Apple Color StyleWriter 2500

The Apple Color StyleWriter 2500 is Whether you use the Color
a compact, elegantly designed ink-jet StyleWriter 2500 to print your house-
printer that provides outstanding per- hold budget, your child’s latest art
formance for both color and black- project, a class handout, or a customer
and-white printing. It’s ideal for home, presentation, you’ll appreciate the
education, and small-business users quality and convenience of this
Features who require convenient, superior- printer’s fast-drying, water-resistant
Outstanding print quality
quality color capability without com- ink. And you’ll find the Apple Color
• Prints Macintosh documents in millions of promising true black text. StyleWriter 2500 equally convenient
vibrant colors at high resolution—up to 720
by 360 dots per inch; to ensure consistent
With its 720- by 360-dpi resolution to own. It’s extremely simple to set
high-quality results, the printer automati- for both color and black and white up and can be shared over a network
cally chooses the optimal ink density for
the paper you’re using
and its support for ColorSync color- in several ways. Through Apple’s
• Gives you a choice of 64 scalable TrueType matching technology, the Color ColorShare technology, the Color
fonts for printing in any size and in a
variety of styles
StyleWriter 2500 easily prints high- StyleWriter 2500 can be shared with
• Allows you to combine vivid color images quality text and images. It even others over a LocalTalk, EtherTalk,
with true black text on the same printed page
• Uses Apple’s ColorSync technology to
features optimal ink density, which or TokenTalk network. Or you can
ensure the closest possible match between automatically adjusts the ink satu- choose to add the optional LocalTalk
the colors you see on your display and the
colors printed in your documents
ration to provide the best possible module or the StyleWriter EtherTalk
Convenience
output on a variety of media Adapter, for direct connection to a
• Takes advantage of the high performance (papers, transparencies, and back- LocalTalk or EtherTalk network.
of PowerPC processor–based computers
to speed the processing and printing of
print film). And the speed of this So if you want outstanding print
complex documents printer is also a strong point: the quality and color capability—in a conve-
• Features a small, sleek design that fits
on virtually any desktop
Apple Color StyleWriter 2500 prints nient, flexible printer—the Apple Color
• Prints quickly (up to 5 pages per minute up to 5 pages per minute for black StyleWriter 2500 is the printer for you.
in black-and-white; 0.66 page per minute
in color)
and white and up to 0.66 page
• Offers the option of printing on a wide per minute for color.
range of media, including plain, premium,
and glossy paper, transparencies, back-
print film, and envelopes
• Automatically turns itself on when it
receives a document and turns itself off
when it finishes printing

Ease of use
• Supports plug-and-play connection to
virtually any Macintosh, PowerBook,
or Power Macintosh computer
• Is easy to set up and install
• Provides “desktop printing”; you can print
files by simply dragging them onto a
desktop printer icon
• Allows you to place watermarks in the back-
ground of your documents quickly and easily
• Lets you print two or four reduced-size pages
on a single sheet of paper, saving paper, ink,
and time for review of multipage documents
 Apple Color StyleWriter 2500
• Most letterhead and colored stock, labels, and
Technical Specifications
envelopes
• For superior graphics and imaging results, Apple
Print method
recommends Apple premium, premium plus,
• Thermal ink jet
glossy, and back-print film
Print quality • For fast dry time and vibrant colors on overhead
• 720 by 360 dpi with ink density optimization for transparencies, Apple recommends Apple color
a variety of paper types ink-jet transparencies

