[ale] Need Tractor Feed Dot Matrix printer

Brian J. Dowd bdowd at dentfirst.com
Thu Dec 9 09:32:29 EST 2004


My first home computer (1975) ran a Teletype ASR33...
Now that was a kick. Stood on an attached stand and was shipped to
me bolted to a wooden palette. Sounded just like a newsroom at 110 baud :-)
Is anyone else ancient on this list or are the other geezers still 
running DOS or Windows?
-B

>It's an understandable question if you haven't lived through the
>transition from impact printers to laser printers and inkjet printers.
>
>Basically, impact printers (of which dot-matrix printers are a subset,
>technicaly) can be butt-fast (a certain DEC printer I used to run could
>fill up a room pretty quickly if you sent it a few K of form feeds), can
>bang out carbon and carbonless copies and keep them attached, and can
>make print-through hidden carbons (the kind that you get in the mail and
>rip the ends off to see the letter inside - you tell the printer to lift
>the ribbon).  Some of the printers I've used will create barcodes in
>their firmware for you.  As said elsewhere, consumables are cheap on a
>per-page basis.
>
>They can be expensive.  The ones that have been in production for a long
>time are quite rugged - that's really what you're paying for.  
>
>Jeff
>
>On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 20:50, Parker McGee wrote:
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>
>>Forgive me for my ignorance and off-topicness, but what is the benefit
>>to these printers over say a normal inkjet printer?
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 16:26:03 -0500, Nathan J. Underwood
>><ale1 at cybertechcafe.net> wrote:
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>>
>>>I've got some Okidata's lying around that I've not gotten around to
>>>putting on ebay yet.  They're black and white only (no color).  Email me
>>>off board if you're interested.
>>>--
>>>registered linux user # 73046
>>>
>>>Nathan J. Underwood
>>>Cyber Tech Cafe' <><
>>>http://www.cybertechcafe.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Allan Neal wrote:
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>>>
>>>>I have an old ALPS (Epson compatible) 24 pin color dot matrix.  Not sure the
>>>>exact model anymore, but I believe it will do everything you require.  I even
>>>>have about a reem worth of tractor feed paper for it.
>>>>
>>>>Let me know if you are interested.
>>>>
>>>>Allan
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 02:58:39AM -0500, Bob Toxen wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>I'm looking for an inexpensive Dot matrix printer that has
>>>>>Tractor Feed and Friction Feed that will work on both 8.5 x 11 paper
>>>>>(actually 9.5 inches wide including the tear off parts with holes)
>>>>>and "1 up address labels" and has parallel port support.
>>>>>
>>>>>(My old one finally died after a measly 18 years and it's time to spit
>>>>>out labels for monthly billing.)
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't care whether it's used or new but looking for impact rather than
>>>>>ink jet (due to cost of refills).
>>>>>
>>>>>Anybody want to sell me one or point me at a store?
>>>>>(I know about MicroSeconds, Freys, and MicroCenter)
>>>>>
>>>>>THANKS!
>>>>>Bob Toxen
>>>>>bob at verysecurelinux.com               [Please use for email to me]
>>>>>http://www.verysecurelinux.com        [Network&Linux/Unix security consulting]
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>>>>>
>>>>>"Microsoft: Unsafe at any clock speed!"
>>>>>  -- Bob Toxen 10/03/2002
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