LaserWriter
The LaserWriter is a laser printer with built-in PostScript interpreter sold by Apple, Inc. from 1985 to 1988. It was one of the first laser printers available to the mass market. In combination with WYSIWYG publishing software like PageMaker that operated on top of the graphical user interface of Macintosh computers, the LaserWriter was a key component at the beginning of the desktop publishing revolution.
Key facts
- Computer hardware.name
- LaserWriter
- Computer hardware.image
- Laserwriter.jpg
- Computer hardware.processor
- Motorola 68000
- Computer hardware.frequency
- 12 MHz
- Computer hardware.memory
- 1.5 MB
- Computer hardware.slots
- 1
- Computer hardware.rom
- 512 KB
- Computer hardware.ports
- Serial, LocalTalk, AppleTalk
- Computer hardware.type
- Laser
- Computer hardware.color
- Monochrome
- Computer hardware.dpi
- 300
- Computer hardware.speed
- 8 pages per minute
~13 min read
Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Development of laser printing
- Apple's development
- Release
- Description
- Hardware
- Networking
- Design
- Legacy
- Other LaserWriter models
- LaserWriter II
- References
The LaserWriter is a laser printer with built-in PostScript interpreter sold by Apple, Inc. from 1985 to 1988. It was one of the first laser printers available to the mass market. In combination with WYSIWYG publishing software like PageMaker that operated on top of the graphical user interface of Macintosh computers, the LaserWriter was a key component at the beginning of the desktop publishing revolution.
==History==