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From: sassth@sas.UUCP (Steven Hand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Epson LQ-1050 vs. Panasonic KX-1124
Keywords: Printer, Hardware
Message-ID: <1560@sas.UUCP>
Date: 14 Feb 90 19:24:26 GMT
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Reply-To: sassth@sas.UUCP (Steven Hand)
Organization: SAS Institute Inc, Cary NC
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I faced a similar decision about what kind of 24-pin printer to get, and went
with the Panasonic.  I'm very pleased with the it.  It has a great
paper feed system.  One difference between it and the Epson is that
the Panasonic has better fonts in my opinon.  On the Epson the upper and
lower case S both have a straight segment at the inflection point,
and the descender on the lowercase g has a definite flattened, "racetrack"
look.  Try looking at printed samples.  The worst thing about the Panasonic
is that it is loud in a high-pitched, "dentist's drill" kind of way.
The Panasonic has a very good front panel system for setting options, and you
don't have to throw away a blank page every time you print something.  "Paper
parking" and front-feed make it easy to do single-sheet printing without
taking out the fanfold paper.  This kind of thing is becomming the norm these 
days, and is a lot better than before.

Hope this helps,
Steve Hand
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