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- From: bx341@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robert E. Winston)
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- Subject: Re: Does memory help in Personal Laserwriter LS?
- Date: 13 Jan 1993 02:38:20 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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- > I have a Personal Laserwriter LS with the 512K memory they
- > come with. I'm somewhat confused from some conflicting info
- > I got when the newest driver came out (7.2). I heard that it
- > allows full size printing on legal sized paper (if you
- > choose "Use larger print area") without expanding the
- > memory. It was also _implied_ that since the new driver it
- > doesn't even help to add memory anymore.
-
- If you select "Use larger print area" from the options, you can
- print on legal size paper with quarter inch margins left and
- right and half inch top and bottom.
- Since the new driver was issued, Apple has discontinued its
- memory upgrade kit.
-
- > How can I get the 7.2 driver? Apple's ftp site doesn't seem
- > to have it; even their upgrade order form is outdated.
-
- Although the 7.2 driver has a creation date of Fri. Mar 6, 1992,
- it is considered to be part of System 7.1 and therefore is
- subject to Apple's new pay to play policy.
-
- It's been shipping with new printers for several months now. You
- might try visiting your local Apple authorized scumsucker. Assume
- the position (i.e. on your knees) and ask for a copy.
-
- If you can find a BBS with the AMUG "BBS In A Box", it's on that
- CD, apparently by mistake, in the Apple software section. Look
- for the LS Install disk image file.
-
- Several months ago Mark Johnson, the keeper of ftp.apple.com
- mentioned that he would try to get the suits to authorized
- placing the driver on that machine.
-
- You might want to write him (I think he's: mjohnson@apple.com)
- and ask if he's making any progress with the marketing and legal
- weasels. Please note that Mr. Johnson does not make those
- decisions himself. A polite request rather than a demand or whine
- is more likely to motivate him to seek permission to post 7.2.
-
- > Also, can the LS's memory be upgraded with a regular SIMM,
- > or is Apple's kit required? My information is admittedly a
- > little out of date, but I think the Apple option runs a good
- > bit higher than current memory prices.
-
- The upgrade consists of plugging four individual 4 X 256 chips
- into sockets on the LS's circuit board and moving a jumper from
- .5MB to 1MB. The chips cost about $5 each by mail order. Apple's
- upgrade was being sold for as much as $149. The upgrade, which
- does not effect the speed of the printer, is unnecessary if you
- have the 7.2 driver.
-
- ________
- Robert E. Winston usr4818a@cbos.uc.edu
-