Apple 12/660 PS Printer User Manual


 
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Apple Color LaserWriter 12/660 PS
© 1996 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, AppleTalk, ColorSync, EtherTalk, LaserWriter, LocalTalk, Mac, Macintosh, New York,
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regard to the selection, performance, or use of these products. All understandings, agreements, or warranties, if any, take place directly between the vendors
and the prospective users.
October 1996. Product specifications are subject to change without notice. Printed in U.S.A.
L02030A
Storage
Optional internal 240MB hard disk drive
Paper capacities
Standard 250-sheet feeder, 100-sheet
multipurpose tray
Optional 250-sheet universal feeder
Print materials
16- to 28-lb. (60 to 90 g/m2) bond
Paper: U.S. letter, legal, A4, and B5
Most letterhead and colored stock
Use only Apple Color LaserWriter transparencies
Printer supplies
Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toner cartridges
—Print 4,000 pages each at 5% coverage
Photoconductor replacement kit
—Prints 5,000 to 25,000 pages depending on use of
color per page
—Prints 13,000 pages continuous, 6,500 intermittent
for color
Fuser oil
—Prints 10,000 pages
Fuser replacement kit
—Air filter, ozone filter, fuser unit transfer drum cleaning
unit; replace at 60,000 pages
Power requirements
U.S./Japan: 100 to 120 V, 50 to 60 Hz
Europe/Australia: 220 to 240 V, 50 Hz
Power consumption
Operating mode: 100/120 V, 535 W;
220/240 V, 524 W
Standby mode: 110/120 V, 215 W;
220/240 V, 238 W
Energy-saving mode: 42 W (complies with EPA
Energy Star)
Environmental requirements
Temperature: 50° to 86° F (10° to 30° C)
Humidity: 20% to 80% noncondensing
Toner cartridge transit environment: –4° to 104° F
(–20° to 40° C)
Size and weight
Height: 18.0 in. (45.7 cm)
Width: 21.0 in. (53.3 cm)
Depth: 23.0 in. (58.4 cm)
Weight: 110.0 lb. (49.5 kg)
System requirements
An Apple Macintosh or compatible computer with at
least 4MB of RAM and Macintosh system software
version 7.1 or later
An IBM or compatible computer with at least 8MB
of RAM and Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Windows 95
or later
Ordering Information
Apple Color LaserWriter 12/660 PS
Order No. B3020LL/A
Color LaserWriter 12/660 PS
Color LaserWriter 12/660 PS Setup Kit
(contains cyan, magenta, yellow, and black
toner cartridges, photoconductor replace-
ment kit, fuser oil, user’s guide, tips and
techniques for optimizing image quality and
performance, and limited warranty)
Options and accessories
(Note: printing supplies and accessories shared
with the Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS.)
Color LaserWriter Cyan Toner Cartridge
Order No. M3757G/A
Color LaserWriter Magenta
Toner Cartridge
Order No. M3760G/A
Color LaserWriter Yellow Toner Cartridge
Order No. M3758G/A
Color LaserWriter Black Toner Cartridge
Order No. M3756G/A
Color LaserWriter Photoconductor
Replacement Kit
Order No. M3761G/A
Color LaserWriter Fuser Oil
Order No. M3755G/A
Color LaserWriter Transparencies—
Letter
Order No. M3876G/A
Color LaserWriter Transparencies—A4
Order No. M3877G/A
Color LaserWriter 250-Sheet Feeder
Order No. M3762G/A
Color LaserWriter Universal Cassette
Order No. M3874G/A
Color LaserWriter Internal
Hard Disk Drive
Order No. M3875G/A
Apple Ethernet Thin Coax Transceiver
Order No. M0329Z/B
Apple Ethernet Twisted-Pair Transceiver
Order No. M0437Z/B
Apple Ethernet AUI Adapter
Order No. M043LL/A
Apple 1284 Parallel I/O Cable
Order No. M4235ZM/A
Technical Specifications
Print engine and controller
30-MHz AMD 29030 RISC processor
Engine life of 300,000 pages monochrome,
150,000 pages color
No monthly maximum duty cycle
Print quality
True 600-dpi resolution
Color PhotoGrade, Apple’s standard enhanced 600-
dpi imaging, 200 lines per inch, nearly two times
standard 600-dpi color laser printers
Memory
16MB of RAM standard; supports Color PhotoGrade
Apple Contone Compression technology which enables
120MB of data to be printed with only a 16MB printer
Expandable to 40MB with optional upgrades
(1MB, 4MB, or 16MB 72-pin, 60ns SIMMs)
Interfaces
Ethernet port (supports EtherTalk, TCP/IP, and
Novell NetWare protocols)
LocalTalk port
All ports active simultaneously
IEEE 1284 bidirectional parallel port (Apple 1284
parallel I/O cable required)
SCSI port for external or optional internal hard
disk drive for font storage
Print speed
12 pages per minute for monochrome
3 pages per minute for color
1 page per minute for transparencies
Actual print speed depends on file complexity,
network traffic, application, and computer used
Language supported
Adobe PostScript Level 2
Fonts
39 PostScript (Type 1) fonts in ROM, plus screen
fonts for Macintosh and Windows from the follow-
ing families: ITC Avant Garde Gothic, ITC Bookman,
Courier, Helvetica, Helvetica Narrow, Helvetica
Condensed, New Century Schoolbook, Palatino,
Symbol, Times, ITC Zapf Chancery, and ITC Zapf
Dingbats
64 TrueType fonts on Macintosh disks from the
following families: Chicago, Delphian, ITC Garamond
Narrow, Geneva, Helvetica Black, Helvetica
Compressed, Lubalin Graph, Lucida Bright, Machine,
Monaco, Nadianne, New York, Old English Text,
Onyx, Oxford, Swing, and Zeal
Prints any PostScript (Type 1) or TrueType fonts
Product specifications are subject to change. Check with your Apple reseller for the most current information about
product specifications and configurations.