Apple 12/640PS manual

 S etting up, connecting, and using your printer Ap p l e L a serW r i t er 12 / 6 40 PS[...]

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iii P re fa ce Ho w M uc h o f Th i s B oo k Do I Ha v e t o Rea d? x i x P art I G u i de f or P r i n te r A d m i n i st rat or s 1 Se tt i n g U p the La serW r i te r 1 2/6 40 PS 1 2 Se tt i n g U p the P ri n t er f o r Mac OS U ser s 29 3 Se tt i n g U p the P ri n t er f o r Wi nd o w s, D OS , a nd Ne tW a re U sers 63 4 Se tt i n g U p th[...]

P art III T r ou b les ho o t i n g 1 2 F i x i ng P ape r an d Im a ge P r o b l em s 289 1 3 F i x i ng Ot he r P ro bl e ms 30 1 P art I V A p pen d i x es A p pen d i x A A dm i n i st ra t o r T oo ls Q u i ck R e f er en ce 3 1 5 A p pen d i x B Sett i ng U p the P ri n t er as a n A T PS R em ot e P ri n te r 323 A p pen d i x C U si ng F on[...]

v C ommuni c at ions re gu l ati on i nf or mati on xv i L aser inf or mat i on xv ii P re fa ce Ho w M uc h o f Th i s B oo k Do I Ha v e t o Rea d? x i x Printer admi ni strat ors and users: Who does w hat xx What the printer admi ni strat or shou ld kno w xx Gettin g new u sers star ted xx Whic h chapters shoul d I read? xxi P art I G u i de f o[...]

C onnect ing the printer 1 6 C onnect ing t o a Lo calT alk netw ork 1 7 C onnect ing direct l y to a s i ng le Mac O S computer 1 9 C onnect ing t o a n Ether net netw ork 20 C onnect ing t o a W indow s or DOS c omputer with a parallel c able 2 2 C onnect ing the po wer and tur ning on t he pri nter 2 4 S a v i n g en erg y 26 A dju st ing c ommu[...]

Printing f ont samp les 44 T ur ni n g the star tup pa ge on or o f f 45 Sett ing t he pri nt dens ity 4 6 Sett ing paper -handli n g opti ons 4 7 Se lect i n g imaging opt ions 4 9 Sett ing up job handling 5 1 Sett ing t he pri nter ’ s netw ork zon es 5 2 V ie wi n g a nd c ha n gi n g the communic ati on setting s 54 Sending P ostScript f ile [...]

Initi al No v e ll NetW are setup 7 8 S tep 1: Choos ing an operating mode 7 9 S tep 2 , O pti on A: Sett ing up t he pri nter a s a pri nt serv er (us i ng PC ONS OLE) 8 2 S tep 2 , O pti on B: Sett ing up t he pri nter a s a remote pri nter (RPRIN TER mode) 87 S tep 3: A s s i gni n g a pas s wor d for t he pri nt ser v er (opti onal) 92 S tep 4:[...]

4 Sett i ng U p the P ri n t er f or U NI X U ser s 1 07 Be fore y ou begin 1 07 Initi al T CP/I P setup 1 08 B ac kground inf or mat ion 1 0 8 S tep 1: Installi n g the pri nter s of tw are 1 0 8 S tep 2: Obtaini n g a n I P addre ss f or the pri nter 1 08 S tep 3: A s s i gni n g a n I P addre ss t o the pri nter 1 0 9 S tep 4: C onfi guring u se[...]

Increas ing t he pri nter R AM 1 50 Installi n g RAM 1 5 1 C onf i guring y our pri nter s of t w are f or n e w opti ons 1 5 9 C onf i guring the printer from a Mac O S computer 1 5 9 C onf i guring the printer from a W i ndo w s 3 . 1 computer 1 6 1 C onf i guring the printer from a W i ndo w s 9 5 computer 1 62 P art II G u i de f or U ser s 6 M[...]

S witching betw een pri nters 1 88 Dra g t he do cum ent y ou w a nt t o pri nt to a de s k t op printer icon 1 88 Se lect t he pri nter us ing its de s k t op printer icon 1 8 9 Se lect a ne w pri nter u s i n g the Chooser 1 8 9 Se lect a ne w pri nter fr om the Printer icon in the des kt op menu 1 8 9 W orki n g with des kt op pri nter i cons 1 [...]

Printing t o a PostS cript file 2 2 1 U sing t he dri ver t o pri nt to a P ostScript f ile 22 2 DO S note s 2 2 4 U sing t he App le La serW riter Ut ility f or W indow s 22 4 8 W i nd o w s 95 U sers 225 S y stem requirements 225 Be fore y ou begin 226 Sett ing up f or parallel port pri nt ing 2 26 Installi n g the pri nter s of tw are f or W i n[...]

1 1 Ma i n t en a nce 277 S a f ety first 2 7 8 Prec aut ions during maintena nce 2 79 R e gu l ar maintena nce 2 7 9 R epl acing t he toner c ar trid ge 2 79 Cleaning the e xteri or 286 P art III T ro u b l es h oo t i ng 1 2 F i x i ng P a per a nd I ma ge P ro b lem s 289 Checking t he i ndic at or lights 2 9 0 Checking f or and c learing paper [...]

Printing or v ie wi n g i nf or mati on about the printer or n et work 3 1 9 A dju st ing print quality 3 1 9 Mana ging f onts 3 20 A dmi ni stering L ocalT al k/EtherT al k n et work s f or Mac OS u sers 3 20 A dmi ni stering NetW are netw orks f or DO S and W indow s users 3 20 A dmi ni stering T CP/I P n et work s f or U NIX users 3 20 T roub le[...]

A p pen d i x D T ech n ica l I n f o rm a t i on 345 S pecif ic ati ons 345 Env i ronmental inf ormati on 3 50 V olta g e requirements 3 5 1 P o w er c ons umpt ion 3 5 1 A bout P ostS cript Printer Descript ion (PPD) f iles 3 5 2 RAM up grade specif ic ati ons 3 5 3 O zone emis si on 3 54 C ommuni c at ion sett i n gs 3 5 5 A cces sorie s 3 56 I [...]

C omm uni c a tion s r e gul a tion in fo r m ati o n FCC statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC rules. See instructions if interference to radio or television reception is suspected. Radio and television interference The equip[...]

DOC statement DOC Class B Compliance This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference-causing equipment standard entitled “Digital Apparatus,” ICES-003 of the Department of Communications. Observation des normes—Classe B Cet appareil numérique respecte l[...]

This book contains all the informati on y ou need f or the L aserW riter 1 2/6 40 P S pri nter , whether y ou ’ re the pri nter administrat or w ho sets it up or a user w ho w a nts to print som e transparencie s f or a meetin g . xix H o w M u c h o f T h i s B oo k D o I Ha v e t o R ead?[...]

P ri n te r ad m i n i s t rat o rs a nd u sers: W ho d oes w ha t Th e L aserW riter 1 2/6 40 P S is us uall y set up and mai ntained by a printer administrat or and shared by a number o f users . T hi s book is or g anized acc or ding l y: P ar t I contains setup i nf ormation f or the printer admi ni strator , and P ar t II contains setup a nd u[...]

W h i ch c ha p te rs s ho u ld I r ea d? Th e sec t ions t hat f oll o w e x pl ai n whic h chapters y ou shoul d read i n v ariou s c i rcumstance s . “We just got the printer, and my job is to set it up for my workgroup.” Th ere are fi v e mai n steps to tak e a bo x ed-up pri nter a nd prepare it so an y user c an pri nt on it. Alt hou gh y[...]

Step 3: Configure the printer. Th e admi nistrat i v e t ool s pro v ided wit h the L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S are s ummarized in Appendix A and described in detail i n Chapters 2 , 3 , a nd 4: Chapter Computer Utility name Chapter 2 Mac OS Apple Printer Utility Chapter 3 Windows Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows Chapter 4 UNIX TCP/IP Printer [...]

Step 5: Help new users get started. P ar t II of t he ma nual contains i nf or mati on f or p eople w ho p l an to u se (a s opposed t o administer) the printer . Informati on about the admi nistrat or ’ s re spons ib ilit ies i s i n P art I. User’s computer Where to find information Mac OS Chapter 2 explains software installation and setup. C[...]

“The printer’s already set up. How do I configure it?” See “ S tep 3: C onfi gure the Printer , ” earlier in thi s pref ace . “Someone new wants to start using the printer.” See “ S tep 5: Help Ne w U sers Get Started, ” ear lier i n thi s pref ace . “Something’s not working right.” F or paper a nd imag e problem s , see Cha[...]

I part Ch a p t er 1 Se tt i ng U p the La serW ri te r 1 2/6 40 PS Ch a p t er 2 Se tt i ng U p the P ri n te r f o r Mac O S Us e r s Ch a p t er 3 Se tt i ng U p the P ri n te r f o r W i nd o w s , DO S , an d Ne tW ar e U sers Ch a p t er 4 Se tt i ng U p the P ri n te r f o r U N I X U ser s Chapte r 5 Inst all i ng Options P art I o f t h is[...]

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This c hapter ex pl ai ns how t o un pack and set up the La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S . Ma i n f eat u res o f the La serW r i t er 1 2/6 40 PS m Print quality Th e pri nter has a re s olut ion o f 60 0 dots per i nch . Its F in ePri nt f eature smoot hes te x t , a nd its Phot oGrade f eature (a v ailable wit h additi onal pri nter memory) impr o v[...]

m Flexible paper handling In the sta ndard c onf i g urati on, you c an pri nt up to 3 30 sheets (250 in the sta ndard paper ca ssette p lu s 8 0 i n the multipur pose tra y) without c ha ngin g paper . Y ou can ea s il y add a 500-sh eet ca s sette a nd feeder or a 5 0-en v elope c a s sette . T he pri nter als o s uppor ts d uple x printing (prin[...]

Im por tan t s afety inst ructi ons Be fore y ou p lu g i n y our L aserW riter 1 2/6 40 PS , read these impor ta nt saf ety instr ucti ons . F or y our ow n saf ety a nd that of y our equipm ent , al w a y s take t he f oll owing prec aut ions . Disc onn ect t he pow er plu g (by pu lling the p lu g , not t he cord) if an y of the f ollo wi ng c o[...]

Be s ure that y ou al w a y s do t he fo llo wing: m K eep the printer ’ s v ents free from obstr ucti on. m K eep y our pri nter a w a y from s ources o f liqui ds , suc h as w a sh ba sins , bat htubs , show er stalls , a nd so on . m Protec t y our pri nter from dampnes s or wet w eather , s uch a s rai n, snow , a nd s o on. m R ead all the i[...]

5 Setting Up the LaserWriter 12/640 PS U np a ck i n g t he p r i n te r IMPORTANT Th e pri nter wei ghs appro x imatel y 30 pounds (appr o ximate l y 1 4 kilo grams) . 1 Remove the Styrofoam packing material located on either side of the printer. ` 2 Lift the printer out of the box and remove the printer from the plastic bag. 3 Make sure you have [...]

4 You also need to obtain whatever cables your networks require. 5 Pull the packing tape from the printer’s top cover. 6 Pull open the printer’s top cover. Lift this latch to open the top cover. LocalTalk connecting kit Parallel interface cable Ethernet transceivers and cables 6 Chapter 1[...]

7 Setting Up the LaserWriter 12/640 PS 7 Remove the plastic foam block from inside the printer. S a v e all the pac king materi al s . T h e y pro v ide the best pr otect i on f or the pri nter if y ou ev er need to m o ve it. Remove the packing material.[...]

8 Chapter 1 I ns ta l l i ng t he fi rs t t o ner ca r t ri dg e Th e toner c ar trid g e contains the dry pl ast ic po wder t hat the printer use s instead of in k. The first time y ou i nstall a toner c ar trid ge , f oll o w the steps gi v en here . After t hat , each t ime y ou i nstall a cartrid ge , fo llo w the instr uct ions in Chapter 1 1 [...]

3 Distribute the toner powder by gently rocking the cartridge back and forth. 4 Firmly pull the tab directly away from the cartridge to remove the sealing tape. WARNING Pull the tab strai ght out o f the c ar trid ge . Don ’ t pull t oo quic kl y or at an a ng le—eit her might dama g e the seals on t he c ar trid g e . 9 Setting Up the LaserWri[...]

5 Align the arrow on the left side of the toner cartridge with the arrow on the left side of the printer, then slide the cartridge downward into the printer. Make sure the toner cartridge is inserted all the way and properly seated inside the printer. Make sure the toner cartridge is inserted all the way and properly seated inside the printer[...]

6 Close the printer. Th e top c ov er c lic ks int o p lace . W a i t t o i ns ta l l the La serW r i te r 1 2/6 40 PS o p t i on s If y ou purcha sed any o f the fo llo wing opt i ons , w ait to install them until y ou ’ v e connected the printer to y our netw ork: m duple x printing unit m paper a nd env el op e c as settes m f ace-up output tr[...]

L oa d i ng p a per i n t o the ca sse tt e Y ou c an load paper i nto t he pap er ca ssette or t he multipur pose tra y , or both . F or instr uct ions on u sing t he mult ipur pose tra y , see Chapter 1 0 . Th e mult ipur pose tra y c an hol d up t o 8 0 sheets of paper—U .S . letter -size , U .S . le g al-s ize , A4 , A5 , B5 , ex ecuti v e , [...]

2 Prepare a stack of paper. Y ou c an load up t o 25 0 sheets of 20-pound phot o cop ier paper . Mak e sure t h e ed g e s are e v en on all s ide s b ef ore i nser ting t he stack o f pap er . 3 Set the length guide to match your paper’s length. Move the width guide by pinching and sliding it into place. 4 Push down gently on the paper tray unti[...]

Load t hree-ho le punched paper f ace do w n, with t he hole s t ow ard the lef t si de o f the c a s sette . Load letterhead pap er f ace dow n, with t he tops o f the pa ge s at the front o f the ca ssette (t he ha ndle end) . 7 Adjust the length and width guides so that they fit snugly against the paper. Adjust the length and width guides to [...]

8 Slide the cassette into the printer. Push the c as sette in all the w a y . 15 Setting Up the LaserWriter 12/640 PS[...]

Co n nec t i n g t he p r i n t e r Y ou c an connect the printer to man y computers and netw orks u s ing the printer ’ s Loc alT al k, Ether net, and parallel ports . T h e pri nter pri nts onl y one user ’ s job at a time , but it ma nag es incoming print jobs from all ports so that no printing c onflic ts or prob lems occur . Unle s s y ou [...]

