LaserWriter Select 300

The LaserWriter Select 300 was an entry-level monochrome laser printer from the LaserWriter series that was released by Apple Computer for the small office market. It was announced at Macworld Expo Tokyo on February 9, 1993 and was available immediately.Apple Introduces LaserWriter Select Series of Midrange Laser Printers by Apple Computer, Higher Intellect Vintage Computing Wiki. 1993-02-09.
==Description==
Though it retains similar exterior dimensions as early models of the Personal LaserWriter series, the Select 300 featured increased speed and reduced weight by switching from a Canon LBP-LX to a P series print engine. It could print at a resolution of 300-dpi at 5 pages-per-minute with a rated life of 150,000 pages.LaserWriter Select 300, Low End Mac. 1993-02-01.Personal LaserWriter LS, Low End Mac. 1991-03-01.
Like the Personal LaserWriter LS before it, costs were reduced by eliminating LocalTalk networking and PostScript support from the Select 300. The printer can still be networked through GrayShare software, which requires a host Macintosh computer to do so. It did not contain a processor to rasterize images and relied on a Mac to do such with QuickDraw. Adobe Type Manager or System 7's TrueType support was necessary for reproduction of scalable outline fonts. The data would then be transmitted through the serial port at 57.6 kbps (slower than LocalTalk's maximum of 230.4 kbps).New LaserWriters by Adam Engst, TidBITS. 1993-02-08.LaserWriters Select 300 and 310, Computer and Information Services Newsletter vol.2, no.9, p.221-222. University of Minnesota. 1993-03. Users who wanted PostScript support could opt for the LaserWriter Select 310.LaserWriter Select 310, Low End Mac. 1993-02-01.
==Discontinuation==
The Select 300 was discontinued in March 1995 and was superseded by the significantly faster LaserWriter Select 360.LaserWriter Select 360, Low End Mac. 1993-10-01. A more compact alternative was the Personal LaserWriter 300.Personal LaserWriter 300, Low End Mac. 1993-06-01.
==References==
==External links==
*LaserWriter Select 300:Technical Specifications at Apple Support
**LaserWriter Select (PDF) by Apple Service Source (mirrored)
*LaserWriter Select 300 at Applematters
*LaserWriter Select 300 at madeApple
*LaserWriter Select 300 at the North East Florida Educational Consortium
Category:1993 introductions