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LQ100 PRINTER REVIEW
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For those of you who intend to buy a printer but, like many folk these
days, have very little to spend on one, the Epson LQ100 printer may be
right up your street.
The LQ100 is a 24 pin high quality dot matrix printer that offers
letter quality printing at a budget price. It has seven built in fonts
including Roman, Sans Serif, Courier, Prestige, Script, Draft and
Draft Condensed. The control panel is pretty basic with just two
buttons that do everything!
The fonts are very easy to select with 2 lights that tell you which
printing mode you are in. For instance, if the printer is set for a
Roman font then both lights come on, if it is set for script then one
light flashes and the other is off. A chart is provided on the control
panel to make things very simple indeed.
The design of the LQ100 is unique as it looks more like an Inkjet than
a Dot matrix printer. The printer can stand on it's end whilst
printing too if you are short for space!
Paoer handling is good with a load tray that slides from the front
which can take up to 50 sheets of normal typewriting A4 paper or
smaller. Paper handling is fully automatic using the load tray or you
can feed in single sheets from the back of the printer but this is
rather awkward. There is also the option to buy a tractor feeder for
listing paper for about £60 or less.
Print quality is as you would expect from Epson, of a high quality and
in Roman mode it is exceptional. The printer is reasonably quiet at
around 46dcb in some modes but can be noisier depending on what you
are printing. The speed of printing is quite fast at up to 200
charcters per second in draft mode.
With a good selection of fonts, high quality printing, dual position
operation, and a price tag of around £169, the Epson LQ100 is a
bargain and I would recommend it to anyone on a tight budget.