On 2013 Mar 3, at 10:47 PM, Arno Kletzander wrote:
Yep, I have to admit that I also collect printers, and not just one
series at that... I do have some rather common models as
"workhorses" (NEC P2200, LJ3, LJ4, -L, -M plus) or because I was
given them and couldn't bring myself to throwing them out yet (far
too many HP, Epson and Canon inkjets) but tend to focus on exots
and niche models otherwise - NEC CP7 and Star LC24 with their
multizone color ribbon, Citizen Overture and Sharp JX lasers which
very visibly are early copier descendents, two OKI linear LED array
printers, one of the infamous Tektronix "edible solid ink" power-
hogs (a 340 I think; wish I could scrounge up a few reasonably
priced ink sticks for that one, hint hint!), the "professional" HP
Deskjet 1200 and 1600 models. Also three thermo-transfer units for
various print sizes (all made by Mitsubishi, I think, two of them
large flat things close to 19" format, one smaller desktop unit),
which while primary intended for video still printing, also have
parallel in!
terfaces, but with consumables prohibitively costly for any kind
of operation).
What I'm missing yet is a "real" daisywheel printer (I have both a
Triumph-Adler and an IBM typewriter with bolt-on interface boards -
not that I would mind having a Diablo terminal at some time too),
any sort of High Speed Printer from the olden days (drum, chain,
belt, shuttle, or single-line needle) or truly esoteric stuff like
the (DataProducts) hydraulic driven needle printer our local
university collection has.
Glad to hear somebody is. What about teletypes as printing
mechanisms? I can think of three mechanisms offhand: the typewriter
style, the type block, and the type cylinder.
I had a selectric-mechanism printer-only (no keyboard) (was used for
printing airline tickets or boarding passes) 10 or 15 years ago,
which I threw out (regrettably).
Haven't even seen a daisy-wheel printer since about 1982.