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From: mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu (Mike Blackwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: LaserWriter Password
Message-ID: <9973@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 21 Jul 90 19:56:19 GMT
Reply-To: mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu (Mike Blackwell)
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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A previous poster claimed that if your LaserWrtier password gets changed to
some unknown value (via a Trojan horse or otherwise), you need to have the
controller board replaced. This is not true. There are several PostScript
programs floating around that will allow you to reset the password on most
Adobe PS engines (including the one in the Apple LaserWriter). One went by
on comp.lang.postscript just a few days ago. Check there for more info. If
you are a Mac network administrator, this is a tool you should have...

		Mike Blackwell		mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu