The Color LaserWriter was a line of
PostScript four-color
laser printers
Laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. It produces high-quality text and graphics (and moderate-quality photographs) by repeatedly passing a laser beam back and forth over a negatively-charged cylinder called a "drum" to ...
manufactured by
Apple Computer, Inc. in the mid-1990s. These printers were compatible with PCs and Apple's own
Macintosh
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line of computers; these printers were also able to connect to large networks by way of the use of an 10baseT
Ethernet
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port. Two models were released.
Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS
A
PostScript printer, the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS color
laser printer
Laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. It produces high-quality text and graphics (and moderate-quality photographs) by repeatedly passing a laser beam back and forth over a negatively-charged cylinder called a "drum" to ...
was intended for small business and consumers with high printing requirements. The
Windows
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-compatible driver was of interest due to its ability generate Postscript files (.ps) for later printing.
This printer was released in 1995,
one year before its replacement with the Color LaserWriter 12/660 PS, which had the same specifications as the 12/600 PS, but was sold at a lower price.
Color LaserWriter 12/660 PS
The Color LaserWriter 12/660 PS is a color
laser printer
Laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. It produces high-quality text and graphics (and moderate-quality photographs) by repeatedly passing a laser beam back and forth over a negatively-charged cylinder called a "drum" to ...
introduced by
Apple
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in October 1996. The printer became a workhorse used in
Kinko's
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copy stores across the United States. The printer's weight, size, speed of printing, and high cost of purchase, operation, and maintenance were its chief drawbacks.
References
External links
Driver for Windows 9512/600 Technical Specifications on Apple.com12/660 Technical Specifications on Apple.com
Laser printers
Apple Inc. printers
Computer-related introductions in 1995
Discontinued Apple Inc. products
Products and services discontinued in 1996
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