[NHCOLL-L:419] Re: printers for bottle labels and file cards

[amsnyder at unm.edu]

Erling,
Just my 2 cents worth, but I really like  my Epson LQ870 for impact
printing of permanent ink "wet" labels...but I have always liked Epsons in
general because they are a good value and mechanically, real work horses
for high volume printing (in my case, thousands of 3"x5" labels per year
without any mechanical failures or glitches in 7 years). 

The wide carriage Epson color printers are very suitable for printing
distribution maps and the color resolution is excellent.

Lex



On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Erling Holm wrote:

> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 16:17:15 -0500
> From: Erling Holm <erlingh at ROM.ON.CA>
> To: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
> Subject: [NHCOLL-L:418] printers for bottle labels and file cards
> 
> Does anyone have any advice or recommendations on types of printers that are currently available and suitable for printing on continuous forms for alcoholic bottle labels and file cards (up to .01" thickness). We have been using a Diablo 430 ECS Daisy Wheel printer which is still functional after 20 years. However, the new operating systems (e.g. Windows 95) do not support that printer. We are having problems configuring the generic text printer driver and the feeling is that it may not be worth the effort since impact printers are relatively inexpensive. Also, if the Diablo printer does not wear out, eventually the print wheels of the Daisywheel will. A couple of possibilities I have been considering are Epson LQ 570+ or LQ870.
> 
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