Re: Apple printer on PC

["Ralph Wade Phillips" <ralphp@gcstation.net>]

Hi, David!

David Caldwell <dcc@flash.net> wrote in article
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> I was given an Apple printer A9M0303. It has a 25 pin female connector on
> it. Can I hook this to a PC?. Is this a serial printer?
> Thanks  dcc@flash.net
>

	Yes, you can, however, for a PC, I'd recommend a good, parallel I/F
printer, and sell the Imagewriter to a good Apple ][ or Macintosh user. 
Yes, it's a serial printer.  It's also RS-232C serial interfaced.

	The command set is about 95% compatible with a C.Itoh 8510, and is 100%
compatible with the ANSI standard for dot matrix printers (making it about
95% compatible with a DECWriter LA100, BTW ... ).  HOWEVER - Virtually
NOTHING I've found properly supports the Imagewriter, the ImageWriter II,
or the ImageWriter LQ on the PC (sigh.)

	RwP