This article provides the technical specifications for the Apple Color StyleWriter 2200 printer.

Print Method

Thermal ink jet

Print Quality

- 360 by 360 dpi for color or gray-scale documents
- 720 by 360 dpi for edge smoothing on black-and-white documents

Interface
High-speed serial (885 Kbps)

Speed

- Up to 5 pages per minute for black and white
- Up to 0.33 page per minute for color
- Actual speed depends on the documents printed and the Macintosh used

Fonts

- TrueType font support (see below for the 64 TrueType fonts available)
- Adobe PostScript font support when used with Adobe Type Manager software

Fonts Available

- ITC Avant Garde

- Zeal

- New York
- ITC Bookman

- Chicago

- Onyx
- Courier

- Delphian

- Palatino
- ITC Garamond Narrow

- Geneva

- Swing
- Helvetica

- Helvetica Black

- Symbol
- Helvetica Compressed

- Helvetica Narrow

- Times
- ITC Lubalin Graph

- Lucida Bright

- ITC Zapf Chancery

- ITC Machine

- Monaco

- ITC Zapf Dingbats
- Nadianne

- New Century Schoolbook

- Old English Text

Ink Cartridges and Tanks

- Color Ink Cartridge (includes print head, color ink tank [cyan, magenta, and yellow], and black ink tank). Print head prints approx. 2,000 pages.

- Ink tanks print approx. 40 pages @ 30% ink cover-age (7.5% ink coverage for each of the four colors).

- High-Performance Black Ink Cartridge (includes print head and black ink tank). Print head prints approx. 3,000 pages. Ink tank prints approx. 150 pages @ 5% ink coverage.

- Actual page print capacity per ink tank depends on the documents printed and type of print material used.

Print Materials

- 16- to 24-lb. (60 to 90 g/m2) bond or copier paper

Paper

U.S. letter, U.S. legal, A4, executive, and envelopes (#10 business and #6)

- Most letterhead and colored stock, labels, and envelopes

- For superior graphics and imaging results, Apple recommends Apple glossy and premium paper and Apple back-print film

- For fast dry time and vibrant colors on overhead transparencies, Apple recommends Apple color ink-jet transparencies

Paper Capacity

- Built-in automatic paper feeder tray holds up to 30 sheets of plain paper, 8 sheets of specialty media, or 5 envelopes

Printable surface

- Maximum printable line: 8.1 in. (20.6 cm)
- Minimum margins: 0.2 in. (0.5 cm) left and right;
0.1 in. (0.3 cm) top; 0.3 in. (0.8 cm) bottom

Size and Weight

- Height: 2.2 in. (5.7 cm)
- Width: 11.8 in. (30.0 cm)
- Depth: 6.2 in. (15.8 cm)
- Weight: 3.1 lb. (1.4 kg)

Power

- AC power adapter or optional NiMH (nickel-metal hydride) rechargeable battery (prints approximately 200 pages per charge)

Operating Environment

- Temperature: 59 to 86 F (15 to 30 C)
- Humidity: 10% to 80% noncondensing

System requirements

- Any Apple Macintosh or PowerBook computer with at least a 68020 processor, or any Power Macintosh
- 4MB RAM or more
- System software version 7.1 or later
- Supports QuickDraw GX
- Supports ColorSync 2.0