Date   : Sat, 14 May 1988 23:00:50 CDT
From   : mknox@emx.utexas.edu (Margaret H. Knox)
Subject: A suggestion for LQ printers

Jim Moore is looking for a LQ printer.  Jim, that F-10 you like is 
selling in a number of ads  (and this must be the first time in
months that I don't have a whole STACK of ads in front of me) 
for between $250 - $299.  If you want tractors (and I recommend
them) they will probably cost you another $50.  [Stupid sheet
feeder is still selling for around $150 though, drat!]

All the companies selling these things apparently have an agreement
they signed about "brand names", it will NOT say it is C. ITOH in
the ad (although they will probably make references to the F-10).
Actually the printer was never MADE by C.ITOH, but they did the
distribution in the U.S.  Mine (which I paid $1400 for some years
ago --the 55 CPS model--) says TEC, which I believe was the actual
manufacturer.

Your right, that thing is without a doubt the best designed piece
of machinery I have come across in a long time.  Even the packing
box was a beautiful work of planning, from the built-in carrying
handle, to the little yellow ribbons used to tie the packing material
together.  I have printed dozens of boxes of paper through that thing,
and the only thing I have to do by way of maintenance is change
the ribbon.

                               


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