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- <li><em>date</em>: Wed Dec 8 23:33:23 2004</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: hbbs at comcast.net (Jeff Hubbs)</li>
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Basically, impact printers (of which dot-matrix printers are a subset,
technicaly) can be butt-fast (a certain DEC printer I used to run could
fill up a room pretty quickly if you sent it a few K of form feeds), can
bang out carbon and carbonless copies and keep them attached, and can
make print-through hidden carbons (the kind that you get in the mail and
rip the ends off to see the letter inside - you tell the printer to lift
the ribbon). Some of the printers I've used will create barcodes in
their firmware for you. As said elsewhere, consumables are cheap on a
per-page basis.
They can be expensive. The ones that have been in production for a long
time are quite rugged - that's really what you're paying for.
Jeff
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 20:50, Parker McGee wrote:
> Forgive me for my ignorance and off-topicness, but what is the benefit
> to these printers over say a normal inkjet printer?
>
>
> On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 16:26:03 -0500, Nathan J. Underwood
> <ale1 at cybertechcafe.net> wrote:
> > I've got some Okidata's lying around that I've not gotten around to
> > putting on ebay yet. They're black and white only (no color). Email me
> > off board if you're interested.
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> >
> > Allan Neal wrote:
> > > I have an old ALPS (Epson compatible) 24 pin color dot matrix. Not sure the
> > > exact model anymore, but I believe it will do everything you require. I even
> > > have about a reem worth of tractor feed paper for it.
> > >
> > > Let me know if you are interested.
> > >
> > > Allan
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 02:58:39AM -0500, Bob Toxen wrote:
> > >
> > >>I'm looking for an inexpensive Dot matrix printer that has
> > >>Tractor Feed and Friction Feed that will work on both 8.5 x 11 paper
> > >>(actually 9.5 inches wide including the tear off parts with holes)
> > >>and "1 up address labels" and has parallel port support.
> > >>
> > >>(My old one finally died after a measly 18 years and it's time to spit
> > >>out labels for monthly billing.)
> > >>
> > >>I don't care whether it's used or new but looking for impact rather than
> > >>ink jet (due to cost of refills).
> > >>
> > >>Anybody want to sell me one or point me at a store?
> > >>(I know about MicroSeconds, Freys, and MicroCenter)
> > >>
> > >>THANKS!
> > >>Bob Toxen
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