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excerpt: "When I first got my QL the printer I had was a Brother M1009 - a nine pin dot matrix with both serial and parallel ports but only one font. This served me very well for many years but recent circumstances led me to look for a a better device to produce my documents. These…"
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# Getting a Byte on the Page

When I first got my QL the printer I had was a Brother M1009 – a nine pin dot matrix with both serial and parallel ports but only one font. This served me very well for many years but recent circumstances led me to look for a a better device to produce my documents. These circumstances were not mine alone and introduced a number of conditions which would govern my ultimate choice of printer.