List of Apple printers

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thermal inkjet
).

Early products

Apple's first printer was the

80 column output. Also compatible with the Apple III, the Silentype was a rebranded Trendcom 200.[1][2]

The

thermal transfer printer, first introduced in 1984 alongside the Apple IIc for a relatively low retail price, and compatible with the Apple IIe computer.[1]

Image Name Type Interface DPI Introduced Discontinued Notes
Silentype Silentype
Thermal
 serial N/A March 1980 October 1982 Uses nonstandard DE-9 pinout[3]
DMP Dot Matrix Printer
Dot Matrix
 parallel N/A October 1982 December 1984 9-pin[4][5]
Daisy Wheel Printer
Daisy Wheel
 serial N/A January 1983 December 1984 Offers graphics[4][6][7]
Color Plotter Color Plotter Plotter serial N/A December 1983 January 1988 [8]
Scribe Scribe
Thermal
 serial 144 April 1984 December 1985 Reviewed[9]

Dot-matrix series

Main article: ImageWriter
Image Name Type Interface DPI Introduced Discontinued Notes
ImageWriter ImageWriter
Dot matrix
 serial 144 June 1, 1984 December 1, 1985 9-pin[10]
ImageWriter II ImageWriter II
Dot matrix
 serial 160x144 September 1, 1985 Late 1996 9-pin[11]
ImageWriter II ImageWriter LQ
Dot matrix
 serial 320x216 August 1, 1987 December 1, 1990 27-pin, Letter Quality[12]

Laser printer series

Main article: LaserWriter

The

Macintosh computers, the LaserWriter was a key component at the beginning of the desktop publishing revolution.[13][14]

Image Name Type Interface Engine PPM DPI Introduced Discontinued Weight Notes
Apple Laserwriter LaserWriter
laser
 serial
LocalTalk
Canon

LBP-CX		 8 300 March 1, 1985 February 1, 1988 77 lbs. [15]
Apple Laserwriter LaserWriter Plus
laser
 serial
LocalTalk
Canon

LBP-CX		 8 300 January 1, 1986 February 1, 1988 77 lbs. [16]
LaserWriter II LaserWriter II SC
laser
 SCSI
Canon

LBP-SX		 8 300 January 1, 1988 July 1, 1990 45 lbs. [17]
LaserWriter II LaserWriter II NT
laser
 serial
LocalTalk
Canon

LBP-SX		 8 300 January 1, 1988 October 1, 1991 45 lbs. [18]
LaserWriter II LaserWriter II NTX
laser
 serial
LocalTalk
Canon

LBP-SX		 8 300 January 1, 1988 October 1, 1991 45 lbs. [19]
LaserWriter II LaserWriter II f
laser
 serial
LocalTalk
Canon

LBP-SX		 8 300 October 1, 1991 May 1, 1993 45 lbs. [20]
LaserWriter II LaserWriter II g
laser
AAUI
Canon

LBP-SX		 8 300 October 1, 1991 October 1, 1993 45 lbs. [21]
Personal LaserWriter SC Personal LaserWriter SC
laser
 SCSI
Canon

LBP-LX		 4 300 June 1, 1990 September 1, 1993 32 lbs. [22]
Personal LaserWriter NT Personal LaserWriter NT
laser
 serial
LocalTalk
Canon

LBP-LX		 4 300 July 1, 1990 May 1, 1993 32 lbs. [23]
Personal LaserWriter LS Personal LaserWriter LS
laser
 serial
Canon

LBP-LX		 4 300 March 1, 1991 May 1, 1993 31 lbs. [24]
Personal LaserWriter NTR Personal LaserWriter NTR
laser
 serial
LocalTalk
parallel
Canon

LBP-LX		 4 300 March 1, 1992 September 1, 1993 29.5 lbs. [25]
Personal LaserWriter 300 Personal LaserWriter 300
laser
 serial
Canon

LBP-PX		 4 300 June 1, 1993 September 1, 1994 15.4 lbs. [26]
Personal LaserWriter 320 Personal LaserWriter 320
laser
 LocalTalk
Canon

LBP-PX		 4 300 October 1, 1993 September 16, 1995 15.4 lbs. [27]
LaserWriter Pro 600 LaserWriter Pro 600
laser
 serial
LocalTalk
parallel
Canon

LBP-EX		 8 600 January 1, 1993 October 1, 1993 39 lbs. [28]
LaserWriter Pro 630 LaserWriter Pro 630
laser
AAUI
Canon

