Re: Imagewriter //

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <441d665d$0$21654$9b4e6d93@newsread2.arcor-online.net>,
Linards Ticmanis  <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>The Imagewriter I, at least, doesn't seem to use a flexible cable that 
>goes directly to the head; so you couldn't do that. Maybe you could 
>remove the "Druckwalze" (for which I don't know the correct English 
>word, I mean the big black rubber roll) instead.

Platen.  Oddly, babelfish translates "platen" as "Vorlagenglas".

>I don't have an Imagewriter II so I can't check if this would be 
>possible for that printer.

In my rusty recollection, the printhead was connected via a flex cable
in the IWII.  My rusty recollection doesn't reach the IWI, though I
had one for a time.
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