Re: dot matrix printers for 5 part forms?

Huh?  Since nothings free what's the catch?  Does it work, is maintenance
costly?  etc.

Jerry

call me.

415 457-3431


----- Original Message -----
From: Draper, Dale <dale.draper@seu.sega.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:11 PM
Subject: RE: dot matrix printers for 5 part forms?


> Jerome, would you like a free IBM 4234 ? 8th and Townsend SF, Ca.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Langston [mailto:jlangston@celsinc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:10 PM
> To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: dot matrix printers for 5 part forms?
>
>
> Printronics printers are work horses, we had used Printronics P300 and
> P600's (300 lpm and 600 lpm) although those are obsolete now, Printronics
> does have equivalents just with new part numbers and faster.  Not cheap
> printers, but they last.  And when they do fail you get a new print head
> (when a pin fails), new shuttle, etc..  they are meant to be fixed, not
> thrown away.
>
> Also, the Printronics could be connected either twinax or parallel
depending
> on the option you ought.
>
> There is another manufacturer out there, can't remember the name, but they
> make a multiple form printer, you can load it with 3 separate forms and it
> will load the correct one.  AS/400 print files can specify which form to
> load so they do work from AS/400's.  I just can't for the life of me
> remember the manufacturer.
>
> This one is parallel, but you can connect twinax with emulator.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Langston
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Jerome Draper" <jdraper@trilosoft.com>
>
> any recommendations?  parallel attach to a twinax printer with IBM
> Pro-printer emulation.
>
> Jerry
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