Re: Imagewriter II print head

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes...
>
>In article <4p0ftk$j52@europa.frii.com>,
>Randy Shackelford <shack@deimos.frii.com> wrote:
>> In article <31B236EE.7FE3@pop3.concentric.net>,
>> Bill Shuff  <bill2060@concentric.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >The IW I print head is unfortunately, not the same as the IW II head.  I 
>> >thing the "I" is better that the "II" as fare as print quality goes.
>> 
>> No way. I had an original IW before I sold it and got an IW II. The
>> II's draft mode looks better than the original's only mode, and is
>> twice as fast. The best mode blows the original away. 
> 
>I'll second that.  The IW2's "correspondence" is the same as the
>IW1 font.  I certainly wouldn't use it for correspondence.
> 
>The IW1 is generally more reliable than the IW2, and it may have
>better quality print output in graphics mode.

   Possibly not in terms of clarity. If you have the March 1988 issue 
of A+ Magazine, open it and turn to page 28. There is a comparison of four
printers, complete with a side-by-side image of the same graphical print 
out. The ImageWriter I and II are included and by far the IW1 has the most
pleasing looking output! The dots that make up the image are slightly more
corse, but there are no line gaps between each pass of the printhead. As
they wrote, the IW2 printout is banded and washed.

   I'd like to try a test myself (since I own both an IW1 and IW2)
though I need to pick up the proper cable so it can be connected to my
IIgs first. :) 

>David Empson
>dempson@actrix.gen.nz
>Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca