Re: What is this printer?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Nick <spam@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> That sounds like in Imagewriter I.  The only other printer Apple made
> that I am aware of was the Imagewriter LQ which was a big wide thing.

Other early Apple printers:

Apple DMP (parallel printer, earlier version of the ImageWriter I).
Apple Scribe
Apple Silentype

I think the Silentype is a thermal transfer printer.  Not sure what the
Scribe is, exactly.

The DMP is a rebadged C-Itoh printer.  The ImageWriter I is basically a
DMP with the interface hardware changed from parallel to serial.  They
have the same command set.

The ImageWriter II has a somewhat altered command set, which is
compatible for the most part, except for a few obscure commands.

(I think I wrote an article about the differences between them for my
user group magazine some time around 1988.)

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand