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I'll try the print server from rMBP with Ghostscript and Netatalk. If it doesn't work I may buy a Colour StyleWriter 2500.

StyleWriters that you can still get ink cartridges for today (May 2015): [sW=StyleWriter, CSW=Colour StyleWriter] CSW Pro CSW 2400 CSW 2500 CSW 4100 More

But I already have a Canon MG6220 and don't want to pay $550 for a printer! At that rate I could get 2 Q700s and an accelerator for my IIci! Which Colour StyleWriters have ink cartridges that are still available?

Greyscale (with dithering for photos) is fine with me! Would http://www.ebay.com/itm/ImageWriter-II-Printer-for-Apple-IIGS-Prints-well-Model-A9M0320-S-N-1717647-/121641807733?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c526aaf75 be good?

I'm afraid I can't help you here, I don't use Windows very much anymore (Mac, Linux, Android, Classic Mac, Apple DOS 3.3).

Hmmm... Would an ImageWriter be good? There's one on eBay, working.

But I didn't install Ghostscript! And I didn't use Netatalk! And Gutenprint support for my printer (Canon PIXMA MG6220) is "EXPERIMENTAL". And I didn't wait very long for the slow RPi! As I said, I'll try again with my rMBP, Netatalk, and Ghostscript this week.

I'm not emulating a Mac on the RPi, I'm just adapting it to Raspbian. I think I'll try with my Retina MBP. I may try with my 700MHz iBook G3 some day. edit: I don't want to buy a new printer since they cost >$80. Edit #2: I'll try Netatalk. Edit #3: I DIDN'T USE GHOSTSCRIPT!!

Huh? I clicked "print a test job" in the CUPS WebUI. What exactly do you want me to do? P.S. The print server has been unplugged as it interfered with printing from my retina 15" MacBook Pro.

No, I can't print a test page from the Raspberry Pi I'm using. Slow/experimental Gutenprint drivers? Also, I don't want to by a modern printer because I don't really want to pay more than US$70-80. Edit: A black and white printer (with greyscale picture dithering like the StyleWriter II) is OK...

Any advice as to where to find a StyleWriter II working & tested on eBay? Or should I risk an "Untested, power light comes on" StyleWriter II?

Couldn't you run Mini vMac on your iMac?

It could also be greyscale.

StyleWriter II eh? I kind of want the colour for printing pictures though. Would a Colour StyleWriter 2500 be good? It seems that there are a number on eBay. Edit: There are plenty of StyleWriter IIs as well.

So, I have a nice working Macintosh IIci running System 7.5.4 (yes, I have a copy). I am thinking of getting a colour printer off eBay. However, I also have a Macintosh SE FDHD (dual floppy) which I might like to print from in the future (running 6.0.8/7.0.1, or maybe 7.1/7.1.1 in the future)...

It probably needs StuffIt 5.5, which doesn't run on a 68000 like Mini vMac emulates. I (with a MacBook Pro) have a modern version of StuffIt Expander and when I used Mini vMac I would decompress on my modern Mac, then use the terminal command "macbinary encode" to encode the file. Then used...

I think the floppy drive is working!

Yup, I hope I didn't fry the floppy controller by mistaken probing.

The computer now works and reliably (I think; I only tried it a few times) boots! Thank you, RalfK. Thank you, Elfen. Thank you, Unity. Thank you, Uniserver (for the recap). Now I just have to figure out how to fix the floppy drive...

Full '040 - how? I might do that. Edit: Is it a PDS card? Those are hard to find.