Epson C11CC24001 Monochrome Dot Matrix Printer

Cool printer for a specialized job.

It just arrived, so this is not a long-term report; but it is faster than older ones and prints as nicely or better than they. People who are giving this model low marks are not understanding what a dot-matrix impact printer is and what it's for. I need this for programming, for using continuous fan-fold paper so there aren't page breaks and margins in the worst places in my source code like you get with most household and office printers; and for another use, I need to be able to print a line and see it without ejecting the page, a few minutes later print another line right below it, etc., and I need to be able to feed it straight text rather than feeding everything like graphics. This one is not for printing web pages and pictures. I use the parallel interface and don't use printer driver software. I feed it the control codes myself rather than using driver software. I was going to get my old Epson T-1000 and/or LX-800 repaired, and then I found I could get this LX-350 for no more than the price I was expecting a repair to cost. So far I'm very pleased with it. I did have to download the command reference from http://www.epson.ru/upload/iblock/057/esc-p.pdf since this information was not in the manual though. Fortunately the commands are identical across all their 9-pin printers; but I had to learn a few that I couldn't access via the buttons on the front on this model. (There's probably a way, but I don't know how yet.)