AppleWorks: ImageWriter II Color Printing

Apple Works can print in color on the ImageWriter II. To enable color printing, configure a custom printer, and select printer codes that you do not expect to use, e.g. 4 character per inch, superscript start and stop, etc. Define those codes with the escape sequences for the color you wish to implement. For the correct codes, refer to Appendices F and G in the ImageWriter II Owner's Manual and the ImageWriter Quick Reference Card in the rear of same.
A typical set up is as follows:
CodeEffect
CTRL-N4 CPI
CTRL-O10 CPI
ESC K 25 CPI used for Red
ESC K6 CPI used for Blue
ESC !Boldface begin
ESC "oldface end
ESC ySub begin
ESC zSub end
ESC xSuper begin
ESC zSuper end

With this set up, printing a portion of text in red requires the following steps:

1. Move the cursor to the beginnning of the desired text.
2. Select printer options.
3. Choose 5 CPI.
4. When you wnat to return to black printing, select printer options and choose 10 CPI.

To set the printed text to blue, select printer options and choose 6 CPI.

Don't forget to select printer options and choose 10 CPI to return printing to black.

Use these steps to produce color printing of one word or a couple of words. To make a whole paragraph color, the only command that seems to work consistently is underline. If you configure the underline command as a color, you'll get the whole paragraph in that color. If you configure the superscript-subscript command as a color, you'll only get the first line in color; all subsequent lines will be black. Margins will be wrong if you set up things like 4 CPI for color.
Published Date: Feb 19, 2012