Driver Software for Laserwriter 8500

Hi,

I recently aquired an old Laserwriter 8500. It still works fine, but I can not find any driver software (PPD or other) for the printer for a current macOS like Catalina.


Any hint will be highly appricated!


TIA & best wishes

Gregor

Posted on Oct 22, 2022 2:16 AM

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Posted on Oct 22, 2022 6:14 AM

I finally found something. At

https://www.callapple.org/extras/apple-older-software-downloads/

is a file


and in DISK3 of the zip-file there is

APLWBGR1.PPD

which ist actually the PPD for

*ModelName: "Apple LaserWriter 8500"

*ShortNickName: "Apple LaserWriter 8500"

*NickName: "Apple LaserWriter 8500 v3010.103"


It can be select in the printer setup and the printer options (RAM, duplex, additional cassettes) can be selected.


Now A3 printing is still not working, but the paper feed looks like it is broken ...


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Oct 22, 2022 6:14 AM in response to gregor322

I finally found something. At

https://www.callapple.org/extras/apple-older-software-downloads/

is a file


and in DISK3 of the zip-file there is

APLWBGR1.PPD

which ist actually the PPD for

*ModelName: "Apple LaserWriter 8500"

*ShortNickName: "Apple LaserWriter 8500"

*NickName: "Apple LaserWriter 8500 v3010.103"


It can be select in the printer setup and the printer options (RAM, duplex, additional cassettes) can be selected.


Now A3 printing is still not working, but the paper feed looks like it is broken ...


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