Apple ImageWriter II Printer, 1986-1992
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This printer was used educationally with an Apple IIGS in the late 1980s in a Detroit classroom. It is a dot matrix printer with complex color printing capabilities, able to simulate hundreds of colors in photographic printouts. As a recipient of a 1986 Industrial Design Excellence Award, it is the first desktop printer to win this honor.
This printer was used educationally with an Apple IIGS in the late 1980s in a Detroit classroom. It is a dot matrix printer with complex color printing capabilities, able to simulate hundreds of colors in photographic printouts. As a recipient of a 1986 Industrial Design Excellence Award, it is the first desktop printer to win this honor.
Artifact
Computer printer
Date Made
1986-1992
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made in Japan for Apple Compter, Inc.
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Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2009.4.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mildred and Charles Webster
Material
Plastic
Metal
Rubber (Material)
Cardboard
Styrofoam (TM)
Color
Beige (Color)
Gray (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 11.25 in (product package)
Width: 17.5 in (product package)
Length: 21.75 in (product package)
Inscriptions
On label on bottom: Apple® ImageWriterTM II/ Apple Computer, Inc./ Cupertino, California/ Model Number A9MO320/ Serial Number/ 0935403/.../ FCC ID? BCG9BUA9MO320/ Made in Japan/.../ On front: ImageWriter II/ Beside slide selectors: error/ pwr/ on/ off/ select/ print quality/ line feed/ form feed/ paper load/ eject
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