Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: epson ecotank
From:    Rob Mccart
Date:    Sun Apr 05, 2026 09:23

@VIA: CAPCITY2
RM> > Long ago I decided to get a Laser printer so I didn't have to deal
  > > with jets clogging and ink or ribbons drying out and such.

MR>i used to have a bunch of epson fx-880 dot matrix printers.
  >this guy in a computer shop told meto never get rid of them when i
  >told him i had a bunch.

I've had 3 of those over the years before the Laser. They were pretty
good except that they use a ribbon which can dry out with age and
may not freeze well.

I didn't mention the other day that Ialso used to leave my Laser
printer over the winter in an unheated place while I wintered
elsewhere, and it was never affected by cold which I probably
couldn't have said for an ink jet printer.

MR>one time my 'monitor' (i call them displays) blew and i was able to redirect
  >the output to my printer so i could see what directries i was in and what i
  >was doing.  that was onlydos though.  i can't belive i even did that.

That's quite something.. I wouldn't have thought of something like that
but, as you say, that's not something you could do on anything but a
text based OS. It might be possible to do graphics but it would
be horribly slow, eat a lot of ink, and only work on static screens..

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