I will be one of the first to post to this new
>group that I voted against! :-)
>
>I am looking at purchasing one of the following printers.
>
>    Epson LQ-510
>    Okidata Microline 390
>    Panasonic KX-P1124
>
>They are all 24 pin dot-matrix printers. They have a graphics resolution
>of 360x360.
>

I am just trying to make the same decision myself.  Someone please correct me
if any of the following is false:

1. The Panasonic (when driven by the Nec_Pinwriter driver) gives the best
	graphics resolution, at 360/360.  The others max out at 360/180
	(Epson) and 240/288 (Okidata).  I got these from the AmigaDos 1.3
	manual that came with the computer.  I suppose these might all be
	wrong if I assumed the wrong drivers for any of them.
2. They will all produce letter-quality output.
3. They all print by impacting on an ink ribbon.
4. They all accept single sheet of letter bond.
5. The Epson is the only one that supports color.
6. They are all near the $300 range.

The reason I am not really looking at a NEC 2200 is because the one ad that I
saw for it pinned it at closer to $400, a bit out of my price range.

Just based on what I know (ie what's above) I guess the Panasonic looks like
the best for high resolution b/w printing, and overall durability (several
people have mentioned it as such), and the Epson looks the only one for
color graphics printing.

I need a letter quality printer.  Color graphics aren't really vital to me.
Anyone have anything to add to this (like someone owned one of these printers,
and it always jammed, or you couldn't get replacement ribbons, or it lit
your office on fire :-) ?

Thanks.	

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