[rescue] IBM Proprinter III XL 9pin, or 24pin?

Linc Fessenden linc at thelinuxlink.net
Mon Apr 8 10:21:06 CDT 2002


On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 10:21:12AM -0400, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> > I thought the old Proprinters were supposed to be durable and fast 
> > workhorses?
> 
> Durable, Fast, Workhorse.  You get two out of three.  I've never known
> IBM printers to be fast, but they last forever.

They aren't too terribly slow, but high speed they are not.  They do work
forever though :-)  Easy to maintain as well - I have an really old one
here that has the print head held down with a cable tie :-)  Dang thing is
a tank.

-Linc Fessenden

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