Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!bellcore!tness7!killer!pollux!dalsqnt!rpp386!pigs!haugj From: haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Heavy Duty Printers Keywords: Printer Labels Message-ID: <244@pigs.UUCP> Date: 8 Jul 88 19:06:33 GMT References: <10359@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Reply-To: haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie) Organization: Big "D" Oil and Gas Lines: 36 In article <10359@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> bkliewer@iuvax.UUCP (Bradley Dyck Kliewer) writes: >I remember seeing a review of a printer which had a wide carriage and >3 or 4 heads. It was built for churning out long jobs. Does anybody >remember seeing something like this (and who makes it)? I'm looking >for a printer to print an 11,000-12,000 name mailing list on 4-up >labels. Anything that's very fast (and won't jam) could do the job, >so if you have any other ideas, drop me a line. >-- the best printer, of the dot matrix variety, i've ever seen is the okidata 2410. it is, in fact, the only okidata printer i've ever seen which is worth a d*mn. the okidata 2410 prints near 450cps, is bidirectional, tractor fed, supports both serial and parallel interfaces, and last time i bought one was about $2,000. in the past i have run payroll for a 1,700 employee company on an okidata 2410 with minimal difficulty. i would compare it to any good quality 300lpm band printer (whole line at a time printer) for speed and quality. i once tested one for speed and do seem to recall that for low print density, so as with program listings or 2 or 3 up labels, the print speed was near 400lpm. as for quality, i think i've heard of one break during the three years i used them. (now i use lasers ;-) disclaimer: i am not associated in any way with okidata. this is not a product endorsement of any kind, just the testimonial of a happy end user. - john. -- John "Evil USENET User" F. Haugh II HECI Exploration Co, Inc., Dallas UUCP: ...!killer!rpp386!jfh jfh@rpp386.UUCP :DOMAIN **** Trivia question of the day: VYARZERZIMANIMORORSEZASSEZANSERAREORSES? **** "You are in a twisty little maze of UUCP connections, all alike" -- fortune