[Coco] Who still uses a dot matrix printer with their CoCo

[George Ramsower]

 About two weeks ago(maybe three), I found and resurected an old dot matrix 
printer to use on my coco.
 For me, it is worth keeping as, the new ink jet printers can't be used on a 
coco.
 New dot matrix, impact printers are still available and probably will 
always be available for the reason of multi-part forms that requre carbon 
copies.
  I discovered that my old Okidata dot matrix printer is still supported in 
W-XP and I'm sure it would work fine.
  I haven't tried it on this XP box because it works fine on my coco.
 The Ink Jet printer on this XP box is okay.
 The dot matrix printer on my coco is the cat's meow!

 An impact printer is cheaper to operate!

 So, go figure the cost, vs: life span.

 An impact printer will last for many years. An Ink Jet printer will last 
for less time. I've gone through many ink jet printers and the impact 
printers just keep working.
 At work, they go through ink jet printers like water bottles in in the 
cooler. The impact printers just keep printing and printing and...

 Go figure.

George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Cox" <nutz4coco at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 7:27 PM
Subject: [Coco] Who still uses a dot matrix printer with their CoCo


>I am doing a lot of clearing out of stuff, since I am currently not 
>working,
> and I am wondering if I really need to keep the dot matrix printers I have
> lying around.  To be honest, these things are older than some of the
> co-workers I used to work with, and I have paper for the printers that
> should spontaneously combust any day now.
>
> So I thought I should ask the group, are these printers worth keeping or
> should I get rid of them.  What is the justification in using them with 
> the
> CoCo if I have other computers that I can keep code examples on?  Any
> thoughts?
>
> -Jim Cox
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