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From: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Seikosha printer summary (long)
Message-ID: <546@esquire.UUCP>
Date: 11 Aug 88 17:13:26 GMT
References: <7561@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Reply-To: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
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In article <7561@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> jeric@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (J. Eric Grove) writes:
>I posted a question several weeks ago about the Seikosha SP1000A
>printer, which is an ImageWriter I clone.  I received several
>fairly positive responses (2 of which appear below, one from
>simkins@ncsa.uiuc.edu, another from ST902564@BROWNVM (poor guy :-))
>and one truly negative response (from OWEN@imogen.astro.washington.edu),
>which I have appended below.
>
>Nearly everyone mentioned that the Seikosha is very slow (see especially
>the note from OWEN below).  Also, most everyone mentioned that the
>print quality and transport mechanism are at least as good as the
>ImageWriter's.

I also recently posted a question about IW clones.  I got a response
via email that led me to call M.A.C. in Berkeley.  They told me about
an IW I clone made by Olympia, the Olympia NP30 (that they sell for
$299).  It's supposed to be better made than the Seikosha, and at least
as fast as the IW I, maybe faster.  For anyone else who might be
interested, their number is (415) 644-0516.

Disclaimer:  I've got nothing to do with either M.A.C. or Olympia.

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