As far as I am aware, the LA75 and AppleImagewriter are almost the same printer except for firmware. They both use the same ribbons, I'm 100% sure of that. I seem to recall that they're also similar to another "generic" printer (C-Itoh or something like that) but I don't remember what it was. - Bob -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of chris Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 2:10 PM To: Classic Computer Subject: DEC dot matrix printer I have a Digital LA75-A2 "Companion Printer" available if anyone wants it. I don't know if it works, and I have no way to test it. It was pulled dibs on anything DEC that I get because he's been feeding me a fairly steady stream of old Macs). John took everything else. The printer looks clean, and is physically in good condition. Other items I pulled from the dumpster that I have been able to test have all worked fine for the most part (for instance, the HP LJ 4 that I pulled is up and running just fine, and the 5L works but does the typical grabbing of too many pages from the hopper that all of HPs in that stand up design seem to do, and so far every cable that I pulled has tested ok). So I have no reason to believe the printer doesn't work... but like I said, I got it from a dumpster, and have no way to test it, so I can't promise anything. If anyone wants it, its free. Just come pick it up or cover shipping NJ (07450). Or if you are anywhere between Ridgewood and Wayne or Wayne and Eatontown, I can drop it off tomorrow (friday) when I am out hitting two of my offices. If no one wants it, it will most likely end up back in the dumpster (I might see if there are any print engine parts I can pull as visually it looks like it may be based on the same engine the Apple ImageWriter 1 is built around... if anyone can confirm that let me know). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>