Apple LQ User Manual

Update to ImageWriter LQ Owner’s Guide

Your Apple® ImageWriter® LQ has been modified to make IT easier to use. Some of these modifications are not reflected in the ImageWriter LQ Owner’s Guide you received with your printer. As you use your owner’s guide, please keep in mind the information presented in this update. (You might want to jot down in your copy of the manual the few changes explained here.)

“Open Me First”

Your ImageWriter LQ Owner’s Guide provides all the information you need to set up your printer. However, you’ll find an abbreviated version of that information in the “Open Me First” foldout that came with your printer.

The foldout is meant to streamline the setting-up process for you. Use the “Open Me First” foldout if you want a quick guide to setting up your printer.

HyperCard stack

The ImageWriter LQ provides a variety of ways for paper to move through the printer. You choose a paper path according to your own needs. To find information on loading the paper in the manner appropriate for the task you’ve chosen, see the HyperCard® stack titled “Using Your ImageWriter LQ” on ImageWriter LQ Disk 1. By using the stack, you can go quickly and directly to the relevant information without using your owner’s guide. The stack also includes a comprehensive trouble-shooting guide, should you run into problems using your printer.

To use the stack, you’ll need HyperCard version 1.2 or later (see your authorized Apple dealer or representative).

Disk contents

The ImageWriter LQ Owner’s Guide refers to the contents of the three disks that accompany the printer. The contents of the three disks have changed. Here is a list of the current contents of the disks:

ImageWriter LQ Disk 1 LQ ImageWriter resource

Using Your ImageWriter LQ

LQ Fonts Disk 2 Times Font

Helvetica Font Font/DA Mover

LQ Fonts Disk 3 Courier Font

Symbol Font Font/DA Mover

DIP switch settings

In Chapter 2 of the the ImageWriter LQ Owner’s Guide, you’ll find instructions for changing the DIP switch settings on switch number SW2-8. The DIP switch has been set to the closed position.With the switch in this position, the printer advances pin-feed paper far enough so that you can easily tear off the last form. This switch setting also eliminates the possibility of printing on the previous page or on the platen, when using applications with no preset top margin.

Ignore the instructions for setting the switch if you want to tear off the last form of your pin-feed paper, or if your application does not have a preset top margin. If, on the other hand, you do not want the paper to advance past the top-of-form mark on the paper guide, use the instructions in the “Changing DIP Switch SW2-8” section of Chapter 2. Be sure to set the switch to Open.

Cut Sheet Feeder

The optional Cut Sheet Feeder for the ImageWriter LQ has been redesigned. The ImageWriter LQ Owner’s Guide provides instructions for setting up and installing the Cut Sheet Feeder on your printer. In these instructions, the manual refers to the forward collator as a separate piece that you need to install on the feeder. This step is no longer necessary. The forward collator is no longer a separate piece; it is now a molded part of the Cut Sheet Feeder itself.

Paper separator

Your ImageWriter LQ Owner’s Guide provides instructions for installing the paper separator and explains that the separator is necessary only if you use rear-feed paper paths.

The paper separator now comes installed. Accordingly, you can ignore the installation instructions. It has also been redesigned to stay in the printer at all times, regardless of the paper path you choose.