Apple Color StyleWriter 1500
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| Color StyleWriter 1500 (photo: Banffy, CC BY-SA 4.0) | |
| Manufacturer | Apple Computer, Inc. |
| Type | Colour ink-jet printer |
| Release date | February 1996 |
| Interface | High-speed serial (885 kbit/s); optional StyleWriter EtherTalk Adapter |
| Compatible | Macintosh with a 68020 or later processor, Power Macintosh or PowerBook; System 7.1 or later; 4 MB RAM (5 MB recommended) |
| Dimensions | 176 × 348 × 215 mm (6.9 × 13.7 × 8.5 in) |
| Weight | 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) |
| Model | M3374 (label); M4428LL/A (order number) |
| Power | External AC adapter; label rating 13.5 V DC, 1.0 A |
The Apple Color StyleWriter 1500 is an entry-level ink-jet printer that Apple introduced on 19 February 1996.[1] It is a development of the StyleWriter 1200 and takes one cartridge at a time: a black cartridge (the same one the StyleWriter 1200 uses) or a three-colour cyan, magenta and yellow cartridge that also prints a composite black.[2] Apple's Service Source is titled StyleWriter 1500 and uses both names; the rating label on the printer reads "Color StyleWriter 1500", model M3374, 13.5 V DC 1.0 A.[2][3]
Apple's service manual lists the hardware changes from the StyleWriter 1200: a sheet feeder redesigned for the engine supplier's new paper-feed scheme, a matching cover over the controller and feed rollers, no error LED, no output tray, and an external power adapter in place of an internal supply. The driver added two print modes, Fine (360 dpi) and Smooth (720 × 360 dpi).[2]
Specifications
[edit | edit source]| Item | Value |
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| Print method | Serial bubble jet, ink on demand |
| Print head | 1 × 64 nozzles; life about 500 pages in normal mode |
| Resolution | Best 720 × 360 dpi (black and white, edge smoothing) or 360 × 360 dpi (greyscale and colour); Normal 360 × 360 dpi; Draft 180 × 180 dpi |
| Paper | Letter, Legal, A4 and Executive, 16-24 lb; 100 sheets |
| Other media | Up to 10 No. 6 or No. 10 envelopes; coated or ink-jet transparencies |
| Cartridge life | About 500 pages (black) |
| Environment | 15-30 °C; 10-80 % humidity, no condensation; about 40 dB |
| Power adapter input | 102-132 V AC 60 Hz (US and Japan); 204-264 V AC 50 Hz (UK and Australia); 196-253 V AC 50 Hz (Europe); 85-110 V AC 50/60 Hz (Japan) |
| Power consumption | 30 W maximum |
| Size and weight | 176 mm high, 348 mm wide, 215 mm deep; about 2.5 kg |
Apple's January 1996 data sheet gives up to 3 pages per minute in black and 0.3 in colour or greyscale, a high-speed serial interface at 885 kbit/s, 64 TrueType fonts, an 8.0 in printable line with 0.25 in minimum margins, and 22.6 W maximum power, against the Service Source's 30 W.[4][2] The user's guide says the black cartridge prints about 500 pages at 5 % coverage and the colour cartridge about 100 pages at 30 % coverage.[5]
Cartridges
[edit | edit source]| Item | Order number |
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| Apple Color StyleWriter Color Ink Cartridge (print head and cyan, magenta, yellow tanks in one unit) | M4609G/A |
| StyleWriter Series Black Ink Cartridge | M8041G/C |
Apple's 1995 supplies data sheet gives M8041G/C as the cartridge for the StyleWriter, StyleWriter II, Portable StyleWriter and StyleWriter 1200, compatible with the Canon BJ-100, BJ-200, BJ-200e and Fax-B340.[6] The colour cartridge has no separate tanks: when one colour runs out, the whole cartridge is replaced.[5]
Hardware
[edit | edit source]| Part | Apple part number |
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| Logic board; logic board cover | 661-1111; 922-2061 |
| Carriage unit; carriage belt; carriage ribbon cable | 922-1927; 922-1922; 922-2064 |
| Carriage motor; paper feed motor | 922-1923; 922-1924 |
| Purge unit | 922-2063 |
| Cut sheet feeder; pick-up roller; paper support | 922-1903; 922-1921; 922-2065 |
| Eject roller | 922-1920 |
| Upper case; front cover; rear cover; interface cover | 922-1919; 922-1926; 922-1918; 922-1928 |
| Bottom case; feet | 922-1925; 922-0182 |
| Carriage release clip; shaft clip | 922-0197; 922-0196 |
