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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: information wanted
Keywords: apple 2c, laser printer, connect
Message-ID: <11770@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 8 Dec 89 02:09:14 GMT
References: <8372@rosevax.Rosemount.COM>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <8372@rosevax.Rosemount.COM> jimo@rosevax.Rosemount.COM (The Eternal Optimist @ the Infernal Machine) writes:
>I own a 1987 version of the 2c.  I believe it to be the most current
>of its day.  What I wnat to know is if it is possible to connect  a
>laser printer (apple, or another) to it.  I'm not concerned about
>cabling, that I can make or buy.  What I want to know is if it is 
>possible.

Sure, it's possible.  In fact a plain vanilla H-P LaserJet comes with
an RS-232-C connector which can be attached to an ordinary serial port.

Your real problem will be in finding software to fully exploit the
printer.  Given Apple's penchant for embedded applications as opposed
to a toolkit approach, many commercial software products are not
capable of doing anything other than perhaps dumping ordinary-looking
text printouts to such a printer, which is a shame when you consider
that they are generally capable of 300dpi full raster graphics.