Co n nec t i ng t o a Lo ca lT a l k netw o r k If y ou ha v e an ex i stin g Loc alT al k n etw ork, here ’ s how t o add the La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS t o it. 1 Obtain a LocalTalk connecting kit. Loc alT alk connectin g kits com e in ma ny v arietie s . Y ours ma y look dif ferent. 2 Plug the connector box into the LocalTalk port ( ˆ ) on the[...]

m T o c o nne c t t he p ri nt e r b et w e en t w o de v i c e s on a Lo c a lT a l k ne t w or k , disc onn ect one Loc alT al k cab le from t he connect or bo x o f the de v ice immedi ate l y to t he lef t or ri ght o f the printer a nd plu g it i nto t he new printer ’ s connect or bo x . T h en use t he n ew L ocalT al k cab le t o c onnect[...]

Co n nec t i ng d i rec t l y t o a s i ng le Ma c OS co m p u t er U se this m ethod t o connect a s i ng le Mac O S computer t o the pri nter . Ho w e v er , s ince that s ing le c omputer tak es up t h e pri nter ’ s Loc alT al k por t, y ou cannot als o connect the printer to a L ocalT al k n etw ork. 1 Obtain a System/Peripheral 8 cable. 2 P[...]

W ha t t o d o a ft e r co n nec t i n g t o a si n g le Mac O S com pu t er m If y ou wish t o c onnect the printer to ot her n etw orks , or to c onn ect the printer di rect l y to a W indow s or DO S computer , see the appropri ate sect ions l ater i n thi s chapter . m If y ou ’ re finished connect ing the printer , s kip to “ Ad just i ng [...]

3 Connect the printer to the Ethernet network in one of these three ways: m T o c o nne c t t he p ri nt e r t o t he e n d of an Et her n e t ne t w o r k , use the Ether n et c ab le t o connect t he empty soc k et of t h e n earest de v ice ’ s tra nscei ver t o the printer ’ s transcei v er , as sho wn here . m T o c o nne c t t he p ri nt [...]

W ha t t o d o a ft e r co n nec t i n g t o a n E t her net ne tw o r k m If y ou wish t o c onnect the printer di rect l y to a W indow s or DO S computer , see the nex t sect ion. m If y ou ’ re finished connect ing the printer , s kip to “ Ad just i ng C ommunic ati on Sett ing s , ” later in thi s c hapter . See Chapters 2 , 3 , a nd 4 f[...]

2 Use the parallel cable to connect the computer to the printer: W ha t t o d o a ft e r co n nec t i n g d i rec t l y t o a W i nd o w s o r D OS com pu t er m R ead the rest o f thi s chapter . See Chapter 3 f or more inf ormation about sett i ng up t he pri nter . Attach the cable’s smaller connector to the parallel port on the printer. At[...]

Co n nec t i n g t he po w er a nd t u rn i n g o n the p r i n t e r Once y ou ’ v e connected the printer to y our netw orks , y ou ’ re ready t o star t up the printer . F o llo w these steps t o make s ure e v erything i s w orking c or rect l y . 1 Make sure the printer is turned off. 2 Plug in the printer. Inser t the s ock et end of the [...]

3 Press the “|” on the power switch to turn the printer on. 4 Save the startup page. It contains information you may need to complete your network setup. Th e pri nter take s a minute or tw o to w ar m up , and then it automat ic all y pri nts a star tup pag e . It pri nts the star tup pag e ev ery t ime y ou restart unles s you tur n the star [...]

5 Check the status lights. After t he star tup pa g e is printed, the R eady/In U se light g lo w s steadil y . A ll other li ghts shou ld be of f . If any ot her li ghts are on, see Chapter 1 2 . Sav ing en erg y When y ou sa v e ener g y , y ou sa v e our natural res ources and reduce pollut ion . If y ou ’ re concer n ed about en erg y cons um[...]

A d j u s t i n g co m m u n ica t i o n sett i ng s Though y ou c a n ad just man y o f the L a serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S printer ’ s communi c ati on settin g s , the nor mal setting s work f or most en v i ronments . T o make s ure the pri nter is set up t o u se the nor mal setting s , c heck t he communi c ati on s witc h on the lef t si de o[...]

Ho w t o cu st o m iz e com m u n i cat io n sett i ng s T o cust omize communic ati on sett ing s , use e ither o f the f o llo wi ng t w o pro grams: m A pple Printer Utility f or Mac O S (see Chapter 2 f or detail s on ho w t o install a nd use t he pro gram) m A pple L aserW riter Utility f or W indow s (see Chapter 3 f or details on ho w t o i[...]

29 This c hapter ex pl ai ns how t o prepare the pri nter for u se on a n App leT alk netw ork, conf ig ure the printer us i ng t he App le Printer Utility , and prepare users ’ Mac O S computers t o print on the pri nter . N ot e: For instr ucti ons on setting up t he pri nter f or acce ss b y Mac O S c lient computers on a NetW are n etw ork, s[...]

Be f or e y o u beg i n This c hapter pre sents i nstr uct ions f or installi ng t he Mac O S printer so ftw are and conf i g uring the printer with it. Be f ore y ou b egin, make s ure y ou ha v e m set up the printer as de scribed i n Chapter 1 m connected t he pri nter to y our netw ork m made bac kup cop ie s o f the printer dis ks (if y our pr[...]

St ep 1: I ns ta l l i ng t he p r i n te r so ftw a re IMPORTANT Do not “ dra g i nstall” the pri nter so f tw are . If y ou do , the file s w on ’ t be properl y decompre ssed and w on ’ t w ork. I ns ta l l i n g f ro m t he CD-R O M d i sc 1 Quit any programs you are running. 2 Turn off any automatic virus-detection programs you have on[...]

IMPORTANT Th e I nstaller check s to mak e s ure you ha v e what y ou n eed to u se the printer so f tw are . If y ou ’ re mis s ing an ything , a me s sa ge te ll s y ou what y ou need. Y ou w on ’ t be able t o install the so ft w are until y ou cor rect the prob lem. If a di alo g bo x sa y s y ou don ’ t ha v e the cor rect s y stem so ft[...]

4 Copy the DISKS folder to your hard disk. 5 Double-click the DISKS folder. 6 Double-click the Floppy Disk Maker application. 7 Click Full. A di alo g bo x appears that gi v e s y ou some inf ormati on, s uc h a s the appro x imate tim e it will tak e t o c op y the ima ge s t o flopp y di s ks . 8 Click Start to start the copy process. 9 Follow th[...]

8 Click Continue. After a m oment , the I nstall dial o g bo x app ears . At t he top o f the dial og bo x is a pop-up menu set t o allo w y ou to perf or m a n Eas y I nstall. Ea s y Install i nstalls all t he so f tw are y ou need. It i nstalls the L aserW riter 8 s o ft w are , the Des k t op PrintMonitor , the App le Printer Utility , and the C[...]

Mo re i nf or ma t i on a bou t the I n st a l l er p rog ra m In the pro ced ure just de scribed, the I nstaller pl ace s all the s o ft w are you need ont o y our hard di s k. In rare circumstances , y ou ma y w ant to install onl y a s ubset. F or ex ample , y ou ma y not w ant to install the A pple Printer Utility on y our users ’ s y stems b[...]

St ep 3: Na m i ng t he p r i n te r an d sett i n g i ts z one Once connected t o a n App leT alk n etw ork, the printer will app ear on the netw ork with the name L a serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S . Y ou c an chan ge t his name , if y ou wish . Y ou can u se the A pple Printer Utility , i nstalled i n the App le L aserW riter So f tw are f o lder , to[...]

W ha t t o do ne xt Y ou ma y c hang e some o f the pri nter ’ s def ault settin g s us i ng t he App le Printer Utility a s ex p l ai n ed i n the n ex t sect ion. If y ou w ant to install any opt i ons , see Chapter 5 . Th en you c an set up users ’ c omputers as e xp l ain ed i n “Gett i ng Mac O S U sers S tarted Us i ng the Printer , ”[...]

U se the App le Printer Utility t o m v ie w inf ormation about t he pri nter , s uch a s the App leT al k pri nter name and the t otal number of pa ge s t he La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S has printed m name t he pri nter on App leT al k n etw orks m do w nload f onts t o the printer m remo v e f onts m print font s ample s m tur n pri nting o f a st[...]

O pen i n g t he A p p l e P ri n t er U t i l i ty Th e App le Pri nter Utility ha s tw o window s: the Pri nter Se lect or wi ndow , w hic h is s imil ar t o the Chooser , a nd the pri nter feature s wi ndow , whi c h y ou use t o v ie w or chan g e the printer ’ s settin g s . 1 Double-click the Apple Printer Utility. Th e I nstaller puts the [...]

3 Click Open Printer. Th e pri nter feature windo w app ears with the Printer I nf ormation c ate g ory disp la y ed. 4 To view or change settings under a category, click the arrow beside the category name to open the category and display its information and options. A dditional opt ions ma y app ear that y ou c an als o open a nd work wit h. When [...]

Q u i tt i ng t he Ap p le P ri n t e r U t i l i ty T o quit the A pple Printer Utility: m Choose Quit from the File menu. Vi e w in g p r in t e r info r m a ti o n Y ou c an v iew inf ormati on about y our La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS b y disp la yi ng the printer i nf ormation in the printer feature s wi ndow . m Open the Printer Information cate[...]

Na m i ng t he pr i nt er T o h elp users ea sil y selec t the L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S printer from their computers , gi v e the printer a unique name b ased, f or ex ample , on its loc ati on or the group o f users w ho comm onl y acce s se s it. U se the f oll owing pr oced ure t o name or renam e any L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S printer on th[...]

D o wn lo ad i ng f on t s t o t he p r i n te r Y ou c an dow nl oad additi onal fonts t o the pri nter ’ s RAM t o sp eed up pri nting . Y ou do not ha v e to do wnload f onts t o u se them in pri nted do cuments , but doin g s o c an make printing f aster than st oring f onts onl y on y our computer . F onts do wnloaded t o the pri nter ’ s [...]

Re m oving fonts Y ou c an remo v e fonts fr om the pri nter ’ s memory w h en you no l ong er need them . Y ou c annot remo v e fonts fr om the pri nter ’ s R OM . 1 Open the Fonts category. Th e F onts pan el app ears . 2 Select the fonts you want to remove. 3 Click Remove. 4 Click OK. Pr intin g fo nt s amp l e s Y ou c an pri nt a list o f [...]

T u rn i ng t he sta r t up p a ge o n o r o ff Th e La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS normall y pri nts a sample pa ge w h en you turn the printer on. This pa ge sho w s the pri nter ’ s name , the total number o f pa g e s printed, the amount of m emory , i nstalled opti ons , a nd communi c ation settin g s . Y ou can tur n this f eature of f if y ou [...]

Se tt i ng t he pr i n t den s i ty If y our do cuments are printing t oo light or t oo dark, y ou can ad just the print dens ity o f the printer to print li ghter or dark er tex t a nd imag es . 1 Open the Print Density category. Th e Pri nt Density panel appears . 2 Drag the slider to increase or decrease the print density. 3 Click Send to send t[...]

Se tt i ng p a pe r -ha n d l i ng o p t i on s When the La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS runs out of paper i n on e tra y , it c a n aut omat ic all y s witch and use paper i n a nother pap er ca ssette or t he mult ipur pose tra y . B y us ing aut omatic tra y s witching betw een the 250-sheet paper ca s sette a nd the 80-sheet mult ipur pose tra y , y[...]

3 Choose a default paper size for the multipurpose tray from the pop-up menu. Th e Pri nt dial o g bo x pro v ide s the A ut o S elec t opti on, whic h allo ws t he pri nter t o dra w paper from any paper source t hat ho lds t he cor rect s ize pap er . S imilar l y , the automat ic tra y s witching f eature allo w s the pri nter t o selec t anothe[...]

6 Choose the output tray from the pop-up menu. F ace Do wn output tra y is t he def ault. This tra y is l o c ated on the t op o f the printer a nd stac ks t he output media f ace do wn. Th e F ace Up output reduces the cur l o f y our pap er b y us i ng a “ strai ght- thr ou gh ” pap er path throu gh the printer . This is u seful w h en you pr[...]

Y ou c an als o c hang e the w a y ima g e s print by increas i ng or decrea sing t he number of gra y le v el s used t o reproduce them. More le v els o f gra y produce a more natural-l ooking phot ographic qu ality . How e v er , i ncreas ing t he numb er o f gra y s al so decrea ses t he res o luti on of the ima ge . F or each le v el o f gra y [...]

Se tt i ng u p j ob h an d l i ng Y ou c an sp ecify ho w the pri nter handles jobs f or each type of netw ork . Y ou c an set the pri nter to maintai n contact wit h the c omputer until all pa ge s of a job are finished printing . T his allo w s users t o recei v e printer me s sa ge s , s uc h as a m e s sa ge te lli ng t hem that the printer is [...]

3 Click the checkboxes next to the network types to specify when the connection with the computer should be broken. 4 Click Send to send the job-handling configuration settings to the printer. Se tt i ng t he pr i n t er’ s netw o r k z o nes Y ou c an sp ecify t he E therT al k netw ork zone f or the printer . 1 Set the communication switch on t[...]

3 Open the Printer’s Zone category. A list o f the E therT al k zones appears . 4 Select the zone you want the printer to appear in. 5 Click Send to send the zone setting to the printer. Ch a ng i ng T CP/I P co n fi g u rat i o ns Y ou c an sp ecify t he I P addres s of t he pri nter . F or inf ormation about determi ni ng the printer ’ s IP a[...]

2 Open the TCP/IP Configuration category. A pan el app ears i n whi c h y ou can enter the IP addres s . 3 Enter the IP address. 4 Drag the slider to set the printer’s subnet mask. 5 Enter the default Gateway Address. 6 Click Send to send the TCP/IP configuration to the printer. Viewing an d c h an ging t h e c ommunic ation s e t ti ngs Th e sta[...]

Y o u m a ke ch a nges to t h e c ommunic ation sett i ng s with the printer ’ s communi c ati on s witc h set in the Normal (i n) posit ion. This mak es all communi c ati on settin g s a v ailable f or c ha nges. F or more inf or mati on about connect i ng t he pri nter to L ocalT al k, Ether n et , and parallel por ts, see “C onnectin g the P[...]

4 Choose the port settings you want. m Th e Loc alT al k i nterf ace i s al w a y s set to P ostScript mode . m Y ou c an set the E therT al k i nterf ace t o P ostS cript mode or tur n it of f . m Y ou c an set the NetW are i nterf ace to P ostScript mode , PCL5 m ode , A utoS e lect mode (w hic h aut omat ic all y sense s w hether PostS cript or [...]