Removing the logic board means disconnecting CNR, CNH, CNV and CNLF; the paper feed motor plugs into CNV, the home-position sensor is read at CNH pin 29, and the symptom charts measure the carriage motor at CNCR.[2] The Service Source gives three measurements: the adapter's output should be 11.5-15.5 V, each carriage motor winding about 7 Ω, and the home-position sensor 4.8 V ± 0.2 V with the carriage at home. See the troubleshooting guide.[2]
Test page and demo units
[edit | edit source]Switch the printer on and hold the online key for at least six seconds. The test page shows the ROM revision and a nozzle pattern, with different pages for the black and colour cartridges.[2] The cleaning chapter gives a second method: plug in the adapter and hold the power button until the test page starts.[2]
A limited number of 1500s were sold to Apple resellers with a demo page in the logic board ROM. They are serviced like any other 1500, but a replacement logic board loses the demo page.[2]
Software
[edit | edit source]The Color StyleWriter 1500 software also drives the original StyleWriter, the StyleWriter II and the StyleWriter 1200, and replaces PrintMonitor with desktop printing.[5] It needs a Macintosh with a 68020 or later processor (not a Macintosh Plus, SE, Classic, Portable or PowerBook 100), System 7.1 or later and at least 4 MB of RAM.[5]
Maintenance and repair
[edit | edit source]- Apple Color StyleWriter 1500 General Maintenance: cleaning, cartridges, head cleaning and the EEPROM reset.
- Apple Color StyleWriter 1500 Troubleshooting Guide: Apple's symptom charts, with the motor, sensor and adapter measurements.
Documentation
[edit | edit source]- StyleWriter 1500 Service Source: Apple's 89-page service manual.
- Apple Color StyleWriter 1500 Documentation: the user's guide and the January 1996 data sheet.
Gallery
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Rating label: model M3374, 13.5 V 1.0 A
Related pages
[edit | edit source]- Apple Color StyleWriter 2500, introduced the same day
- Apple Color StyleWriter 2200
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Apple, "Color StyleWriter 1500: Technical Specifications", support.apple.com/en-us/112268. Introduced 19 February 1996; PD language QuickDraw; ports serial, optional LocalTalk, optional EtherTalk; 22.6 W maximum, 1 A, 100-120 V, 48-62 Hz; 3 pages per minute mono, 0.3 colour; 720 × 360 maximum dpi; 5.5 lb; 6.9 × 13.7 × 8.5 in.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Apple Computer, StyleWriter 1500 (Service Source), 89 pp., hosted as StyleWriter 1500 Service Source (PDF). Page numbers are PDF pages. Basics pp. 3-9 (differences from the StyleWriter 1200 pp. 4-5, colour capability p. 6, test page pp. 7-8, demo units p. 9); Specifications pp. 11-17; Troubleshooting pp. 19-34; Take Apart pp. 36-75 (covers p. 36, logic board p. 71, purge unit p. 73); ink cartridge cleaning pp. 77-82; EEPROM reset pp. 83-87; exploded view p. 89.
- ↑ Banffy, photograph of the Color StyleWriter 1500 rating label, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, hosted as File:Apple Color StyleWriter 1500 label.jpg.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Apple Computer, Apple Color StyleWriter 1500, product data sheet L01704A, January 1996, hosted as File:Apple Color StyleWriter 1500 Data Sheet 1996.pdf. Features; ordering information (printer M4428LL/A with software, black and colour cartridges, serial cable, AC adapter and user's guide; colour cartridge M4609G/A; black cartridge M8041G/C; StyleWriter EtherTalk Adapter M4775LL/A); technical specifications; system requirements.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Apple Computer, Color StyleWriter 1500: Setting up and using your printer, 030-8134-A, hosted as File:Apple Color StyleWriter 1500 Users Guide 1996.pdf. Page numbers are the guide's own. System requirements and software notes p. x; plugging in p. 10; replacing a cartridge and yields p. 54; storing the cartridge p. 55; cleaning p. 57; the power light and automatic head cleaning p. 66.
- ↑ Apple Computer, Printer Supplies for the Color StyleWriter 2400, data sheet L00895B, August 1995, hosted as File:Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 Supplies Data Sheet 1995.pdf, p. 3, ink cartridge compatibility table.