I'm glad to see this project taking place!! Ribbons are still readily available. Look hard and you can find color ribbons for under $5 a pop. I also fond a guy selling black ribbons at the Vintage Computer Festival in NJ last year for a buck each.
They did make these printers through 1996. The earliest models don't have ImageWriter II written on them; only the platinum (early 1987-1996) models have it. There are actually two models of the platinum version (earlier ones are heavier and have the cable port in a different location) but they do pretty much the same thing. The internals are different though.
They did make these printers through 1996. The earliest models don't have ImageWriter II written on them; only the platinum (early 1987-1996) models have it. There are actually two models of the platinum version (earlier ones are heavier and have the cable port in a different location) but they do pretty much the same thing. The internals are different though.