The LaserWriter Pro 630 was a high-end monochrome laser printer from the LaserWriter series that was released by Apple Computer for the professional market in January 1993, along with the lower-end LaserWriter Pro 600.
Description[]
The Pro 630 could print at a resolution of 600-dpi from a Canon LBP-EX print engine that could output 8 pages-per-minute with a rated life of 450,000 pages. It is compatible with HP LaserJet 4 toner cartridges. It consumes less power in a more compact, but taller, enclosure than the preceding LaserWriter II series.[1] It also utilized PhotoGrade to improve the printed appearance of lower resolution (300-dpi) grayscale images with finer halftones.[2]
The 25 MHz Motorola 68030 processor could rasterize images from PostScript Level 2 or PCL 4+ printer data. The data could be transmitted through a LocalTalk network to its RS-422 serial port, or a direct PC connection to its RS-232 serial port or parallel port. It also supports faster EtherTalk networking over its proprietary AAUI Ethernet port.[1]
Included fonts[]
- ITC Avant Garde
- ITC Bookman
- Courier
- Helvetica
- Helvetica Narrow
- New Century Schoolbook
- Palatino
- Symbol
- Times
- ITC Zapf Chancery
- ITC Zapf Dingbats
Discontinuation[]
The Pro 630 was discontinued in September 1994 and superseded by the LaserWriter 16/600 PS.
Legacy support[]
Apple phased out support for printing over the old AppleTalk-based EtherTalk protocol in Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).[3][4] Printing over TCP/IP is possible, but this requires configuring an IPv4 address over EtherTalk by a Mac running Apple Printer Utility in classic Mac OS or the Classic environment.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LaserWriter Pro 630, Low End Mac. 1993-01-10.
- ↑ New Printers & Scanner by Mark H. Anbinder, TidBITS #159. 1993-01-18.
- ↑ Make Old Apple Printers Work in Snow Leopard by Adam Engst, TidBITs. 2009-10-06.
- ↑ Apple Filing Protocol Ethernet Networks, Classic Mac Networking, The Apple Fool. Accessed 2021-05-15.
- ↑ Network Printer OS 9 by MisterMe, MacRumors Forums. 2006-04-26.
External links[]
- LaserWriter Pro 630: Technical Specifications at Apple
- LaserWriter Pro 600/630 (PDF) by Apple Service Source (mirrored)
- LaserWriter 630 Pro at Applefritter
- LaserWriter Pro 600/630 at the North East Florida Educational Consortium
- Apple LaserWriter Pro 630 at Open Printing
- LaserWriter Pro 630 at Retro Adventures (2018-05-26)
