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From: jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga to Imagewriter Help
Message-ID: <1491@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>
Date: 10 Sep 89 15:09:52 GMT
References: <10260019@eecs.nwu.edu> <6295@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu.UUCP (Jim Wright)
Organization: Iowa State U. Computer Science Department, Ames, IA
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In article <6295@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> tknight@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (T.Knight - Computing Services) writes:
| In article <10260019@eecs.nwu.edu>, grassm@eecs.nwu.edu (Mark O. Grasse) writes:
| >    I have access to an Apple Imagewriter printer and no documentation for it.
| >    I need to know:
| >       a.  what type of cable do I need.  Are they hard to find?

The Imagewriters I use have the Apple "connector-from-hell" 8 pin DIN.  It
could be hard to find.  I'd just make the cable myself.

| >       b.  Do I connect to the serial or parallel port?

Serial.  The default is 9600bps, but some settings can be changed with
DIP switches in the printer.

| >       c.  Is this printer Postscript capable?

No.

| >    I have the 1.3 printer driver for it.  Is there any other info anyone
| > has on set-up or tips?
|      I'd like to know myself if you can run an Imagewriter from the
| Amiga. Our dealer up here says if its made by apple it won't work with 
| the Amiga. Anyone in netland know if this is true?

Of course it won't work.  That's why Commodore included a printer driver
for it.  (That's sarcasm -- get a new dealer.)

Actually, I think the Imagewriter is marketed by Apple and not made by
Apple.  I can't remember at the moment who (I thought) makes them.

-- 
Jim Wright
jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu