HX20 (was: Re: Just bought this . . .)

At 02:36 AM 12/11/98 +0000, you wrote: There are, of course, lots of battery-powered printers. I used a Canon BJ-20e (or BJ-10e?) for years to print invoices at client sites. Had a switch to turn on/off battery charging when using AC so as not to build a memory in the battery. Radio Shack had one that was about the size of half a ream of paper, or one of those clipboards with storage underneat. Slip some paper inside, hook up a cable, print, and out comes a printed page. Mannesman-Tally had one that ran on batteries, did 300dpi, 6ppm, LJ II compatible printing for under $1K, at a time when LaserJets were about that price. I believe HP's portable deskjet ran on batts too. Then, of course, there were plenty of portables with built-in printers, especially those from Panasonic, Canon, and Sharp. And a lot of the "pocket computers" (Casio, Sharp, TRS-80, Panasonic) had portable printers they could attach to. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/