Eric Schwarz wrote: > > I picked up a Portable StyleWriter today. It doesn't have an AC adapter, > but it has a (prolly dead) battery. What do I need to know about one of > these? Is it worth fixing up? > > Also, this one seems rather strange: it has a Centronics 36-pin PC parallel > port, rather than a 8-pin Mac serial port. What's with this?
Bruce Johnson wrote: > I don't remember that Apple made a parallel SW but that was during Weird Times > at Apple...they made all SORTS of off-the-wall stuff. They could have decided > to make a foray into the PC printer world... > > Finally, are you sure it's a _Stylewriter_? Apple's Stylewriters were mostly > re-badged Canon Bubblejet printers with Mac serial interfaces...it could be > just the plastics from a SW slapped onto an ordinary Canon printer. (I've seen > weirder stuff!) The original Portable StyleWriter was indeed a repackaged Canon printer, like all StyleWriter printers except the last two models (which were HPs). I dunno why, but in the case of this one model, unlike all the other Canon-mfgd StyleWriters, Apple decided not to install a standard Mac serial port (and associated electronics) in the printer, but left it with the parallel port its PC equivalent had, and sold it with a parallel-to-serial cable and software they OEM'd from GDT Softworks, the same package the latter sold under the name PowerPrint, for using PC printers with Macs. (I have one of these packages if you're interested, also the Portable StyleWriter driver software.) It wasn't much of a printer, the portable equivalent of the rather slow original desktop StyleWriter model. The Portable StyleWriter basic unit must be hand-fed sheet by sheet, though a sheet feeder attachment was available for it. It used the same AC adapter as the original StyleWriter (I have several, platinum version) and the same Canon BC-01/02 cartridges as the StyleWriter 1/II/1200/1500 models. Andrew Main -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
