Re: ImageWriter II product number question

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

"Name" <nospam@mchsi.com> wrote:

>Does anyone know the product numbers for the beige, white and platinum
>IMII's?  Mine are so dingy that it is hard to tell one from another.

    There were three versions of the ImageWriter II, though the easiest way
to tell them apart is by visual inspection rather than model numbers:

-The original (circa 1985) is snow-white in color matching the Apple IIc,
and has a bare cover--nothing but an Apple logo at the corner.

-The platinum (circa 1986) is light-grey in color matching the Apple IIgs,
and has the lettering "ImageWriter II" printed on the cover.

-The ImageWriter II/L (circa 1989) has a power-icon symbol next to the 
On/Off switch (circle with "I" in the center). The AC and mini-DIN8
connectors plugged into the back left and right sides rather than the legs 
of the printer. It is also noticeably lighter in weight and if you run the
self-test, it'll report it has a 24K RAM buffer built-in.

There was never a beige model, you're thinking of the ImageWriter 1
(which only came in that one color; no white or grey versions exist).
In summary you just need to have a quick look at the front panel: 
absence or presence of the model name?  Power icon symbol? 
 

Mitchell Spector