The LaserWriter Pro 810 was a large format monochrome laser printer from the LaserWriter series that was released by Apple Computer for the professional workgroup market in October 19, 1993.[1] A lower-end LaserWriter Pro 800 had been planned, but was never released.[2][3]
Description[]
The Pro 810 could print at a resolution of 800-dpi from a Fuji Xerox XP-20 print engine that could output 20 pages-per-minute with a rated life of 600,000 pages. It is compatible with Dataproducts LZR 2080 toner cartridges. Three adjustable trays can each support up to 250 sheets of 11 x 17-inch paper.[4]
The 7.25 MHz Weitek 8200 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. It also supports faster EtherTalk or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) networking over an internal Ethernet card (10BASE2 or 10BASE-T).[4] Support for Windows NT requires the network adapter card to have PrintServer ROM 1.2 or later.[5] An optional fax card can allow it to send, receive and print Group 3 faxes.[4]
Included fonts[]
Diagram of the LaserWriter Pro 810
- ITC Avant Garde**
- ITC Bookman**
- Courier
- Delphian*
- ITC Garamond Narrow*
- Helvetica
- Helvetica Black*
- Helvetica Compressed*
- Helvetica Narrow**
- ITC Lubalin Graph*
- Lucida Bright*
- ITC Machine*
- Nadianne*
- New Century Schoolbook**
- Old English Text*
- Onyx*
- Oxford*
- Palatino
- Swing Bold*
- Symbol
- Times
- ITC Zapf Chancery**
- ITC Zapf Dingbats**
- Zeal*
- * In TrueType format only.
- ** In TrueType and PostScript Type 1 formats.
Discontinuation[]
The Pro 810 was discontinued in November 1994 and superseded by the LaserWriter 8500.
Legacy support[]
Apple phased out support for printing over the old AppleTalk-based EtherTalk protocol in Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).[6][7] 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.[8]
References[]
- ↑ High-Performance Apple Printers Target Large and Small Workgroups Aggressive Pricing and Fax Option Set New Standards by Apple Computer. 1993-10-21. Silicon Times Report no.9-44. 1993-10-29.
- ↑ Apple prepares trio of new LaserWriter printers for Mac and Windows, which will offer facsimile option by Computer Business Review, Tech Monitor. 1993-08-06.
- ↑ New high-res LaserWriters to offer fast Level 2 output by Matthew Rothenberg, MacWEEK p.96. 1993-05-31.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 LaserWriter Pro 810, Low End Mac. 1993-10-01.
- ↑ Q146103: Unable To Print To Apple LaserWriter Pro 810 on Network by Microsoft, KnowledgeBase Archive, GitHub. 2001-08-08.
- ↑ 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 810: Technical Specifications at Apple
- LaserWriter Pro 810 (PDF) Service Technical Documentation (mirrored)
- LaserWriter Pro 810 at Applematters
- LaserWriter Pro 810 at madeApple
Articles[]
- Apple's Network LaserWriter at PC Magazine, p.44 (1994-01-25)
- Apple Targets Workgroups With Two New LaserWriters at PC Magazine, p.60 (1993-11-23)
