Carbon paper 1, technology 0: the latest printers do little for a company that must process bulky multipart forms

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Fat forms - multipart documents that require many copies - cause troubles for small-business computer printers. Troubles seem to peak early in the year when companies start trying to print W-2 forms. In New York State, for an example, six copies can be needed in a form, with five sheets of carbon paper, for a total of 11 sheets. Advances in printer technology have not relieved the problem of fat forms. Paper jams and thick forms drift out of alignment. Even if a printer can squeeze forms through its rollers, bottom copies sometimes are illegible. What's a user to do? For one thing, look for a 'maximum forms thickness' specification, usually expressed in thousandths of an inch. Actually, there is only one reliable way to judge a printer: take the office's fattest form to your dealer and run the form through the printer, noting ease or difficulty of loading and unloading; then, check the last leaf.

Management, Business forms, Office automation, column, Printers, Guidelines, Form Feeder, Printer Paper, Printer paper (Computers)

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Printers are improved

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Dot-matrix printers offer a low-priced alternative to today's relatively expensive non-impact laser and ink-jet printers. Even the cheapest laser printers sell for over $750, with high-end models costing $6,000 or more. Dot-matrix printers from such companies as Panasonic Communications and Systems Co offer 24-pin quality for under $500. Such printers offer speeds of approximately 63 characters per second (cps) in letter-quality mode and faster draft modes with speeds of up to 240 cps. Price is not the only consideration when buying a printer. A dot-matrix printer is the only choice for businesses that print multipart forms such as invoices and receipts because non-impact printers do not make contact with the paper to produce carbon copies. Laser printers are quieter than dot-matrix products, however.

Small business, Dot matrix printers, Dot Matrix Printer

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2 new laser printers from Apple

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Apple introduces the $1,999 Personal Laserwriter SC and the $3,299 Personal Laserwriter NT. Both are low-cost additions to Apple's printer line, but they are still priced well above what MS-DOS users pay for a low-end laser printer. Both printers use the Canon LBP-LX print engine and Motorola's 68000 microprocessor. Both printers are rated at four-pages-per-minute. The 1Mbyte SC uses Apple's Quickdraw printer language, while the NT uses the more powerful PostScript language and comes with 2Mbytes of expandable RAM. According to Apple, the printers fill a gap in the firm's product line, but analysts feel Apple may be entering the low-end market with too little, too late. The new $2,795 QMS PS 410 laser printer, which works with both Apple Macintoshes and IBM microcomputers, may be a better choice.

Product introduction, AAPL, Laser printers, Apple Inc., product announcement, Laser Printer, Low Cost, KONICA MINOLTA Printing Solutions USA Inc., Apple Personal LaserWriter NT (Computer printer), Apple Personal LaserWriter SC (Computer printer), QMS PS 410 (Laser printer)

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