Re: DD workstations

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>]

My candidate for the most durable printer made is the DD 6807 Band Printer.
Pounding out 600 lines a minute they will run continuously nearly forever.  My
first experience with that thing was on a S/36 which was replacing a S/34 in
1984.  That printer, though having printed on several small forests, still
prints on to this day!  I also know of at least 4 other copies of that same
printer still going in production environments.

Honorary mention to the Printronix P150 'shake and bake' shuttle matrix
printers.  I know of copies of that one running for at least 12 years.  Not
flashy but it does barcodes.

 - Larry

>    I can second that.  We have a DD 6703 matrix printer that we bought in
> 1984.  It has outlasted 2 of the 3 systems its been attached to (System/36
> 5362, AS/400 B20, and currently AS/400 436) and it's still going!  We have
> had to replace the hydraulic lifts on the cover several times, though :)
> 
>    -Shudders- as I realize that was 15 YEARS ago!
> 
>    Regards,
> 
>    - Lou Forlini
>      Software Engineer
>      System Support Products, Inc.

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Larry Bolhuis         |
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