2 Turn the printer off and back on again. 3 Set the communication switch on the printer to the Normal (in) position. Sen d i ng P o stSc ri p t fi les t o t he p r i n te r Y ou c an dow nl oad P ostScript f iles t o the pri nter to print a P ostScript pr ogram or t o run a PostS cript pro gram to c ha ng e the i nter nal setting s of the printer .[...]

IMPORTANT If the L aserW riter 1 2/6 40 PS i s on a n etw ork shared b y other users , mak e s ure t hat no one is attemptin g t o u se the printer when y ou re star t it. If someone ’ s pri nting job i s c a nceled, the y must re submit it. Manuall y do w nloaded f onts are remo v ed from t he pri nter ’ s RAM when y ou re star t the pri nter [...]

F or specif ic steps on ho w a user c a n i nstall the pri nter so f tw are on a Mac O S computer and set up the printer from the Chooser , ref er t o “Installi ng t he Printer Sof tw are ” and “ Se lecting and Sett i ng Up t he Pri nter” i n Chapter 6 . I n s ta l l i ng o n t o a ser v er If y ou pref er that u sers i nstall their so f tw[...]

4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each printer disk. 5 Open the folder you created in step 1. Th e contents o f each di s k are contain ed i n a f o lder nam ed f or that dis k . 6 Open the LaserWriter Disk 1 folder. 7 Select the Installer and Installer Script icons and drag the icons from the LaserWriter Disk 1 folder to the folder you created in step 1.[...]

6 Click the Install button. Th e I nstaller take s a f e w moments t o cal cul ate what needs to be done a nd then begins to c opy f iles . 7 Follow the instructions on the screen until the installation is complete. After t he i nstallat ion, t h e I nstaller tells y ou t o re star t your c omputer . 8 Click the Restart button. Th e so ft w are is [...]

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This c hapter de scribes ho w to set up t he La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS f or u se with IB M PC or compat ible c omputers runni ng W indow s 3 . 1 , W i ndo w s 9 5 , W i ndow s N T , or DO S . It pro v ide s detailed pr o ced ures f or setting up t he printer for u se on a No ve ll NetW are netw ork and i nstr ucti ons f or installi ng and us i ng t[...]

Sy stem re qu irement s f or Wi ndo w s 3. 1 T o use t he pri nter , y our c omputer s y stem must meet t hese requ i rements: m IB M PC or compat ible , with an 80 3 86 or hi gher CPU m hard di s k dri v e m at least 4 m e g ab yte s (MB) o f random-acces s memory (R AM) m Micr os o ft W indow s 3 . 1 or hi gher or W indow s f or W orkgroups 3 . 1[...]

Se tt i n g u p f or p a ra l le l po r t pr i n t i n g Y our La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS printer use s a sta ndard parallel port. B y def ault , y our pri nter ’ s paralle l por t is read y t o recei v e data, a nd you shou ld not need to m a ke a ny ch a nges to e i t h e r y our c omputer ’ s or the pri nter ’ s parallel port settin g s . [...]

6 Click Next if you have no other open applications. If y ou ha v e open applic ati ons , c li c k Cancel t o stop t hi s installati on. Cl ose all other appli c ati ons and star t the i nstallat i on proce s s a g ain. A me ss a g e appears that lets y ou v ie w the READ M E .WRI f ile f or late- breaking ne w s . 7 Click Yes to view the README.WR[...]

12 Enter a new directory for the setup program or use the default directory and click Next. A me ss a g e appears that lets y ou sp ecify ho w y our printer is connected (l o c al or netw ork) . 13 Select how your printer is connected (local or network) and click Next. Th e I nstall PostS cript Printer from PPD dial o g bo x app ears . 14 Select th[...]

24 Choose how to proceed: F or u sers connected v ia t he parallel c able , the def ault printer dri v er settin g s sh o uld suf fice . F or instr uct ions on u sing t he App le La serW riter Ut ility f or W indow s , see “ Settin g A dditional P arameters W ith t he App le L a serW riter Ut ility f or W i ndow s , ” later in thi s c hapter . [...]

7 When you have finished reading the README.WRI file, choose Exit from the File menu in the Notepad application. A W el com e di alo g bo x i s disp la yed t hat allo w s you t o select Ex pres s Installat ion, Cu stom Installat ion, Print Dri v er Onl y , or De-Install. Ex pre s s Installat i on i nstalls all the s o ft w are y ou need. It creates[...]

13 Select another Apple LaserWriter printer, if you want, and click Install to install. Repeat for each printer you want to install. Y ou c an i nstall other App le L a serW riter printers s uppor ted by t he so f tw are . ` 14 When you’re done, click Close. A me ss a g e appears telling y ou to u se the Pri nters contro l pa n el t o c onnect an[...]

C rea t i ng f l op p y d i s k s f r o m the CD-R OM d i sc F ro m a W i nd ow s 95 co m pu t er Y ou c an create flopp y dis k cop ie s o f the printer so f tw are by u sing t he standard f eature s o f Micr os o ft W indow s 9 5 . 1 Insert the LaserWriter 12/640 PS Software Installation CD-ROM disc into the CD-ROM drive. 2 Double-click the My Co[...]

I n s ta l l i n g f ro m the f l o p p y d i sk s I ns ta l l i n g o n a W i nd ow s 95 co m pu t er 1 Find the Windows disks containing the printer software and make sure they’re write- protected. S lide up t he write-protect ion tab in on e cor n er of the fl opp y di s k so t hat y ou c an see thr ou gh the hole . 2 Start Windows 95. Be fore[...]

Ex pre s s Installat i on i nstalls all the s o ft w are y ou need. It creates t he App le L aserW riter So f tw are pro gram group and installs within it the P ostS cript printer dri v er , a R eadMe file , a nd the App le L a serW riter Ut ility f or W indow s , w hic h you u se to nam e the printer a nd p erform v ariou s pri nter admi nistrati [...]

17 Select LPT1 if the LaserWriter 12/640 PS is connected to your local computer. 18 Click Next. Th e A dd Printer dial o g bo x app ears . 19 Name your computer and select other options as necessary. 20 Click Next. Th e pri nter Prop er tie s di alo g bo x appears . 21 Click OK to dismiss the Properties dialog box. A me ss a g e appears telling y o[...]

2 Start Windows. Be fore installing the s o f tw are , make s ure the W i ndow s C ontro l P an el and Printers contro l panel are c losed. 3 Insert LaserWriter Disk 1 for Windows 3.1 into a floppy disk drive. 4 From the Windows Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu. 5 Type a:setup or b:setup (depending on which drive holds your installa[...]

9 Click Express Installation. A window appears that k eeps y ou i nf ormed as f ile decompres s ion pr oceeds . Nex t, t h e I nstaller as ks y ou to pre ss a butt on to re star t W indow s . 10 Click Restart Windows. After W i ndow s restarts , the A dob e PostS cript Pri nters contro l pa n el appears . 11 Remove LaserWriter Disk 1 for Windows 3.[...]

18 Choose how to proceed: F or u sers connected v ia t he parallel c able , the def ault printer dri v er settin g s sh o uld suf fice . F or instr uct ions on u sing t he App le La serW riter Ut ility f or W indow s , see “ Settin g A dditional P arameters W ith t he App le L a serW riter Ut ility f or W i ndow s , ” later in thi s c hapter . [...]

7 Follow the instructions on the screen. If y ou are i nstalli ng s o ft w are from the W i ndow s N T 3 .5 CD , y ou ma y n eed to type the path f or your dri v er locat ion . Th e path ma y b e simil ar to t his: C:Windowssystem 32spooldriversW32x861 If y ou are i nstalli ng W i ndow s N T 3 . 5 so f tw are from fl opp y dis ks , cop y the[...]

St ep 1: Choos i ng an op er ati ng mo d e When setting up y our pri nter f or a NetW are netw ork, y ou ha v e a c hoi ce o f three operating m ode s: m P S E R VER mode , i n whi ch t h e pri nter emulate s NetW are ’ s P S E R VER s o ft w are a nd funct ions a s a dedic ated print ser ve r m RPRIN T E R mode , in whic h the pri nter functi on[...]

W ha t t o d o ne xt Once y ou decide ho w y ou w a nt to set up t h e pri nter , proceed as f oll o w s: m PSERVER T o set up the pri nter as a print ser v er , read about how t o use PC ON S OLE in the nex t sect ion, then m if y ou w a nt a simp le setup , read “ S tep 2 , Opti on A: Sett ing Up t he Printer as a Print Server (U s ing PC ONS O[...]

U si ng PC ONS O L E PC ON S OLE i s a DOS-b ased utility f or conf ig uri ng printers on a NetW are netw ork. This c hapter pro v ide s inf ormation on t h e set of b a s ic PC ONS OLE operations requ i red to set up t he La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S . PC ONS OL E is not pro v ided with t he pri nter . It com e s with y our NetW are s o ft w are . [...]

St ep 2 , op t i on A: Se tt i n g u p the p r i n te r as a p r i n t ser v er (us i ng PC ONS O L E) T o set up y our printer as a print ser ver y ou must run PC ON SOL E under DOS t o specify t he pri nt ser v er (P S E R VER mode) a nd create a pri nt queue . IMPORTANT Th e proced ures in this sec tion are spec ifi c f or a v ers i on of PC ON [...]

4 Use the arrow keys to highlight Print Servers in the menu, and press Enter. If a v ailable , a list o f pri nt ser vers appears . Example APPLE_LW6C4B3D APPLE_LWF40B99 APPLE_LWF40B8D APPLE_LWF40BE9 5 Press Ins, then type the PSERVER name (provided on the printer’s startup page) and press Enter. Th e la st six di gits i n the P S E R VER name ar[...]

2 Select Printers and press Enter. Th e Def in ed Pri nters list appears . 3 Press Ins, then type a name for the printer and press Enter. Choose a use ful name a s s oci ated with t he pri nter ’ s loc at ion or ot her ident ifying f eature . 4 Select the printer you just named and press Enter. Th e Pri nter Conf ig urat ion m enu f or y our prin[...]

4 If the new queue name is not already selected, use the arrow keys to highlight the queue name and press Enter. Th e Pri nt Queue I nf ormation m enu appears , disp la yi ng opt ions f or mana ging the print queue . Print Jobs Status Attached Print Servers Information Users Operators Print Servers 5 In the Print Queue Information menu, select Prin[...]

Co mp le t i n g t he PS E R V E R co n fi g u ra t i o n w it h t he A p p le La serW ri te r U t i l i ty 1 Start Windows, if it’s not already running. 2 Open the Apple LaserWriter Software program group and double-click the Apple LaserWriter Utility icon. 3 Select your printer. 4 Select Print Server Configuration from the Network menu. 5 Selec[...]

13 Press Send. Th e La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS i s now read y to func ti on as a print ser v er on the NetW are netw ork. W hat t o do n e xt: T h e n ext sec tion c ov ers settin g up the pri nter as a remote printer . If y ou w a nt to a s s i gn a pas s wor d on t he ser v er , s kip t o “ S tep 3: A s s i gni ng a P as s w or d f or the Pri nt[...]

3 Use the arrow keys to highlight Print Servers in the menu and press Enter. If a v ailable , a list o f a v ailab le print ser v ers appears . 4 Select a print server or, if the print server does not yet exist, press Ins, type the print server name, and press Enter. IMPORTANT Th e pri nt ser v er name y ou enter in PCON SOLE mu st match a pr int s[...]

12 Press the down arrow key to move to the “Banner type” field and press Enter. 13 From the list of Available Banner Types, select Postscript and press Enter. 14 Press Esc once to save the configuration. PC ON S OLE a s ks y ou t o c onfir m the n ew c onf i g urati on. 15 Select Yes and press Enter to confirm the changes. Th e n e w l y def in[...]

Ass oc ia t i ng a p ri nt se r v e r w i th t he pr i n t q ueue 1 In the Available Options menu of PCONSOLE, select Printers and press Enter. Th e Pri nt Serv ers menu appears , disp la yi ng t he names o f ex is ting print serv ers . 2 Select the printer you defined earlier and press Enter. A window appears , sho wing t he pri nter conf i gurat [...]

9 Type load pserver p r i nt_s e r v er (the name of the print server just created) and press Enter. Example load pserver PS_486 10 Restart the printer (by turning it off and on or using the Apple LaserWriter Utility). Nex t, y ou ’ll use the A pple L aserW riter Utility t o c omplete t he conf i gurati on. Co mp le t i n g t he R P RI NT E R con[...]

St ep 3: A ss ig n i ng a p a ss w o rd f o r t he p r i n t serv er (o p t i on a l) Y ou c an use PC ON S OLE t o as si gn a pas s wor d f or printing pri v ileg es . Ho w e v er , if y ou as si gn a pas s wor d i n PCON SOL E , you mu st als o use t he A pple L aserW riter Utility f or W indow s to specify t h e same pa s s wor d, as de scribed [...]

St ep 4: Se tt i n g u p the P os tScr i p t p r i n te r d ri v er f o r NetW a re F o r W i nd ow s 95 1 Click the Start icon on the Task-Bar and select Printer Settings. 2 Select the printer you want to use. 3 Select Properties from the File menu. 4 Click the Detail Property tab. 5 Click Add Port. 6 Click Browse to view the available print queue[...]

St ep 5: Ma k i ng s u re e v er yth i ng i s w o r k i n g When y ou ha v e finished conf i guring y our pri nter as a dedic ated pri nt serv er or a remote printer , y ou c a n pri nt, fr om a W indow s applic ati on, a document s uc h as t he R eadMe file t o verify t hat y ou c an pri nt to t he L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S . W ha t t o do ne xt[...]

U se the App le L aserW riter Utility f or W i ndow s t o m name t he pri nter m tur n pri nting o f a star tup pag e on a nd of f m set paper -ha ndli ng opt i ons m print a list o f printer fonts m conf ig ure the pri nter ’ s communic ati on por t setting s m conf ig ure the pri nter f or NetW are and T CP/IP m send P ostS cript file s to t he[...]

3 In the Printer Selector window that appears, select the printer whose setup you want to change and press OK. 4 When you’re finished using the utility, choose Exit from the File menu. Na m i ng t he pr i nt er o n A pp leT a l k netw o r k s Eac h La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS c a n b e gi ven an indi v idual nam e f or App leT al k netw orks . U s[...]

Se tt i ng p a pe r -ha n d l i ng o p t i on s When the La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS runs out of paper i n on e tra y , it c a n aut omat ic all y s witch and use paper i n the pap er ca ssette or mu ltipur pose tra y . B y us i ng aut omatic tra y s witc hing betw een the 25 0-sheet pap er c as sette and the 8 0-sheet multipur pose tra y , y ou c a[...]

5 Choose the output tray from the list box. Th e F ace Do wn output tra y is the de f ault. This tra y is l ocated on t he top o f the printer a nd stack s the output media f ace do w n. F ace Up output reduces t he curl o f y our pap er by u sing a “ strai ght-throu gh ” paper path thr ou gh the pri nter . This i s use ful when y ou pri nt on [...]

