We contacted NEC Technical Support, and they told us that the NEC LC890 will
plug into an AppleTalk network and work with the Apple LaserWriter driver. As
you mentioned, only one bin can be seen by this driver. NEC has a patch for
the LaserWriter driver that gives you dual-bin support.
NEC told us that this patch is available on their free bulletin board. The
number for that bulletin board is 508-264-8816. The patch is in the Apple
section. It is called "dual-bin support" (LaserWriter driver 5.2/6.0), and the
filename is "dualbin.sit." There is a patch that works with LaserWriter driver
5.2 and a patch that works with LaserWriter driver 6.0, plus documentation
included in this StuffIt package.
The patch gives a different print dialog for you to select different bins.
Other printers on the network, like an Apple LaserWriter, appear the same as
they do now. The print dialog does not change for them.