Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!info-mac From: info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) Newsgroups: fa.info-mac Subject: Imagewriter compatible printers Message-ID: <1837@uw-beaver> Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 00:49:53 EDT Article-I.D.: uw-beave.1837 Posted: Tue Oct 9 00:49:53 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 04:06:47 EDT Sender: daemon@uw-beave Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 25 From: Allan WeberHas anyone had any experience with Imagewriter compatible printers from other manufacturers? An ad in Byte lists an Imagewriter upgrade for Epson printers and an Imagewriter compatible Okidata printer. I called the company and was told that the Epson upgrade consists of a serial-to-parallel converter board that plugs into the Epson and translates the Imagewriter print codes into something the Epson understands. They said that the Okidata model was not an upgrade but rather a standard Okidata printer with built-in Macintosh compatibility. I would be interested in hearing from anyone that has had any experience with either of these printers. How do they compare to the Imagewriter in terms of print quality and speed? Is it 100% compatible or are there things that it can not do? How is the reliability? A friend told me that someone from Apple or one of their dealers was recently passing around a rumor that other printer manufacturers had tried to make a Imagewriter compatible version but that the printheads burned up after a few hours of use. Thanks. Allan Weber Weber@USC-ECLC -------