Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!cs122aw From: cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Does the Apple Imagewriter II speak Message-ID: <15800051@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 3 Feb 90 01:39:52 GMT References: <3084@epiwrl.EPI.COM> Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:epiwrl.EPI.COM:3084:ux1.cso.uiuc.edu:15800051:000:655 Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!cs122aw Feb 2 17:20:00 1990 If your PCs have serial ports, you can use just about any printer, including the Imagewriter II, as a "generic ASCII printer." However, software for the PC may not know the codes the Imagewriter use for boldface, etc., just as Apple software usually knows nothing about the IBM Proprinter. Scott Alfter------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu _/_ Apple IIe: the power to be your best! alfter@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/ v \ saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu ( ( A keyboard--how quaint! free0066@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu \_^_/ --M. Scott, STIV