Scott Baret
Well-known member
Sparked by the discussion in another topic about LC475s being manufactured later than thought, here's a question--who out there has the newest ImageWriter II?
According to most sources, the ImageWriter II was still around as late as 1996. They got the brown shipping boxes and revised manuals (there were actually four ImageWriter II manuals to my knowledge, at least for the US version of the printer).
It would seem reasonable to believe Apple had many sitting in storage after a while. Once the StyleWriter came along, the ImageWriter II's popularity faded rapidly for most--with the exceptions being those looking to print multipart forms or banners, people who wanted a cheap color printer, and schools who already had plenty of them in the ecosystem. They were also inexpensive to network.
As far as finding late models, I personally have seen one made in 1994. I decided to check things out on eBay and found one made in April 1995. I don't think I've seen one newer. Does anyone out there have an ImageWriter II made after that? Any 1996s out there among us? I'd be curious to see when they pulled the plug on production.
According to most sources, the ImageWriter II was still around as late as 1996. They got the brown shipping boxes and revised manuals (there were actually four ImageWriter II manuals to my knowledge, at least for the US version of the printer).
It would seem reasonable to believe Apple had many sitting in storage after a while. Once the StyleWriter came along, the ImageWriter II's popularity faded rapidly for most--with the exceptions being those looking to print multipart forms or banners, people who wanted a cheap color printer, and schools who already had plenty of them in the ecosystem. They were also inexpensive to network.
As far as finding late models, I personally have seen one made in 1994. I decided to check things out on eBay and found one made in April 1995. I don't think I've seen one newer. Does anyone out there have an ImageWriter II made after that? Any 1996s out there among us? I'd be curious to see when they pulled the plug on production.