The Portable StyleWriter was a monochrome inkjet printer from the StyleWriter series that was released by Apple Computer. Introduced in June 1993 for mobile PowerBook users, it was Apple's first battery-powered printer.
Description[]
Printing on an Apple Portable StyleWriter
The Portable StyleWriter featured a resolution of 360-dpi and could print at a speed of 1.5 pages-per-minute. It is compatible with Canon BC-02 bubblejet cartridges. The printer includes with a proprietary adapter to allow its parallel port to be connected to a RS-422 serial port of a Macintosh or Newton device. For portable operation, it can run on a rechargeable nickel–cadmium battery.[1][2] An optional automatic sheet feeder was made available for US$79.95.[3]
Included fonts[]
39 TrueType fonts are included on disk.[3] Support for PostScript Type 1 fonts can be added by using Adobe Type Manager.[4]
Discontinuation[]
The Portable StyleWriter was discontinued on May 15, 1995 and superseded by the Color StyleWriter 2200.[2][5]
References[]
- ↑ Back in the days when Apple reluctantly using parallel for printing by Pinot W. Ichwandardi, Twitter. 2021-03-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Portable StyleWriter, Apple Spec Database. Archived 1999-12-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Apple offers 4½-pound portable inkjet printer for the PowerBook by Kelley Damore, InfoWorld. 1993-07-05.
- ↑ Working with a Printer by Ray White, The White Files. 2004.
- ↑ Color StyleWriter 2200: Technical Specifications, Apple Inc. 2017-07-26.
External links[]
- Portable StyleWriter: Technical Specifications at Apple Support (archived 2018-03-22)
- Portable StyleWriter (PDF) by Apple Service Source (mirrored)
- Apple Portable StyleWriter by Stephen Edmonds
- Portable StyleWriter at madeApple
- Portable StyleWriter at the North East Florida Educational Consortium
- Portable StyleWriter at Vintage Apple
- StyleWriter: Portable StyleWriter at Wikipedia
