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lordreyn@iastate.edu (Christian J Reynolds) wrote:

>In article <313bc015.276864@news.direct.ca>, karate@direct.ca (Fabrice
>Grover) wrote:
>
>>I found an old ImageWriter 2 in my basement along with an apple IIe
>>computer.  I know that the apple computer isn't worth anything but I
>>was wondering if the printer that went with it still has some value?
>>It is in excellent shape but I don't know if one can still get ribbons
>>for this type of dot-matrix printer and I don't know how many pins it
>>has.  Perhaps someone knows something about this?
>
>The printer by itself is still sold by Apple, and I know I would buy a
>used one for $50 or so.  If it had the AppleTalk card, then more.

Lets see, the IW II is a 9 pin printer that can print color with a
4-color ribbon. It has an NLQ mode, an HQ mode, and a draft mode that
is quite speedy. It is a serial printer. It is notorious for
misaligning tractor paper and labels, and is not as reliable as the
bulletproof IW 1.

It is the standard printer for the Apple IIGS and the rest of the
Apple II family. All Macs include IW support on the system disks, but
its print qualtiy is quite inferior to any inkjet printer. There is no
IBM support for it.

I'd say $75 is a high-end price for one.

Virtually,
Warr

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