Can I hook up a Laser printer, ink jet, or bubble jet printer to my Apple IIGS?
In short: a number of them, but not all. Please look through the following list to check if a particular model you’re looking at is supported. Also, the following applies to all programs which support the GS system toolbox methods for talking to printers through drivers. Most GS programs support this; Print Shop GS is an exception– it’ll pretty much only work with the printers listed in the program, and then only at its printing resolutions. On the GS, you can hook up most LaserWriters made by Apple via AppleTalk– if it supports Postscript and Appletalk, it should work. [Apple’s Quickdraw printers are not usable.] A GS program can typically print to a LaserWriter if it’s connected to the GS via AppleTalk; just install the LaserWriter drivers from the System 6 disks. Note that some LaserWriters from Apple may be ‘Quickdraw,’ not true Postscript printers, so they won’t work from the GS. The Laserwriter, Laserwriter II, LW IINT, LW IINTX are all known to work fine. Of the Apple Stylewri
