[comp.sys.mac] Grappler LQ Experience?

PJA@PSUVM.BITNET (05/04/88)

I'm considering buying a 24-pin dot matrix printer for my Mac SE,
and using the Grappler LQ (advertised in your favorite Mac mag.)
for Imagewriter immulation. Does anyone have any experience with
such a setup, which they would like to share?

Thanks in advance.

Kenton Phillips
Astro Dept, Penn State


P.S. The model of printer has not yet been determined.
P.P.S. I would prefer response by e-mail, to pja@psuvm.psu.edu.

dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David M. O'Rourke) (05/05/88)

In article <41316PJA@PSUVM> PJA@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>I'm considering buying a 24-pin dot matrix printer for my Mac SE,
>and using the Grappler LQ (advertised in your favorite Mac mag.)
>for Imagewriter immulation. Does anyone have any experience with
>such a setup, which they would like to share?

  I have one of these little goodies hooked up to an LQ1500 and it works!
But that's about all I have to say for it.  It is incosistant in the placement
of the graphics, ie sometimes the letters look fine, and the next letter
will look weird, you'd have to see it to understand it.  We have not
be satified at all, and have gone back to the ImageWriter II.

  My recommendation, buy a LaserWriter SC.  That's the cheap way out, my
real recommendation is buy a LaserWriter II NT, but that's real expensive.
Also you might be happy with one of the numerous non-apple laser printers,
including the GCC Personal LW, and the AST TurboLaser.