Kaypro Printers

Kaypro Letter Quality Printer

A JUKI 6100 daisy wheel printer re-badged for Kaypro.

Kaypro Corporation, known in the industry for offering the complete small business computer, announces the addition of the Kaypro Letter Quality Printer to its line of full featured machines. Priced at $599.00, the Kaypro Printer offers features available on units selling at more than twice the price. The dimensions of the printer are 20.5" in width, 5.9" in height, and 14.2" in depth, and weights 27.5 lbs. The machine has a maximum paper width of 11".

The standard features include:

• A drop-in daisywheel print wheel and snap-in cartridge ribbon readily available from office supply stores
• 2 K buffer standard-expandable to 8K (4 typewritten pages)
• Standard character sets that include several foreign languages
• Industry standard Centronics-type interface
• 3 pitch range plus proportional spacing
• 200 words per minute print speed
• Comatibility with all computers equipped with a parallel port

Optional accessories include:

• Snap-on tractor feed retailing for $150.00
• Printer cable for $49.95

To conitinue their commitment to high quality standards in technical support, Kaypro is offering a 1 year parts and labor warranty with every printer.

The addition of the Letter Quality Printer to the Kaypro line is to aid the price conscious shopper in determining what is needed to business computing. At Kaypro, "user friendliness" is defined not just as "easy use" but also at a price that is competitive and affordable. Kaypro already bundles $3,000.00 worth of free software with the Kaypro 2, 4, and 10.
("Kaypro, ... Adds the Kaypro Letter Quality Printer" Press Release, no date)

The Kaypro Letter Quality Printer is the finest Letter Quality Printer available in its price range. The Kaypro LQP offers features only available on printers normally costing well over $1000.00.

Print Speed:	18 CPS (approximately 200 WPM)
Print Wheel:	"Drop In" Daisywheel, Triumph-Adler compatible. Over 100 Fonts available from most office supply stores. Supplied with Pica 10 Pt.
Character Sets:	Standard: American, English, French, German, Danish, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, ...all DIP switch selectable in ROM
Print Wheel Life:	10 million characters per wheel
Spacing:	10 (1/10 in.), 12 (1/2 in.), 15 (1/15 in.); Proportional spacing: 1/8 to 1/22 inch widths; Selectable from Front Panel Controls, or from software select in programs.
Number of Characters/Line:	110 characters (10 pitch) 132 characters (12 pitch) 165 characters (15 pitch) 82 to 220 characters in proportional spacing
Graphics:	Horizontal controls in 1/60 inch incrments Vertical controls in 1/48 inch increments
Self Test:	Tests buffer (RAM), mechanical operation, and prints out all characters on daisy wheel.
Front Panel Controls:	Pause; Reset; Form Feed; Character Spacing: 10, 12, 15 or Proportional
Platen Width:	13 inches
Paper Width:	11 inches
Copies:	Original plus 3 copies at one time
Ribbons:	Suplies with each printer: "Snap In" cartridge Single Strike Ribbon (IBM-82 compatible) Multi-Strike Ribbon (Selectric II Type) Extra ribbons are available from most office supply stores.
Ribbon Life:	Single-Strike (160K or 80+ pages) Multi-Strike (480K or 150+ pages)
Emulation mode:	Kaypro Computer and Printer using the included "Type-it" program will emulate operation of an electronic typewriter.
Interface:	Centronics Standard (Parallel)
Print Buffer:	Standard 2K (1 page) Expandable by Dealer to 8K (4 pages) with addition of 3 2K x 8 CMOS Static RAMs: 6116 or equivalent
Power requirements:	100/120 AC: 220/240 AC: +/- 10% 50/60 Hz 35W (Idle) 50W (Running)
Noise:	Less than 63 dbA/Weighted 1 meter
Weight:	12.5 Kg/27.5 Lbs.
Dimensions:	20.5" width; 5.9" height; 14.2" depth
Compliance:	Meets FCC Class B requirements; Part 15; Subpart J
Warranty:	1 year parts and labor by Kaypro, or by 3rd party service at Kaypro's option.
Options:	Tractor Feed Unit snaps into position in seconds. Adjustable tractor width for labels or form feed paper. Tractors on incoming and outgoing guides.
Prices:	Kaypro Letter Quality Printer: $599.00 (with ribbon, wheel, and 2K Buffer) Tractor Feed Mechanism: $150.00 8K Buffer Upgrade: No suggested retial, prices set by individual dealer.

(Kaypro Letter Quality Printer Specifications, June 1984)

Kaypro Page Printer I

Kaypro Corporation, the nation's fifth largest microcomputer manufacturer, will unveil its new non-impact printer, KAYPRO PAGE PRINTER I, at CONDEX/Fall in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 10-14.

The KAYPRO PAGE PRINTER I, which uses NEC LED-based technology rather than the conventional laser engine, has the print quality of the laser types, yet requires less repair and maintenance.

The printer has a rating of eight pages per minute, 5000 copies per month, and an average life of 300,000 copies between overhauls.

An 80186 microprocessor drives a standard 128 kilobytes of RAM permitting immediate "plug-n-play." With a Diablo 630 emulation mode, spacing available at 10, 12, and 17 characters per inch, as well as proportional spacing, the KAYPRO PAGE PRINTER I delivers letter perfect documents.

Priced at $2995, the KAYPRO PAGE PRINTER I has 300 by 300 DPI, a standard 250-sheet input hopper and a 250-sheet output stacker. It can easily handle letter size, legal size, A4 and B5 paper sizes as well as most standard envelopes. A manual insertion slot is available for single feeds of alternate paper types.

THE KAYPRO PAGE PRINTER I has a two-line by 16-character LCD display, which shows machine status, current font in use, possible system errors, and notification of maintenance or service needs.
("Kaypro LED Printer Improves on Laser Technology" press release, November, 1986)

"the KAYPRO PAGE PRINTER I, an NEC LED-based printer."
(Press Release for the Kaypro 386 computer, February 1, 1987)

While the article on the "EXTRA! EXTRA! does not state the printer associated with the hardware package. The photo shows an NEC LC890 consistent with the NEC LED used in the KAYPRO PAGE PRINTER I.

EXTRA! EXTRA! photo (Kaypro Reseller News Bulletin, October 1987)	NEC LC890 Brochure Cover

Kaypro Page Printer II

In January, Kaypro will release the upgraded KAYPRO PAGE PRINTER II, which will retail for $3995. The KAYPRO PAGE PRINTER II will feature 1.5 megabytes of RAM, full-page bit-mapped graphics, HPGL 7475A Graphics Plotter emulation, and HP LaserJet emulation.
("Kaypro LED Printer Improves on Laser Technology" press release, November, 1986)

"Kaypro's Page Printer II laser printer gives documents the "type-set" look. This 300 DPI wonder provides 768KB RAM (Expands to 1.2 MB), seven emulation modes, plug-in front cartridges, and eight page/minute speed. Originally over $2,000, factory refurbished units available for only $897."
(North County Blade Citizen, September 1, 1989)