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CoCo printers came in essentially two types. Ones that were specifically designed, made, and advertised with the CoCo in mind (either exclusively, or with other computers as well), and those that were not and which the CoCo had to use adapters for.

The vast majority of computer printers in the 8-bit era used parallel ports, which the CoCo, being serial-only, does not have.

Other printers did have serial ports, but only the industry-standard, large D-shaped connector with 9 or 25 pins. But the CoCo -- perhaps to cut costs -- did not have that interface either, instead having a distinctive serial interface with a round, 4-pin DIN connector. Radio Shack sold a six-foot male-to-male 4 pin to 4 pin cable for CoCo printing, separately from their CoCos and printers, as Catalog Number 26-3020 for $4.95 starting in 1982's RSC-07, going all the way to RSC-21 in 1990 for $5.95.

But the very first printer Tandy marketed as being CoCo-compatible had a 5-pin DIN connector. To connect to a CoCo, it needed the Cat. No. 26-3009, a cable with the 5-pin DIN on one end and the CoCo's standard 4-pin DIN serial connector on the other. The cable was originally intended for the TRS-80 Model I and was called the Model I cassette special serial interface. The printer was soon dropped from Radio Shack's product lineup as soon as other, more practical CoCo printers became available.

The First CoCo Printer
Name	Cat. No.	Type	Case	Branding	RSC Year	RSC Debut	Debut Price	Notes
Quick Printer II	26-1115	Thermal	Silver	Radio Shack	1979 (1981 for CoCo)	RSC-04, p. 30	219.00	Ultra-narrow (2⅜") and expensive aluminum-coated paper

Before releasing printers with CoCo serial ports, Radio Shack sold printers with industry standard 25-pin serial ports. To use these printers, CoCo owners had to get the more expensive ($19.95) adapter cable with a CoCo-style 4-pin DIN on one side and the normal DB25 serial plug on the other (Cat. No. 26-3014).

Printers with Standard Serial Ports
Name	Cat. No.	Type	Case	Branding	RSC Debut	Year	Price	Notes
Multi-Pen Plotter	26-1991	Color Plotter	Silver/Gray	Radio Shack	RSC-06, p.23	1982	1995.00

By late 1981, Radio Shack finally began releasing printers with CoCo-style serial ports. Although not all Tandy/Radio Shack printers during the CoCo's market life had such ports -- the company continued to release printer models throughout the CoCo era that only had parallel interfaces -- many did have the CoCo-style port. Here's the list:

Printers with CoCo Serial Ports
Name	Cat. No.	Type	Case	Branding	RSC Debut	Year	Price	Notes
Line Printer VII	26-1167	Dot Matrix	Silver/Gray	Radio Shack	RSC-06, p.20	1982	399.00
Line Printer VIII	26-1168	Dot Matrix	Silver/Gray	Radio Shack	RSC-06, p.20	1982	799.00
FP-215	26-1193	Color Plotter	Silver/Gray	Radio Shack	RSC-08, p.24	1983	995.00
CGP-115	26-1192	Color Plotter	Silver/Gray	Radio Shack	RSC-08, p.24	1983	249.95	Narrow (4½" wide) roll paper; $199.99 RSC-12
DMP-100	26-1253	Dot Matrix	Silver/Gray	Radio Shack	RSC-08, p.20	1983	399.00
DMP-200	26-1254	Dot Matrix	Silver/Gray	Radio Shack	RSC-08, p.20	1983	799.00
DMP-400	26-1251	Dot Matrix	Silver/Gray	Radio Shack	RSC-08, p.21	1983	1,195.00
CGP-220	26-1268	Color Inkjet	White	Radio Shack	RSC-10, p.31	1984	699.00	$599 RSC-15 p. 60
DMP-120	26-1255	Dot Matrix	White	Radio Shack	RSC-10, p.32	1984	499.95
DMP-420	26-1267	Dot Matrix	White	Radio Shack	RSC-10, p.33	1984	999.00
DWP-210	26-1257	Daisy Wheel	White	Radio Shack	RSC-10, p.34	1984	799.00	$599 SF-379; Discontinued March 86
TP-10	26-1261	Thermal	White	Radio Shack	RSC-10, p.55	1984	99.95	Narrow 4⅛" Paper; For CoCo & MC-10 only - no parallel port
DMP-110	26-1271	Dot Matrix	White	Radio Shack	RSC-11, p.36	1984	399.00
TRP-100	26-1275	Thermal	White	Radio Shack	RSC-12, p.37	1985	299.95	Battery capable, meant especially for Model 100 laptop
DMP-105	26-1276	Dot Matrix	White	Radio Shack	RSC-12, p.37	1985	199.95	Tandy-branded by RSC-15, p.63
DMP-430	26-1277	Dot Matrix	White	Radio Shack	RSC-12, p.36	1985	899.00
DWP-220	26-1278	Daisy Wheel	White	Tandy	RSC-15, p.61	1985	599.00
DMP-130	26-1280	Dot Matrix	White	Tandy	RSC-16, p.63	1986	349.95
DWP-230	26-2812	Daisy Wheel	White	Tandy	RSC-17, p.54	1987	399.95	$459.95 RSC-21 p.39; $299.95 SF-4 87; $199.95 SF-454
DMP-106	26-2802	Dot Matrix	White	Tandy	RSC-19, p.33	1988	219.95
DMP-440	26-2808	Dot Matrix	White	Tandy	RSC-19, p.32	1988	699.00
DMP-132	26-1814	Dot Matrix	White	Tandy	RSC-20, p.38	1989	379.95	$219.95 SF-442
DMP-133	26-1815	Dot Matrix	White	Tandy	RSC-21, p.39	1990	379.95	$269.95 SF-449 , $219.95 SF-460
DMP-107	26-2821	Dot Matrix	White	Tandy	RSC-21, p.39	1990	279.95