LBP-EX		 8 600 January 1, 1993 September 1, 1994 39 lbs. [29]
LaserWriter Pro 810 LaserWriter Pro 810
laser
AAUI
 Fuji/Xerox
XP 20[30]		 20 800 October 1, 1993 November 1, 1994 81 lbs. two built-in paper trays[31]
LaserWriter Select 300 LaserWriter Select 300
laser
 serial Fuji/Xerox
XP 5 (P1)		 5 300 February 1, 1993 January 3, 1995 26 lbs. [32]
LaserWriter Select 310 LaserWriter Select 310
laser
 serial
parallel		 Fuji/Xerox
XP 5 (P1)		 5 300 February 1, 1993 January 1, 1994 26 lbs. [33]
LaserWriter Select 360 LaserWriter Select 360
laser
 serial
LocalTalk
parallel		 Fuji/Xerox
XP 10 (P1)		 10 600 October 1, 1993 April 22, 1996 29 lbs. [34]
LaserWriter 16/600 LaserWriter 16/600 PS
laser
AAUI
Canon

LBP-EX		 17 600 September 1, 1994 June 17, 1996 40 lbs. [35]
LaserWriter 4/600 LaserWriter 4/600
laser
 LocalTalk
Canon

LBP-PX		 4 600 June 1, 1995 unknown 15.4 lbs. [36]
LaserWriter 12/640 LaserWriter 12/640 PS
laser
AAUI
LocalTalk
parallel
 Fuji/Xerox
P893		 12 600 June 17, 1996 1997 26.5 lbs. 8 ppm duplex[37]
LaserWriter 8500
laser
 Ethernet
LocalTalk
parallel		 Fuji/Xerox
P880		 20 600 August 5, 1997 January 1999 70.4 lbs. 11x17 paper tray[38]
Color LaserWriter 12/600 Color LaserWriter 12/600
laser
 Ethernet
LocalTalk
parallel
Canon

LBP-HX		 12 600 June 1, 1995 October 1, 1996 110 lbs. 3 ppm in color[39]
Color LaserWriter 12/600 Color LaserWriter 12/660
laser
 Ethernet
LocalTalk
parallel
Canon

LBP-HX		 12 600 October 1, 1996 1997 110 lbs. 3 ppm in color[40]

Inkjet series

Main article: StyleWriter

The

DeskJet
printers.

The

Color StyleWriter series of printers.[42]

Image Name Type Interface Engine PPM DPI Introduced Discontinued Weight Notes
StyleWriter StyleWriter monochrome
thermal
inkjet
 serial
Canon
 0.5 360 March 1, 1991 January 1, 1993 7.5 lbs. [43]
StyleWriter II StyleWriter II monochrome
thermal
inkjet
 serial
Canon
 1 360 January 1, 1993 April 17, 1995 6.6 lbs. [44]
Portable StyleWriter Portable StyleWriter monochrome
thermal
inkjet
 parallel
Canon
 0.5 360 June 1, 1993 May 15, 1995 4.5 lbs. Cable adapter allowed connection to serial[45]
Color StyleWriter Pro color
thermal
inkjet
 serial
Canon
 2/0.5 360 February 1, 1994 December 16, 1995 11 lbs. [46]
StyleWriter 1200 StyleWriter 1200 monochrome
thermal
inkjet
 serial
Canon
 1 360 April 1, 1994 unknown 6.6 lbs. [47]
Color StyleWriter 2400 Color StyleWriter 2400 color
thermal
inkjet
 serial
Canon
 3 360 September 1, 1994 unknown 7.9 lbs. LocalTalk option[48]
Color StyleWriter 2200 Color StyleWriter 2200 color
thermal
inkjet
 serial
Canon
 3 720x360 June 1, 1995 unknown 3.1 lbs. portable[49]
Color StyleWriter 1500 color
thermal
inkjet
 serial
Canon
 3 720x360 February 19, 1996 unknown 5.5 lbs.
EtherTalk option[50]
Color StyleWriter 2500 Color StyleWriter 2500 color
thermal
inkjet
 serial
Canon
 3 720x360 February 19, 1996 unknown 6.9 lbs.
EtherTalk option[51]
Color StyleWriter 4100 color
thermal
inkjet
 serial
LocalTalk		 HP 5 600 June 16, 1997 unknown 11.7 lbs. [52]
Color StyleWriter 4500 Color StyleWriter 4500 color
thermal
inkjet
 serial
LocalTalk		 HP 5 600 June 16, 1997 unknown 11.7 lbs. [53]
Color StyleWriter 6500 color
thermal
inkjet
 serial
LocalTalk
parallel		 HP 8/4 600 June 16, 1997 unknown 14.3 lbs.
EtherTalk option[54]

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