LaserWriter Pro 810

The LaserWriter Pro 810 was a large format monochrome laser printer from the LaserWriter series that was released by Apple Computer for the professional market in October 1993. A lower-end LaserWriter Pro 800 had been planned, but was never released.

Description
The Pro 810 could print at up to a resolution of 800dpi from a XP-20 print engine that could output 20 pages-per-minute with a rated life of 600,000 pages. It is compatible with LZR 2060 toner cartridges. Three adjustable trays can each support up to 250 sheets of 11 x 17-inch paper.

The 7.25 MHz 8200 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. It also supports faster EtherTalk networking over an internal Ethernet card ( or ). Support for Windows NT requires the network adapter card to have PrintServer ROM 1.2 or later. An optional fax card can allow it to send, receive and print es.

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The Pro 810 was discontinued in November 1994 and superseded by the LaserWriter 8500.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). Printing over is possible, bit this requires configuring an  address over EtherTalk by a Mac running Apple Printer Utility in classic Mac OS or the Classic environment.

Articles

 * Apple's Network LaserWriter at PC Magazine, p.60 (1994-01-25)
 * Apple Targets Workgroups With Two New LaserWriters at PC Magazine, p.60 (1993-11-23)