This article details LaserWriter Printer Software 8.5.1. It was released on November 17, 1997. It is available for download from Apple Software Updates sites.

LaserWriter Software 8.5.1 requires US System Software version 7.0 or later.

It includes LaserWriter 8 Printer Driver Version 8.5.1, Desktop Printer Utility Version 1.0, Desktop PrintMonitor Version 2.1, and Apple Printer Utility Version 2.2. Please see the Read Me included with this software for more information.

LaserWriter 8.5.1 adds support for IP printing, for Custom Page Size, for PostScript 3 printers, improved support for ColorSync, support for Acrobat Save as File Format, and adds support for Desktop Printer Utility.

Note: The documentation included with this software mentions a "PS3 Fonts Installer". The "PS3 Fonts Installer" is not included in the online version of this software.

This software consists of six Disk Copy NDIF (New Disk Image Format) compressed images, which requires Disk Copy 6.1 or later to use. Download this software to your hard drive and then double-click it to use it. Disk Copy is available in the Utilities folder.

Disk Copy 6.1 (or later) or Disk Image Mounter 2.1 (or later) from Apple are the recommended applications to access all disk images released by Apple and are the only supported applications to access NDIF disk images.

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