Re: Printer to //c

[gachenb@eis.calstate.edu (Greg R. Achenbach)]

jms27@po.CWRU.Edu (Joseph M. Steiner) writes:
> 
> I need a better quality print for a dissertation than the 
> Imagewriter II can provide. What printers can connect to an
> old //c directly with minimal software hassles, and using
> Appleworks 1.1?  The store people are pretty ignorant.  I
> think that 24 pin dot matrix or daisy wheel printers will be
> acceptable.  I do not want to transfer the whole paper to Mac
> or IBM if I don't have to!

You can hook up almost any printer to a IIc.  The easiest would be serial
printers that use an RS-232 interface.  You can even hook up parallel
printers with a converter (approx. $70).  The problem is going to be
finding software that will know how to talk to your printer.  AW 1.1 is
kind of old, but I think it still has the ability to set up custom
printers.  For this you would need the printer manual to find out all the
technical gibberish to feed to AppleWorks.
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Greg Achenbach             gachenb@eis.calstate.edu
Los Angeles County Outdoor Science School

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