Actually, the 2567B is the only one of the 2567 series that goes off support soon
(3/1/00) according to HP's end of support web page at:

http://www.hp3000links.com/eosperiph.htm 

And the 2563C printer does not go off support until 9/30/2002! These printers are
getting old, but ours have served us well.

Our laserjet printers are great; however, we still have a bunch of reports that are
printed in compressed format with over 188 characters per line. On a laserjet, that
is just too small to read. It's bad enough on the 2567C we have (which is still 
supported as far as I know) which runs 14-7/8x11 paper. I cannot imagine what 
those would look like off a laserjet printer.



Cynthia Bridges-Fowler
MIS Operation Analyst
IMC Global, Inc. / IMC Salt, Inc.
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>>> Brian Stephens <[log in to unmask]> 10/27/99 01:00PM >>>
I can tell you this the 256x line of printers are old workhorses and their
are those that love em or hate em... I had 2563 and a 2567 they were great
for their time.... They are off the maintenance list a while now... So if
you are looking at printers and have to look at impact printers I believe
you are looking at the right ones....

But why go impact if you can go laser so much cheaper.... I replaced my 2563
with a 5si and the large cap tray for less than a quarter of what it was
going to cost to replace the line printer.... I designed everything from
that point on with the laser in mind....

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On 
Behalf Of Kelly Tomlinson
Sent: October 27, 1999 9:19 AM
To: [log in to unmask] 
Subject: 2564C and 33422C Printers


Hello List,

Does anyone know the difference between the 2564C 840lpm Dot Matrix Printer
and a 33422C Dot Matrix Printer?  I was told the 33422C is newer and took or
is taking the place of the 2564C.  I was also told the 33422C is upgradeable
to 1200lpm.  Has anyone ever heard of the 33422C?  Any help is appreciated.

Thank you,

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