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| 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-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
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| 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]
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| 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
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| 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
| 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
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| [[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]
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| 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
| 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

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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 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.

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. Both 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 Line Printer VII? DMP-100? 399.00
Color Graphics Printer 10-1100 Color Plotter CGP-115 249.00

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.

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
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