Re: Imagewriter //

["julian814" <julian814@hotmail.com>]

grent@comcast.net wrote:
> Hi,
>  To make it a little louder you  could remove any spongy foam from the
> inside it that helps reduce the noise.This is on the one plastic cover
> that is easy to remove to get at the print head. That is the  one just
> snaps off. Not sure if that would be enough.  Rasing the printer higher
> off the ground and closer to the ceiling might also help. Taking 2 of
> the 4 rubber feet off might also make it louder. But it might want to
> walk or the vibration may mess with the printing. Hey these are just
> Ideas, not sure how they would play out. Putting it inside of a metal
> box with an open top may also help. It would be like putting a sheet
> metal duct work around the printer so all of the nosie goes straight
> up. But that might make it hard to use. Not sure what program he is
> using to print with. But in appleworks it might be possible to write a
> patch that the IIgs/ maybe even IIe that  would make a sound/steady
> tone when it done with the printing. True Type Fonts will give you a
> better print out. So does cleaning the print head.

I think I'm better off with the baby monitor idea than trying to make
the printer louder. Good ideas, though. I know he uses Appleworks, but
I think it's of the 8 bit variety. I'll check to see if he or I have
True Type fonts for it. Cleaning the print head sounds almost as bad as
changing it. 


Ralph