Apple Printer Utility: How To Install a 'Fat' Version

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TOPIC

How do I install a 'fat' version of the Apple Printer Utility?

Note: A 'fat' version of an application means the application contains both PowerPC native code and 68000 code.

DISCUSSION

If you to install a 'fat' version of the Apple Printer Utility from the LaserWriter 8.4 or LaserWriter 8.4.1 installation disks, you must install the software in the following order.

Step 1

Launch the LaserWriter software Installer.

Step 2

Select Custom Install

Step 3

Select the first option; Printer software fro all Macintosh computers.

If you perform an easy install or Custom Install of the Apple Printer Utility, only a version that runs on the computer architecture of the target computer is installed. So, if you have a Macintosh Quadra 700, only a 68k version of the software would be installed. If you had a Power Macintosh 6100 computer, only a PowerPC version of the software would be installed.

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