ostroff@penelope (Boyd Ostroff) (12/24/89)
My father has been using AppleWorks on an Apple II+ and Apple //c for years
but is finally ready to take the plunge and buy a Mac SE.
The service technician at his local dealership told him that his Apple "Scribe"
printer would work fine with the SE. For those unfamiliar with it, the
Scribe is a serial printer Apple markets for the Apple II line which uses
either thermal paper or a thermal transfer ink ribbon. Now I realize that
technically any printer will "work" on a Mac in draft (text) mode, but is
there really a print driver that will let the Scribe work like an ImageWriter?
He could afford the ImageWriter II, but he likes the Scribe since it is quiet
and he works late at night in an apartment house. No, I don't think he's
ready to invest in a LaserWriter yet :-)
Anyway, can someone shed some light on this? I believe that "Grappler"
made a converter box-cable gizzmo once which claimed to let you use all
kinds of printers with a Mac. Is this still available? Would it work
with the Scribe?
Would prefer response by email if possible...
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