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# Blue Chip M120/10 Printer Review

Review of the Blue Chip dot-matrix printer ($248 at Best Products) with Tasman Interface ($99). Covers 7 print styles (pica, double-strike, emphasized, proportional, elite, condensed, enlarged), 100 CPS bidirectional printing, friction and traction feed, and graphic symbol programming. Includes BASIC program using printer graphics to draw a sine wave output on paper.