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CoCo Printers
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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.
| Name | Cat. No. | Type | Case | Branding | RSC Year | RSC Debut | Debut Price | Notes |
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| Line Printer VIII | 26-1168 | Dot Matrix | Silver/Gray | Radio Shack | 1982 | RSC-06, p.20 | 799.00 | |
| CGP-115 | 26-1192 | Color Plotter | Silver/Gray | Radio Shack | 1983 | RSC-08, p.24 | 249.95 | Narrow (4½" wide) roll paper |
| DMP-400 | 26-1251 | Dot Matrix | Silver/Gray | Radio Shack | 1983 | RSC-08, p.21 | 1,195.00 | |
| DMP-100 | 26-1253 | Dot Matrix | Silver/Gray | Radio Shack | 1983 | RSC-08, p.20 | 399.00 | |
| DMP-200 | 26-1254 | Dot Matrix | Silver/Gray | Radio Shack | 1983 | RSC-08, p.20 | 799.00 | |
| DMP-120 | 26-1255 | Dot Matrix | Radio Shack | 1984 | RSC-10, p.31 | 499.95 | ||
| DWP-210 | 26-1257 | Daisy Wheel | White | Radio Shack | 1984 | RSC-10, p.34 | 799.00 | |
| DMP-420 | 26-1267 | Dot Matrix | White | Radio Shack | 1984 | RSC-10, p.33 | 999.00 | |
| CGP-220 | 26-1268 | Color Inkjet | White | Radio Shack | 1984 | RSC-10, p.31 | 699.00 | |
| TP-10 | 26-1261 | Thermal | White | Radio Shack | 1984 | RSC-11, p.59 | 99.95 | Narrow 4⅛" Paper; For CoCo & MC-10 only - no parallel port |
| DMP-110 | 26-1271 | Dot Matrix | White | Radio Shack | 1984 | RSC-11, p.36 | 399.00 | |
| TRP-110 | 26-1275 | Thermal | White | Radio Shack | 1985 | RSC-12, p.37 | 299.95 | Battery capable, esp. for Model 100 laptop |
| DMP-105 | 26-1276 | Dot Matrix | White | Radio Shack | 1985 | RSC-12,p.37 | 199.95 | Tandy-branded by RSC-15, p.53 |
| DMP-430 | 26-1277 | Dot Matrix | White | Radio Shack | 1985 | RSC-12, p.36 | 899.00 | |
| DWP-220 | 26-1278 | Daisy Wheel | White | Tandy | 1985 | RSC-15, p.61 | 599.00 | |
| DMP-130 | 26-1280 | Dot Matrix | White | Tandy | 1986 | RSC-16, p.63 | 349.95 | |
| DMP-106 | 26-2802 | Dot Matrix | White | Tandy | 1988 | RSC-19, p.33 | 219.95 | |
| DMP-440 | 26-2808 | Dot Matrix | White | Tandy | 1988 | RSC-19, p.32 | 699.00 | |
| DWP-230 | 26-2812 | Daisy Wheel | White | Tandy | 1987 | RSC-17, p.54 | 399.95 | |
| DMP-132 | 26-1814 | Dot Matrix | White | Tandy | 1989 | RSC-20, p.38 | 379.95 | |
| DMP-133 | 26-1815 | Dot Matrix | White | Tandy | 1990 | RSC-21, p.39 | 379.95 | |
| DMP-107 | 26-2821 | Dot Matrix | White | Tandy | 1990 | RSC-22, p.39 | 279.95 | |
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