LaserWriter Pro 600

The LaserWriter Pro 600 was a midrange monochrome laser printer from the LaserWriter series that was released by Apple Computer for the professional market in January 1993, along with the higher-end LaserWriter Pro 630.

Description
The Pro 600 could print at up to a resolution of 600dpi 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 toner cartridges. It consumes less power in a more compact, but taller, enclosure than the preceding LaserWriter II series. Upgrading the printer's RAM from the base configuration of 4 MB to at least 8 MB would increase the printer's operating resolution from 300 to 600dpi and enable PhotoGrade, which improves the printed appearance of lower resolution (300dpi) grayscale images with finer halftones. However, shipping units had the memory factory upgraded to 8 MB, enabling all these features.

The 25 MHz Motorola 68030 processor could rasterize images from PostScript Level 2 or 4+ printer data. The data could be transmitted through a LocalTalk network to its serial port, or a direct PC connection to its  serial port or.

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The Pro 600 was discontinued in October 1993 and superseded by the LaserWriter 16/600 PS.