AppleWorks: Landscape Printing on LaserWriter Not Supported

I'm using a LaserWriter Plus with an Apple IIe and AppleWorks 2.1. I can print to the LaserWriter using either Diablo emulation or the IWEM ImageWriter emulator. (This is a stand-alone configuration, with the Apple IIe printing through a Super Serial Card.)

1) Can the Diablo emulation mode print sideways?

2) Can I change IWEM for landscape printing, or could AppleWorks be used to send a PostScript "setup string" to the LaserWriter to prepare it to print sideways?

Landscape LaserWriter printing is not supported using Diablo 630 emulation, just as it is not feasible on a Daisy Wheel Printer. The daisy wheel would need another print head to handle the 90 degree rotation of print.

As far as altering the IWEM to print landscape, this is theoretically possible but we know of no easy way to do this. It would involve a fair amount of PostScript programming changes to the IWEM.
Published Date: Feb 18, 2012