Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!gnh-starport.cts.com!kimbrennan From: kimbrennan@gnh-starport.cts.com (Kim Brennan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Printers Message-ID: Date: 19 Mar 91 10:36:14 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 17 X-Unparsable-Date: Mon Mar 18 91 at 14:53:33 (EST) Okay, I saw the new Apple Printers today. First off, the Stylewriter is a BUBBLEJET printer (not LASER). This means that it is a line printer not a page printer and that it uses ink not toner cartridges. It has a printing resolution of 360x360 dpi but because it uses ink, the dots are not as crisp (or as black) as you would get with a Laser printer. This tends to make the text look fuzzier (even if the resolution is higher!) The Stylewriter resembles an Imagewriter II sheet feeder. It is really peculiar looking, but is very compact. It does not have a text only mode. All information sent to it is in terms of graphics. This means it will not work on any Apple II computers until those Apple II computers have special drivers for it. Currently there are none. It uses Apple's new Truetype font technology (a different word for something that closely resembles...but is NOT the same as Quickdraw). Truetype is currently available only for the Mac line of computers. The new Personal Laserwriter LC, is quite similiar in operation to the Stylewriter and uses the same type of interface. It does not have Postscript. Neither printer has Appletalk.