Printers

We've been clearing out some stuff today - Amiga games and coverdisks from 1993 saying "1MB Amigas ONLY!", "Beginner's Guide To The Amiga" with chapters on BASIC programming, things like that.

I also decided to try our two old dot-matrix printers - one from around 1995 (Panasonic KX-P2135) and one from earlier (probably 1992 or 1993; a Citizen 120D+).

To my enormous surpise, the Citizen (9-pin, black-and-white) worked perfectly - the 10-year-old ribbon wasn't dried out, and Windows 2000 even had a driver! It's not too loud, not too slow, and is very small.

Windows 2000 didn't have an exact driver for the Panasonic, but a related model's worked - and the test page came out crisp and in colour. 8 or 9 years old, and it works as-new.

It never ceases to amaze me how old technology works forever. You can buy the Panasonic printer on eBay for less than £10, and it's your only option if you want impact printing or continuous-feed.

Posted at 2003-07-07 20:00:00 by Richard • Link to Printers
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