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The Apple LaserWriter
was one of the first laser printers available to the public. At an price
of US $6,995, the LaserWriter was more expensive than PC laser printers
of comparable print speed and quality. The LaserWriter's high cost was largely
due to the extra processing power needed to run the PostScript interpreter. At
introduction, the LaserWriter had the most processing power in Apple's product
line — more than an 8MHz Macintosh. The combination of the LaserWriter
printer, publishing software Aldus PageMaker, and the GUI-based Macintosh, is
generally considered to have sparked the desktop publishing (DTP) revolution.
When it was introduced in late 1985, the LaserWriter was the first
laser printer for the Macintosh world. With a printer resolution of 300 dpi
and printing speed of 8ppm, it may have seemed like just another ordinary
printer. But at the heart of the LaserWriter’s raster image processor lay the
Adobe PostScript interpreter, a feature that would ultimately transform the
landscape of computer desktop publishing.
Eventually, the standardization on Ethernet and PostScript as a means
for connecting to and controlling laser printers rendered Apple's printers an
unnecessary added expense. The Mac platform functions equally well with any
non-Apple Postscript printer. After the LaserWriter 8500, Apple discontinued
the LaserWriter product line.
We carry toners for 8 different LaserWriter printers: The
LaserWriter II, the LaserWriter 4-600ps, the Personal LaserWriter 300, the
LaserWriter 16-600ps, the LaserWriter pro 600, the LaserWriter pro 630, the
LaserWriter pro 810, and the Personal LaserWriter. We do not carry any apple
brand toner, but rather carry toners from Xerox, Hewlett Packard and our own
brand of compatible (Which is 100% guaranteed).
Although these printers are no longer in production, there are a lot of
people who swear by them for their ease of use, durability and quality.
Apple Laserwriter
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