Apple ImageWrite II - obsolete? approx value? how many pins?
Fabrice Grover
computer. I know that the apple computer isn't worth anything but I
was wondering if the printer that went with it still has some value?
It is in excellent shape but I don't know if one can still get ribbons
for this type of dot-matrix printer and I don't know how many pins it
has. Perhaps someone knows something about this?
model No. A9M0310
(I don't really know what this means) PIN 825-1170-B
IF this printer still has some value, what would be a reasonable
asking price?
(e-mailed replies are greatly appreciated)
Thanks for your time,
Fabrice Grover (KAR...@DIRECT.CA)
Warren Llama Ernst
>In article <313bc01...@news.direct.ca>, kar...@direct.ca (Fabrice
>Grover) wrote:
>
>>I found an old ImageWriter 2 in my basement along with an apple IIe
>>computer. I know that the apple computer isn't worth anything but I
>>was wondering if the printer that went with it still has some value?
>>It is in excellent shape but I don't know if one can still get ribbons
>>for this type of dot-matrix printer and I don't know how many pins it
>>has. Perhaps someone knows something about this?
>
>The printer by itself is still sold by Apple, and I know I would buy a
>used one for $50 or so. If it had the AppleTalk card, then more.
Lets see, the IW II is a 9 pin printer that can print color with a
4-color ribbon. It has an NLQ mode, an HQ mode, and a draft mode that
is quite speedy. It is a serial printer. It is notorious for
misaligning tractor paper and labels, and is not as reliable as the
bulletproof IW 1.
It is the standard printer for the Apple IIGS and the rest of the
Apple II family. All Macs include IW support on the system disks, but
its print qualtiy is quite inferior to any inkjet printer. There is no
IBM support for it.
I'd say $75 is a high-end price for one.
Virtually,
Warr
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Keith Clayton
"Llama" Ernst) wrote:
> It is the standard printer for the Apple IIGS and the rest of the
> Apple II family. All Macs include IW support on the system disks, but
> its print qualtiy is quite inferior to any inkjet printer. There is no
> IBM support for it.
Its print quality is quite inferior but the consumables (ie ribbon) is
cheap so its great for printing things like a FAQ from a newsgroup or
online docs for software, etc. I have very old IW I that I use
occasionally with my PB180 to print out code that I've written or long
documentation whose quality needn't be first rate. My printer is over 10
yrs old now and still going strong so don't write these things off yet.
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(Who knew Diana Ross was a mountaineer ?!?)
Keith Clayton
Michael Lawless
>I'm about to upgrade to a color ink jet and have been using my ImageWriter II
>on my PowerPC 6115CD (still have the IIGS, but is idle). I was also thinking
>of keeping the IWII for excess printing but am not sure of the wiring. Are
>these daisy-chained like the hard drives (I have the internal 350MB HD, zip
>drive, 1GB HD chained on the SCSI output)?
>
>I've thought about linking the IIGS (has appletalk) to the 6115 as well,
>but this might get too complicated, what with the 2 5.14 & 1 3.5 floppy
>drives with it. Mostly for gaming purposes.<<<
APS Technologies ( I don't work for them) makes a cool little A/B switch for printers. I use one on my machine to hook in both an in=
k jet color and a hi res lazer. One is apple talk the other not. If you start with appletalk enabled and switch to the non-appletalk=
printer, turning off appletalk, you can go back without having to re-start to activate apple talk
Mike Lawless
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Joerg Erdei
Well, this switch is sold, but not made by APS. It's made by AESP, and you may find it at
other fine places too. The only problem with that switch is that not all cables can be pluged
in if the plug itself is too thick.
Get PrintChoice to switch printer driver and appletalk with one click.
Joerg Erdei
Keith Clayton
<rac...@valleynet.com> wrote:
> >I'm about to upgrade to a color ink jet and have been using my ImageWriter II
> >on my PowerPC 6115CD (still have the IIGS, but is idle). I was also thinking
> >of keeping the IWII for excess printing but am not sure of the wiring. Are
> >these daisy-chained like the hard drives (I have the internal 350MB HD, zip
> >drive, 1GB HD chained on the SCSI output)?
> >
> >I've thought about linking the IIGS (has appletalk) to the 6115 as well,
> >but this might get too complicated, what with the 2 5.14 & 1 3.5 floppy
> >drives with it. Mostly for gaming purposes.<<<
>
> APS Technologies ( I don't work for them) makes a cool little A/B switch
for printers. I use one on my machine to hook in both an in=
> k jet color and a hi res lazer. One is apple talk the other not. If you
start with appletalk enabled and switch to the non-appletalk=
> printer, turning off appletalk, you can go back without having to
re-start to activate apple talk
Same with me. I have a A/B/C/D switch which allows me to work with both
my inkjet printer and IW. Works great. Just flick the switch then go
into the chooser (or desktop printer if GX) and switch to imagewriter then
your set to go. Its much easier than a SCSI setup (IMO). I got my switch
through MacWarehouse for 29.95
Jay Lee
use that AB switch but the computer did not recognize the printers at
all. Where did I do wrong?
Do I need any special cables? Please help me.
In article <kclayton-140...@slt-d11.sierra.net>,
kcla...@sierra.net (Keith Clayton) wrote:
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