got my dot-matrix printer

Are you new to dot matrix printers? At least you got a 24-pin, instead of a 9-pin. Does yours have a serial port, or only the parallel port? The dot matrix printers are usually rugged, and will last many years with good care. Yours has NLQ, or Near-Letter-Quality, which some institutions would not accept. You had to go with laser or daisy wheel, which actually produces beautiful letter quality. One word of caution: do NOT use petroleum jelly to lubricate the bars the printhead travels on! Radio Shack sells a very good tube called Lube Gel which works great, and does not get gummy. Cindy Croxton -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sparks Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 5:27 AM To: cctalk Subject: got my dot-matrix printer I've got my dot-matrix printer yesterday, I tried it today its a PANASONIC KX-P1121E[1], I got it from ebay[2] i've only tried it on my windows XP system (please shot me :) ) after seeing the text quality, I am thinking abandoning my inkjet printer for text-only documents the halftoning is visible when printing out pictures, but that's why i bought it ? [1] http://panasonic.net/pcc/products/printer/kx-p1121e_plus/index.html [2] http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/281043814175 --- tom_a_sparks "It's a nerdy thing I like to do" Child of the Internet born 1983 PGP ID: A7EF6006 Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Ubuntu wiki page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/tomsparks ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6247 - Release Date: 04/15/13 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6247 - Release Date: 04/15/13