Re: replacement inkjet printer for Apple 2

[scott@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us (Scott Alfter)]

In article <61c2b922-9b56-48c9-acc1-3db7e20c9638@o9g2000vbj.googlegroups.com>,
e p chandler  <epc8@juno.com> wrote:
>I'm trying to replace a printer on a relative's Apple 2e system. It
>was an Apollo inkjet printer - a less expensive version of an HP
>Deskjet 450(?).

The DeskJet 450 is a portable printer; I have one that gets used with my
notebook from time to time.  I don't think there was an Apollo-branded
version; ISTR those being mostly cost-reduced desktop printers.

That said, they seem to be going for about $40 on eBay, which is a whole lot
less than I paid for mine when it was new.  It supports PCL and includes a
parallel port (as well as USB and infrared, with Bluetooth available as an
option).  As long as you have software that spits out PCL (and it sounds
like you already do), it ought to work for you.

One caveat: the printer's parallel port uses an IEEE-1284C connector, which
looks like a narrower version of a wide-SCSI connector.  You'd need to make
sure you grab a cable if you don't already have one.

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