Interfaces Paper capacity

Ordering Information • High-speed serial (RS-422) • Multipurpose tray that accommodates up to
• Optional LocalTalk Module 100 sheets of paper or 15 envelopes
Apple Color StyleWriter 2500 • Optional direct connection to an EtherTalk network
Order No. M4236LL/A Printable surface
through the Apple StyleWriter EtherTalk Adapter
• Apple Color StyleWriter 2500 printer • Maximum printable line: 8.1 in. (20.6 cm)
• Apple Color StyleWriter 2500 software Speed • Minimum margins: 0.2 in (0.5 cm) left and right;
• Apple Color StyleWriter 2500 Color Ink Car- • Up to 5 pages per minute for black and white 0.1 in. (0.3 cm) top; 0.28 in. (0.7 cm) bottom
tridge (includes print head, color ink tank • Up to 0.66 page per minute for color
Size and weight
[cyan, magenta, and yellow], and black ink tank) • Actual speed depends on the documents printed
and the Macintosh used • Height: 8.3 in. (21.1 cm)
• Serial cable
• Width: 14.4 in. (36.5 cm)
• AC power adapter
Fonts • Depth: 9.2 in. (23.4 cm)
• User’s guide
• TrueType font support (see below for the 64 • Weight: 6.9 lb. (3.2 kg)
Apple Color StyleWriter 2500 TrueType fonts available with the Apple Color
Power consumption
Color Ink Cartridge StyleWriter 2500)
• Adobe PostScript font support when used with
• Operating mode: 27.6 W (maximum)
Order No. M3328G/A
—2,000 pages at 7.5% coverage Adobe Type Manager software Operating environment
• Temperature: 59° to 86° F (15° to 30° C)
Apple High-Performance Ink cartridges
• Humidity: 10% to 80% noncondensing
Black Ink Cartridge • Color Ink Cartridge—includes print head, color ink
Order No. M3240G/A tank (cyan, magenta, and yellow), and black ink tank Power requirements
—900 pages at 5% coverage —2,000 pages at 7.5% coverage • U.S./Japan: 120 V, 60 Hz
• Color and Black Ink Tanks • Europe/Australia: 220 to 240 V, 50 Hz
Replacement Tanks —100 pages each at 7.5% coverage
(for Color Ink Cartridge) • High-Performance Black Ink Cartridge for black- System requirements
Order No. M3329G/A and-white printing • An Apple Macintosh or PowerBook personal
• Apple Color StyleWriter Color Ink Tank —900 pages at 5% coverage computer with a 68020 or later processor, a Power
Order No. M3330G/A Macintosh system, or another Mac OS–based
• Apple Color StyleWriter Black Ink Tank Print materials personal computer with 5MB of RAM
• 16- to 24-lb. (60 to 90 g/m2) bond or copier paper • System software version 7.1 or later
Media • Paper: U.S. letter, U.S. legal, A4, and envelopes • Supports QuickDraw GX
Letter-size premium paper M2952G/A (#10 business and #6)
Letter-size premium plus paper M4792G/A
Letter-size glossy paper M3655G/A
Letter-size transparency M2658G/A
Letter-size back-print film M2953G/A
A4-size premium paper M2951G/A
A4-size premium plus paper M4791G/A
A4-size glossy paper M3656G/A
A4-size transparency M1959G/A
A4-size back-print film M2954G/A

Optional LocalTalk Module

Order No. M3458G/A
Optional Apple StyleWriter
EtherTalk Adapter
Order No. M4775LL/A
Product specifications are subject to change.
Check with your Apple reseller for the most
current information about product
specifications and configurations.

Apple Computer, Inc. © 1996 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, ColorShare, ColorSync, EtherTalk, LocalTalk, Macintosh, New York, PowerBook,
Power Macintosh, StyleWriter, TokenTalk, and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S.A. and other countries. Chicago,
1 Infinite Loop Geneva, Mac, Monaco, and QuickDraw are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Adobe and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated, which
Cupertino, CA 95014 may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Helvetica, Palatino, and Times are registered trademarks of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries. ITC Avant
( 408) 996-1010 Garde Gothic, ITC Bookman, ITC Garamond, ITC Zapf Chancery, and ITC Zapf Dingbats are registered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation.
http://www.apple.com/ PowerPC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation, used under license therefrom. Mention of non-Apple products is for informational
purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance,
or use of these products. All understandings, agreements, or warranties, if any, take place directly between the vendors and the prospective users.
January 1996. Product specifications are subject to change without notice. Printed in U.S.A.
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