P ri n t i ng a l i st o r sa m pl es o f pr i n te r f on ts Y ou c an pri nt a list or s ample s of t he PCL or P ostScript f onts cur rent l y stored in the pri nter ’ s memory or attac hed hard di s k. 1 Choose Print PostScript Fonts or Print PCL Fonts from the File menu. F or PC L fonts , samp les print automat ic all y . F or P ostScript f [...]

Y o u m a ke ch a nges to t h e c ommunic ation sett i ng s with the printer ’ s communi c ati on s witc h set in the Normal (i n) posit ion. This mak es all communi c ati on settin g s a v ailable f or c ha nges. F or more inf or mati on about connect i ng t he pri nter to L ocalT al k, Ether n et , and parallel por ts, see “C onnectin g the P[...]

IMPORTANT If y ou select t he On mode setting t o tur n on the E therT al k, NetW are , or TCP/IP interface , the chan g e does not tak e e f f ect until t he pri nter is turn ed of f a nd bac k on ag ai n. 3 Click Set Port. R ese tt i n g the co m m u ni cat i on se tt i ng s T o rest ore the communic ati on setting s t o the f act ory def aults: [...]

4 Enter the default gateway address. Th e I P addres s of the de f ault g ate w a y is u sed f or sendi ng pac kets fr om the loc al n etw ork. 5 Click OK. P ri n t i ng t he Et her net a dd ress T o pri nt the pri nter ’ s Ether net addres s: m Choose Print Ethernet Address from the Utilities menu. Sen d i ng P o stSc ri p t fi les t o t he p r [...]

Phot oGrade enhances t he pri nted look o f imag es , s uc h as sc ann ed phot o graphs , by pr o v idin g more shade s o f gra y and b etter pri nted c larity and contra st. If y our La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S has been upgraded t o a mi nimum of 1 2 MB o f memory , y ou c an use Phot oGrade . Y ou can set the printer ’ s def ault t o ha ve Phot[...]

P ri n t i ng t he con f i g u ra t i on p a ge Y ou c an pri nt a list ing o f the cur rent conf i gurat ion sett i ng s a nd other informati on about the pri nter . T his pa ge serv e s a s a ref erence whene v er you connect a c omputer to t he pri nter . m Choose Print Configuration Page from the Utilities menu. Se tt i ng t he pr i n t den s i[...]

R es ta r t i n g t he p r i n te r Y ou ma y need to re star t the pri nter t o c lear its memory if y ou ha v e any prob lems printin g . F or i nf ormation on tr oubleshoot i ng printing pr ob lems , see Chapters 1 1 a nd 1 2 . 1 Choose Restart Printer from the Utilities menu. A di alo g bo x appears, a s king y ou t o conf i r m that y ou w a n[...]

5 Enter the eight-digit IPX Network Number and the Node Address. Th e Node A ddres s is the sam e addre s s a s the printer ’ s 1 2-di git Ether net addre s s . Th e pri nter ’ s E ther n et addres s is printed on the star tup pag e . C ontac t y our n etw ork admi nistrat or if y ou don ’ t kno w t he I PX n etw ork number . 6 Once connected[...]

This c hapter ex pl ai ns how t o prepare the pri nter for UN IX users . U sers ’ computers mu st b e connected t o the pri nter by an Ether net n etw ork us ing T CP/I P (T ra nsmis s i on C ontro l Prot ocol/Inter net Prot ocol) . Be f or e y o u beg i n Set up t he pri nter as de scribed i n Chapter 1 , rememberi ng t o m unpack and prepare th[...]

I n i t ia l T CP/I P set u p Be fore UNIX users c an use t he pri nter , the pri nter admi nistrat or must a s s i gn an I P addres s f or the printer , as de scrib ed i n the f o llo wi ng sect ions . Backg rou nd in f orma ti on T CP/I P is a pr ot ocol c ommonl y used t o connect UNIX s y stems o ver Ether n et netw orks . E v ery T CP/I P dev [...]

St ep 3: A ss ig n i ng a n I P a dd ress t o the p r i n te r When y ou unpack t he pri nter , it has a uni que p er man ent f ac t ory-as si gned Ether net addres s, but no IP addres s . T o as si gn an I P addres s to t he pri nter , y ou can use an y on e of t he f oll owing m ethods , w hic h are described more full y in the secti ons that f o[...]

110 Chapter 4 3 Add the following line to the /etc/hosts table on your workstation: p r i nt er_I P_add r e s s pr i nte r_I P_n ame Y ou obtai n the pri nter I P addres s from y our n etw ork admi nistrat or . Y ou c hoose the printer I P name y ourself (if it w as not a ss igned b y the netw ork administrat or) . It mu st f ollo w the nami ng c o[...]

6 To test the connection, once again type the ping command from a workstation on the same subnet as the printer: ping p r i nt er_I P_name If the ping command re sponds b y te lli ng y ou that t he pri nter is ali v e on the netw ork, the addres s as si gn ment w as s ucce s sfu l. If the ping command does not re spond, or tells y ou the pri nter w[...]

P ri n t er I P ad d ress ass ig n men t , o p t io n C: U s i ng a R A R P or B OO T P serv er If y our n etw ork has a RARP or B OO TP server on t he same s ubnet as the printer , y ou c a n use it t o as s ign t he I P addres s to t h e pri nter . Eac h time t he printer is tur ned on, it will automat ic all y broadc a st a request t o RARP a nd[...]

St ep 4: Configuring Us er s ’ W o r ks t ations If y our n etw ork has s ubn ets, y ou c a n set the s ubnet mas k, a s de scribed in “ Settin g the S ubn et Mas k, ” i n the “Us i ng t he T CP/I P C onfi gurat i on Utility ” sect ion l ater i n this c hapter . If y our n etw ork is connected t o other n etw orks , y ou can set the def a[...]

8 Enter the printer’s IP name in the Print Server field. 9 Select BSD in the Print Server OS field. 10 Click Add. 11 Choose Modify Printer Set File from the Edit menu. 12 Set File Contents to PostScript. IMPORTANT Sett ing F ile Contents t o a nyt hing el se will res ult in er rors w hen y ou try to print A S CII or PC L file s . Th e PostS cript[...]

Y ou c an verify t hat the daemon is runni ng b y us i ng t he ps command de scribed i n this step . N ot e: T o start the lpd daemon automat ic all y when the s y stem boots, add th e lpd command t o the /etc/rc f ile . T h e f oll owing i s an ex ample /etc/rc file (s yntax v arie s acros s op erating s y stems): if [ -f /usr/lib/lpd ] ; then rm [...]

m R epl ace pat h_to_t hi s_qu eu e ’ s_s p oo l_di r e ct ory with t he pathname o f the unique direct ory created f or thi s queue . m Opti onall y repl ace p at h_to_t his_q ue ue ’ s_l o g_ fil e with t he unique pathnam e o f the file w h ere er ror inf ormation fr om the lpd command will b e lo g g ed. Here ’ s a n ex ample o f a pair o[...]

7 To test the connection, type the ping command from a workstation on the same subnet as the printer: ping p r i nt er_I P_name If the ping command re sponds b y te lli ng y ou that t he pri nter is ali v e on the netw ork, the addres s as si gn ment w as s ucce s sfu l. If the ping command does not re spond, or tells y ou the pri nter w as not f o[...]

5 Select the following options, in order, from the SAM menu: Peripheral devices Printers and Plotters Actions Add a Remote Printer ( Do no t selec t “ A dd a Netw ork Pri nter . ”) A f or m app ears for y ou t o de fine a remote pri nter . 6 Enter information into the remote printer form, as follows: m Printer name T yp e the loc al queue name [...]

119 Setting Up the Printer for UNIX Users 10 Leave SAM. 11 Start the LP request scheduler by typing /usr/lib/lpsched 12 To test the connection, once again type the ping command from a workstation on the same subnet as the printer: ping p r i nt er_I P_name If the ping command re sponds b y te lli ng y ou that t he pri nter is ali v e on the netw or[...]

4 Make sure the following entry is in the /etc/services file: printer 515/tcp spooler 5 Start inetd by typing the following command at the UNIX prompt: /etc/inetd -c 6 Repeat the steps in “Configuring HP-UX Version 8.07.” Co n f i g u r i ng HP-U X v er s io n 9 .x Y ou must c onf i g ure the La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S printer as a remote prin[...]

6 Enter information into the remote printer form as follows: m Printer name T yp e the loc al queue name u sers will use a s the name f or the printer . m Remote system name T yp e the I P name as si gned to the printer as de scribed in “ S tep 3: A s s i gni ng an IP Addre ss t o the Pri nter , ” ear lier in this c hapter . m Remote printer na[...]

12 To test the connection, type the ping command from a workstation on the same subnet as the printer: ping p r i nt er_I P_name If the ping command re sponds b y tellin g y ou that the pri nter is ali v e on t he netw ork, the addres s as si gn ment w as s ucce s sfu l. If the ping command does not re spond, or tells y ou the pri nter w as not f o[...]

5 Start inetd by typing the following command at the UNIX prompt: /etc/inetd -c 6 Repeat the steps in “Configuring HP-UX Version 9.x.” C o nfiguring SC O UNIX T o conf i gure S anta C r uz Op erati on (S C O) vers ion 1 . 2 or later o f UN IX, f ollo w these steps: 1 Log in to the SCO machine as root . 2 Assign an IP address and IP name to the [...]

11 Add the following entry to the /etc/printcap file. l o c al_p ri nt_que ue_name| [ de scription _ of _ prin ter ]: :lp=:mx#0:rm= p r i nt er_I P_name : :rp= r aw_or_t e xt : :sd= p at h_t o_thi s_qu e ue ’ s_sp o o l_d ir ec t ory : :lf= p at h_t o_thi s_qu e ue ’ s_l o g_ fil e : F ill in the parameters i n italic s as f o llo w s: m R [...]

13 To test the connection, type the ping command from a workstation on the same subnet as the printer: ping p r i nt er_I P_name If the ping command re sponds b y te lli ng y ou that t he pri nter is ali v e on the netw ork, the addres s as si gn ment w as s ucce s sfu l. If the ping command does not re spond, or tells y ou the pri nter w as not f [...]

6 Enter information into the remote printer form, as follows: m Name of queue to add T yp e the loc al queue name u sers will u se as t he name f or the pri nter . m Host name of remote server T yp e the pri nter I P name as si gned to t he pri nter as de scribed i n “ S tep 3: As s igning an IP Addre ss t o the Pri nter , ” earlier in thi s c [...]

127 Setting Up the Printer for UNIX Users Co n f i g u r i ng S i l i co n G ra ph i cs I R I X 1 Log in as root . 2 Assign an IP address and IP name to the printer, as described in “Step 3: Assigning an IP Address to the Printer,” earlier in this chapter. 3 Make sure the printer’s IP name and IP address are entered in the /etc/hosts file. 4 [...]

U si ng t he T CP/I P P ri nt er C o n f i g u ra t i o n Ut i l i ty Y ou c an use telnet , a standard UN IX ter mi nal emul at ion pr o gram, t o lo g in to t he pri nter ’ s c onf i g urati on utility . T h e cha nges yo u m a ke i n t h e u t ility af f ect all printer users on y our T CP/IP n etw ork—you don ’ t n eed to repeat thi s pro[...]

Quit ting t h e Co nfigur ation Util it y 1 Go to the main menu of the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility. 2 Press Enter. 3 If you’re asked if you want to save changes, type Y and press Enter to save the changes, or just press Enter to discard the changes. P ri n t i n g t he co n fi g u rat i o n pa ge Th e conf i gurati on pag e show s setup [...]

V iew i ng o r c ha ng i ng t he p r i n t er’ s I P ad d ress Y ou must initi all y set the the pri nter ’ s I P addres s us ing one of t he methods de scribed ear lier i n thi s chapter . S ubsequent l y , y ou c a n use t he T CP/IP Pri nter C onf i gurati on Utility t o c hang e the addres s or t o store it per ma n entl y in the printer ?[...]

2 When requested to do so, type the IP address of the subnet mask in the following format, then press Enter: XXX .XXX .XXX .XXX , w here each XXX i s a numb er b etw een 0 a nd 25 5 . T o i ndic ate that y ou don ’ t w ant to specify a s ubn et mas k, type 0.0.0.0 and pre s s Enter . Se tt i n g the de f a u l t ga te w a y add ress If y our loca[...]

R ese tt i n g the p ri n t er’ s T CP/I P i n t e r fa ce If y ou ’ re ha v i ng pr oblem s with y our T CP/I P connect i on t o the printer a nd c an ’ t so l v e the prob lem b y a ny ot h er means , y ou ma y try re settin g the pri nter ’ s T CP/I P i nterf ace . m From the main menu of the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility menu, pr[...]

Th e La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS ha s se v eral user -installab le printer options . Y ou c an add a d uple x printing unit , a 500-sh eet ca ssette and f eeder , an en v elope c as sette (the en v elope c as sette fits int o the 5 0 0-sh eet feeder) , and a f ace-up output tra y . Y ou c an als o i ncrease the printer ’ s ra ndom-acce s s memory ([...]

134 Chapter 5 Man y o f the installat ion pr oced ures de scribe w orking wit h the printer ’ s lef t and right s ide s and front and rear , as sho wn in the f oll owing illu stration . I ns ta l l i ng t he du p l e x pr i n t i n g u n i t W ith the opt ional duple x pri nting unit , y ou c a n pri nt on both s ide s of t he paper (of ten c all[...]

F o llo w these instr ucti ons for installing t he La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S duple x printing unit. Be fore y ou install the d uplex printin g unit: m Th e pri nter must be tur ned of f a nd the pow er cord unp lu g g ed. m Th e pri nter must be disc onnected from y our computer or netw ork. Th e d uple x printing unit adds appro ximatel y 2 i nc[...]

3 Lift up the back end of the duplex printing unit and slide the metal brace onto the post. Th e brace is l ocated on t h e lef t s ide o f the d uplex print i ng unit near the bac k. 4 Unpack the duplex printing unit key. 5 Remove the three covers located in the back of the printer. Remove the two top covers by inserting the key into the side of t[...]

6 Place the bottom cover and the duplex printing unit key in a safe place in case you need them in the future. If y ou decide t o remo ve t h e d uple x printing unit , use the co v er to pre v ent dust and other material fr om g etting ins ide t he pri nter . 7 Place the duplex printing unit where you want the LaserWriter 12/640 PS to be located. [...]

9 Insert the locking connectors into the slots located on the bottom of the paper guide and push the connectors until they snap into place. Th e lockin g connect ors secure the pap er gui de t o the pri nter . 138 Chapter 5[...]

