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Apple LaserWriter
12/640 PS Plus Apple LaserWriter 12/640 PS Plus

Features

Convenient single-box, workgroup printing solution

  • Provides an integrated duplex printing unit for professional-quality double-sided output1
  • Includes a 250-sheet cassette and 80-sheet multipurpose tray, as well as an easy-to-assemble 500-sheet cassette and feeder to accommodate the needs of larger workgroups or to facilitate the handling of bulk jobs (830-sheet total capacity)
  • Comes with 12MB of RAM to support high-performance paper-handling capabilities
  • Offers easy, single-button installation of printing software and fonts from CD for
    Mac OS or Windows systems
  • Supports additional easy-to-install (no tools required) printer options for even more flexible paper handling, including an envelope cassette that works with the 500-sheet feeder and a face-up output tray that minimizes paper curl

Breakthrough print quality

  • Offers 600- by 600-dpi resolution for sharp, clear printing
  • Includes Apple's FinePrint and PhotoGrade1 technologies for enhanced text and graphics quality
  • Provides a choice of 65 scalable TrueType fonts for printing in any size and in a wide variety of styles

High performance

  • Prints at a fast 12 pages per minute
  • Provides impressive performance through
    its powerful RISC processor--the 30-MHz AMD 29040

Compatibility

  • Features built-in, all-ports-active LocalTalk, Ethernet, and bidirectional parallel interfaces, so it's easy to share your printer with others--including users of PCs running Windows
  • Includes the Adobe PostScript Level 2 and PCL 5 page-description languages for compatibility with your applications

Description

The Apple LaserWriter 12/640 PS Plus is a high-quality monochrome laser printer that provides outstanding results--and incorporates impressive paper-handling capabilities, including duplex (double-sided) printing, and a 500-sheet cassette and feeder for workgroups or bulk printing needs. It's ideal for desktop publishing use, whether your organization is involved in business, government, or education. And its networking compatibility makes it a natural for small workgroups or organizational intranets of Mac OS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Windows NT users.

Featuring an advanced laser printer engine, the Apple LaserWriter 12/640 PS Plus can handle up to
12 pages per minute, at an impressive 600 dots per inch. Its built-in FinePrint technology and support for PhotoGrade enable this printer to provide crisp, clear text and superior-quality gray-scale images. And the LaserWriter 12/640 PS Plus can print on a wide range of media.

Apple understands that large organizations have demanding paper-handling needs, so we designed the LaserWriter 12/640 PS Plus to incorporate duplex printing unit, for quick, easy professional-quality double-sided output. In addition, this printer comes with a 250-sheet cassette and 80-sheet multipurpose tray, which, in conjunction with its 500-sheet cassette and feeder, provide an impressive 830-sheet total capacity. There are even two additional paper-handling options: a cassette, and a special face-up output tray (ideal for printing on transparencies, labels, postcards, envelopes, or heavier paper stocks because it reduces page curl).

Yet for all of its quality, perform- ance, and flexibility, the LaserWriter 12/640 PS Plus remains an econom-ical laser printing solution--made even more affordable by this printer's outstanding networking capability. It even comes with Adobe PostScript Level 2 and PCL 5--so no matter what type of computer and which applications you're using, if you choose the LaserWriter 12/640 PS Plus, you and your colleagues can start printing high-quality output immediately.

Technical Specifications

Print engine and controller

  • 30-MHz AMD 29040 RISC processor
  • Engine life of 300,000 pages
  • No monthly maximum duty cycle

Print quality

  • 600-dpi resolution
  • FinePrint, Apple's resolution-enhancement technology
  • PhotoGrade, Apple's graphic image-enhancement technology

Memory

  • 12MB of RAM installed
  • Expandable to 64MB with industry-standard
    72-pin SIMMs

Interfaces

  • LocalTalk port
  • Bidirectional parallel port
  • Ethernet port (supports EtherTalk, TCP/IP, and Novell NetWare IPX connections)

Print speed

  • 12 pages per minute maximum (actual speed varies depending on images printed and computer used)
  • 8 pages per minute for duplex printing on letter-size paper

