Subj : back in business
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Tom Walker
Date : Wed Dec 29 2004 07:55 am

->  TW>  Better make that move in the Near Future. The Printers with a
->  TW> parallel port input are disappearing from the Market.

-> I just picked up a HUGE 132-column, 24-pin Panasonic dot-matrix printer from 
a
-> thrift store last night for a whopping $12.12. ;)  It works too!  I just 
keep
-> buying old printers... they seem to last a long time.

-> My favorite DMP died when our cat peed in it (no kidding)... :/  But I 
really
-> like this new one.
-> Have any of you looked on eBay?  I have seen literally thousands of printers
-> (older ones) that are for sale for like $1... of course, it's the shipping 
that
-> will kill you.  The Panasonic I bought must weigh at least 30 pounds.  It 
would
-> have crushed my foot if I'd have dropped it!

 I still have Two Epson LQ-870 DMP's in my "collection" of things I may
Never use again. :-)  :-)
 Ran many a box of paper through both in my own computer room and in the
Church Office I use as a Financial Clerk.
both running HP Lasers now. A HP 5P as my home printer and a HP 6P that
I donated to the Church Office.
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