Phoebus R. Dokos writes:

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Its an important point you mention about the print heads. With HP you
get a new print head with every new cartridge, with the Epson you only get
the one you bought with your printer, and when that goes, so, pretty much,
does your printer. I also have the same opinion as you regarding the lousy
HP sheet feeder, at least on the old Deskjet series.

My Epson has worked well for me, and at £70, or whatever Rich is selling
them for, you can hardly go wrong. Another thing is I could simply use my
old LX80 printer drivers for the new Stylus 850; they are pretty much
compatible.

Is there anyone among us who is in a position (eg working in a computer
shop) to test the latest generation of printers suitable for for QL users?
The four most important things I can think of to know about a printer are:

1) Connectors (serial, parallel, USB, dual)
2) Printer language (built-in fonts and plain text)
3) Running costs
4) Design (reliability, long-term cost)

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