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From: knudsen@ihnss.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Olivetti Inkjet PR-2300 query
Message-ID: <2267@ihnss.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 13:53:58 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 19 13:53:58 1984
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Some closeout mail-order outfit (DAK) is selling off Olivetti PR-2300
ink-jet printers for $199 (supposedly list price was $499).
This looks like a great printer, but a few facts are unclear:
	(1) What is its text printing rate, in char/sec?
The ad sez "3xfaster than daisy wheel" which could be 30-50 cps.
Be nice if it were at least 60 cps.
	(2) How close to correspondence quality is its lower-case type?
The sample print shown in ad looked pretty "dotty" to me, but with this
printer's high resolution, something better should be possible.
Does it have two modes like many new printers (fast sloppy mode for
program dumps, and slow pretty mode for business letters)?
	(3) IS this thing really quiet?
	(4) How fast can it eat data into its 1K buffer, i.e., when I
run it thru a serial-parallel interface, what Baud rate can I get away
with?  Important for graphic screen dumps.
	(5) How good & reliable is it, in general?  Where can I find
a review?  Any old net articles someone could email me?
	(6) IS Olivetti really discontinuing this model since they were
bought out by Docutel?  How long will inkjet ampules be available?

Since I cannot receive net.micro (only subgroups), I'd appreciate any
responses by net mail (ihnp4!ihnss!knudsen).  Will summarize & post
if I get anything good.  For $200 it looks decent, great graphics,
but I can't afford it unless it can do correspondence quality.
	--mike k
PS: DAK is selling the Gorilla Bananas for $129, not $149, sorry.