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Gently Used Sears 300 Personal Electronic Printer Typewriter Brother Ep-20

US $19.95

Amston, Connecticut, United States
Mar 4th

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This is a Sears branded (SEARS 300) of a Brother EP-20 Personal Electronic Printer. This neat little unit is like a super quiet dot matrix printer. It includes a cartridge ribbon, but the print is light suggesting a new one might be in order. I discovered that it will also print directly onto thermal paper (like fax paper) WITHOUT a cartridge or any ribbon, so that's neat. Sold As/Is. The included cartridge ribbon is a little wonky, but it seems to work OK. I didn't do much testing beyond typing up a few things. Neat gadget. I'll throw in the D batteries I'm using to power it on. You can also use a wall adapter, not included. ____ Here is a 1983 Article from the New York Times about this typewriter/printer: NEW TYPEWRITERS JOIN THE COMPUTER AGE By JOSEPH GIOVANNINI Published: September 24, 1983 ''John Mariani is trying out this typewriter with the intention of taking it in an airplane to work with as he sees fit.'' Mr. Mariani, a writer, typed those words last week as he tried out a very thin five-pound portable electronic typewriter at a New York camera outlet. He was preparing to leave on an eight-hour trans-Atlantic flight and he wanted to work en route. ''The reason one buys a machine of this kind,'' he wrote as he tried the machine, ''is to be able to type while on a plane or a train or any conveyance whereby you must do something quite silently.'' The typewriter's dimensions are 12 by 7 by 1 1/2 inches. The salesman explained how to set margins and correct errors and how to use the built-in calculator. The author asked about prospects of the printer's obsolescence, the availability of replacements for its ribbon cartridge and the cartridge's price. The salesman said that a new model was just about to come on the market that was capable of being connected with a computer. The writer pondered the issue, typed some more, and then said: ''Why should I wait for a new one when I don't have the computer to tie it into? But don't tell my wife there's a new one coming out.'' Mr. Mariani bought the typewriter Second Generation The Brother EP-20 that Mr. Mariani tested and with which he is now traveling in Italy is one of the new electronic typewriters that, like the electric typewriter before it, are revolutionizing typing. According to Jean Ferrell, the product manager of electronic typewriters for Olivetti, the typewriters were first introduced in the United States in 1979 and are already in a second generation. I.B.M., Silver Reed, Brother, Canon and Olivetti are among the manufacturers who have entered a highly competitive market that has models ranging from approximately $160 for the EP-20 to office consoles costing several thousand dollars. Electronic typewriters, with circuitry that eliminates the mechanisms by which standard and electric typerwriters work, have a functional capability somewhere between that of an electric typewriter and a word processor. Miss Ferrell says that Olivetti's first 1979 typewriter offered such features as phrase storage, page formatting and an internal memory of a thousand letters, for the repetitive typing of, for example, a short letter. She estimates that it is capable of improving typing speed by about 20 percent; some people estimate a higher percentage. Martin Goldshine, executive vice president of Silver Reed America Inc. in Culver City, Calif., says that the field ''is getting very complicated, with many products entering the market.'' Most companies produce both portable and console models for home and office, with various combinations of features; many can connect with compatible computers. Olivetti has just introduced an attachable screen system that, Miss Ferrell said, can be added onto an Olivetti electronic typewriter, which effectively makes the typewriter part of a word-processing system in which the keyboard of the typewriter is the input and its carriage is the output. Text Editing and Storage While the typewriter is a component in a larger system, it can still operate independently as a typewriter. Inexpensive electronic typewriters are meant to be competetive with electric typewriters, and the more expensive electronic models are becoming competitive with some word processors. Deborah Miller, national training manager for the Canon Electronic Typewriter Division, says that the best Canon models have the capability of text editing, with the possibility of unlimited text storage in conjunction with other accessories. The relatively simple Brother EP 20, which has been on the market for nine months, will be joined soon by the the more sophisticated EP 22 (with a suggested retail price of $349), which can be used as a printer connected with a computer. Silver Reed is also introducing its own lightweight portable, which in a month will be available by mail order. Mr. Goldshine says, ''I think this kind of typewriter is the portable of the future.'' The portable, which is technically a printer with small dots forming the letters, is designed as a rough-draft machine. According to David Lammerding, a marketing associate for Brother International Corporation, students using it for note-taking in the classroom or library are a primary target market. Maury Lutin, a New York social worker, said: ''It's not a substitute for a typewriter. I wouldn't type a resume with it, but I would complain about a bill using it.'' Mrs. Lutin, who describes her handwriting as ''illegible, atrocious,'' says that its lightness and thinness allow her to type even in bed. She has used it riding in a car or on a subway, typing on her knees. She first saw it when someone brought it to a picnic in Central Park. ''I love gadgets,'' she says, ''but interestingly enough, it's one of the gadgets I actually use. We don't use the ice crusher or peanut butter machine.'' Mrs. Lutin, who was planning to give a model to her brother, a doctoral student, said, ''I don't mind that another, better model is coming out, but maybe I'll pass this one along to my brother and get the new one.''

“Used, turns on, prints.”

Brand	Brother
Country/Region of Manufacture	Japan
Model	EP-20
Type	Personal Electronic Printer
MPN	268-53900
White Label	Sears 300