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In article <2783@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU> jpexg@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU (John Purbrick) writes:
>
> > I'm still searching for the right printer for my ST.
>> In the January BYTE, page 402, there's an ad from FOCUS Computers where
>> it says they'll sell you a Toshiba P321 printer for... $348.50!
>> Is that a typo?  That printer costs a LOT more elsewhere: it's a 24-pin
>> device..... Has anybody had any dealings with Focus? 
>
>I can't comment on the printer, but I just bought a printer from Focus. It came
>in less than a week and is just as advertised. Mine's a Panasonic KXP1080i, it
>cost $190 and is adequate for my purposes. Note that 24-pin printers tend not
>to include a tractor feed! I thought of a 24-pin model too, but couldn't 
>justify the cost to myself. If you deal with the New York outfits,
. . .
>
>						--John Purbrick
>						jpexg@hermes.ai.mit.edu
>
>ps The Panasonic KXP1080i has a graphics resolution of 72 dots per inch (at
>least, that's the highest resolution with equal X and Y resolution).


I have a Panasonic 1092.  This is in the same family as the 1080i and the
1091 -- the only difference is that it is much faster (180 cps draft, 33 cps
NLQ), and it has draft pica, draft elite, compressed, NLQ pica, NLQ elite, and
NLQ proportional spacing, which is more than the cheaper models can do.  It also
of course does italics, underlining, and boldface, like most dot matrix
printers.  It is EPSON-compatible, in both text and graphics, (as are all three
Panasonic models) AND has the complete IBM ProPrinter graphics set.  It allows
downloading of draft, NLQ, and NLQ proportional fonts -- so if you want to make
it print all the 256 Atari ST characters, you can (with appropriate font editing
and downloading software, which could easily be written in BASIC, even), or any
other characters for that matter -- WITHOUT being forced into bit-mapped
graphics mode!!!

The only drawback is that, being the high-end of the KXP10-- family, it retails
for $500.  However, Data Warehouse in Arizona (listed in Byte and everywhere
else) sells it mail order for under $300.  I strongly recommend it, though if
you are penny-pinching, go for one of the lower models, ALSO mail-order.

									JJMG

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