Printer seen, DEC LP25

From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter_at_shell.monmouth.com>
Date: Sun Apr 26 21:41:10 1998

>
> <Anyone (finger points at Allison) have any stories about them? It looked
> <fairly serious.
>
> Bill gave the particulars on it, band printer like the want stuff RCSRI
> has 300LPM and could slew paper fast enough to empty a box fast.
>
> The hood gas shocks would dry out and somtimes people would get a finger
> bit or their head konked good.
>
> Bill likely remembers Pat Pattenden or Paul Howard as those guys were
> the old timers with those.
>
>
> Allison
>

Nah... I was just a local DEC field service guy in NJ. I did teach the
B-600 when I left DEC and went to Concurrent (Perkin-Elmer/Interdata/Masscomp)
to work as an instructor and then Sys. Admin.

I didn't like the Printronix stuff as much as the LP25 and 26 since they were
quite reliable (only failures were usually ribbon motor/roller problems).

The boards almost never blew. And they didn't require drum belt replacement
or shuttle adjustments like the LP05's.

Bill
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