Re: ImageWriter II accessory

[salfter@salfter.ncc74656.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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Attribution lost, but somebody wrote:
>>>I saw brand new IW2's at MicroCenter in Santa Clara, CA last year.  I
>>>asked about them and it seems there is still a market and Apple still
>>>sells them for $249 a pop.  Not that I would *ever* pay $249 for a
>>>[9]-pin printer.

Impact printers still have their uses.  If you need to print multi-part
forms, they're the only game in town.  The place where I work uses Okidata
320s and 320 Turbos, and those sell for about the same (maybe even more).

(As for me, I haven't fired up my Imagewriter (the original, not the II...it
turns 16 next month :-) ) in at least a year or two.  The last time I used
it, though, it still worked like new.  It probably weighs more than my last
two inkjet printers, combined.  On a completely different tangent, does
anyone know if the Imagewriter emulator Apple provided for use with the
LaserWriter will work with other PostScript-compatible printers?  If so, I
have a Lexmark Optra Color 40 now that I might be able to get working with
my IIs...)

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