Hi Gary,
   Yep, the number part on the LPQ printers is the LPM rating... I have the LPQ
1200 and yep... they are quiet.... bit more to loading the ribbon and paper but
overall pretty good comparison to the 2563B I have sitting next to it :)

Art "hmmm.... printers such fun! hehehe" Bahrs

>>> Gary Jackson <[log in to unmask]> 12/02/97 10:44am >>>
>Nooooooooooooo!  I didn't mean it was a "label" printer, I meant it had
>the HP "label" on it!  Because I really have my doubts whether they're
>the OEM of it, since I heard a long time ago they don't make dot matrix
>printers anymore.
>
>Anyway it is HP model LPQ-800 and it seems to be on a par with the old
>HP256x line, as opposed to the HP293x.  (I've also seen HP256x's used for
>forms also.)  I think the '800' part of the model stands to represent 800LPM.
>


I have used a couple of the LPQ printers.  They are not as easy to use as
the 256x printers, but they are really quiet.


Gary Jackson
Nevada CSOS
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