aron@garnet.berkeley.edu (Aron Roberts) (10/20/89)
Have you experienced any problems--particularly with character spacing-- when using an Imagewriter I printer on a 50 Hz power source outside the US? ----- In Apple's Tech Info Library article, "Using Apple Equipment Overseas" (dating from September 1988), it is stated that: "The following devices require a grounded, stepdown, isolation transformer: - Daisy Wheel - Dot Matrix - Imagewriter >>Using these printers on a 50 Hz source can noticeably affect spacing between >>characters." (emphasis added) A faculty member here wants to use his ImageWriter I with a stepdown transformer in West Germany. He's read this article and is concerned about possible problems he might have with character spacing. However ... I've yet to see a report--either in _MacWorld_'s two articles on 'travelling outside the United States with your Mac' or the variety of postings on international use of Macintoshes appearing in this newsgroup--which describes a character spacing problem with the use of the Imagewriter I with a 50 Hz power source. The Apple Tech Info Library article, "Apple Products Overseas," also does not mention this problem. If you have used an Imagewriter I printer on a 50 Hz source with a stepdown transformer, have you actually encountered character spacing problems with the Imagewriter I on a 50 Hz source? If you did, how severe were they? Did they affect draft mode (internal character set) printing, better/faster printing, or both? Please send email; I will summarize to the net only if there is interest. Many thanks! Aron Roberts Workstation Support Services . 219 Evans Hall University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 aron@garnet.Berkeley.EDU . ucbvax!garnet!aron ARONR@UCBCMSA.BITNET . (415) 642-5974