Daisywheel printers are dropping in price faster than the eye can follow. This is mainly thanks to British distributors buying large quantities of Japanese daisywheels and selling them at a very low profit margin.

The latest company to sell printers at cut-throat prices is Daytron which is offering the Smith Corona TP-1 (Pro-Tested in Issue 19) at £259, nearly £300 under the original price of £553 from Smith Corona. David Roberts, managing director of Daytron, said the company had purchased a large number of TP-1's. Dataplus is also selling them at £250.

Another company to cut costs recently has been Kiakey, which is selling a daisywheel at £332.50. This printer is the same basic model as the Turbo 20 (Pro-Tested in issue 45) which cost £459.