This document contains some important reminders and some information about installing the software. You may want to print this document and keep it for future reference.
Installing the Printer Driver Software
You cannot install the software by dragging their icons to your hard disk; you must use the Installer program. Your MacOS computer must have System 7.1 or later. In addition, your MacOS computer should have a minimum of 8 megabytes of memory.The printer software does not include a QuickDraw GX driver.
IMPORTANT Before installing the printer software, restart your system with all Extensions turned off. To do this, hold down the Shift key while you restart your computer. Hold the Shift key down until you see the message “Extensions off” or until your normal desktop appears.
The Installer does not remove versions of the LaserWriter printer driver earlier than version 8.0. If you no longer need these files, you may remove them from your System Folder.
The Installer does remove earlier versions of the LaserWriter 8 driver (for example, LaserWriter 8.0) and replaces the PPD files for Apple LaserWriter printers with the latest versions. You may want to archive your current LaserWriter 8 driver and PPDs before installing this software. To do this, drag the LaserWriter 8 file from the Extensions folder located in your active System Folder to another folder. Drag your current PPD’s from the Printer Descriptions folder located in the Extensions folder to another folder.
When you choose Easy Install, the Installer places the following files in the System Folder on your hard disk:
• LaserWriter 8.4 is placed in the Extensions folder.
• PrintingLib is placed in the Extensions folder.
• The PPD files used by LaserWriter 8 are placed in the Printer Descriptions folder inside the Extensions folder.
• The Apple Printer Utility, SimpleText, and Read Me files are placed in the Apple LaserWriter Software folder.
• For desktop printing, Desktop PrintMonitor, Desktop Printer Spooler, Desktop Printer Extension, Clipping Extension, and Network Extension are placed in the Extensions folder. If you have System 7.5 and a Control Strips folder, Printer Selector control strip is also installed.
• ColorSync 2.0.1 is placed in the Extensions folder. The ColorSync profiles are placed in the ColorSync Profiles folder (in the Preferences folder inside the System Folder). The ColorSync System Profile control panel is placed in the Control Panels folder (inside the System Folder).
• If your system has System Software 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, or 7.5, Finder 7.5.1 is placed in your System Folder, and Finder Help 7.1.4 is placed in the Extensions folder.
• If your system has System 7.1.1 or 7.1.2, these files are placed in the Extensions folder: Thread Manager 2.1, Macintosh Drag and Drop 1.1, and Dragging Enabler.
• If you have a 68K-based Macintosh, Code Fragment Manager files for the 68K are also placed in your Extensions folder in the active System Folder: CFM-68K Runtime Enabler, NuQuickTime.slb, NuThreadsLib.slb, and ColorSync68KLib.
IMPORTANT If the Installer is unable to remove old files from your hard disk, it will terminate the installation procedure. If this happens, remove old copies of the files listed above from their respective folders and try the install again.
