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- From: comptec91025@camins.camosun.bc.ca (Ian Hobday)
- Subject: Re: Portable printers
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.105618.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca>
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- References: <1992Dec23.024638.12522@schaefer.math.wisc.edu> <u61unek@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:56:18 GMT
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- In article <u61unek@zuni.esd.sgi.com>, steev@ipecac.esd.sgi.com (Motorin' Flarey Henderson) writes:
- > In <1992Dec23.024638.12522@schaefer.math.wisc.edu> junikka@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Jari Junikka) writes:
- >
- >>Does anyone have any opinions about portable printers?
- >>I'm considering either Canon BJ-10ex or Citizen PN48.
- >>I'd like to get good quality output. The per-page cost
- >>of the PN48 sounds very high to me (38 cents/page).
- >
- > I have the Star SJ-48, which is basically the same as the BJ10e. I picked the
- > Star over the PN48 as it's operating cost was lower, and I found the print
- > quality to be better, especially on ink jet paper.
- >
- >>I'd also like to know how Canon BJ-10ex differs from
- >>Canon BJ200?
- >
- > The BJ200 is an AC only unit. It is about 3 times faster and a pound or two
- > heavier. It's very nice. I probably would have bought one if it was available
- > at the time. Oh, and it also has a built in 50 page sheet feeder. The BJ-20
- > appears to be a packaging of the BJ10e and sheet feeder, which is optional on
- > the BJ10e. Then there is the BJ5, which looks like a cost reduced version of
- > the BJ10 and sells in the low $200. Anyone know more on the BJ5 and BJ20?
- >
- >
- > --
- > steve valin steev@sgi.com
- > It's like deja vu all over again...
-
- This is my unserstanding, from the reaserch that I have done:
-
- BJ10 - was the first in the BJ line from Canon and never made production
- BJ10e & BJ10ex - basically the same printers, but the 10ex has more printer
- emulations.
- BJ20 - Basically the same as the BJ10ex, but has more fonts and ships with
- the sheet feeder that is optional on the BJ10e/ex.
- Brother ??100, & Star SJ48 - basically the same as the BJ10ex, but with
- different cases, and different printer
- emulations.
- BJ5 - Canon produces this printer for sale through discount places and the
- like. It is EXACTLY like the BJ10ex, except the buttons are
- different, and it only comes in white. I bought one of these for
- $350 Canadian, including a sheet feeder.
-
- Any corrections anyone?
-
- Ian.
-
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