Hi again Bob, and thanks,

more comments below:

At 10:01 PM 2/6/99 -0500, you wrote:
>UGH! Actually, I think that the OL4xx series may have
>been the last low-end Okidatas to not require GDI
>drivers. In fact, I recall now that, at the cost of a
>small disagreement with my wife, I had rushed out to buy
>the OL400e when I saw that the new models had no control
>buttons on the top. I knew that I wanted to drive the
>printer with DOS and Linux, and I knew that no buttons
>was a *bad* sign.

[SNIP]

>Bad, bad, bad. Avoid at all cost. I can see it now...
>You: "Customer support? I'm having trouble printing on my
>Okidata Printer." Them: "Have you tried re-installing
>Windows?"

Hmmmm. Unfortunately, this is what I was worried about. When I look at the
specs for the OP6e,however, it says that it is compatible with MS-DOS (this
is NOT stated about the OP4w)
and can emulate several different printers (PCL 5e(HP LaserJet 4),Epson
FX,IBM ProPrinter III XL, AND HiPerPrint GDI) and has 1MB of RAM. Sound
better to you?

Unfortunately,the lowest price for the OP6e I can find is $200, and the
average is about $240,although it seems that many places don't carry it at
all, even if they do carry the OP4w and the OP8w (also GDI only).

I guess I will have to bite the bullet and pay a bit more for a non-GDI
interface.

>
>You might take a look at Electrified Discounters,
>http://www.electrified.com. I haven't dealt with
>them, so I can't vouch for them, but they are big
>into selling remanufactured Okidatas. Right now
>they're running a special on Electrified-remanufactured
>OL410e printers for $99 with a 90-day warranty.
>The OL410e is virtually identical to the 400e (it
>still has the front panel), but it uses an image
>enhancement mechanism to interpolate the 300dpi out
>to an effective 600dpi. I recall wanting to get that
>one when I got my 400e but I just couldn't afford it.

Thanks, I was looking at used/remanufactured stuff, too, but I am a bit
scared about being able to find toner and image drums for discontinued
products. Yes, I have seen them available now, but for how much longer?

Thanks again,

Sean

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