I guess I forgot to mention that I got an IW II with some other stuff that had been in a guy's garage for a few years, which powered up and worked fine (ink fading but still legible). Guess it's true, that they don't build them like they used to.
On 8/11/05, Aaron Lockhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well thats kinda cool! > > I still use my old ImageWriter II that I inherited from my Great Grandmother > (she used the Apple IIgs Woz Edition.) I've used it with my "new" LC 580, > since my HP DeskWriter 600 died... Occasionally, a friend, or somebody who > knows something about computers will compliment the fact that I am still > using a dot matrix printer, before they complain that I didn't pull the > little "scrappy" sides off, ha ha ha... > > > ~A.J. Lockhart * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "When All Else Fails; Play Dead"...Red Green > > --- On Thu 08/11, NODEraser < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > From: NODEraser [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com > Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:51:05 -0700 > Subject: Re: ImageWriters > > We used ImageWriters back in grade school, at first with our Apple<br>//es in > every classroom (circa 1990) and then with Mac Classics (1992<br>or so). I > remember at least one teacher having an ImageWriter with<br>some old classics > as late as 1996, and we used Mac SE's for HyperCard<br>and word processing as > late as 1999. However, these were attached with<br>Macs of other pre-PowerMac > variety to an AppleTalk network with a<br>LaserWriter II. When I left said > school in 1999, the school was 50/50<br>Mac/PC. I imagine they're all PCs > now, as they never bought any new<br>Macs after they got a bunch of PCs from > a technology bond.<br><br>On 8/11/05, Scott Baret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:<br>> I had to be back up at the school to hand out videos I<br>> had > produced for the marching band, and needede u a<br>> banner. As much as I > love my new LaserJet 1022, it<br>> doesn't make banners well. So I pulled out > my Mac SE<br>> and looked at my four ImageWriter IIs. I hadn't tested<br>> the > two I got from the school so I decided to hook one<br>> up, thinking they > were ImageWriters and nothing could<br>> be wrong.<br>> <br>> ImageWriter > number one got outfitted with paper and a<br>> brand new ribbon. I hit the > power on button and the<br>> light came on, but promptly went out and the > printer<br>> died. I checked the power cables and everything and<br>> the > printer just appeared dead. Is this a faulty power<br>> supply?<br>> <br>> > ImageWriter number two, my other new one, seemed too<br>> narrow for the > paper that fit fine in the first one.<br>> The ink also seemed to be acting > up, as it wasn't<br>> evenly distributed. Furthermore the feed seemed > pretty<br>> bad. This one had a manufacure date earlier than the<br>> first > one I tried.<br>> <br>> So I went to "old reliable", an ImageWriter II > from<br>> 1985 when they first came out. It did the job just<br>> fine > despite being in storage for two years.<br>> <br>> Now for the biggest > surprise. Only one person<br>> > commented on the banner. It was a 15 year old girl who<br>> looked at it and > said "Wow...that's the paper you have<br>> to pull the scraps off of! I > remember that from<br>> elementary school!" I told her it was from a dot<br>> > matrix printer. 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