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Date: 18 Aug 89 15:55:16 GMT
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As I promised, here's a digest of the answers that I got concerning
my curiosity about the ImageWriter LQ.  By the way, after talking to
another dealer in Columbus, Ohio... I bought one.

I also found out that my original dealer was wrong, the LQ has 27 pins,
not 24 pins as I put out on the net...  As I said before, the guy must
be more interested in selling those IBM clones than his Apple stuff.

Here goes:

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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 89 17:39:45 PDT
From: David Lyons 
      Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA

Your dealer is right:  to date, there is no special ImageWriter LQ driver.
The output you get from the Apple IIgs Print Manager will be the same
as ImageWriter II quality.  There may be 3rd-party products that take
advantage of LQ quality if you have one, but I don't know of any right
offhand.

The plain text output will be LQ-quality, though--if you're planning to
use AppleWorks CLASSIC (the text-based one), an LQ is an advantage over
an ImageWriter II.

There isn't a Real driver on System Software 4.0 or 5.0, but there are
separate drivers, at least for using the LQ over an AppleTalk network:
the LQ responds to a different name when the driver tries to find the
printer, but the drivers are almost identical.

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Date: Wed, 16-Aug-89 11:59:13 PDT
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Hi,
    your apple IIGS or II(x) can use any printer it wants!!
as long as your computer has the right interface (ie parallel or serial)
and the right software..  On my printer, if I need to set up 2quality mode
I just send a set of esc and char sequence!!

      so go out and get that printer!!! it should be a lot cheaper than that
apple printer

Cheers,