Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!sct%a@LANL.ARPA From: sct%a@LANL.ARPA (Stephen Tenbrink) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Printer advice needed Message-ID: <931@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 15:43:00 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.931 Posted: Fri Aug 23 15:43:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 26-Aug-85 00:45:57 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 40 > >I am in the immediate market for a printer. > >I have a few requirements that need to be satisfied by this printer. > > > > 1) Should be relatively fast ( >= 70CPS) > > 2) Changable fonts (condensed, data, letter quality, etc.) > > 3) Super/subscript capability > > 4) IBM compatability > > 5) Dot matrix printing (for graphics) > > > > I suggest that you take a serious look at the OKIDATA ML-192 printer. > > It costs in the $350.00 price range (at time of posting this article). > It has a near letter quality mode that prints bidirectionally. > I find it hard to tell the difference between this mode and a > daisywheel printer. > > Some of its features are: > > - Data processing mode at 160 chars/sec. > > - Emphasized, Enhanced and Expanded characters > > - Subscripting, Superscripting, and Underlining > > - Special character set that appears to contain a GREEK > character set > > - 10, 12, and 17.1 Chars/Inch printing modes > > - Bidirectional bit image graphics. > > - Versions available that are compatible with The Star Micronics SG-10 has all the above features except it is a bit slower (120 cps). However its price is around $220. I have one and am very pleased with it.