Editing ImageWriter (section)

=== Features ===
The ImageWriter II, like its predecessor, used a 9-pin [[C. Itoh]] mechanism. However, the ImageWriter II was significantly faster in draft mode, where it could print 250 characters per second. Color images and text could be produced by using a color ribbon, and eight colors were supported by the original version of [[QuickDraw]] on the [[Mac (computer)|Mac]] despite running on a monochrome platform. On the [[Apple II]], complex full-color graphics could be printed. Used with the appropriate software, the ImageWriter II could produce color images with potentially hundreds of simulated colors through [[dither]]ing.

The ImageWriter II has three ASCII text-quality modes:
#''NLQ'' (near-letter-quality) at 45 [[characters per second|CPS]], a feature for very high text quality on the Apple II platform or for improved draft printing quality on the Macintosh platform. 
#''Standard'' (Correspondence) mode at 180 CPS, providing average-quality text.
#''Draft'' mode at 250 CPS, the fastest output but at the lowest quality level.

In addition to having the same ASCII and European-language characters found in the original ImageWriter, the ImageWriter II added 32 [[MouseText]] characters.

The ImageWriter II was designed in accordance with Apple's [[Snow White design language]]. In 1986, it received the [[I.D. (magazine)|I.D.]] Design Review and Silver [[International Design Excellence Awards]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/7228/image.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991110015921/http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/7228/image.html |archive-date=10 November 1999 |title=Vintage Mac Club's ImageWriter II page}}</ref> making it the first desktop printer to receive such approbation.