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Re: Apple IIgs Printers
In article <846561792.30122@dejanews.com>, <pstricker@aol.com> wrote:
>My sis-in-law is looking for a current Apple printer that will work
>with a IIgs. The reason for "current" is that she has some Apple
>dollars to spend. Apparently, the Stylewriter driver will not work
>with a SW 2400. Is there a driver that will work with the SW 2400 or
>similar?Thanks for your help.Pete
The only 'current' printers that'll work are Laserwriters that
suppoer postscript and appletalk. From the comp.sys.apple2 Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) posting, archived at
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html this question is answered
in quite a lot of detail. I quote from it:
--- Begin quoting
Q#19 Can I hook up a Laser printer, ink jet, or bubble jet printer to
my Apple IIGS?
A:In short: a number of them, but not all. Please look through the
following list to check if a particular model you're looking at is
supported. Also, the following applies to all programs which support
the GS system toolbox methods for talking to printers through
drivers. Most GS programs support this; Print Shop GS is an
exception-- it'll pretty much only work with the printers listed in
the program, and then only at its printing resolutions.
On the GS, you can hook up most LaserWriters made by Apple via
AppleTalk-- if it supports Postscript and Appletalk, it should
work. [Apple's Quickdraw printers are not usable.] A GS program can
typically print to a LaserWriter if it's connected to the GS via
AppleTalk; just install the LaserWriter drivers from the System 6
disks. Note that some LaserWriters from Apple may be 'Quickdraw,' not
true Postscript printers, so they won't work from the GS. The
Laserwriter, Laserwriter II, LW IINT, LW IINTX are all known to work
fine.
Of the Apple Stylewriter family, ONLY the original Stylewriter will
work on the GS, and then only from GS/OS with the System 6 drivers. As
Apple has not written drivers or released the specifications so that
drivers could be written by third parties, none of the rest of the
Stylewriter models works when connected to a GS.
The HP DeskWriter family is mostly only for Macintoshes; the DeskJet
3xx, 5xx or 6xx (xx= any 2 numbers, plus some optional letters)
printer families is much more friendly to all models of the Apple
II. If you get a DeskJet, or PaintJet, etc, you can hook them up via a
parallel printer card or serial cable depending on what ports the
printer has. The exceptions to this are HP's recent 'Windows Only'
printers, such as the HP DJ 820C models, which don't work at all with
Apple IIs.
But, in order to use pretty much any inkjet or bubblejet printer that
the GS can talk to effectively, you will need Harmonie from Vitesse
(better-- supports color printing on HP inkjets that have such support
built in) or Independence (cheaper, but only black & white printing)
from Seven Hills. They are new printer drivers for GS/OS programs
only. These two programs extend the ranges of printers supported by
the GS. If you want to print from an 8-bit program, see the previous
question.
Harmonie's drivers also support a number of printer modes that other
printers can handle. Apparently the Canon BJ-200e works well with
Harmonie 2.1's Epson LQ or Epson LQ 4000 drivers.
As provided by Richard Der, here is a list of printers and such
supported by Harmonie; there may be other printers that are compaible
with such models listed here, but are not listed. Nobody's gotten a
list of printers supported by Independence to me yet, unfortunately.
Printers supported by Harmonie:
--Canon Dot Matrix--
Canon 1080
--HP DeskJet (or DeskWriter) Ink-Jet--
DeskJet (Manual states all DeskJet and DeskJet 5xx drivers
DeskJet 500C work with DeskWriter series of the same number
DeskJet 520 using the high speed Printer 57.6 serial port
DeskJet 550C driver included with on the disk)
DeskJet 560C *560C driver is compatible with DJ/DW 600C and 660C
printers. The DJ 400 is like th DJ 600C. The DJ 560C
driver is listed as a 600x300dpi one whereas all the
rest are 300x300dpi. [Other models like the 680C/682C
should work also.]
--Epson LQ 24-pin Dot Matrix (or Canon Ink-Jet)--
Epson LQ (Epson LQ drivers work with Canon BJ models for
Epson LQ 4000 hi-res 360dpi printing. Some older models have
Epson LQ 800 dip switches that must be set to enable automatic
Epson emulation -> for example, the BJ-200e
requires DIP switch 12 to be set to ON. The printer
manual should say what to do for the specific model.
BJ-10e, BJ 100, BJ-200, BJ-210, BJ-4100, and BJ-600
models also list Epson LQ emulation and should work
with one or more of these drivers.)
--Epson 9-pin Dot Matrix--
Epson MX 80
--HP LaserJet laser Printers--
LaserJet
LaserJetIIP
LaserJet III (Newer LaserJet models also work with these drivers
as are any HP compatible laser printers)
--Misc. Dot Matrix Printers--
Okimate 20
Panasonic 1124
Pinwriter
--Misc. Ink-Jet--
HP PaintJet
QuadJet
Gareth Jones adds the following from his list on his Harmonie 2.11 disk:
-- Apple Dot Matrix Printers--
ImageWriter LQII
ImageWriter II
I'd like to get a list of all printers that are 1) officially
supported by Harmonie/Independence, 2) not officially listed, but a
driver exists that works well with them and 3) don't work at all with
Apple IIs. Given that I have neither the time nor the money to test
every printer on the market, I'd appreciate feedback sent to me at
nathan@visi.com.
--- End of quoting
Nathan Mates
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