Fonts

  • 65 TrueType fonts

Languages supported

  • Adobe PostScript Level 2
  • PCL 5

Standard paper-handling capabilities

  • 250-sheet built-in universal cassette
  • 80-sheet multipurpose tray
  • Duplex Printing Unit
  • 500-Sheet Cassette and Feeder

Paper-handling options

  • Envelope Cassette (requires 500-Sheet Cassette
    and Feeder)
  • Face-up Output Tray

Print materials

  • 16- to 50-lb. weight
  • Paper: U.S. letter, U.S. legal, A4, A5, B5, C5, executive, Com-10, Monarch, DL, and postcard
  • Most letterhead and colored stock, labels,
    and envelopes
  • Medium-weight photocopier transparencies

Power requirements

  • U.S./Japan: 100 to 115 V, 50 to 60 Hz
  • Europe/Australia: 220 to 240 V, 50 Hz

Power consumption

  • Operating mode: 120 W average
  • Standby mode: <25 W

Environmental requirements

  • Temperature: 50deg. to 90deg. F (10deg. to 32deg. C)
  • Humidity: 20% to 80% noncondensing
  • Toner cartridge transit environment: -4deg. to 104deg. F
    (-20deg. to 40deg. C)

Size and weight

  • Height: 29.75 in. (75.6 cm)
  • Width: 20.56 in. (52.2 cm)
  • Depth: 32.4 in. (82.3 cm)
  • Weight: 85 lb. (38.2 kg)

System requirements

  • For the Mac OS, an Apple Macintosh, Power Macintosh, PowerBook, or other Mac OS-based personal computer with Macintosh system software version 7.1 or later, 8MB of RAM, a CD-ROM drive3, and a hard disk drive with 5MB of available space (for printer software and fonts)
  • For Microsoft Windows 95, an IBM or IBM-compatible personal computer with an 80486 processor or later, 8MB of RAM, and a CD-ROM drive3
  • For Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later or Windows for Workgroups 3.11, an IBM or IBM-compatible personal computer with an 80386 processor or later, MS-DOS version 3.3 or later (version 5.0 or later recommended), 4MB of RAM, and a CD-ROM drive3

(Note: This printer can also be used with a system running MS-DOS without Windows.)

Ordering Information

Apple LaserWriter 12/640 PS Plus

  • Order No. M5540LL/A
  • Apple LaserWriter 12/640 PS (with 12MB
    of RAM installed)
  • Apple LaserWriter 12/640 PS Duplex Printing Unit2
  • Apple LaserWriter 12/640 PS 500-Sheet Cassette and Feeder2
  • LaserWriter 12/640 Accessory Kit, containing the following:
  • -- Printer software for the Mac OS and Windows on CD-ROM
  • -- Setup and user's guide
  • -- Power cord
  • LaserWriter 12/640 PS Toner Cartridge

LaserWriter 12/640 PS
Envelope Cassette

  • Order No. M4680G/A

LaserWriter 12/640 PS
Face-up Output Tray

  • Order No. M4698G/A

LaserWriter 12/640 PS
Toner Cartridge

  • Order No. M4683G/A

Recommended Memory Configuration
Printer RAM (Memory) Enabling Technologies Paper-Handling
At 12MB (Standard) FinePrint (Standard) PhotoGrade1 (Standard) Standard:
  • 250-Sheet Cassette
  • 80-Sheet Multipurpose Tray
  • 500-Sheet Cassette and Feeder
  • Duplex Printing Unit
Options:
  • Envelope Cassette
  • Face-up Output Tray
Additional 16MB (24MB total) Gives you simultaneous use of PhotoGrade technology and duplex printing on supported paper sizes

Product specifications are subject to change. Check with your Apple reseller for the most current information about product specifications and configurations.

1 Requires minimum 24MB of RAM for simultaneous use of duplex printing and PhotoGrade technology on supported paper sizes

2 Some assembly required; no tools or special skills needed.

3 For systems without a CD-ROM drive, high-density 3.5-inch floppy disks containing the printing software are available on request

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