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To: Benjamin Ostrom who wrote (6613)	12/3/1997 9:03:00 PM
From: Dylan	Respond to of 213182

Printer Fix to be Released Tuesday: Apple Printers Overwhelmed by Powerful Macs 12/03/97 Newsbytes, Wednesday, December 03, 1997 at 15:10 CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1997 DEC 3 (NB) -- REPEAT/ By Patrick McKenna, Newsbytes. Apple Computer Inc. [NASDAQ:AAPL] says a beta "patch" is expected to arrive on the company's World Wide Web site late Tuesday. The patch is designed to correct a problem Apple StyleWriter 4100 and 4500 printers experience with the company's faster Power Macs and Power Macintosh G3 systems. According to company spokesperson Natalie Welsh, the troubled computer hardware and software company realized the problem in the past few days. "The problem is in the printer drivers," said Welsh. "The issue is a timing problem with the serial port." At this time the problem appears to strike with Apple's fastest machines. The company says the problem has occurred with Macintosh systems based on the new PowerPC G3 microprocessor and with Power Macintosh 9600/300, 9600/350, 8600/250 and 8600/300 systems. "We expect to have a permanent patch by the end of the month," added Welsh. A technical note on Apple's web site (http://www.apple.com ) reads: "The Color StyleWriter 4100 and Color StyleWriter 4500 are not compatible with the owner Macintosh G3 computers. When attempting to print using the current driver [v1.0.3] (an) error dialog (will be) displayed." Reported by Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com . (19971203/Press Contact: Natalie Welsh, Apple, 408-974-5430 /APPLE/PHOTO)