Apple Color StyleWriter 6500 Documentation

Apple's user documentation for the Apple Color StyleWriter 6500: the 1997 user's manual and the October 1997 data sheet. Apple's service manual is described at Color StyleWriter 6500 Service Source.

User's manual (1997)

Color StyleWriter 6500: Color ink-jet printer for Mac OS and Windows users is Apple Computer's owner's manual for the printer, copyright 1997; the file has 125 PDF pages with a text layer.

Contents

Page numbers are the manual's own.

• Chapter 1, Setting Up Your Printer (p. 1): unpacking, plugging in, cartridges (p. 7), paper, sample page (p. 12), connecting to a Mac OS computer, a LocalTalk network, an EtherTalk network and a Windows/DOS computer.
• Chapter 2, Printing From a Mac OS Computer (p. 19): software, virtual memory, LocalTalk use, aligning the cartridges (p. 27), printing, custom paper sizes, watermarks, desktop and background printing.
• Chapter 3, Printing From a Windows/DOS Computer (p. 49).
• Chapter 5, Tips on Paper, Quality, Speed, and Cost (p. 63).
• Chapter 6, Troubleshooting (p. 67): general problems, cleaning the cartridges (p. 73), Mac OS and Windows/DOS solutions.
• Appendix A, Technical Information (p. 83), including supplies (p. 86); Appendix B, fonts (p. 89).

Data sheet (1997)

Apple's two-page product data sheet, L02322B, October 1997: features, ordering information (printer M5656LL/A; colour cartridge M5659G/A; black cartridge M5658G/A; media), technical specifications, power (48 W printing, 6.25 W idle, 0.5 W off) and system requirements for the Mac OS, Windows 95, Windows 3.1 and DOS.

What these documents do not contain

No take-apart, internal part numbers, NVM map, default settings or X-Y calibration; those are in the Service Source. The data sheet's height (6.9 in) and standby power figures differ from the Service Source's.

Pages that cite these documents

• Apple Color StyleWriter 6500

Download: Apple Color StyleWriter 6500 Users Manual 1997.pdf; Apple Color StyleWriter 6500 Data Sheet 1997.pdf