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From: robertw@informix.com (Rob Weinberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Orange Micro Grappler 9-pin parallel printer adaptor cable
Keywords: grappler, parallel, 9-pin, printer, speed
Message-ID: <1991Jan9.171634.8257@informix.com>
Date: 9 Jan 91 17:16:34 GMT
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In article <42165@ut-emx.uucp> sead142@ut-emx.uucp (Larry Smith) writes:
>I have a brouchure from Orange Micro describing their Grappler 9-Pin
>parallel printer adaptor cable that is supposed to transparently 
>translate Imagewriter II commands into commands that other 9-pin
>printers can understand.  I would like to hear from anyone who has 
>such a set up.  Are you pleased with it?  Is the print quality as
>good as an imagewriter?  Is the speed degraded?
>
I had one for a year - until I was able to acquire a LaserWriter.
The Grappler does a quite fair job of imitating an ImageWriter - a
good way to avoid buying an ImageWriter and saving some $$$$.

BUT - it is SLOW. Set up a page of text to print at best quality,
then go and watch a TV show while it prints. But with the cost of
PostScript laser printers falling, it made sense to me to skip buying
an ImageWriter and get by on the Grappler until I could afford a
PostScript laser printer. When I had to generate a lot of letters one
week, I just rented an ImageWriter to save hours of output time.