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- <li><em>date</em>: Thu Dec 9 09:32:29 2004</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: bdowd at dentfirst.com (Brian J. Dowd)</li>
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>It's an understandable question if you haven't lived through the
>transition from impact printers to laser printers and inkjet printers.
>
>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.
>>>--
>>>registered linux user # 73046
>>>
>>>Nathan J. Underwood
>>>Cyber Tech Cafe' <><
>>><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cybertechcafe.net";>http://www.cybertechcafe.net</a>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>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
>>>>>bob at verysecurelinux.com [Please use for email to me]
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>>>>><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.realworldlinuxsecurity.com";>http://www.realworldlinuxsecurity.com</a> [My book:"Real World Linux Security 2/e"]
>>>>>Quality Linux & UNIX security and SysAdmin & software consulting since 1990.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Microsoft: Unsafe at any clock speed!"
>>>>> -- Bob Toxen 10/03/2002
>>>>>_______________________________________________
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>
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