HP97-HP41 printers frame interchangeable?

[Paul Berger (Canada)]

Yes they are basically the same, in my experience I found that even though some of the hardware changed between the topcats and the 82143A / 82162A all the necessary holes are still in the frame to mount the topcat printer hardware. There are a couple protrusions on the 82143A / 82162A frame that you will need to trim off to get it to fit the topcat case.

edit: I transferred everything from the topcat printer frame including platen, you will need to transfer over the axle for the idler gear as well it comes out the inside of the frame but there are some parts in there that need to be removed to get at it, but I don't recall exactly what right now.