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On Thu, 14 Aug 1997 13:41:27 -0800, Mike Ford wrote: >At 12:30 PM -0800 8/14/97, Paul Khoury wrote: >>On Thu, 14 Aug 1997 08:07:38 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Daum wrote: >> >>>The micro printer you mentioned: How much $? What drawbacks/problems? I >>>have been looking for a portable printer with an IR port but a micro printer >>>may have to do. >>> >>>Bryan >>> >>It's the Pentax PocketJet, a 1.1lb printer that's 10" long, cost depends >>on memory >>size, I got mine when it came out for $399, and have had it for over 1.5 >>years. >> >>It's a thermal printer, so you need thermal paper, but it's HP LaserJet 2p >>compatible, >>and has parrallel, serial, Mac and HP Omnigo cables now. Comes with 512K of >>RAM inside, and the new version has 2MB. Because it's thermal, there's >>nothing >>else to worry about to print, besides the included battery (NiCd, which >>lasts quite well), >>and the battery lasts for ~35 pages. I was thinking about the HP 340 >>portable, but >>ink cartridge cost was too high. It's only $7.99 for 100 sheets of paper, >>thus >>costing 7.9 per page, and everything is included in the box when you buy >>it to start printing immediately. I like it and recommend it (and no, I >>don't work for them). >> >>Paul > >Just don't leave the printed paper in the sun, etc., which nixs the thermal >for me. It isn't exactly portable, just small, but I have a little Star >thermal transfer printer that works well. I think you really need to see >what the output of a printer looks like before you buy into a new >technology. > >BTW anybody need a nice low usage Printronix P300 for their portable? (I >have one, but this is a joke for those who don't know a P300 is a line >printer for a minicomputer. It does have wheels though, so technically its >portable). > You mean like a band printer used for mainframes? Is it fast? Also, I forgot to mention that I dropped my Pentax from about 3-5 feet, it chipped a tiny piece of plastic and the LED lens, which my dad actually found (this was at his shop!), and the printer worked perfectly! No kidding! It's cheap for me, but that's true about not leaving it in the sun. My dad owns 2 beauty salons, and at 1, he has tanning beds, and I printed out a bullitin for the tanning rooms, and they are so faded, you wonder what happened to them, but that's an extreme example. The paper is of decent quality, too, though I got a bad batch from Club PC as a multiple pack (and they screwed everything up, too.) Later, Paul Paul