The Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 is an affordable ink-jet printer that provides high-performance color and black-and-white printing. It’s ideal for home, education, and small-business users who require convenient, superior quality color capability.
Whether you use the Color StyleWriter 2400 to print your household budget or your child’s latest art project, a class handout, or customer presentation, you’ll appreciate the quality and convenience of this printer’s fast-drying, water-resistant ink. And you’ll find the Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 equally convenient to own. It’s extremely simple to set up and features a compact, attractive design that fits easily into any work space. In addition, the Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 provides economical energy efficiency through its automatic power on/off control, complying with the EPA’s EnergyStar energy-conservation guidelines.
The Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 features impressive 360- by 360-dots-per-inch resolution for color and black-and-white printing. Its speed is also impressive; the Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 prints up to 3 pages per minute for black and
white and up to 0.3 page per minute for color. And it provides fast data transfer over a variety of networks through Apple’s ColorShare software, allowing you to share your color printer with others on a LocalTalk, EtherTalk, or TokenTalk network. Or you can choose to add the optional LocalTalk module, for direct connection to a LocalTalk network.
Through its integrated ColorSync software, the Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 provides excellent print quality and superior color matching.
So if you want great print quality and color capability–and a pleasingly low price tag–the Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 is the printer for you.
Features
Outstanding print quality
• Offers 360- by 360-dpi resolution for text in crisp, sharp, black-and-white and vibrant color printing
• Takes advantage of ColorSync color-matching technology to ensure accurate color matching from screen to printer
• Provides a choice of 64 scalable TrueType fonts for printing in any size and in a wide variety of styles
Convenience
• Features an extremely compact, attractive design
• Includes everything needed to print: interface cable, ink cartridges, ink tanks, and sample media kit
• Prints on a wide range of media, including plain paper, transparencies, glossy and premium paper, and back-print film
• Comes with ColorShare technology to enable printer sharing over a variety of networks
• Supports optional LocalTalk module, making it easy to add the printer directly
to a LocalTalk network
• Complies with the EPA’s EnergyStar guidelines for energy-efficient operation
Technical Specifications
Print method
• Thermal ink jet
Print quality
• 360- by 360-dpi color
Interfaces
• High-speed serial (RS-422)
• Optional LocalTalk Module
Speed
• Up to 3 pages per minute with the high-performance black ink cartridge
• Up to 0.3 page per minute for color
• Actual speed depends on the documents printed and the Macintosh used
Fonts
• TrueType font support (see below for the families of TrueType fonts available with the Apple Color StyleWriter 2400)
• Adobe PostScript font support when used with Adobe Type Manager software
Ink cartridges
• Color Ink Cartridge (includes print head, color ink tank [cyan, magenta, and yellow], and black ink tank)
–100 pages each at 7.5% coverage
• High-Performance Black Ink Cartridge for black-and-white printing
–900 pages at 7.5% coverage
Print materials
• 16- to 24-lb. (60 to 90 g/m2) bond or copier paper
• Paper: U.S. letter, U.S. legal, A4, and envelopes (#10 business and monarch)
• 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
• Multipurpose tray that accommodates up to 100 sheets of paper or 15 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; 0.28 in. (0.7 cm) bottom
Size and weight
• Height: 8.3 in. (21.1 cm)
• Width: 14.4 in. (36.5 cm)
• Depth: 8.4 in. (21.5 cm)
• Weight: 7.9 lb. (3.6 kg)
Power consumption
• Operating mode: 45 W (maximum)
Operating environment
• Temperature: 59° to 86° F (15° to 30° C)
• Humidity: 10% to 80% noncondensing
Power requirements
• U.S./Japan: 120 volts, 60 Hz, 1 amp
• Europe/Australia: 220 to 240 volts, 50 Hz, 0.5 amp
System compatibility
• Any color-capable Apple Macintosh personal computer with 4MB of RAM and a hard disk drive
• System software version 7.0 or later
• Supports QuickDraw GX
Ordering Information
Apple Color StyleWriter 2400
Order No. M2888LL/A
• Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 printer
• User’s guide
• Apple Peripheral 8 Cable
• Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 Color Ink Cartridge (includes print head, color ink tank [cyan, magenta, and yellow], and black ink tank)
• Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 high-performance Black Ink Cartridge
(all-in-one print head and ink)
• Sample media kit
• Limited warranty
Ink cartridges
Order No. M3328G/A
Color Ink Cartridge
– 100 pages each at 7.5% coverage
Order No. M3240G/A
High-Performance Black Ink Cartridge
– 900 pages at 7.5% coverage
Replacement tanks
(for two tank process)
Order No. M3329G/A
Color Ink Tank
Order No. M3330G/A
Black Ink Tank
Media
(also compatible with Color StyleWriter Pro)
Letter-size transparency M2658G/A
Letter-size premium paper M2952G/A
Letter-size glossy paper M3655G/A
Letter-size back-print film M2953G/A
A4-size transparency M1959G/A
A4-size premium paper M2951G/A
A4-size glossy paper M3656G/A
A4-size back-print film M2954G/A
Options
Optional LocalTalk Module M3458G/A
Product specifications are subject to change. Check with your authorized Apple reseller fo the most current information about product specifications and configurations.
