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- Read_Me file for Apple printers.
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- The majority of the files contained in the Apple
- directory are for the Apple LaserWriter, the Apple
- LaserWriter Plus, the Apple LaserWriter II NT and
- the Apple LaserWriter II NTX PostScript printers.
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- However, it should be noted that the definitions
- actually relate to the PostScript firmware
- contained within the printer, so if you have
- installed the firmware for a LaserWriter II NTX
- into a LaserWriter Plus, then you should use the
- LaserWriter II NTX definition.
-
- The "Apple.ImgWriteII" printer definition file is
- for the Apple ImageWriter II printer. The text
- highlights available on this printer are good, and
- ISO Latin 1 international characters are obtained
- by switching between different language character
- sets, which gives virtually the same selection of
- characters as on the Epson MX-80 type III. Some
- use of backspace over- printing is made, but this
- is restricted to pairs of standard characters. It
- would seem to be impossible to get the ImageWriter
- II to overprint two characters when one or both of
- the characters requires control sequences to print
- the character. Eg. character 255 (ÿ) should be
- possible by over- printing a y and a french
- character 126 (~ in ISO Latin1, ¨ in French on the
- ImagerWriter II), but it seems to be impossible to
- get them to come out on top of each other due to
- the presence of the control sequences for
- switching to French and back to American.
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- The graphics resolution 80 by 72 DPI corresponds
- to Faster quality on the Apple Macintosh, and 160
- by 144 DPI corresponds to Best. 160 by 72 DPI does
- not correspond to any quality available on the
- Apple Macintosh. It is however a very useful
- resolution, being the highest non-interlaced
- resolution available. Colour printing should only
- be selected if you have installed a colour ribbon
- in you ImageWriter II - the ribbon that comes
- supplied with the printer is black only.
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- Although !Printers allows you to print in colour
- at 160 by 144 DPI, it should be realised that this
- uses interlaces graphics which results in 8 head
- passes over the same line and can cause
- contamination of the colour ribbon due to printing
- light ribbon colours over dark colours already on
- the paper.
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- To connect the ImageWriter II to the Archimedes,
- first ensure that the ImageWriter II does not have
- a LocalTalk option card installed. If it has,
- remove the option card (remembering to change the
- DIP switches as detailed in the ImageWriter II
- manual). Check the serial settings in use on the
- ImageWriter II DIP switches, and set the
- Archimedes serial port to match in the !Printers
- Connections dialogue. The standard (and preferred)
- ImageWriter II serial settings are 9600 baud, 8
- bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no XON/XOFF.
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- If you need to make up an Archimedes to
- ImageWriter II serial lead, the connections for
- this are:
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- Archimedes 9 pin D ImageWriter II 8 pin mini-circular
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- 2 --------------------------------- 5
- 3 --------------------------------- 3
- 5 --------------------------------- 8 and 4
- 6 --------------------------------- 2
- 7 --------------------------------- 1
- Shield ------Cable Earth Braid------ Shield
- 8,4,1 wired together 6 and 7 not connected
- 9 not connected
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