Microsoft KB Archive/20952

Printing to an Apple LaserWriter with Word 2.00

PSS ID Number: Q20952 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

2.x 3.x 4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

To correctly print to an Apple LaserWriter with Word versions 2.x, do the following:

  At the DOS prompt or in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, enter the following DOS MODE command: MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P (or substitute COM2 if appropriate).   Set the LaserWriter communication switch on the back of the machine to 9600.   Copy MSSETUP.PS to COM1 (or COM2 if appropriate) using the DOS COPY command.   This causes a sheet of paper to be printed that says “Ready for Microsoft Word output,” and initializes the LaserWriter for output from a PC. It also activates the PostScript interpreter in the printer so that it knows how to communicate with a PC.   The LaserWriter is now set up for printing until you turn it off. 

Word versions 3.x and later automatically send the initialization file to the printer.

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