ISO: GE Terminet 300 knowledge

[s shumaker]

I think this is the first mention of a Terminet printer I've seen on 
here in years of lurking.   And I've yet to stumble across one on Epay 
or anywhere else.
Any idea why they're so hard to come by?  I'd love to acquire one.

Steve


  On 10/30/2021 11:14 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote:
> Hey all --
>
> I picked up a GE Terminet 300 which appears to be mostly functional, but is
> in need of alignment --  it's printing fairly smudged garbage with a few
> recognizable characters intermixed.  Character positioning (horizontal)
> seems to be fairly irregular, for the characters that print clearly.
>
> The unit has suffered some knocks in its life and it's clear the photocell
> board has come slightly loose, which I'm sure is not unrelated, so I'm
> studying the service docs to get a better idea what's going on.  There's an
> alignment gauge which I could reproduce if I had any idea what it's specs
> are.  The service docs are a bit vague and the photocell assembly is a bit
> difficult to see, buried beneath the print band on the left hand side.
>
> Anyone out there have any experience with these?  Any wisdom to impart here?
>
> Also, anyone have any spare print fingers?  My print band's missing one (a
> "9") and I suppose it wouldn't be a terrible idea to have a few extras just
> in case...
>
> Thanks,
> - Josh