Above: Youtube of Apple Imagewriter ɪ ɪ
Apple Image Writer ɪ ɪ is the one most ingrained in my mind. My father used one until not to all that long ago. He misses Apple Works.
I can’t remember what printer had a LPT (Line Print Terminal) code or codes that put the printer into a “diagnostic” mode that basically systematically lengthened the heads travel and return, until it hit resonance with the table, and then slowly fell out of phase again. I haven’t used those brain cells since the 90s and I don’t even know if I am using the proper terminology. I have no idea why I want to wake those brain cells.
Edit: Added- I think it was a long brown Epson. Super wide. But it could have been emulating an Epson printer (Via a DIP setting). I don’t know if I am remembering the DIP switches or the printer. I think it even had a character cartridge with a dial that was irritating to get to.
