---
title: "The New, Low-Cost Printers"
type: "article"
slug: "the-new-low-cost-printers"
url: "http://localhost/article/the-new-low-cost-printers/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/the-new-low-cost-printers.md"
published_at: "2020-10-27T17:08:00+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-06-23T11:41:34+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "You no longer have to pay more for your printer than you did for your computer. There are now a number of good, low-cost printers that offer many of the features found in more expensive models. Includes Timex/Sinclair 2040 Thermal Printer."
category:
  - name: "Compute!"
    slug: "compute"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/compute/"
post_tag:
  - name: "1983"
    slug: "year-1983"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/year-1983/"
  - name: "TS 2040"
    slug: "ts2040"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2040/"
indiv:
  - name: "Kathy Yakal"
    slug: "kathy-yakal"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/kathy-yakal/"
publication: "Compute!"
publication_r:
  id: 10124
  title: "Compute!"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/compute/"
authors: "Kathy Yakal"
volume: "5"
issue: "6"
pages: "44-58"
pubdate: "June 1983"
product_reviews:
  - id: 13638
    title: "TS 2040 Printer"
    type: "product"
    url: "http://localhost/product/printer/"
archive_link: false
archiveurl: "https://archive.org/download/1983-06-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_037_1983_Jun.pdf"
volumeissue: "v5n6"
---

# The New, Low-Cost Printers

You no longer have to pay more for your printer than you did for your computer. There are now a number of good, low-cost printers that offer many of the features found in more expensive models. Includes Timex/Sinclair 2040 Thermal Printer.