Apple IIe Card - Manual (Page 173)

Appendix E: Installing Printer Software for the IIe Startup Disk 157
The IIe Startup Disk comes with software for the following printers:
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ImageWriter II (with or without AppleTalk)
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All LaserWriter and LaserWriter II printers (except the LaserWriter SC
and the Personal LaserWriter printers)
If you have any of these printers, you do not have to continue with this
appendix. If your printer is not in this list, continue with the next section.
This section explains the details associated with using printers that have
previously been connected to an Apple IIe computer. If your printer was
purchased specifically for use with a Macintosh, skip this section and go
to “Installing Software for Your Printer.”
Some printers connected to your original Apple IIe can readily be
connected to your Macintosh LC, while others cannot:
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Apple printers. If you have an ImageWriter printer or other printer
manufactured by Apple, it can be connected to your Macintosh in the
standard way. Go now to “Installing Software for Your Printer.”
■
Other printers. Other printers require special attention. Apple does
not recommend using these printers, but if you do, take into account
the following three points: (1) you can only use the printer when
you’re in the Apple IIe environment; (2) you must have a special
cable made so you can plug the printer into either the modem port
or the serial port on the back of your Macintosh; and (3) to use the
printer in the Apple IIe environment, you may have to print through
one of the Serial Cards instead of the Printer Card.
This appendix pertains only to printers designed for use with the
Macintosh, so if the only printer you’re connecting is an Apple IIe
printer manufactured by a company other than Apple, you should
skip the rest of this appendix.
Printers connected to
original Apple IIe
computers
Is your printer’s
software already
installed?