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On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 8:29:09 PM UTC-6, Frodo Baggins wrote:
> Hello all - can someone please tell me the difference between the Commodore
MPS 801, 802 and 803 printers as far as performance/print quality. Is an 802
better than an 801? Did some searching, but would like to actual user
experience facts. Thank you!


Hi Frodo I own an MPS803 its way smaller, I think its maybe a 9pin printhead.
I had always just used it in GEOS/Wheels with Geowrite and for a Dot Matrix
printer the quality is better in GEOS/Wheels since it offers different
selections for 
print quality.  This printer can actually print all of the Petscii characters
I believe, even with basic listing printouts. (From Commodore basic).
The MPS 803 at least is only friction feed so continuous paper tends to go
sideways and messes up the printout, but you can print just a page at a time so
you can use just photo copy paper.  I believe Commodore made a tractor feed
mechanism too, for a fact the owner of Commodore4 Ever mentioned he found a
tractor feed for an MPS 803 on Ebay.  I bought this little printer used in
1992 so it has been very useful.
Its just if you have long printouts the friction feed tends to mess up, so
just 1 sheet of paper at a time works.
If you need any Commodore manuals go to:  www.bombjack.org website has just
about any Commodore book, etc.
Hope this helps, good luck.  

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