Tandy also sold two of its CoCo printers under Tandy Data Products branding, to support the TDP-100. Both these printers came out in 1982 and had white cases. The TDP-branded version of Radio Shack's CoCo serial cable (Cat. No. 26-3020) was Stock Number 10-1270, also sold for $4.95. One authorized seller was Spectrum Projects.

TDP Printers
Name	Model/Stock No.	Type	Radio Shack Equivalent	Price
Line Printer I	10-1130	Dot Matrix	DMP-100	399.00
Color Graphics Printer	10-1100	Color Plotter	CGP-115	249.00

A brisk third-party aftermarket quickly sprang up to offer CoCo users the ability to use non-Radio Shack printers with parallel ports. Given the amount of magazine coverage and software support these printers had, both these printers, and the adapters necessary to make use of them, must have sold reasonably well in the CoCo market.

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@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 CoCo printers came in essentially two types.  Ones that were specifically designed, made, and advertised with the CoCo in mind (either exclusively, or with other computers as well), and those that were not and which the CoCo had to use adapters for.
-The vast majority of computer printers in the 8-bit era used parallel ports, which the CoCo does not have.  Printers made with the CoCo in mind use the CoCo's serial port. Another layer of distinctiveness to CoCo printing is that the CoCo's serial port was not the larger D-shaped connector with 9 or 25 pins that were standard elsewhere, but rather was a round, 4-pin DIN connector, perhaps to cut costs.  Radio Shack sold a six-foot male-to-male 4 pin to 4 pin cable for CoCo printing, separately from their CoCos and printers, as Catalog Number 26-3020 for $4.95 starting in 1982's RSC-07, going all the way to RSC-21 in 1990 for $5.95.
+The vast majority of computer printers in the 8-bit era used parallel ports, which the CoCo, being serial-only, does not have.
+Other printers did have serial ports, but only the industry-standard, large D-shaped connector with 9 or 25 pins. But the CoCo -- perhaps to cut costs -- did not have that interface either, instead having a distinctive serial interface with a round, 4-pin DIN connector.  Radio Shack sold a six-foot male-to-male 4 pin to 4 pin cable for CoCo printing, separately from their CoCos and printers, as Catalog Number 26-3020 for $4.95 starting in 1982's RSC-07, going all the way to RSC-21 in 1990 for $5.95.
+But the very first printer Tandy marketed as being CoCo-compatible had a ''5''-pin DIN connector.  To connect to a CoCo, it needed the Cat. No. 26-3009, a cable with the 5-pin DIN on one end and the CoCo's standard 4-pin DIN serial connector on the other.  The cable was originally intended for the TRS-80 Model I and was called the Model I cassette special serial interface.  The printer was soon dropped from Radio Shack's product lineup as soon as other, more practical CoCo printers became available.
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|+ The First CoCo Printer
+|-
+! Name !! Cat. No. !! Type !! Case !! Branding !! RSC Year !! RSC Debut !! Debut Price || Notes
+|-
+| Quick Printer II || 26-1115 || Thermal || Silver || Radio Shack || 1979 (1981 for CoCo) || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1981_rsc-04.html?fb3d-page=30 RSC-04, p. 30] ||  style="text-align:right;"|219.00 || Ultra-narrow (2⅜") and expensive aluminum-coated paper
+|}
+Before releasing printers with CoCo serial ports, Radio Shack sold printers with industry standard 25-pin serial ports. To use these printers, CoCo owners had to get the more expensive ($19.95) adapter cable with a CoCo-style 4-pin DIN on one side and the normal DB25 serial plug on the other (Cat. No. 26-3014).
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|+ Printers with Standard Serial Ports
+|-
+! Name !! Cat. No. !! Type !! Case !! Branding !! RSC Debut !! Year !!  Price || Notes
+|-
+| Multi-Pen Plotter || 26-1991 || Color Plotter || Silver/Gray || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1982_rsc-06.html?fb3d-page=23 RSC-06, p.23] || style="text-align:center;"|1982 || style="text-align:right;"|1995.00
