paulrickards

Last time I printed to my LaserWriter II printer, it made a horrible noise: lots of repeated clacking.

Tonight I figured out why. A gear broke on the fuser assembly which caused the paper delivery to fail and the page got stuck inside. I swapped it with a gear from an old fuser assembly and we're back in business!

I really like the print quality of this printer. With the IIg card, it does an amazing job. Just a tad on the slow side. 🐢

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #MARCHintosh

Mar 11 at 1:41amWeb
Show threadblturnerMar 11
@paulrickards I picked one up off a local eBay seller without realizing how massive they are 😬
Show threadpaulrickardsMar 11
@ben They're big! Have you gotten yours working?
Show threadblturnerMar 11
@paulrickards it powers on, but I haven't tried printing to it yet
Show threadMaria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️Mar 11
@paulrickards @jcdvore OMG! I bought a LaserWriter II SC with my first Mac in 1989. It cost a freaking fortune and didn't do postscript. It connected to my Mac with an SCSI cable. I can't believe you have one and it's still printing. Or that you could still get cartridges for it.
Show threadpaulrickardsMar 11

@mlanger @jcdvore This LaserWriter needed a lot of work to get it to print this well. I detailed the repairs in my blog post.

https://biosrhythm.com/?p=1869

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