ranger@ecsvax.UUCP (Rick N. Fincher) (12/16/86)
Apple IIGS: Printing to the LaserWriter from AppleWorks: The following
instructions are valid for AppleWorks versions 1.3 and 2.0; earlier
versions of AppleWorks have not been tested with these modifications.
These changes support both the LaserWriter and the LaserWriter Plus. You
first create an AppleWorks program disk with all the files required to
print AppleWorks documents to the LaserWriter and thereupon you test the
disk by printing a document. Then you can create a bootable disk that
effectively reduces the number of manual steps needed to prepare the
system for printing your AppleWorks documents to the LaserWriter.
Creating a program disk: Using the System Utilities program, --
Name a disk /APPLEWORKS. For this set of instructions, we'll say the
disk is a single 3.5" disk. -- Copy all files from the master
AppleWorks disk to the single 3.5" disk that you have named
/APPLEWORKS. -- Put away the master AppleWorks disk --
Delete the old version of ProDOS 1.1.1 from your /APPLEWORKS disk.
-- Copy the new version of ProDOS, P8, from the Apple IIGS System Disk
to your /APPLEWORKS disk. -- On your AppleWorks disk, rename P8
with the name PRODOS. -- Copy the following files from the Apple
IIGS System Disk to your /APPLEWORKS disk: ATINIT ------
Appletalk initialization program IWEM -------- ImageWriter
Emulator program MTXABS.0 ---- Mousetext tool kit NAMER.0
----- Namer Object Code NAMER.II ---- Namer program
CHOOSER.O --- Chooser Object Code CHOOSER.II -- Chooser program
Printing a document with AppleWorks and the LaserWriter: You need
only do steps 3a through 3f once; after that, the disk has the necessary
information. 1. Plug the AppleTalk cable into the printer port on the
back of the Apple IIGS. 2. Change the Control Panel Slot
settings to "Your Card" for Slot 1 and to "Built-In AppleTalk" for
Slot 7. 3. Tell AppleWorks how to send information to the
LaserWriter: a. Start up AppleWorks and choose Other Activities
from the Main Menu (item #5). b. Choose Specify
information about your printer(s) (item #7). c. Choose Add a
printer (item #2). d. Choose Apple ImageWriter. e. To
name the printer, type "LaserWriter" and press Return. f. Choose
Slot 7. 4. Start up the application called Chooser on your System
Disk. 5. Click on LASERWRITER and choose the LaserWriter to which
you want to print. 6. Quit Chooser. 7. Start AppleWorks
by typing: -/APPLEWORKS/APLWORKS.SYSTEM Notes: The Chooser
program "CHOOSER.II" must be run and the LaserWriter selected each time
your LaserWriter is turned off and on. The CHOOSER program is used to
download the IWEM fi
le from the Apple IIGS into the LaserWriter. If the LaserWriter has been
powered off since the last time the IWEM program was downloaded, the
AppleWorks program will not print to the LaserWriter. Creating a
bootable disk: To run the Namer, Chooser, or AppleWorks at boot time,
create the simple startup program below and copy it to the disk. Follow
the file copying instructions above in "Creating a program disk," and
then: 1. Using the System Utilities -- Copy the file
BASIC.SYSTEM from the Apple IIGS System Disk to your
AppleWorks disk. -- On your AppleWorks disk, rename the file
called APLWORKS.SYSTEM to APLWORKS -- Exit to BASIC
2. Create the following Applesoft BASIC program: 10 HOME : REM
Startup program 20 PRINT " Program Loader ": PRINT 30 PRINT " 1)
AppleWorks " 40 PRINT " 2) Chooser" 50 PRINT " 3) Namer": PRINT 60
INPUT " Enter your choice:";A$ 70 A = VAL (A$) 80 ON A GOTO
100,200,300 90 GOTO 10 100 PRINT CHR$ (4);"-APLWORKS" 110 END 200
PRINT CHR$ (4);"-CHOOSER.II" 210 END 300 PRINT CHR$ (4);"-NAMER.II"
310 END 3. Check to be sure you entered the BASIC program exactly
as shown above. 4. Type SAVE STARTUP and press Return. Boot
your AppleWorks disk; the following appears on the screen: Program
Loader 1) AppleWorks 2) Chooser 3) Namer Enter your choice:
Simply type in the number of the program you wish to run, and press
Return. Whenever you print to "LaserWriter," your output will be
directed to the last LaserWriter chosen using Chooser. Apple Technical Communications