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Date:	Thu, 25 Apr 2002 07:16:59 PST7
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Xerox C-20 Printer

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From time to time, this printer is also listed on pricewatch.com,
sometimes for well under $100.

The NC20 (network) version, with a small Digi 3410X printserver
and 16MB of memory originally sold for $700. They seem to have
disappeared, but the C20 (no printserver, 4MB) shows up now and then.
Several SCOUG members, myself included) have bought the Digi pocket
printserver locally for $25, although the stock of those is dwindling
too.

It takes standard 72-pin EDO and I bought a 32MB stick for $8 at
the TRW SwapMeet (Aviation and Marine, 7 am, THIS Saturday!)
It's run by Hams, but there's lots of electronics and computer stuff.
It's an old-fashioned open-air "flea market". Lots of fun and it's
all over by 11 am, promptly.

High profile simms will not fit, and I had to return my 64MB stick
for this reason.

OS/2 drivers are included, but since it is BOTH a Postscript and
a PCL5 printer, one is assured of compatibility. I especially like
the 11" wide carriage, as it allows me to print tabloid (11x17)
(B size) engineering drawings (it will actually print oversize tabloid,
something like 13x19).

Thanks to Tony for alerting us to this deal. If you want to use
non-Xerox (i.e. Lexmark) cartridges, just pop out the little colored
plastic keying pieces in the cartridge carrier (you can toss 'em, they
only serve to make you use Xerox cartridges). Lexmark cartridges
are everywhere.

Paper handling seems flawless. Photo reproduction is so-so.
I really like mine. Printer firmware is flash upgradeable,
although I've not done it (yet).

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On 4/21/02, Jordan Fox wrote, in part:
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>To anyone who may be interested:
>
>You have another chance to purchase a Xerox C-20 printer [on Ebay]
> ...
>This is a wide carriage color inkjet printer -- actually a
>LexMark Optra 45 inside a superior housing, with various
>added features. I already have one, and it is the best
>*general purpose* inkjet I've seen to date.
>Quiet and reasonably fast, with very good paper handling.
>(But if color photos are your main interest in an inkjet, you'd
>be better off with an Epson.) They can accept either a Xerox or
>a LexMark cartridge.
>There are good drivers -- PostScript, which is built-in but
>requires that you add printer memory to really take advantage
>of PS printing, and also PCL, which does not -- available for OS/2.
>For these printers, the printhead is in each cartridge, so it
>is one less thing to worry about.
>
>Tony could better tell you what these cost when they were new on
>the market. I'm guessing it was a few hundred. As a bidding guide,
>I bought one new (leftover stock) on Ebay, about a year ago,
>for around $115. plus shipping. AFAIK, these turn up for auction
>infrequently these days, and nearly always only Used.
>
>The auction ends 4/23. [It went for $76]
>
>Jordan
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