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The '''Apple LaserWriter''' is Apple's first laser printer: a '''Canon LBP-CX''' engine, '''300 dpi''', '''8 pages per minute''', driven by an I/O board carrying Adobe PostScript.<ref name="asg">''Apple Service Guide for LaserWriter Printers, Volume I'', Apple Computer, Inc., January 1992 (072-0631-B) — hosted on this wiki as [[:File:Apple LaserWriter Printers Volume I.pdf]]. Covers the LaserWriter, LaserWriter Plus, LaserWriter II SC/NT/NTX/IIf/IIg and Personal LaserWriter SC/NT/LS. Introductory safety section: the high-voltage, optical-fibre, fuser-cooling, ESD, not-being-grounded and lifting warnings; the LaserWriter Safety Rules; the toner-safety paragraph; the laser-safety paragraph and the three laser warning labels. Tab 2, LaserWriter/LaserWriter Plus: parts list with part numbers (pages 3–4); print engine specifications (page 7); status lights (page 8); service test print and user test print (page 9); the pre-power-on checklist and troubleshooting flowcharts and tables (pages 10–51); the LaserWriter Plus ROM upgrade (pages 52–53); the laser power adjustment (page 54); the image skew adjustment (pages 55–56); and preventive maintenance including the page counter, the maintenance schedule and the Standard Maintenance and 100,000-Page Service checkpoint tables (pages 57–60). Tab 3, LaserWriter II: parts list (pages 4–5); controller-I/O board specifications (page 10); print engine specifications (page 11); status LEDs (page 12); test pages (page 13); the pre-power-on checklist, the IIf/IIg status-LED diagnostic chart and the troubleshooting tables (pages 14–54); the laser power output check (page 55); the NTX memory and ROM upgrades (pages 56–57); the IIf/IIg memory upgrade (page 58); and preventive maintenance (pages 59–60). Tab 6, Ports and Cables: the peripheral cable table, external connector diagrams, connector pin-outs and switch configurations.</ref> | The '''Apple LaserWriter''' is Apple's first laser printer: a '''Canon LBP-CX''' engine, '''300 dpi''', '''8 pages per minute''', driven by an I/O board carrying Adobe PostScript.<ref name="asg">''Apple Service Guide for LaserWriter Printers, Volume I'', Apple Computer, Inc., January 1992 (072-0631-B) — hosted on this wiki as [[Apple LaserWriter Printers Volume I]] ([[:File:Apple LaserWriter Printers Volume I.pdf|PDF]]). Covers the LaserWriter, LaserWriter Plus, LaserWriter II SC/NT/NTX/IIf/IIg and Personal LaserWriter SC/NT/LS. Introductory safety section: the high-voltage, optical-fibre, fuser-cooling, ESD, not-being-grounded and lifting warnings; the LaserWriter Safety Rules; the toner-safety paragraph; the laser-safety paragraph and the three laser warning labels. Tab 2, LaserWriter/LaserWriter Plus: parts list with part numbers (pages 3–4); print engine specifications (page 7); status lights (page 8); service test print and user test print (page 9); the pre-power-on checklist and troubleshooting flowcharts and tables (pages 10–51); the LaserWriter Plus ROM upgrade (pages 52–53); the laser power adjustment (page 54); the image skew adjustment (pages 55–56); and preventive maintenance including the page counter, the maintenance schedule and the Standard Maintenance and 100,000-Page Service checkpoint tables (pages 57–60). Tab 3, LaserWriter II: parts list (pages 4–5); controller-I/O board specifications (page 10); print engine specifications (page 11); status LEDs (page 12); test pages (page 13); the pre-power-on checklist, the IIf/IIg status-LED diagnostic chart and the troubleshooting tables (pages 14–54); the laser power output check (page 55); the NTX memory and ROM upgrades (pages 56–57); the IIf/IIg memory upgrade (page 58); and preventive maintenance (pages 59–60). Tab 6, Ports and Cables: the peripheral cable table, external connector diagrams, connector pin-outs and switch configurations.</ref> | ||
'''Before you touch one, read the [[#Safety|Safety]] section.''' These machines contain an invisible laser, a fuser hot enough to burn, and a high-voltage supply, and Apple's own rules for working on them are specific. | '''Before you touch one, read the [[#Safety|Safety]] section.''' These machines contain an invisible laser, a fuser hot enough to burn, and a high-voltage supply, and Apple's own rules for working on them are specific. | ||