Re: Using a Stylewriter with Appleworks

[ygor@3d2c.jhuapl.edu (Daniel E. White (F2C))]

In article <1993Jan27.155137.109@iwsd01.itwol.bhp.com.au>, WEZAMG@DEVAX1 (George ZAMROZ) writes:
|> Can a Stylewriter be used with Appleworks?
|> 
|> If so, is there anything special that needs to be done?
|> 
|> I have a friend who is trying to do this and so far has had no luck.
|> 
|> Thanks in advance.
|> 
|> -----------------------

  Appleworks GS -- YES, Appleworks Classic -- Sadly, NO

  When Apple created the StyleWriter from the Canon engine, they made it
a "dumb" printer.  The original Cannon BubbleJet, I am told, had enough
brains built into it to do an "Epson emulation mode" which it what your
friend would need - To operate from Appleworks Classic, the printer in
question needs to be able to act like a common dot-matrix type printer
which, unfortunately, the StyleWriter cannot do by itself.

  If your friend is running a System 6 GS, the application "Teach" will
output to the Stylewriter.

  Feel free to e-mail if I can answer any more questions.

  BTW, I own a GS, a Mac Classic II, a StyleWriter, and an ImageWriter II.
  The printer/computer combinations ARE interchangable.  Now if the StyleWriter
  was just AppleTalk-able ...

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