Editing LaserWriter (section)

{{Short description|1985 laser printer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox computer hardware
| name = LaserWriter
| image = Laserwriter.jpg
| caption =
| introduced = {{Start date|1985|03|01}}
| discontinued = {{End date|1988|02|01}}
| cost = {{USD|6995|1985|round=-1}}
| processor = [[Motorola 68000]]
| frequency = 12 MHz
| memory = 1.5 MB
| slots = 1
| rom = 512 KB
| ports = [[Serial port|Serial]], [[LocalTalk]], [[AppleTalk]]
| type = [[Laser printing|Laser]]
| color = Monochrome
| dpi = 300
| speed = 8 pages per minute
| language = [[PostScript]], [[Diablo 630]]
| power = 760 watts
| weight = {{convert|77|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| dimensions = (H × W × D) {{convert|11.5|*|18.5|*|16.2|in|cm|abbr=on}}
}}

The '''LaserWriter''' is a [[laser printing|laser printer]] with built-in [[PostScript]] interpreter sold by [[Apple Inc.|Apple, Inc.]] from 1985 to 1988. It was one of the first laser printers available to the mass market. In combination with [[WYSIWYG]] publishing software like [[Adobe PageMaker|PageMaker]] that operated on top of the [[graphical user interface]] of  [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]] computers, the LaserWriter was a key component at the beginning of the [[desktop publishing]] revolution.<ref name="tucker">H. A. Tucker: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YlmafkntEqIC&pg=PA296 Desktop Publishing.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127204028/https://books.google.com/books?id=YlmafkntEqIC&pg=PA296 |date=January 27, 2017 }}'' In: Maurice M. de Ruiter: ''Advances in Computer Graphics III.'' Springer, 1988, {{ISBN|3-540-18788-X}}, P. 296.</ref><ref name="spring">Michael B. Spring: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_MV46vFUrI4C&pg=PA46 Electronic printing and publishing: the document processing revolution.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127045338/https://books.google.com/books?id=_MV46vFUrI4C&pg=PA46 |date=January 27, 2017 }}'' CRC Press, 1991, {{ISBN|0-8247-8544-4}}, Page 46.</ref>