Here is a link that contains useful information about the Image-Writer.
Here is an extract from that link about the dip switches.
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"Imagewriter II printing setup and tests
It is important to set the printer's "switch settings" correctly for proper
operation of the printer. If you remove the top cover to expose the print head
area and (with the power off) gently move the print head mechanism to the right
(with the front of the printer closest to you), you will see on the left a set
of DIP switches. One of those switches must be set to enable or disable the
Appletalk feature. If you have set up your Macintosh to operate the printer
WITHOUT appletalk, and Appletalk is enabled, or if your Mac expects Appletalk
and the printer's Appletalk option is DISABLED, you will not get correct
printing: the printer will print garbage and the head will move in large jumps,
and so on.
Appendix C of the Imagewriter II manual describes these switch settings: only
one switch is changed between Appletalk and non-Appletalk mode. Or, you can use
Chooser in your System Folder to turn Appletalk on or off (provided there is no
other Appletalk device on your serial port) to see if that makes a difference.
The Appletalk option (or the 32K memory buffer option) is a small, long circuit
board that is installed underneath the front cover of the printer, the cover
that also contains the power and other buttons on the front right of the
printer.
The switch settings should be as follows:
_____SW 1____________SW 2____
O O O O O C O O | C C O ? X X
• O means "open", the switch top is toward the back of the printer.
• C means "closed", the switch top is toward the front of the printer.
• X means DO NOT TOUCH these settings.
• ? is for the options switch - Appletalk
• O means open, DISABLE Appletalk
• C means closed, ENABLE Appletalk
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Mel
--- On Mon, 1/11/10, Elliott Price <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Elliott Price <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: ImageWriter... and fighting with Chooser
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, January 11, 2010, 12:54 PM
Clark is right; The cable has "modem" written on it in sharpie. I didn't
realize that the cables are different... Thanks.
It might have been used with a IIgs... It does have dip switches, but they're
covered by a sticker. It doesn't look like they've ever been touched, so
they're probably set to the factory default, whatever that was.
-Elliott Price
Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara
Graphic Design - Artwork Setup
Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites
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