139 Installing Options 10 Lift the LaserWriter 12/640 PS, position it directly over the duplex printing unit and gently lower the printer until it sits evenly on the duplex printing unit. A s y ou lo w er the printer , ali gn the corn ers of the printer di rect l y o v er those of the duple x printing unit. Position the printer over these three [...]

11 Remove the cassette from the printer and the tray from the duplex printing unit. 12 Insert the four locking connectors into the slots located on the front and back of the printer and duplex printing unit. Th e lockin g connect ors secure the pri nter to t he d uplex print i ng unit. 140 Chapter 5[...]

13 Insert the cassette into the printer and the tray into the duplex printing unit. 14 Gently close the duplex printing unit door until it latches into place against the printer. If the door does not close easily, check to make sure the brace is not locked in place. 15 Reconnect the power cable to the printer and reconnect the printer to the networ[...]

I ns ta l l i ng t he 500-sheet ca ssett e an d f eeder F o llo w these instr ucti ons for installing t he 50 0-sh eet ca ssette and feeder . F or instr uct ions on l oadi ng t he feeder wit h paper , see “Filling t h e O pti onal 5 0 0-Sheet Ca s sette ” in Chapter 1 0 . Be fore y ou install the 500-sh eet feeder: m Th e pri nter must be tur n[...]

3 Place the 500-sheet cassette and feeder where you want the LaserWriter 12/640 PS to be located. Orient the 5 0 0-sh eet c as sette a nd feeder s o that its pap er c as sette a nd the printer ’ s mult ipur pose tra y and pap er ca s sette will b e on the same s ide w hen the printer is attac hed. 4 Lift the LaserWriter 12/640 PS, position it dir[...]

5 Remove the cassettes from the printer and the 500-sheet cassette and feeder. 6 Insert the four locking connectors into the slots located on the front and back of the printer and base. Th e lockin g connect ors secure the pri nter to t he feeder . 144 Chapter 5[...]

7 Insert the cassettes into the printer and the 500-sheet cassette and feeder. 8 Turn on the printer. 9 Configure your printer software to use the 500-sheet cassette and feeder. Nex t y ou must c onfi gure the printer so f tw are to u se the n ew paper opti on . F or conf ig uration instr ucti ons, see “C onfi guring Y our Pri nter So ft w are f [...]

I ns ta l l i ng t he en v el ope ca ssett e IMPORTANT Th e La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS en v el op e ca ssette f its into t he 5 0 0-sh eet feeder . F or i nstr uct ions on installing the opt ional 5 0 0-sh eet c a s sette and feeder , see “Installi ng t he 500-Sheet Ca s sette and Feeder , ” ear lier in this c hapter . 1 Unpack the envelope cass[...]

I ns ta l l i ng t he fa ce-up o ut pu t tra y F o llo w these instr ucti ons to install the La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS f ace-up output tra y . Y ou c an i nstall the f ace-up tra y ont o the bac k of t he pri nter or the d uple x printing unit. 1 Unpack the face-up output tray and remove all packing materials. 2 Line up the tabs on the bottom edge [...]

5 Extend the tray. I n s ta l l i n g the f a ce-u p o ut pu t t ra y o n t he o p t i on a l d u p le x pr i n t i ng u n it 1 Line up the tabs on the bottom edge of the face-up output tray with the holes in the back of the duplex printing unit. 2 Gently push down on the face-up output tray to insert the tabs into their receiving slots. 148 Chapte[...]

3 Slide out the tray until it locks into place. 4 Extend the tray. 149 Installing Options[...]

R e m o v i ng t he fa ce-up o ut p u t t ra y 1 Slide in the tray. 2 Gently pull up on the face-up output tray (to remove the tabs from their receiving slots) and then out. I nc rea s i ng t he pr i n t e r R A M Y ou c an i ncrease t he memory s ize o f the L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S . Y ou c an install up to 6 4 meg abyte s (MB) of random-acce [...]

Inst al l i ng RAM Y our pri nter come s wit h 4 MB of R AM installed i n B an k A/B . Th e table bel o w lists R AM conf ig urations y ou c a n use . Amount of memory Bank C/D Bank A/B (megabytes) (left slot) (right slot) 4 MB 0 MB 4 MB 8 MB 4 MB 4 MB 8 MB 0 MB 8 MB 12 MB 4 MB 8 MB 12 MB 8 MB 4 MB 16 MB 8 MB 8 MB 16 MB 0 MB 16 MB 20 MB 4 MB 16 MB [...]

IMPORTANT Other pos s ib le confi gurat i ons ma y produce dia gnosti c er rors w hen the pri nter star ts up or ma y produce unex p ected re s ults . If you want to You need this much printer memory Turn on PhotoGrade or use the 12 MB duplex printing option Turn on PhotoGrade and duplex 20 MB print on all size paper (except legal) Turn on PhotoGra[...]

5 Remove the paper cassette. 6 Grasp the top and front parts of the side cover and pry gently to free the tabs from their receiving slots. 7 Pull the side cover off. P utt i n g o n t he g ro u nd i ng s tra p IMPORTANT Be s ure t o put on the grounding wri st strap b ef ore ha ndli ng t he S IMM or an y i nter nal pri nter par ts . T h e strap gro[...]

3 Attach the copper-foil end of the strap to the metal lip on the inside of the printer by pressing the adhesive backing against the metal. Copper-foil end Metal lip 154 Chapter 5[...]

Instal li ng SIMM s Th e pri nter ’ s circuit boar d ha s tw o S IMM s l ots , marked B AN K C/D (on the lef t) a nd B A N K A/B (on the right) , f or i nstalli ng addit ional m emory . RAM is pr o v ided on S IMM s (S i ng le Inli n e Memory Modules) t hat you inser t i nto the s l ots . Dependi ng on t he amount of m emory y ou ’ re i nstalli[...]

1 Insert the SIMM into the connector and press the SIMM down at an angle until the retaining clips on each end of the connector snap and fasten the SIMM in place. Hol d t he SIMM v er tic all y ov er the s lot , ali gning t he connect ors and notche s with t he circuit boar d ’ s connect or . Not ice t hat on e ed ge o f the S IMM has a dist i nc[...]

T o remo v e a S IMM, c arefu ll y spread the retai ni ng c lips at both ends o f the installed SIMM , then rotate t he S IMM f orw ard unt il it c an b e pulled free of the s l ot. 2 Repeat step 1 to install the second SIMM if necessary. Y ou ’ v e now installed the ex pa nded memory . Y ou need onl y repl ace the si de co v er to c omplete t h [...]

Check t he Phillips scre w hole s on the bac k o f the printer . Th e hole s shoul d be unobstr ucted. (Y ou shouldn ’ t repl ace the Phillips screw s until t he si de co v er is proper l y posit i oned. ) If the hole i s obstr ucted, remo v e the s ide c ov er and try ag ain. It ma y take a f e w tries . 3 With the back cover properly positioned[...]

Co n f i g u ri ng y o u r pr i n te r so ftw a re f o r new o p t i o n s After installing more m emory or paper opti ons , the admi nistrat or or the user needs to update t he pri nter so ft w are on each c omputer c onnected t o the netw ork. Y ou c an reconf i gure the printer so f tw are us i ng t he Chooser on Mac O S computers or t he W indo[...]

3 Click Auto Setup. 4 Click OK. F ro m t he C ho ose r If no de s kt op pri nter icon e x i sts f or the La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S printer , y ou must c onfi gure y our pri nter us i ng t he Chooser . 1 Choose the Chooser from the Apple menu. Th e Chooser dial og bo x app ears . 2 Click the LaserWriter 8 icon. 3 Click a zone name to select the zo[...]

2 Choose Change Setup from the Printing menu. Th e La serW riter Setup di al og bo x app ears . 3 Click Auto Setup. 4 Select “Cassette (Optional)” from the Change pop-up menu. 5 Select “Installed and Preferred” from the To pop-up menu. 6 Click OK. Co n f i g u r i ng t he pr i n t er f ro m a Wi nd o w s 3 . 1 com p u t e r 1 From the Progr[...]

5 Set controls in this dialog box to set up the optional features that you have installed on your LaserWriter 12/640 PS. 6 Click OK to close the Features dialog box. 7 Click OK to close the Setup dialog box. Co n f i g u r i ng t he pr i n t er f ro m a Wi nd o w s 95 com p u t e r 1 From the Task-Bar, click Start and then select Printers from Sett[...]

II part Chapte r 6 M a c O S Us e r s Ch a p t er 7 W i nd o w s 3 . 1 a nd D OS U ser s Ch a p t er 8 W i nd o w s 95 U sers Chapte r 9 UNIX Us e r s Ch a p t er 1 0 Lo ad in g Pa per Chapte r 1 1 M ain ten anc e P art II co nt a i ns i n f orm ati o n y ou n eed t o us e a pr i nt e r t h at h a s a l r ea dy bee n se t u p . Y ou ca n f i nd s e[...]

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165 Th e La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS c omes wit h s o f tw are a nd f onts f or use with Mac O S-ba sed c omputers . T his c hapter de scribe s the s y stem requirements and the proced ures f or installi ng t he pri nter so ft w are and f onts . Y ou ’ll als o find ex pl a nati ons f or us i ng t he sta ndard printing and pa g e setup opti ons of t[...]

Be f or e y o u i ns ta l l t he p r i n t er s o ftw a re Be fore y ou install the pri nter so ft w are and f onts , you need t o protec t your ori ginal dis ks (b y lockin g them and maki ng c op ie s o f them—if y our pri nter s o ft w are w as shipped on a CD-R OM di sc , y ou c a n s kip this step) and mak e s ure y ou ha v e the cor rect v [...]

167 Mac OS Users 9 Click Continue. After a m oment , the I nstall dial o g bo x app ears . At t he top o f the dial og bo x is a pop-up menu set t o allo w y ou to perf or m a n Eas y I nstall. Ea s y Install i nstalls all t he so f tw are y ou need. It i nstalls the L aserW riter 8 s o ft w are , the Des k t op PrintMonitor , a nd the App le Print[...]

I n s ta l l i n g f ro m the f l o p p y d i sk s T o i nstall the pri nter so ftw are on a Mac O S computer , fo llo w the se steps: 1 Quit any programs you are running. 2 Turn off any automatic virus-detection programs you have on your computer. If y ou don ’ t , problem s ma y o ccur duri ng t he i nstallat i on. Af ter i nstallat ion is comp[...]

8 Click Continue. After a m oment , the I nstall dial o g bo x app ears . At t he top o f the dial og bo x is a pop-up menu set t o allo w y ou to perf or m a n Eas y i nstall. Ea s y Install i nstalls all t he so f tw are y ou need. It i nstalls the L aserW riter 8 s o ft w are , the Des k t op PrintMonitor , the App le Printer Utility , and the C[...]

170 Chapter 6 Se le c t i ng a n d se tt i ng u p t he p r i n t er Be fore y ou u se y our pri nter f or the first tim e , y ou must use t h e Chooser to selec t the L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S and set up the pri nter so ft w are . Once y ou select t he pri nter i n the Chooser , y ou w on ’ t need to repeat thi s step unle s s y ou chang e pri [...]

171 Mac OS Users 4 Click the name of your LaserWriter 12/640 PS. Y ou ’ v e now se lected t h e La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS printer f or pri nting . If thi s i s the first tim e y ou ’ re us ing the printer , y ou mu st set up the printer s o ft w are . Wh en the pri nter so ft w are has been set up , a small printer icon appears b es ide the pr[...]

Y ou c an drag t hi s ic on t o a ny pos iti on y ou w a nt on y our de s kt op or pl ace it into a f ol der . Th e la st des kt op pri nter created b ecome s the def ault printer . Y our do cuments will aut omat ic all y be pri nted on the def ault printer . For m ore informati on about selec t i ng betw een a v ailab le printers, see “ S witchi[...]

4 To change any options (for example, to change 500-sheet cassette and feeder to “Installed and Preferred”), select the option from the Change pop-up menu and select its new value from the To pop-up menu. 5 When you’re done, click OK. Pr intin g On a Mac O S computer , pri nting func ti ons are contro lled thr ough t he P ag e Setup and Print[...]

2 Select the page setup options you want. m Se lect U S Letter Small or U S Le g al S mall t o pre v ent pa ginati on dif f erences w hen pri nting t o diff erent pri nters . T h ese paper s ize s ha v e the sam e ph y s ic al s ize a s U S Letter a nd U S Leg al, but ha v e lar ger mar gins . 3 To print using special effects, choose PostScript Opt[...]

m Se lect Flip Horizontal t o flip the pa g e ima g e horizontall y . m Se lect Flip V er tic al to flip t he pa g e ima g e v er tic all y . m Se lect In v er t I mag e to print a bl ac k-and-white re v ersed imag e . m Se lect S ubst itute F onts t o subst itute the f onts Hel v et ic a, T imes , and Courier f or the Mac O S screen f onts Gen ev [...]

1 Choose Print from the File menu. Th e Pri nt dial o g bo x app ears . 2 Select the options you want. IMPORTANT Th e name s that appear i n the pap er source m enus v ary acc ordin g t o the paper source s o f y our pri nter and pap er size s you c hoose i n the P a g e Setup di alo g bo x . 176 Chapter 6 To define multiple paper sources, click ?[...]

m T o ha v e t he pri nter automat ic all y select t h e pap er tra y that ho lds t he size o f paper chosen f or the do cument , choose A uto S elect a s the paper source . m Y ou c an pri nt to ot her pri nters by se lect i ng t hei r name from t he Pri nter pop-up menu . Onl y pri nters that ha v e des k t op printer icons created wit h L aserW [...]

178 Chapter 6 3 Select Cover Page from the pop-up menu. Th e co v er pa ge opt ions di alo g bo x app ears . 4 When the selections are as you want, choose another setting from the Settings pop-up menu, or click Print. Pr in tin g gr ays c a l e d o c u m e nt s When y ou print a do cument containi ng shade s of gra y , y ou c a n choose t o max imi[...]

3 Make the selection you want. m F or t he f aste st pri nting , choose B lac k a nd White . (Th e ima g e quality w on ’ t be as g ood, e speci all y if the ori ginal imag e is in co l or or gra y sc ale . ) m When pri nting gra y s , y ou will see the b est re s ults if y ou c hoose C o lor/Gra y sc ale . m Th e C ol orS ync Co lor Matc hi ng a[...]

Ha v ing bot h F in ePri nt a nd PhotoGrade on c an af fec t ho w ima ge s print. For documents that ha ve man y imag es and require high-qu ality reproduct ion, y ou ma y w ant to turn Fin ePri nt of f . T o deter mi n e the ef f ect of printin g us i ng F in ePri nt a nd PhotoGrade , y ou c an pri nt por tions o f a do cument with F i n ePri nt a[...]