+|-
+|}
+By late 1981, Radio Shack finally began releasing printers with CoCo-style serial ports.  Although not all Tandy/Radio Shack printers during the CoCo's market life had such ports -- the company continued to release printer models throughout the CoCo era that only had parallel interfaces -- many did have the CoCo-style port.  Here's the list:
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
 |+ Printers with CoCo Serial Ports
@@ Line 13: / Line 39: @@
 | Line Printer VIII || 26-1168 || Dot Matrix || Silver/Gray || Radio Shack ||  [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1982_rsc-06.html?fb3d-page=20 RSC-06, p.20] || style="text-align:center;"|1982 || style="text-align:right;"|799.00
 |-
-| FP-215 || 26-1193 || Color Plotter || Silver/Gray || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-08.html?fb3d-page=24 RSC-08, p.24] || style="text-align:center;"|1983 || style="text-align:right;"|995.00 ||
+| [[FP-215]] || 26-1193 || Color Plotter || Silver/Gray || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-08.html?fb3d-page=24 RSC-08, p.24] || style="text-align:center;"|1983 || style="text-align:right;"|995.00 ||
 |-
-| CGP-115 || 26-1192 || Color Plotter || Silver/Gray || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-08.html?fb3d-page=24 RSC-08, p.24] || style="text-align:center;"|1983 || style="text-align:right;"|249.95 || Narrow (4½" wide) roll paper
+| CGP-115 || 26-1192 || Color Plotter || Silver/Gray || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-08.html?fb3d-page=24 RSC-08, p.24] || style="text-align:center;"|1983 || style="text-align:right;"|249.95 || Narrow (4½" wide) roll paper; [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1985_rsc-12.html?fb3d-page=33 $199.99 RSC-12]
 |-
 | DMP-100 || 26-1253 || Dot Matrix || Silver/Gray || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-08.html?fb3d-page=20 RSC-08, p.20] || style="text-align:center;"|1983 || style="text-align:right;"|399.00
@@ Line 23: / Line 49: @@
 | DMP-400 || 26-1251 || Dot Matrix || Silver/Gray || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1983_rsc-08.html?fb3d-page=21 RSC-08, p.21] || style="text-align:center;"|1983 || style="text-align:right;"|1,195.00
 |-
-| DMP-120 || 26-1255 || Dot Matrix || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1984_rsc-10.html?fb3d-page=31 RSC-10, p.31] || style="text-align:center;"|1984 || style="text-align:right;"|499.95
+| [[CGP-220]] || 26-1268 || Color Inkjet || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1984_rsc-10.html?fb3d-page=31 RSC-10, p.31] || style="text-align:center;"|1984 || style="text-align:right;"|699.00 || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1986_rsc-15.html?fb3d-page=60 $599 RSC-15 p. 60]
 |-
-| DWP-210 || 26-1257 || Daisy Wheel || White ||Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1984_rsc-10.html?fb3d-page=34 RSC-10, p.34] || style="text-align:center;"|1984 || style="text-align:right;"|799.00 || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/m-sale_1984_379.html?fb3d-page=29 $599 SF-379]; [https://archive.org/details/80_Micro_1986-03_CW_Communications_US/page/n23/mode/2up?q=%22DWP-210%22 Discontinued March 86]
+| DMP-120 || 26-1255 || Dot Matrix || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1984_rsc-10.html?fb3d-page=32 RSC-10, p.32] || style="text-align:center;"|1984 || style="text-align:right;"|499.95
 |-
 | DMP-420 || 26-1267 || Dot Matrix || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1984_rsc-10.html?fb3d-page=33 RSC-10, p.33] || style="text-align:center;"|1984  || style="text-align:right;"|999.00
 |-
-| [[CGP-220]] || 26-1268 || Color Inkjet || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1984_rsc-10.html?fb3d-page=31 RSC-10, p.31] || style="text-align:center;"|1984 || style="text-align:right;"|699.00
+| DWP-210 || 26-1257 || Daisy Wheel || White ||Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1984_rsc-10.html?fb3d-page=34 RSC-10, p.34] || style="text-align:center;"|1984 || style="text-align:right;"|799.00 || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/m-sale_1984_379.html?fb3d-page=29 $599 SF-379]; [https://archive.org/details/80_Micro_1986-03_CW_Communications_US/page/n23/mode/2up?q=%22DWP-210%22 Discontinued March 86]
 |-
-| TP-10 || 26-1261 || Thermal || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1984_rsc-11.html?fb3d-page=59 RSC-11, p.59] || style="text-align:center;"|1984 || style="text-align:right;"|99.95 || Narrow 4⅛" Paper; For CoCo & MC-10 '''only''' - no parallel port
+| TP-10 || 26-1261 || Thermal || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1984_rsc-10.html?fb3d-page=55 RSC-10, p.55] || style="text-align:center;"|1984 || style="text-align:right;"|99.95 || Narrow 4⅛" Paper; For CoCo & MC-10 '''only''' - no parallel port
 |-
 | DMP-110 || 26-1271 || Dot Matrix || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1984_rsc-11.html?fb3d-page=36 RSC-11, p.36] || style="text-align:center;"|1984 || style="text-align:right;"|399.00
 |-
-| TRP-100 || 26-1275 || Thermal || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1985_rsc-12.html?fb3d-page=37 RSC-12, p.37] || style="text-align:center;"|1985 || style="text-align:right;"|299.95  ||  Battery capable, esp. for Model 100 laptop
+| TRP-100 || 26-1275 || Thermal || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1985_rsc-12.html?fb3d-page=37 RSC-12, p.37] || style="text-align:center;"|1985 || style="text-align:right;"|299.95  ||  Battery capable, meant especially for Model 100 laptop
 |-
-| DMP-105 || 26-1276 || Dot Matrix || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1985_rsc-12.html?fb3d-page=37 RSC-12, p.37] ||  style="text-align:center;"|1985 || style="text-align:right;"|199.95 || Tandy-branded by RSC-15, p.53
+| DMP-105 || 26-1276 || Dot Matrix || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1985_rsc-12.html?fb3d-page=37 RSC-12, p.37] ||  style="text-align:center;"|1985 || style="text-align:right;"|199.95 || Tandy-branded by [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1986_rsc-15.html?fb3d-page=63 RSC-15, p.63]
 |-
 | DMP-430 || 26-1277 || Dot Matrix || White || Radio Shack || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1985_rsc-12.html?fb3d-page=36 RSC-12, p.36] || style="text-align:center;"|1985 || style="text-align:right;"|899.00
 |-
-| DWP-220 || 26-1278 || Daisy Wheel || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1985_rsc-15.html?fb3d-page=61 RSC-15, p.61] || style="text-align:center;"|1985 || style="text-align:right;"|599.00
+| DWP-220 || 26-1278 || Daisy Wheel || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1986_rsc-15.html?fb3d-page=61 RSC-15, p.61] || style="text-align:center;"|1985 || style="text-align:right;"|599.00
 |-
 | DMP-130 || 26-1280 || Dot Matrix || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1986_rsc-15.html?fb3d-page=63 RSC-16, p.63] || style="text-align:center;"|1986 || style="text-align:right;"|349.95
 |-
-| DWP-230 || 26-2812 || Daisy Wheel || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1987_rsc-17.html?fb3d-page=54 RSC-17, p.54] || style="text-align:center;"|1987 || style="text-align:right;"|399.95 || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1990_rsc-21.html?fb3d-page=39 $459.95 RSC-21 p.39]; [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/m-sale_1987_04_87.html $299.95 SF-4 87]; [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/m-sale_1990_454.html?fb3d-page=12 $199.95 SF-454]
+| DWP-230 || 26-2812 || Daisy Wheel || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1987_rsc-17.html?fb3d-page=54 RSC-17, p.54] || style="text-align:center;"|1987 || style="text-align:right;"|399.95 || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1990_rsc-21.html?fb3d-page=39 $459.95 RSC-21 p.39]; [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/m-sale_1987_04_87.html?fb3d-page=7 $299.95 SF-4 87]; [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/m-sale_1990_454.html?fb3d-page=12 $199.95 SF-454]
 |-
 | DMP-106 || 26-2802 || Dot Matrix || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1988_rsc-19.html?fb3d-page=33 RSC-19, p.33] || style="text-align:center;"|1988 || style="text-align:right;"|219.95
