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How to Use GS/OS with AppleTalk: Setting up an 800K disk for 
Network Printing
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The release of GS/OS 5.0.2 makes it easier for Apple IIGS users to 
print on a LaserWriter or ImageWriter connected to an AppleTalk 
network.  This article describes how to configure GS/OS so you can 
print on the LaserWriter from AppleWorks or AppleWorks GS.  The 
procedures describes the specific files which must be removed if 
you need to use an 800K disk for printing. If you use a hard disk, 
you do not need to remove any files.

You will need a copy of GS/OS 5.0.2, a blank 3.5-inch disk, a copy 
of AppleWorks or AppleWorks GS, and an Apple IIGS (with at least 1 
Mb or RAM) connected to an AppleTalk network.

Setup

You will start by constructing a GS/OS System Disk that lets you 
use the network.  Then you will configure your hardware and 
AppleWorks.  Proceed as follows:

1. Boot your computer with a copy of the GS/OS 5.0.2 System Disk.

2. Initialize a blank 3.5-inch disk formatted for 800K of data at 
a 2:1  interleave.  (If you have a white 3.5-inch drive, it is a 
UniDisk; format  disks for that drive with a 4:1 interleave.)  
Name the disk LW.STARTUP.

3. Insert the System Tools Disk and launch the Installer.

Now you will use the Installer to prepare a Startup Disk that lets 
you print on the LaserWriter.  Proceed as follows:

4. Select RLatest System FilesS from the scrollable list of 
scripts on the left side  of the screen.

5. Insert the LW.STARTUP disk and click the RDriveS button until  
LW.STARTUP appears on the right side of the screen.

6. Click on the RInstallS button.  If you have a single drive, you 
will have to swap disks repeatedly while the installer copies 
these files to your new disk.

7. Quit the Installer.

Now you will remove some files from LW.STARTUP to accommodate the 
LaserWriter driver.  You do not have to delete these files if you 
use a hard disk drive.

8. With the Finder on the screen, open the LW.STARTUP disk and 
drag the  icons BASIC.SYSTEM and BASIC.LAUNCHER to the trash. 

 

9. Open the System folder and then open the Fonts folder.  Select 
all the files  except Courier.12, Helvetica.12, Times.12, and 
FastFont.  Drag the selected  files to the trash.

10. Close the Fonts folder and open the Drivers folder.

11. Drag the ImageWriter file to the trash.  (If you are using the 
copy of GS/OS supplied with AppleWorks GS, also remove the file 
ImageWriter.CL.)

12. Close the Drivers folder and open the CDEVs folder.

13. Remove all the files from this folder except the RAM file.

14. Select REmpty trashS from the Special Menu.

Now you will add the LaserWriter driver to the System folder.  
Continue as follows:

15. Insert the GS/OS System Tools Disk, launch the Installer, and 
select  LaserWriter from the list of scripts on the left.

16. Insert the LW.STARTUP disk and click RDiskS until LW.STARTUP 
appears  on the right.

17. Click on the RInstallS button and swap disks as requested.

Configure Your Hardware and Software

Steps 1-17 create a disk you can use to launch AppleWorks. That 
disk lets you use the ImageWriter Emulator built into the Control 
Panel to produce LaserWriter quality output from AppleWorks.  Now 
you must configure your hardware and AppleWorks to use that 
printer.  Proceed as follows:

1. Activate AppleTalk by issuing an Apple-Control-Escape and 
select the  RslotsS option on the IIGS Control Panel.  If you have 
a ROM 01 IIGS,  change slot 7 to RAppleTalkS and slot 1 or 2 to 
Ryour cardS.  If you have a  ROM 3 computer, change slot 1 or 2 to 
RAppleTalkS.

2. AppleWorks RClassicS users should boot their computers with 
AppleWorks  and add an ImageWriter printer (not an ImageWriter II) 
to the Printer  Menu.  Name that printer RLaserWriterS and assign 
the printer to the slot  you use to access AppleTalk. AppleWorks 
GS users do not have to configure their program.

Each Session

Then follow these steps at the beginning of each working session:

1. Turn on the LaserWriter and wait for it to eject a test page.

2. Boot your computer with the GS/OS 5.0.2 LaserWriter Startup 
Disk you  prepared above.

3. Select the Control Panel desk accessory from the Apple Menu.

4. Scroll to the LaserWriter icon on the left and select it.

5. One or more LaserWriters will appear on the right.  Choose the  
LaserWriter you want to use.  If you connect to a large AppleTalk  
network, RzonesS might appear on the right.  Choose the zone that 
contains  the LaserWriter you want to access.

6. If you use AppleWorks, click on the ImageWriter Emulator 
button.  It will  confirm that the emulator is available on the 
LaserWriter or will  download the emulator to the printer.

7. Close the Control Panel desk accessory.

8. Launch AppleWorks or AppleWorks GS from the GS/OS Finder.  Do 
not  reboot.

AppleWorks users can now print on the LaserWriter that will appear 
on the  AppleWorks Printer Menu.  The default font will be 
12-point Courier, which prints at ten characters per inch.  You 
can get more attractive output by issuing a P1 command which 
prints in proportionally spaced 12-point Times, or a P2 command 
that produces output in 10-point Times. AppleWorks GS users can 
use any size of the three fonts left in the System folder in step 
9.