I got my ImageWriter " (1) " with my FatMac and have been using it from time to time on my G4 Sonnet boosted 7600. Still does a great job with peel off labels for my mailing list. It's only weakness was that it could not use that snazzy color ribbon that the II could.
Don Wakefield DTPetc! (DeskTop Productions et cetera!) Ballwin, Missouri, USA --- On Sat, 5/2/09, Charles Lee <[email protected]> wrote: From: Charles Lee <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Image Writer To: "Vintage Macs" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009, 3:14 PM Correct - No IW before the IW (and it was not called an "ImageWriter I" People started referring to it as that after the IW2 came out. It was made by C.Itoh. for Apple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageWriter I had one and loved it. Bought it new with my 128K Mac in1984. Not sure what it's "bad attributes" were though. I never had any problems with it. > If it's not marked, then it's an I, there wasn't an Imagewriter before > the IW I. The 9600 has a standard Mac serial port and everything up to > OS 9 includes the driver. I think it would work using a USB-serial > adapter as long as it's the kind that has a Mac serial port. > > But the question is, WHY. The IW I is an impact printer, it's low res, > it's S L O W. Oh, and it has some bad attributes too. > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