@@ Line 51: / Line 77: @@
 | DMP-440 || 26-2808 || Dot Matrix || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1988_rsc-19.html?fb3d-page=32 RSC-19, p.32] || style="text-align:center;"|1988 || style="text-align:right;"|699.00
 |-
-| DMP-132 || 26-1814 || Dot Matrix || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1989_rsc-20.html?fb3d-page=38 RSC-20, p.38] || style="text-align:center;"|1989 || style="text-align:right;"|379.95
+| DMP-132 || 26-1814 || Dot Matrix || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1989_rsc-20.html?fb3d-page=38 RSC-20, p.38] || style="text-align:center;"|1989 || style="text-align:right;"|379.95 || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/m-sale_1989_442.html?fb3d-page=22 $219.95 SF-442]
 |-
-| DMP-133 || 26-1815 || Dot Matrix || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1990_rsc-21.html?fb3d-page=39 RSC-21, p.39] || style="text-align:center;"|1990 || style="text-align:right;"|379.95
+| DMP-133 || 26-1815 || Dot Matrix || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1990_rsc-21.html?fb3d-page=39 RSC-21, p.39] || style="text-align:center;"|1990 || style="text-align:right;"|379.95 || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/m-sale_1989_449.html?fb3d-page=19 $269.95 SF-449 ], [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/m-sale_1990_460.html?fb3d-page=22 $219.95 SF-460]
 |-
 | DMP-107 || 26-2821 || Dot Matrix || White || Tandy || [https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/c1990_rsc-21.html?fb3d-page=39 RSC-21, p.39] || style="text-align:center;"|1990 || style="text-align:right;"|279.95
@@ Line 59: / Line 85: @@
 |}
-Tandy also sold two of its CoCo printers under [[Tandy Data Products]] branding.  Both came out in 1982 and had white cases.  One authorized seller was [[Spectrum Projects]].
+Tandy also sold two of its CoCo printers under [[Tandy Data Products]] branding, to support the [[TDP-100]].  Both these printers came out in 1982 and had white cases.  The TDP-branded version of Radio Shack's CoCo serial cable (Cat. No. 26-3020) was Stock Number 10-1270, also sold for $4.95.   One authorized seller was [[Spectrum Projects]].
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
@@ Line 66: / Line 92: @@
 ! Name !! Model/Stock No. !! Type !! Radio Shack Equivalent !!  Price
 |-
-| Line Printer I || 10-1130 || Dot Matrix  || Line Printer VII? DMP-100? ||  [https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1982-11/page/n78/mode/1up 399.00]
+| Line Printer I || 10-1130 || Dot Matrix  ||  DMP-100 ||  [https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1982-11/page/n78/mode/1up 399.00]
 |-
 | Color Graphics Printer || 10-1100 || Color Plotter || CGP-115 || [https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1982-11/page/n78/mode/1up 249.00]
 |}
-But before all this was the sole exception to Tandy-supported printers for the CoCo having a 4-pin DIN serial port. The very first printer Tandy marketed as being CoCo-compatible had a ''5''-pin DIN connector.  To connect to a CoCo, it needed the Cat. No. 26-3009, a cable with the 5-pin DIN on one end and the CoCo's standard 4-pin DIN serial connector on the other.  The cable was originally intended for the TRS-80 Model I and was called the Model I cassette special serial interface.  The printer was soon dropped from Radio Shack's product lineup as soon as other, more practical CoCo printers became available.
+A brisk third-party aftermarket quickly sprang up to offer CoCo users the ability to use non-Radio Shack printers with parallel ports.  Given the amount of magazine coverage and software support these printers had, both these printers, and the adapters necessary to make use of them, must have sold reasonably well in the CoCo market.
-{| class="wikitable sortable"
-|+ The First CoCo Printer
-|-
-! Name !! Cat. No. !! Type !! Case !! Branding !! RSC Year !! RSC Debut !! Debut Price || Notes
-|-
-| Quick Printer II || 26-1115 || Thermal || Silver || Radio Shack || 1979 (1981 for CoCo) ||  ||  219.00 || Ultra-narrow (2⅛") and expensive aluminum-coated paper
-|}

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