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Sound on for dot matrix ASMR
ASCII art color wheel on ImageWriter II
Adjusting the CPI and LPI to get more characters.
Some classics: ImageWriter II color ribbon X ASCII art
ImageWriter II color ribbon X ASCII art
A while back I wrote some Python to print directly to ImageWriter II & LQ printers, both mono and color over serial. It also seems to work over AppleTalk which is awesome!
I printed this BYTE magazine cover using MacPalette II and my Python script for comparison.
MacPalette II is better at color but mine is better at smaller details, like the text at the top.
New blog post: Fixing NOS ImageWriter II color ribbons. Long story short, I went back to foam! This post goes through my trials, failures, and success. Hope you find it useful!
I may have found a solution for the ImageWriter II color ribbon pinch rollers. The O-ring method just wasn’t working for me. Details soon after some more testing. ☺️
I got O rings from Home Depot (#70 3/4” OD, 9/16” ID) to go around the pinch rollers to replace the bad foam. It worked well with no friction on take up.
Now that the ribbon is all back inside the cartridge, there’s not enough torque to pull it from the other side of the cartridge. The O rings are loose and slip.
Anyone know a source for better O rings?
kylew
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