Re: Portable StyleWriter

2003-07-14 Thread Arne Christiansen
Here is the instructions for charging the portable stylewriter battery. To Charge the Battery: a) Make sure the printer is plugged in and turned off, and the battery switch (the slider on the back of the printer near the left rear corner) is on (in the ÒIÓ position). b) Hold down

Portable StyleWriter

2003-07-12 Thread William Hill
I just scored a portable stylewriter at the Goodwill for $2.00. Then I found the power and parallel cables in the doller bin. I get the thing home and download the driver from apple and, it works. It even has a good ink tank. But I need some info. about charging the battery (it could be dead

Re: portable stylewriter cable

2002-08-22 Thread Andrew Main
Harbourmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even though this is not actually a powerbook question, it does concern the portable stylewriter printer. I purchased one off ebay , after being told that the cable is a regular serial cable. Well that was wrong, does anyone know where I can find

Re: portable stylewriter cable

2002-08-14 Thread Arne Christiansen
Hi, I am going to have to be a little ignorant here. It only says portable stylewriter, I believe the apple version of the canon. The family number is M1446. It has a centronic parallel port and the cable is supposed to convert to a serial connection. Arne -- PowerBooks

Re: portable stylewriter cable

2002-08-14 Thread Arne Christiansen
I believe it is a clone of a canon bj-1o sx Arne -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac

Re: Strange Portable StyleWriter

2001-10-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Tue, 09 Oct 2001 20:05:57 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Schwarz) wrote: I picked up a Portable StyleWriter today. It doesn't have an AC adapter, but it has a (prolly dead) battery. What do I need to know about one of these? Is it worth fixing up? Also, this one seems rather strange

Re: Strange Portable StyleWriter

2001-10-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Tue, 09 Oct 2001 20:05:57 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Schwarz) wrote: I picked up a Portable StyleWriter today. It doesn't have an AC adapter, but it has a (prolly dead) battery. What do I need to know about one of these? Is it worth fixing up? Well, stick me

Strange Portable StyleWriter

2001-10-10 Thread Donna Hood Pointer
The Portable StyleWriter is actually a PC printer (Canon, if I remember correctly). Apple packaged it in a case with their logo on it. It came with the connector cable to make it work, which was really a PowerPrint cable, as well as the one driver (from PowerPrint) to make it work. PowerPrint

Re: Strange Portable StyleWriter

2001-10-10 Thread Andrew Main
Eric Schwarz wrote: I picked up a Portable StyleWriter today. It doesn't have an AC adapter, but it has a (prolly dead) battery. What do I need to know about one of these? Is it worth fixing up? Also, this one seems rather strange: it has a Centronics 36-pin PC parallel port, rather

Re: Strange Portable StyleWriter

2001-10-10 Thread Eric Schwarz
Well, upon looking at google and searching for info about it, I realized that Apple had done something weird. This StyleWriter (yes, it is an Apple, and not a Cannon with a few Apple plastics - I know Cannon made these, though), has a parallel interface. Apple included what was basically a

Strange Portable StyleWriter

2001-10-09 Thread Eric Schwarz
I picked up a Portable StyleWriter today. It doesn't have an AC adapter, but it has a (prolly dead) battery. What do I need to know about one of these? Is it worth fixing up? Also, this one seems rather strange: it has a Centronics 36-pin PC parallel port, rather than a 8-pin Mac serial port