P ri n t i ng o n bo th s ides o f the p a pe r W ith the opt ional duple x pri nting unit , y ou c a n pri nt on both s ide s of t he paper (of ten c alled d up l ex p ri nti n g or t w o-s ide d pr i nti n g . ) Y ou can onl y duplex print from the pap er ca ssette s . If you want to You need this much printer memory Turn on PhotoGrade or use the[...]

3 Make the selections you want. m B indi ng determin es ho w pa ge s are pri nted when y ou are printing on bot h s ide s of t he pap er . If you w a nt the bindi ng orientat i on alon g the si de o f the paper (li ke in a book or mag azi n e) , c lic k t he left b i ndi ng butt on. If y ou w ant the bindi ng orientat i on alon g the bottom o f the[...]

4 Make the selections you want. 5 When the selections are what you want, choose another setting from the Settings pop-up menu or click Print. B a ckg r o un d pr i n t i ng a nd se tt i ng t he pr i n t t i me W ith b ac kground printing turn ed on, you c an use y our computer f or other w ork while y ou ’ re pri nting . Once bac kground printing[...]

2 Choose Background Printing from the Settings pop-up menu. Th e Ba c kground Printing di alo g bo x app ears . 3 Make the selections you want. 4 When the selections are as you want, choose another setting from the Settings pop-up menu, or click Print. Se lec t i n g t he o ut pu t t ra y Y ou c an sp ecify w h ere the pri nted pag es e x it the pr[...]

3 Choose an option. 4 When the selection is as you want, choose another setting from the Settings pop-up menu, or click Print. Repo r ti ng er ro rs Y ou c an sp ecify w hat happ ens when a P ostScript error occurs or when the paper ca s sette r uns out of paper . F or PostS cript er rors , y ou c a n ha v e the printer pro v ide no reporting , pro[...]

1 Choose Print from the File menu. Th e Pri nt dial o g bo x app ears . 2 Choose Error Handling from the Settings pop-up menu. Th e E r ror Handling di al og bo x app ears . 3 Make the selections you want. 4 When the selections are as you want, choose another setting from the Settings pop-up menu, or click Print. 186 Chapter 6[...]

P ri n t i ng w i t h a deskt op p ri n t er Y ou c an als o print do cuments without lea v i ng the F inder , us i ng one o f the tw o met hods de scribed h ere . Th ese m ethods are particu l ar l y ef fi c ient w hen y ou ha ve a number o f do cuments from t he same app lic ati on that y ou w a nt to print at once . m Dra g t he icons o f the do[...]

Sw i t ch i n g betw e en p ri n t ers If y ou ha v e more t han on e pri nter a v ailab le , you c an select w hich y ou w ant to use . Th e pri nter y ou selec t is c alled the defaul t prin ter . All y our documents will be pri nted on the def ault printer until y ou select a ne w on e . T o chan ge t h e def ault printer , use one o f the se f [...]

Se lec t the p ri n te r us i n g i ts des kt o p p r i n te r ico n If y ou already ha v e a des kt op pri nter ic on f or the pri nter y ou w ant to u se , f ollo w these steps t o select t h e pri nter without immedi atel y printing an ything on it: 1 Click the icon of the desktop printer you want to use. A Printing menu appears on the menu b ar[...]

W or ki ng w i t h des kt o p p r i n t er i co n s T o create a des k t op printer , selec t the pri nter us i ng t he Chooser . After y ou c lic k C reate , the icon will appear on y our des kt op . See “ Se lect a Ne w Pri nter U sing t he Chooser” under “ S witching B etw een Printers , ” the pre v iou s secti on in this c hapter . Y ou[...]

Moni t ori ng prin t i ng If y ou are us ing b ac kgr ound pri nting , you c an use the de s kt op pri nter feature s t o monit or a nd contro l the do cuments that are w aiting t o pri nt. 1 Double-click the desktop printer icon you’re interested in. A window opens list ing t he do cuments that are printing or w aiting t o pri nt: W atc hing the[...]

m To put a print request on hold, selec t it and c lic k the Hol d butt on . Th e pri nt reque st will sta y on hold unt il you se lect it a g ai n a nd c lic k the R es ume butt on . Y ou can al s o put the document that ’ s cur rent l y pri nting on ho ld b y dra g gi ng it t o the list o f documents w aiting t o pri nt (lo w er par t of t he w[...]

m To get information about the printer, c hoose Get Printer I nf o from t he Pri nting menu . S tatu s , confi gurat ion, and f ont informati on is disp la y ed. m To change the printer setup (f or ex ample , w hen y ou add or remo v e pri nter opti ons , s uc h as t h e d uple x printing unit) , choose Chan g e Setup fr om the Printing menu . m To[...]

R e m o v i ng t he deskt op p ri n t i ng s o ftw a re Th e des kt op pri nting s o f tw are use s both the Des kt op Pri ntMonitor and the PrintMonitor s of tw are . Th e Des kt op Pri ntMonitor requ ires 20 0-4 0 0K b yte s more free s y stem memory in additi on t o the mem ory required by t he PrintMonitor . If y ou don ’ t w ant to u se the [...]

5 Click Setup. Th e Setup di al o g bo x app ears . 6 Select the option that you want. m Cli c k A ut o Setup t o let the Chooser identify t he typ e of printer a nd aut omat ic all y set up the printer so ftw are . m Cli c k Se lect PPD to c hoose a P ostScript Printer Descript ion f ile for t h e printer . m Cli c k Printer I nfo t o v iew printe[...]

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Th e La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS c omes wit h s o f tw are f or IB M PC or c ompati ble computers u sing W indow s 3 . 1 a nd W indow s 9 5 . This c hapter de scribe s ho w t o install a nd use t he PostS cript Pri nter Dri v er f or W i ndo w s 3 . 1 . T his c hapter als o discu s se s printing fr om DO S . If y ou are us ing W indow s 9 5 , see Cha[...]

Sy stem re qu irement s f or Wi ndo w s 3. 1 T o use t he pri nter , y our c omputer s y stem must meet t hese requ i rements: m IB M PC or compat ible , with an 80 3 86 or hi gher CPU m hard di s k dri v e m at least 4 m e g ab yte s (MB) o f random-acces s memory (R AM) m Micr os o ft W indow s 3 . 1 or 3 . 1x or W indow s f or W orkgroups 3 . 1 [...]

I ns ta l l i ng t he pr i n t e r so ftw a re f o r W i nd o w s 3 . 1 T o i nstall the W indow s pri nter so ft w are (if not alread y i nstalled by y our s y stem admi nistrat or) , f o llo w these steps . T hese instr ucti ons as s ume that y ou ha ve a m ouse or s imilar po i nting de v ice . I n s ta l l i ng f ro m the CD-R OM d i sc 1 Start[...]

200 Chapter 7 Print Dri v er Onl y installs the minimum so ft w are n eeded for printin g onl y . It does not install the App le L a serW riter Ut ility . Cust om I nstallat ion lets y ou specify w hat portions o f the so ftw are y ou w ould li ke t o install. Y ou can install on e or more o f the f ollo wi ng: L a serW riter Printer Dri v er , App[...]

15 Choose how to proceed: F or most u sers connected v ia t h e parallel c able , the def ault printer dri v er settin g s shoul d s uf fice . If y our computer is c onn ected t o the pri nter ov er a NetW are netw ork, f oll o w the se steps: m From W indow s , c lic k Contr ol P a n el. m Cli c k Printers . m Cli c k C onn ect. T h e Connect di a[...]

I n s ta l l i n g f ro m the f l o p p y d i sk s 1 Find the Windows disks that contain the printer software and make sure they’re write-protected. S lide up t he write-protect ion tab in on e cor n er of the fl opp y di s k so t hat y ou c an see thr ou gh the hole . 2 Start Windows. Be fore installing the s o f tw are , make s ure the W i ndow[...]

Cust om I nstallat ion lets y ou specify w hat portions o f the so ftw are y ou w ould li ke t o install. Printer Dri v er Onl y installs onl y the PostS cript pri nter dri v er a nd pri nter de scripti on file s . De-Install lets you rem o ve pre v iou sl y installed La serW riter s o f tw are . 9 Click Express Installation. A window appears that [...]

18 Choose how to proceed: F or most u sers connected v ia t h e parallel c able , the def ault printer dri v er settin g s shoul d s uf fice . If y our computer is c onn ected t o the pri nter ov er a NetW are netw ork, f oll o w the se steps: m From W indow s , c lic k Contr ol P a n el. m Cli c k Printers . m Cli c k C onn ect. T h e Connect di a[...]

I ns ta l l i ng t he pr i n t e r so ftw a re f o r W i nd o w s NT U se the setup program on WIN3 1 /D IS K1 on the CD , or use the W i ndow s 3 . 1 flopp y dis ks t o install so ft w are f or W i ndo w s NT . T h e steps t o install the P ostS cript Pri nter Descript i on (PPD) file f or the La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS (or other A pple printer) on[...]

Pri nt i ng from Windows ap plications After y ou ha ve c onn ected the printer to y our computer and installed a nd set up the printer so f tw are , y ou ’ re ready t o star t pri nting . T his sec ti on ex p lains the ba si c steps required to print a document , thou gh the details c an v ary from one pro gram to another . T o f ind out more ab[...]

Se tt i ng p ri n t er d r i v er o pt io ns Y ou c an chang e the PostS cript Printer Dri v er def ault opt i ons . F or e x amp le , y ou can c hang e t he preset paper orientati on t o P or trait or Landsc ape . Y ou set pri nter options in the printer dri v er Setup dial og bo x , whi ch y ou can open i n three w a y s, a s ex p l ai n ed i n t[...]

O pen i ng t he pr i n te r Se t up d ia l o g bo x f ro m y o u r a pp l ica t i o n Most appli c ati ons ha v e a Pri nt Setup command in thei r File menu s . 1 Choose the Print Setup command from the File menu. This command u s uall y displ a y s the Pri nt Setup dial og bo x . 2 If you are using more than one printer, select the printer you wan[...]

Th e P ap er tab dial o g bo x is di spl a y ed fi rst. m Output Format Se lects e ither P ostScript or Encaps ul ated P ostS cript. U se P ostS cript f or nor mal pri nting . U se E ncaps ul ated PostS cript t o create a f ile that c a n b e pl aced i n a do cument of a pr o gram that ac cepts enc apsu l ated P ostS cript ima g e s . m Paper Sourc[...]

Ad di tio n al p r int e r o p ti o n s In addition t o the P ap er tab , other tabs disp la y setting s f or: m P ostS cript m F onts m F eature s m J ob contr o l m W atermark P ost Script Cli c k the P ostScript tab t o di spl a y the P ostS cript tab di alo g bo x , w hic h contr o ls c ol or pri nting , the communic ati on prot o col, a n d P [...]

m Send Data in Binary T ells t he dri v er to send data t o the pri nter i n a binary f or mat. Sending data in binary f ormat ma y impro v e the printer ’ s performance when pri nting ima ge s or do cuments containing many do w nloadab le f onts . T h e La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS printer c an recei v e data in eit her A S CII or binary f ormat. [...]

Fonts Cli c k the F onts tab to di sp l a y the Fonts tab di alo g bo x . P arameters in this di alo g bo x contr ol the w a y the dri v er pri nts T rueT ype f onts used in y our documents . T h e dri v er c an dow nl oad a v ailable T r ueT ype fonts a s T rueT ype f onts (T ype 42) , s ubst itute a v ailable P ostScript f onts f or T r ueT ype f[...]

m Substitute PostScript Fonts for TrueType Fonts on This Printer When chec k ed, tell s t he dri v er to s ubstitute P ostScript f onts a v ailab le t o t he pri nter f or T r ueT ype fonts . T he dri v er use s the T r ueT ype S ubstituti ons table t o determi n e whic h PostS cript font t o use f or each T r ueT ype font installed on y our s y st[...]

Features Cli c k the F eature s tab t o di spl a y the F eature s tab di alo g bo x , w hic h lets y ou conf ig ure the pri nter so ftw are to u se opti onal printing f eature s that y ou install on the L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S . U se thi s dial og bo x t o set up any opt i onal f eature s y ou ma y purc hase , s uc h as addit ional memory or t [...]

m FinePrint T ur ns Fin ePri nt on or of f . FinePri nt smoothe s out lin es and curv e s and enha nces te xt and li n e graphic s that w oul d nor mall y appear ra g ged. (Ho we v er , to enhance the quality o f imag es , y ou may w ant to tur n F in ePri nt of f . ) m Tray Switch T ur ns tra y s witc hing on or o f f . Job C ontro l Cli c k the J[...]

m Error Handler T ells t he dri v er to send a spec ial P ostScript er ror handler with e very document y ou pri nt. T he er ror handler pri nts a pag e with a P ostS cript er ror me ss a g e w hen a do cument f ails t o pri nt cor rectl y . Y ou can use t hi s opti on as an aid in trouble shooting print job problem s . m Font Control This ad v anc[...]

Edit W ater m ar k Choose the Edit butt on in the W ater mark tab dial og bo x to di sp la y the Edit W atermark dial o g bo x . m Text Disp la y s the tex t o f the selec ted w atermark for edit i ng . m Font Li sts all T rueT ype a nd A TM f onts a nd the 1 3 ba se PostS cript f onts that e ither re s ide in the printer or can be dow nl oaded t o[...]

m Color Lets y ou sp ecify red, green, and blue v alues f or the co lor in whic h the w atermark is printed. As an alter nati v e , Choose C olor brin g s up a C o lor di alo g bo x that lets y ou v iew and selec t a col or for t h e w ater mark. m Position/Automatically Center Watermark/Position Relative to Center Te l l s t h e dri v er ho w t o [...]

B y contra st, w h en y ou manuall y do wnl oad a T yp e 1 f ont with t he F ont Do wnl oader , the font remains in pri nter memory (RAM) unt il you s witch o ff or re star t the pri nter or when memory limitat ions are ex ceeded. Manuall y do w nloading frequent l y used f onts theref ore red uces printing t ime bec au se the f onts do not ha v e [...]

4 Click Setup. Th e Setup di al o g bo x app ears . N ot e: Y ou c an als o op en the Setup di alo g bo x from wit hi n ma ny W i ndow s pro grams . Check y our pro gram documentati on t o see if you c an chang e y our printer setup from within y our pro gram. 5 Click Fonts. 6 Click Font Downloader. Th e F ont Do wnl oader di alo g bo x appears . 7[...]

