At this time is not possible to print in color using the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS printer over the parallel port from the DOS Compatibility Card. When a revised version of the PC Printer Spooler becomes available, this will be resolved.

The Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS installation puts a virtual driver on the DOS Compatibility Card to control the LPT1 port, which causes various problems when printing. Additionally there are two other problems with the Postscript drivers.

1. The Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS driver puts some hex codes at the beginning of the postscript file (X014d). This additional code causes the PC Print Spooler to fail because it is expecting x0425 Ð so the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS driver won't work. It is not possible to edit the postscript file and take out the beginning hex data because the printer expects to see that code.
2. The Laserwriter NT driver prints, but not in color. The lack of color is caused at the PostScript rendering stage at the Application/driver level on the PC. It simply does not generate color Postscript code. Instead it interprets the GDI data on the PC as being black & white (Grayscale).

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