Apple Daisy Wheel Printer
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The Apple Daisy Wheel Printer was a daisy wheel printer
manufactured and sold by Apple, Inc. It utilized the ASCII
command set and fed via continuous form
paper. The printer included several different 130-character "daisy" print wheels (e.g., Courier, Prestige Elite
, Gothic
, Executive) in English, French, German, and other languages.
It could be used with the Lisa system
, Apple III
system, and Apple IIe
or Apple II Plus
system if the Super Serial Interface Card was installed.
Daisy wheel printer
Daisy wheel printers use an impact printing technology invented in 1969 by David S. Lee at Diablo Data Systems. It uses interchangeable pre-formed type elements, each with typically 96 glyphs, to generate high-quality output comparable to premium typewriters such as the IBM Selectric, but two to...
manufactured and sold by Apple, Inc. It utilized the ASCII
ASCII
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is a character-encoding scheme based on the ordering of the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text...
command set and fed via continuous form
Continuous stationery
Continuous stationery or Continuous form paper is paper which is designed for use with dot-matrix printers and line printers. Other names for continuous stationery include fan-fold paper, sprocket feed paper, burst paper, tractor-feed paper, and pin feed paper...
paper. The printer included several different 130-character "daisy" print wheels (e.g., Courier, Prestige Elite
Prestige Elite
Prestige Elite, also known simply as Prestige, is a monospaced typeface.It was created by Clayton Smith in 1953 for IBM. Along with Courier, it was extremely popular for use in electric typewriters, especially the IBM Selectric...
, Gothic
Letter Gothic
Letter Gothic is a monospaced sans-serif typeface. It was created between 1956 and 1962 by Roger Roberson for IBM in their Lexington plant. It was initially intended to be used in Selectric electric typewriters. It is readable and is recommended for technical documentation and for sheets including...
, Executive) in English, French, German, and other languages.
It could be used with the Lisa system
Apple Lisa
The Apple Lisa—also known as the Lisa—is a :personal computer designed by Apple Computer, Inc. during the early 1980s....
, Apple III
Apple III
The Apple III is a business-oriented personal computer produced and released by Apple Computer that was intended as the successor to the Apple II series, but largely considered a failure in the market. Development work on the Apple III started in late 1978 under the guidance of Dr. Wendell Sander...
system, and Apple IIe
Apple IIe
The Apple IIe is the third model in the Apple II series of personal computers produced by Apple Computer. The e in the name stands for enhanced, referring to the fact that several popular features were now built-in that were only available as upgrades and add-ons in earlier models...
or Apple II Plus
Apple II Plus
The Apple II Plus was the second model of the Apple II series of personal computers produced by Apple Computer, Inc. It was sold new from June 1979 to December 1982.-Features:...
system if the Super Serial Interface Card was installed.