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From: mikevp@proper.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt)
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Subject: Re: New printers for c64
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Date: Sun, 10-Mar-85 19:32:42 EST
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> I also bought the Cardco +G interface.  Is everyone else who bought
> one of these happy with it?

I bought one of these, and I am very UNhappy with it.  I am using it with
an Epson MX80, so my experience may not be applicable to the Gemini.
Printing any kind of graphics takes *f*o*r*e*v*e*r* (that includes the
Comodore special characters, anything that is not standard ASCII) because
it does continuous forward-backward shuttling of the print head back and
forth.  This beats the print mechanism to death, and takes about 45-50
seconds for every single line of print.  Also, for all potential Epson/Cardco
users out there, you absolutely MUST have Graftrax+ to run this:  The original
Graftrax will not work for anything but straight ASCII text, though the
Cardco people will swear up and down that you don't need Graftrax+. 

Personally, if I knew now what I knew then, I would look for something else.