<s>
Though	O
some	O
early	O
products	O
use	O
thermal	O
technology	O
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
products	O
can	O
be	O
broadly	O
divided	O
into	O
three	O
lines	O
:	O
ImageWriter	O
(	O
dot	O
matrix	O
)	O
,	O
LaserWriter	O
(	O
PostScript	B-Language
laser	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
StyleWriter	O
(	O
thermal	O
inkjet	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
's	O
first	O
printer	O
was	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Silentype	I-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
1979	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
Plus	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Silentype	B-Device
was	O
a	O
thermal	O
printer	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
a	O
special	O
paper	O
and	O
provided	O
80	B-Device
column	I-Device
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
III	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Silentype	B-Device
was	O
a	O
rebranded	O
Trendcom	O
200	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
Dot	I-Device
Matrix	I-Device
Printer	I-Device
(	O
often	O
shortened	O
to	O
Apple	O
DMP	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
printer	O
manufactured	O
by	O
C	O
.	O
Itoh	O
and	O
sold	O
under	O
Apple	O
label	O
in	O
1982	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
Lisa	B-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
III	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
followed	O
this	O
release	O
with	O
a	O
Qume	O
daisy	O
wheel	O
engine	O
,	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Letter	I-Device
Quality	I-Device
Printer	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Daisy	I-Device
Wheel	I-Device
Printer	I-Device
)	O
,	O
in	O
January	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
Apple	O
released	O
its	O
only	O
plotter	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
Apple	O
Color	B-Device
Plotter	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
Scribe	I-Device
Printer	I-Device
was	O
a	O
thermal	O
transfer	O
printer	O
,	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
1984	O
alongside	O
the	O
Apple	O
IIc	O
for	O
a	O
relatively	O
low	O
retail	O
price	O
,	O
and	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LaserWriter	O
was	O
a	O
laser	O
printer	O
with	O
built-in	O
PostScript	B-Language
interpreter	O
introduced	O
by	O
Apple	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
combination	O
with	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
publishing	O
software	O
like	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
,	O
that	O
operated	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
of	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
,	O
the	O
LaserWriter	O
was	O
a	O
key	O
component	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
revolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
StyleWriter	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
line	O
of	O
inkjet	O
serial	B-Protocol
printers	O
,	O
targeted	O
mainly	O
towards	O
consumers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
but	O
a	O
few	O
models	O
contained	O
Canon	O
print	O
engines	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
were	O
rebadged	O
Canon	O
printers	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
last	O
few	O
were	O
rebadged	O
HP	B-Device
DeskJet	I-Device
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Printer	I-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
color	O
inkjet	O
printer	O
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
maximum	O
resolution	O
was	O
360	O
DPI	O
and	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
computer	O
via	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
many	O
inkjet	O
printers	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Printer	I-Device
did	O
not	O
suffer	O
from	O
print	O
slowdowns	O
caused	O
by	O
slow	O
communication	O
from	O
the	O
computer	O
performing	O
rasterization	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
bus	O
is	O
relatively	O
fast	O
.	O
</s>
