Editing LaserWriter (section)

==Other LaserWriter models==
{{See also|List of Apple printers#Laser printer series}}

Building on the success of the original LaserWriter, Apple developed many further models. Later LaserWriters offered faster printing, higher [[dots per inch|resolution]]s, [[Ethernet]] connectivity, and eventually color output in the [[Color LaserWriter]]. To compete, many other laser printer manufacturers licensed Adobe PostScript for inclusion into their own models. Eventually the standardization on Ethernet for connectivity and the ubiquity of PostScript undermined the unique position of Apple's printers: Macintosh computers functioned equally well with any Postscript printer. After the LaserWriter 8500, Apple discontinued the LaserWriter product line in 1997 when [[Steve Jobs]] returned to Apple.

=== LaserWriter II ===
[[file:Apple Laserwriter II.jpg|Apple LaserWriter II|thumb|right|250px]]
In 1988, to address the need for both an affordable printer and a professional printer, the LaserWriter II was designed to allow for complete replacement of the computer circuit board that operates the printer. Across all the different models, the print engine was the same.
* For low-end users, there was the LaserWriter IISC,<ref>[http://support.apple.com/kb/SP474 LaserWriter IISC: Technical Specifications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811165635/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP474 |date=August 11, 2011 }}. Support.apple.com (April 15, 2013). Retrieved on July 21, 2013.</ref> a host-based [[QuickDraw]] printer connected via SCSI that did not use PostScript and did not require a license from Adobe. It had two SCSI ports to allow [[Daisy chain (electrical engineering)|daisy-chaining]] of the printer with other SCSI devices such as hard drives. It did not support AppleTalk.
* For midrange users, the LaserWriter IINT<ref>[http://support.apple.com/kb/SP475 LaserWriter IINT: Technical Specifications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811165641/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP475 |date=August 11, 2011 }}. Support.apple.com (April 15, 2013). Retrieved on July 21, 2013.</ref> provided PostScript support and AppleTalk networking.
* For high-end users, the LaserWriter IINTX<ref>[http://support.apple.com/kb/SP476 LaserWriter IINTX: Technical Specifications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811165700/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP476 |date=August 11, 2011 }}. Support.apple.com (April 15, 2013). Retrieved on July 21, 2013.</ref> also included a SCSI controller for storage of printer fonts on a hard drive dedicated for use by the printer.

Three years later in 1991, two updated versions of the LaserWriter II were produced.
* The LaserWriter IIf<ref>[http://support.apple.com/kb/SP477 LaserWriter IIf: Technical Specifications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811165715/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP477 |date=August 11, 2011 }}. Support.apple.com (April 15, 2013). Retrieved on July 21, 2013.</ref> had a faster processor than the IINTX, a newer version of PostScript and also HP PCL, and included the SCSI interface for font storage on an external hard drive.
* The LaserWriter IIg<ref>[http://support.apple.com/kb/SP478 LaserWriter IIg: Technical Specifications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811165730/http://support.apple.com/kb/SP478 |date=August 11, 2011 }}. Support.apple.com (April 15, 2013). Retrieved on July 21, 2013.</ref> had the capabilities of the IIf, and was also the first LaserWriter with a built-in Ethernet network interface.

To deliver higher performance, Apple eventually switched from the 68000 series to the [[Am29000]] series of processors to drive later models, starting with the Personal LaserWriter NTR in 1992.<ref name="computerdesign199205_risc">{{ cite magazine | url=https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ComputerDe31N05199205_78866589/page/103/mode/1up | title=RISC chips continue conquest of embedded realm | magazine=Computer Design | last1=Child | first1=Jeffrey | date=May 1992 | access-date=24 February 2024 | pages=103–104,106,108,110 }}</ref>