Re: WTB: Imagewriter II

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

Note that I've removed most of the newsgroups from the followups.

Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:

> Andrew Vik (vik@haas.berkeley.edu) wrote:
> 
> : I'm looking for a used Imagewriter II or LQ that works like it should,
> : preferably with a LocalTalk connector.  If it's true that the LQ does not
> : work with System 7.5.3, then I only want an IW II.
> 
> I can't verify it since I still have 7.5.1 on my Powerbook, but I would expect
> that 7.5.3 will support an LQ. Even if it doesn't, it'd only take copying the
> chooser extension from 7.5.1 or 7.5 to cure it.

For some reason, 7.5.3 (preinstalled on my PowerMac) doesn't include
AppleTalk drivers for the ImageWriter or ImageWriter LQ.  It does
include direct-connect drivers for both.

I was able to locate an older version of the AppleTalk ImageWriter
driver (on one of Apple's FTP sites, but I don't remember the URL), and
it works fine (though it doesn't support background printing).  It is
the same version that was included with System 7.1.

I think there was an AppleTalk LQ driver in the same place.

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