P ri n t i ng t o a P o stSc ri p t f i le A s an alter nati ve t o pri nting y our do cument on the pri nter , y ou c a n sa v e a P ostS cript lan g ua ge de scripti on of y our document as a di s k file . P ostS cript l ang ua ge de scripti ons o f do cuments c an b e usefu l for m creatin g document archi v es m printing documents without u s i[...]

U si ng t he dr i v er t o pr i n t t o a P o s tSc r i p t f i le U sing t he dri ver t o pri nt to a P ostScript f ile is a t hree-step proce s s . F i rst, c hang e y our pri nter setup , then use y our pro gram to create t he file , and finall y re set y our pri nter setup f or normal pri nting . St ep 1: C ha ng i ng y ou r pr i n te r set up [...]

St ep 2: P ri n t i n g t o a P os tSc r i pt f i le 1 Start the program and open the document for which you want to create a PostScript file. 2 If necessary, select the Print Setup command from the File menu, change the settings as appropriate, and select OK. 3 Choose the Print command from the File menu. Y our pro gram ’ s Pri nt dial og bo x a[...]

7 If you changed any printer settings to print a PostScript file, choose Setup to display the Setup dialog box. Undo any changes you made and then choose OK. Th e Pri nters dial o g bo x app ears . 8 Select OK to close the Printers dialog box. 9 Choose Exit from the Settings menu to close the Control Panel. DOS note s If y ou are us ing DO S pro gr[...]

This c hapter pro v ide s informati on on setting up and us i ng t he La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS wit h computers running W i ndow s 9 5 . It pr o v ide s detailed procedures f or i nstalli ng t he so f tw are , us i ng the printer ’ s parallel port, and connect i ng t he pri nter to a N o ve ll NetW are netw ork. If y ou are us ing W indow s 3 . [...]

Be f or e y o u beg i n Set up t he pri nter as de scribed i n Chapter 1 , rememberi ng t o m unpack and prepare the printer m connect t he pri nter to y our NetW are netw ork us ing Ether n et cab le s or thr ou gh a di rect parallel c onn ect ion t o a PC Se tt i n g u p f or p a ra l le l po r t pr i n t i n g Y our La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS u [...]

7 Click Yes to view the README.WRI file. 8 When you have finished reading the README.WRI file, choose Exit from the File menu in the WordPad application. A W el com e di alo g bo x i s disp la yed t hat allo w s you t o select Ex pres s Installat ion, Cu stom Installat ion, or Printer Dri v er Onl y . Ex pre s s Installat i on i nstalls all the s o[...]

15 Select Disk 3 from the Directories list. 16 Select LaserWriter 12/640 PS from the PostScript Printer Descriptions Available list and click Next. 17 Select LPT1 if the LaserWriter 12/640 PS is connected to your local computer. 18 Click Next. Th e A dd Printer dial o g bo x app ears . 19 Name your computer and select other options as necessary. 20[...]

N ot e: If y ou don ’ t already ha v e y our NetW are queues set up , g o to “Initi al No v ell NetW are Setup , ” i n Chapter 3 , w hen y ou f inish installi ng t he so f tw are . F or instr uct ions on u sing t he App le La serW riter Ut ility f or W indow s , see “ Settin g A dditional P arameters W ith t he App le L a serW riter Ut ilit[...]

6 Click Next if you have no other open applications. If y ou ha v e open applic ati ons , c li c k Cancel t o stop t hi s installati on. Cl ose all other appli c ati ons and star t the i nstallat i on proce s s a g ain. A me ss a g e appears that lets y ou v ie w the READ M E .WRI f ile f or late- breaking ne w s . 7 Click Yes to view the README.WR[...]

12 Enter a new directory for the printer drivers or use the default directory and click Next. A me ss a g e appears that lets y ou sp ecify ho w y our printer is connected (l o c al or netw ork) . 13 Select how your printer is connected (local or network) and click Next. Th e I nstall PostS cript Printer from PPD dial o g bo x app ears . 14 Eject L[...]

24 Choose how to proceed: F or most u sers connected v ia t h e parallel c able , the def ault printer dri v er settin g s shoul d s uf fice . If y our computer is c onn ected t o the pri nter ov er a NetW are netw ork, f oll o w the se steps: m Doub le-c lic k the Netw ork Nei ghborhood ic on . m In the dial o g bo x that appears, doub le-c lic k [...]

Pr intin g On a PC , pri nting funct ions are contr olled thr ou gh the P a ge Setup and Print di alo g bo x es , whi c h are acce ssed t hrou gh the F ile menu . Most W i ndow s applic ati on program s u se a v ersi on o f the standard P a g e Setup and Pri nt dial og bo x e s , althou gh the ex act opti ons pre sented v ary among pro grams . (See[...]

Pr intin g d o c u m en t s When y ou are printing from W indow s , most app lic at ion pr o grams di spl a y a Print dial o g bo x, in whi c h y ou sp ecify print opti ons s uc h as t h e numb er of cop ies y ou w a nt pri nted, the la y out, and w hic h pap er tra y or ca ssette will be the paper source . Som e appli c ati on pro grams als o add [...]

O pen i ng t he pr i n te r P ro pert ies d i a lo g bo x f r o m t he P ri n t er f o l der 1 Click the Start icon on the Task-Bar, select Settings and click Printers. 2 Select the printer you want to change and choose Properties from the File menu. N ot e: T he Pri nters f ol der that appears is t h e same Printer f o lder t hat y ou see from t h[...]

Se lec t i n g p r i n te r op t io ns i n the P ro per t ies d ia lo g bo x Y ou c an chang e the most comm onl y used printer setting s from the Proper tie s di alo g bo x . (T h e tabs i n the dial og bo x als o gi v e you ac ce s s t o additional printer setting s . F or i nf ormati on about these sett i ng s , see “ A dditional Printer Opti [...]

m Paper Source Se lects w hic h paper ca s sette or multipur pose tra y t o use a s the paper source . m Copies S pecif ie s the number of c opie s of eac h do cument pa g e t o print. m Unprintable Area Disp la y s the Un pri ntable Area dial og bo x, u sed t o set the document mar gins . m More Options Disp la y s the More O pti ons di al og bo x[...]

Se tt i n g d u p l e x p r i n t i n g op t io ns Choose the More Opti ons butt on in the P aper tab dial o g bo x to di spl a y the More P ap er O pti ons dial og bo x , used t o sp ecify duple x print setting s . If y our La serW riter ha s been upgraded t o a minimum of 1 2 MB of mem ory , and y ou ’ v e installed the optional duple x pri nti[...]

Ad di tio n al p r int e r o p ti o n s In addition t o the P ap er tab , other tabs disp la y setting s f or: m Graphic s m De v ice Options m P ostS cript m W atermarks m General m Details m S haring Gr ap hic s Cli c k the Graphic s tab t o di spl a y the Graphic s tab dial og bo x, w hic h contr ols re s olut ion and sp eci al pri nting f eatur[...]

m Special Lets y ou define sp eci al printing f eatures . Se lect Print as Ne g ati v e Imag e to print a bl ack-and-white re v ersed imag e . Se lect Print as Mir ror Imag e to flip t he pa g e ima g e v er tic all y . m Scaling S hrin ks or enl ar ge s the pri nt imag e by a percenta g e y ou sp ecify . Y ou c an scale t he ima g e from 1 0 p erc[...]

When the La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS runs out of paper i n on e tra y , it c a n aut omat ic all y s witch and use paper i n a nother pap er ca ssette or t he mult ipur pose tra y . B y us ing aut omatic tra y s witching betw een the 250-sheet paper ca s sette a nd the 80-sheet mult ipur pose tra y , y ou c an pri nt 3 30 sheets without re l oadi ng[...]

m FinePrint T ur ns Fin ePri nt on or of f . FinePri nt smoothe s out lin es and curv e s and enha nces te xt and li n e graphic s that w oul d nor mall y appear ra g ged. (Ho we v er , to enhance the quality o f imag es , y ou may w ant to tur n F in ePri nt of f . ) m Tray Switch T ur ns tra y s witc hing on or o f f . Th e f o llo wi ng opt ions[...]

m Output format T ells t he dri v er to bu ild P ostScript document de scripti ons that print as f ast a s pos s i ble w h en O ptimize f or Speed is se lected. S uch document descript i ons mi ght not pri nt suc ce s sfu ll y on pri nters with limited memory . Se lect “ Optimize f or Portability” t o tell t he dri ver t o build P ostS cript do[...]

Advanced PostScript options Choose the A d v a nced button in the P ostS cript tab di alo g bo x t o di spl a y the A dv anced PostS cript O ptions di alo g bo x . m PostScript language level Lets y ou sp ecify w hich le v el o f P ostS cript lan g ua ge to u s e . m Bitmap compression Lets y ou sp ecify w h ether t o compre ss graphi c s b ef ore [...]

m Send CTRL+D after job Sends CTRL+D t o the printer after a print job t o notify t he pri nter the cur rent job is f i nished a nd to re set the pri nter . m Display alert for applications incompatible with driver features When chec ked, disp la y s a mes sa ge if an appli c at ion mi ght be i ncompat ib le with s ome dri v er f eature s . Wa t e [...]

m Print watermark T ells t he pri nter ho w the w atermark should be pri nted. Y ou c an pri nt on the first pag e onl y rather than on all pa g e s (the de f ault. ) Y ou c an pri nt the w ater mark i n the f ore ground rat her than i n the bac kground (the def ault) . Choose thi s sett ing if y ou cannot see the w ater mark on the printed pag e .[...]

m Position/Automatically Center Watermark/Position Relative to Center Te l l s t h e dri v er ho w t o pos ition t he w ater mark. A ut omati c all y Center W ater mark centers the w atermark on the pag e . P os iti on R elat i v e to C enter lets y ou specify x and y coor dinates f or the w ater mark relat i v e to t he center . m Color Lets y ou [...]

m Threshold Lets y ou sp ecify t he size o f the f ont at whi ch the P ostS cript dri v er shoul d s witc h from sendin g T r ueT ype f onts a s T yp e 1 to sendin g them as T yp e 3 (bitmap) f onts . m Favor system TrueType fonts When chec k ed, tell s the dri v er t o u se the s y stem T r ueT ype font instead o f the pri nter f ont w hen the sam[...]

Deta il s Cli c k the Detail s tab t o di spl a y the Details tab di alo g bo x , whi ch c ontro l s the printer por t. T h e Details tab is a v ail able onl y w hen y ou open the pri nter Proper tie s dial o g bo x from the Printer fo lder . m Print to port Lets y ou sp ecify t he por t y our printer is attac hed or the path t o the netw ork pri n[...]

m Spool Settings Cli c k t o sp ecify ho w the do cument is sent fr om the appli c ati on t o the printer . m Port Settings Cli c k t o chang e your port setting s . Add Port Th e A dd P or t dial o g bo x lets y ou add a new port or sp ecify a netw ork path. m Network When selected, te lls t h e dri ver y ou w ant a n etw ork pri nter . S p ecify [...]

Sharing Th e Sharin g tab di alo g bo x c ontro l s netw ork shari ng o f the pri nter . E v en if y ou are not us ing NetW are , you c an still share y our pri nter with other u sers on the Micr os o ft Net work . Th e Sharin g tab is a v ail able onl y w hen y ou op en the pri nter Prop er tie s di alo g bo x from the Printer fo lder . If y ou do[...]

m Share Name Enter the name of t he shared pri nter . T his name appears in the Netw ork Nei ghborhood wi ndow w h en users searc h f or n etw ork pri nters . m Comment Enter a n y comm ents about thi s printer . C omments c an b e v iew ed b y u sers searchin g f or n etw ork pri nters . m Password Enter the optional pa ss wor d if y ou w ant to r[...]

253 Th e details o f setting up y our U N IX work stati on dep end on whi c h type of U N IX y ou ’ re r unni ng . I n most c ase s , the setup requires s up er user pri v ileg es and know led ge o f n etw ork a nd pri nter file s (f or ex ample , /etc/hosts and /etc/printcap ) and should be done by y our loc al netw ork or pri nter administrat o[...]

P ri n t i ng f ro m a U NI X w o rk sta t i on t o the p ri n t e r Y ou don ’ t n eed any speci al so ft w are to u se the pri nter . On most UN IX s y stems , y ou use e ither the lpr or lp command t o print do cuments o v er a T CP/I P n etw ork to t he pri nter . Y our pri nter admi nistrat or will generall y set up t w o print queues f or t[...]

This c hapter de scribes ho w to l oad the La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S paper ca ssette and multipur pose tra y with paper . It descri bes ho w t o load standard paper , letterhead, three-hole punc h ed pap er , en v elopes , l abels , and tra nsparencie s f or pri nting . Y ou c an purcha se additi onal pri nting opt ions f or use with y our L aser[...]

A ut om at ic o r ma n ua l pr i n t i n g w i t h t he Lase rW ri t er 1 2/6 40 PS Y ou c an automat ic all y pri nt us i ng paper from t he pap er c as sette or us i ng paper stack ed in the multipur pose tra y . Y ou c an als o ma nuall y feed paper , en v elope s , three-hole punc h ed pap er , label s , postc ards , transparencie s , a nd l ab[...]

Letter-size paper 1 Set the length guide (located on the back of the cassette) to the position that corresponds to your paper’s length. You adjust the length guide by pushing or pulling the guide. 2 Adjust the width guide to its maximum width by squeezing the colored lever (located on the right side of the cassette) against the brace and sliding [...]

5 Adjust the width guide so that it fits snugly against the paper, but not so tightly that it might cause binding. T o a v oid paper jam s , alw a y s set the lengt h and width g ui de s t o the c or rect pos it ions f or y our par ticu l ar paper . Leg a l an d ot her si ze pa per 1 Set the length guide (located on the back of the cassette) to the[...]

Le tte rhead p a per a nd t hree-h o le pu nc hed pape r Inser t letterhead pap er i nto t he pap er ca s sette f ace do wn, wit h the top o f the letterhead at the front o f the tra y (the ha ndle end) . N ot e: If y ou w ant to print on both s ide s of t h e letterh ead pap er , pl ace the letterhead pap er f ace up i n the pap er c as sette , wi[...]

O pen i ng t he m u lt ip ur po se tra y T o use t he multipur pose tra y y ou must first op en it. 1 Gently open the door. 2 Grasp the tab and slide out and extend the tray. 260 Chapter 10[...]

P lac i ng pa per a n d en v el opes i n t he m ul t ip ur po se tra y Y ou c an use the mult ipur pose tra y f or all y our printing jobs . Y ou c an keep a small stac k o f paper i n the tra y and let the La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS f eed the paper automat ic all y , or y ou c an use t he multipur pose tra y f or ma nual f eed printing . B y t he w[...]

Pl ace the pap er i n the tra y s o that t he lef t s ide o f the stack i s aligned with t he tra y ’ s left s ide . A d ju st the width g uide s o that it ju st touc h es t he ri ght ed g e o f the stac k . Don ’ t ad just the gu ide s o ti ghtl y a g ainst the stack t hat it c auses bindi ng or rumpling o f the pap er . F or manual-f eed pri [...]

L o ad i ng t h ree-h o le pu nc hed pa per i n the m u l t i pu r po se tra y Y ou c an load a stac k o f three-ho le punched pap er i n the multipur pose tra y f or aut omat ic printing . Y ou can al s o pri nt on three-hole punc h ed pap er ma nuall y b y f eeding one sheet at a time . This illustrat ion sho w s how t o load a stac k of three-ho[...]

L o ad i ng le tte rhead p a pe r i n the m ul t i pu rp o se t ra y Y ou c an load a stac k o f letterhead i n the multipur pose tra y f or automat ic printing . Y ou c an als o pri nt letterh ead ma nuall y b y f eeding one sh eet at a time . This illustrat ion sho w s how t o load a stac k of letterhead i n the multipur pose tra y . Place letter[...]

L o ad i ng en v e l opes i n the m u l t i p u r po se tra y Y ou c an load a stac k o f 1 0 env el opes in the multipur pose tra y f or automat ic printing . Y ou c an als o pri nt env el opes manuall y b y f eeding t hem on e en v elope at a tim e . This illustrat ion sho w s how t o load a stac k of en v el op es in the mult ipur pose tra y . A[...]

F or best re su lts w hen pri nting en v el op es , be sure t o posit i on y our addres s bl ock pr operl y in y our w or d-proces sin g document. Y ou ’ll need to print i n l andscape (horizontal) orientati on a nd t o ad ju st the t op and lef t mar gi ns i n y our wor d-pro ces sing pr o gram ’ s pag e f ormatting c ontro l s . Once y ou ’[...]

Printing an envelop e 1 Open the multipurpose tray. 2 Adjust the width guide to fit the envelope. 3 Tuck the envelope flap inside the envelope. This helps pre v ent the flap fr om cau s i ng a paper jam . (Som e en v elope s com e un glued w h en sub jected t o the h eat i nsi de the printer . High-qu ality env el opes are li kel y to ho ld up bett[...]

6 When the printer’s Paper Out indicator light flashes, insert the first envelope and slide it forward until it stops. Inser t the en v el op e f ace up (fl ap do w n) with t he top ed ge t o the ri ght as it enters the printer . On a Mac O S computer , if Bac kground Printing i s tur n ed on i n the Chooser , a PrintMonitor me ss a ge pr ompts y[...]

L o ad i ng t ran sp a ren c ies i n t he m ul t ip ur po se tra y Y ou c an load one sh eet of o v erhead tra nsparenc y at a t ime int o the mult ipur pose tra y f or ma nual printing , or y ou can p l ace a stac k o f about 40 transparencie s in the tra y f or automat ic f eed. T o a v oid lea v i ng f ing er pri nts (a nd ens ure the best ima g[...]

Choosing p ap er Th e La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS prints on standard l a ser -quality paper (1 6- to 28- pound st ock) . For t h e b est re s ults , A pp le recomm ends 20-pound st ock . T h e printer can accept st o ck o f up t o 3 2 pounds from t he mult ipur pose tra y . Y ou c an als o ex pect ex cellent re su lts on most c olored and te xtured p[...]

Fillin g t h e o p ti o n al e nve l o p e c a s s e t t e 1 Slide the envelope cassette out of the 500-sheet feeder. 2 Move the postcard guide to the back of the envelope cassette, if necessary. T o remo v e the postc ard g uide fr om the en v elope tra y , pinch t he i ndented area a g ainst the front of t h e gu ide . R oll t h e gu ide t ow ard[...]

7 Adjust the width guide so that it fits snugly against the envelope, but not so tightly that it might cause binding. T o a v oid en v el op e jams , al w a y s set the lengt h and width gu ide s to t he cor rect pos it ions f or y our par ticu l ar en v elope . 8 Insert the envelope cassette into the 500-sheet feeder. N ot e: If the multipur pose [...]

3 Push down gently on the envelope tray until it rests against the bottom of the cassette and locks into place. 4 Lift the back of the envelope cassette and move the length guide until it matches your postcard’s length. Make sure the tab fits into the marked slots. 5 Pinch the color tab (located on the right side of the envelope cassette) against[...]

Fillin g t h e o p ti o n al 500-s heet ca sse tt e 1 Slide the cassette out of the 500-sheet cassette and feeder. 2 Set the length guide (located on the back of the cassette) to the position that corresponds to your paper’s length. You adjust the length guide by pulling up on one corner of the guide and then the other. Th e c as sette is mark ed[...]

6 Adjust the width guide so that it fits snugly against the paper, but not so tightly that it might cause binding. T o a v oid paper jam s , alw a y s set the lengt h and width g ui de s t o the c or rect pos it ions f or y our par ticu l ar paper . 7 Insert the paper cassette into the 500-sheet feeder. L o ad i ng t he 500-s heet ca sse tt e w i t[...]

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277 Th e La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS i s des igned f or trouble-free serv ice . Maintena nce inv o l ve s little m ore than puttin g in a n e w t oner c ar trid g e e v ery 6 , 0 0 0 pa g es or s o and p erf ormi ng a f e w mi nor c leani ng ta s ks . Th e recomm ended serv ice inter v al is 1 20 , 00 0 pa ge s t o c heck and serv ice w ear on the ro[...]

Saf ety fi rst Th e fix i ng r oller a ssemb l y i n the La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S operates at v ery high temperatures—around 40 0° F (20 4° C) . All o w the ro llers t o cool bef ore performing maintena nce a nd trouble shooting . Hot area D Hot area 278 Chapter 11[...]

Prec aut ions duri ng m ai nt enanc e T o pre v ent damag e to t he pri nter while perf or mi ng maintenance , obser ve t he f ollo wi ng prec auti ons . m Don ’ t lubric ate the pri nter . m Don ’ t attempt t o di sa s semb le the printer . m Don ’ t pl ace a nyt hing on t op of the printer . Re gular m ain te n anc e Th e toner c ar trid g [...]

1 Open the printer cover. Lift this latch to open the top cover. 280 Chapter 11[...]

2 Remove the used cartridge. Pull the cartridge up and out. 281 Maintenance[...]

3 Slide the yellow plastic square back and forth to remove any toner residue. 4 Take the new cartridge out of its packaging. 5 Distribute the toner powder by gently rocking the cartridge back and forth. Slide the square back and forth. 282 Chapter 11[...]

6 Firmly pull the tab directly away from the cartridge to remove the sealing tape. WARNING Be s ure t o pull t he tab strai ght out of t h e c ar trid g e . Don ’ t pull t oo qui c kl y or at an a ng le—either mi ght dama ge the t on er seals wit hin the c artrid g e . 283 Maintenance[...]

7 Align the arrow on the left side of the toner cartridge with the arrow on the left side of the printer, then slide the cartridge downward into the printer. Make sure the toner cartridge is inserted all the way and properly seated inside the printer. Make sure the toner cartridge is inserted all the way and properly seated inside the printer[...]

8 Close the printer and resume printing. 285 Maintenance[...]

C l ea n i ng t he e x t er i o r Unplu g the pow er cor d and then wip e the ex teri or o f the printer with a c lea n, s o ft , damp c loth . Use a mil d s oap or deter gent if neces sary , but ne v e r use an ammonia-b ased c lea n er . Be c arefu l not t o g et any li qui d i n the pow er cor d por t. WARNING Ne ver u se ammonia-b ased c lea n [...]

III part Ch a p t er 1 2 Fi x i ng P ape r a nd I ma ge P ro b l em s Ch a p t er 1 3 Fi x i ng Ot her P ro bl em s P art III o ff ers t o so l u ti on s to p r obl e ms y ou m ig h t e ncou n t e r w h i l e u si ng t h e Las erW ri t e r 1 2/640 P S . T rouble sho ot ing[...]

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This c hapter pro v ide s s olut ions t o prob lems y ou ma y encounter wit h paper jam s or print quality while u sing y our La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S . Th e first sect ion discu sse s how t o read the pri nter ’ s i ndic at or lights t o h elp y ou identify and so l v e prob lems , and how t o c lear pap er jams . Th e rest o f the c hapter c[...]

C heck i n g t he i nd ica t or l i g h t s Th e li ghts on the front panel o f the L aserW riter 1 2/6 40 PS indic ate the printer ’ s op erating statu s . Light On Off Flashing Ready/In Use Printer is ready Printer cannot print Printer is warming up, to use. because of an error, printing a startup or the cover is open, page, or processing or th[...]

C heck i n g f or a nd c lea r i n g pa per j a ms Occ as ionall y a piece o f pap er ma y g et stuc k insi de the printer d uri ng t he printing proce s s . F ollo w these steps t o find a nd c lear a paper jam. IMPORTANT If y ou ex perience pap er jams a f ter y ou fi rst set up the pri nter , c heck all area s o f the printer to mak e sure t hat[...]

2 Open the top cover of the printer and remove the toner cartridge. If the jam is around the pressure roller area, remove the paper as shown here: If y ou cannot remo v e the paper , pull the paper from within the pri nter , first pulling int o the printer , then out to w ard y ou t o free it. 3 Remove the paper cassette to see whether the jam is i[...]

4 Check the multipurpose tray (if you are using it) to see whether paper has jammed there. If so, gently pull the paper out. 5 Once you have removed the jammed paper, reinsert the toner cartridge, close the top cover, and slide the paper cassette back into the printer. N ot e: Y ou must open and c l ose the t op co v er to re set the printer . 293 [...]

C heck i ng t he op t io na l 500-shee t ca sse tt e a nd f eeder m Remove the paper cassette to see whether the jam is in the paper cassette area. If so, gently release or pull out the jammed paper. Check t hat all paper edg es are under t he brack et at the front of t h e c as sette . P ap ers ed g e s o v er the brack et are als o c ons idered p[...]

C heck i ng t he op t io na l d u pl e x pr i n t i ng u n i t 1 Remove the the duplex printing unit tray to see whether the jam is in the tray area. If so, gently pull out the jammed paper. H int: It ma y b e dif fi cult t o v ie w paper jams in the d uplex printin g unit tra y area becau se pap er jams ma y occur to w ard t he bac k of the tra y [...]

3 Check around the roller area. You may have to push the roller to see if a paper is behind the roller. 4 Once you have removed the jammed paper, slide the tray back into the duplex printing unit and close the door. 5 Open and close the top cover to reset the printer. A v o i d i n g pa per a nd e n v el o pe ja ms a n d w ri n kl i ng Dependi ng o[...]

P ro bl em s w i t h p r i n t ed d oc u men ts This sect ion pro v ide s remedie s for pr oblem s in the app eara nce of a printed document. The quality of grayscale art could be better. T ur n on the PhotoGrade f eature , as de scribed i n Chapter 6 f or Mac O S users and Chapters 7 a nd 8 for W i ndow s users . Als o , try tur ni ng o ff t he Fi[...]

298 Chapter 12 Nothing is printed on the paper. If y ou get a bl a n k do cument , try the f ollo wi ng steps . m If the c artrid g e is ne w , b e s ure t o remo v e the p la stic tape . m R edistri bute the t oner po w der b y g ent l y rocking t he t oner cartrid ge . If y ou still g et a bl a n k do cument , the cartrid g e ha s r un out of t o[...]

The page prints solid black. If y our do cument prints blac k, tur n your printer o f f a nd on a g ai n. If y our document still prints bl ac k y our pri nter n eeds ser v ic i ng . Printer prints simplex even though duplex printing is specified. If y our do cument prints i n simp lex mode (onl y on one si de) instead of duple x mode , chec k the [...]

300 Chapter 12 Faded areas or white voids appear on the page. If por tions o f the pa ge are f aded or are mis s ing , try the fo llo wing steps: m U se diff erent pap er or tra nsparenc y materi al. m U se pap er that ha s b een i n a sealed wrapp er; pap er that ha s been out for a lon g time ma y ha ve t oo much m o isture in it. m R edistri but[...]

301 This c hapter pro v ide s s olut ions t o prob lems y ou ma y ha v e pri nting wit h the L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S from M ac O S , W i ndow s , DO S , a nd U N IX computers . T r oubl e sh o oti ng with th e indicator lig hts T o dia gnose a nd fix prob lems by c h ecking t h e i ndic at or li ghts on the front o f the printer , see Chapter 1[...]

302 Chapter 13 No LaserWriter 8 icon appears in the Chooser. Mak e sure t hat the L a serW riter 8 dri v er is properl y i nstalled. T h e pri nter dri v er ma y b e on y our star tup dis k but ma y ha v e been mo v ed to t he wron g loc ation . If n eces sary , dra g the dri v er i nt o the Extens ions f ol der insi de the S y stem F ol der . Al s[...]

m Th e pri nter has t he same nam e as ot her pri nters on the netw ork. If t hat ’ s the c a se , the printer automat ic all y app ends a numb er t o the end o f its name w hen it ’ s tur ned on. Th e number ma y chan g e eac h tim e y ou tur n on the printer . Th e pri nter administrat or c a n chan g e the name u s ing t he App le Printer Ut[...]

Printer-specific options don’t appear in the Print dialog box. Mak e sure t he hard w are opti ons are properl y i nstalled i n the pri nter , as de scribed i n Chapter 5 . If the de s kt op pri nter extens ion i s tur ned on, select a de s k t op printer icon . Choose Chang e S etup from t he Pri nting m enu, then c lic k A ut o Setup in the di [...]

A message on the screen says the printer can’t print. If y ou get s uch a me ss a ge , try these steps: m Mak e sure t hat the printer is tur n ed on. m Check t he n etw ork cab le s . m Mak e sure y our star tup dis k has t he La serW riter 8 dri v er i n the Extens ions f older , whi c h i s insi de the S y stem Fo lder . m Mak e sure t he pri [...]

The desktop printer icon has an X drawn through it. Th e X i ndic ate s that t he des kt op printing s of tw are is turn ed of f or the L aserW riter 8 ex tensi on i s not in the Extens i ons f older . m Y ou ma y ha v e star ted the computer us i ng a dif ferent startup dis k or temporaril y tur n ed of f all the so ft w are ex tensi ons . When y [...]

I B M PC or co m pa t i b l e t ro ub les ho ot i ng If y ou are us ing t he La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS fr om an IB M PC or compat ib le computer , use t hi s sect ion f or trouble shoot ing t ips . A message on the screen says the printer can’t print. If y ou get s uch a me ss a ge , try the fo llo wing steps . m Mak e sure t hat the printer is [...]

F or W i ndow s 9 5 users , check t h e f o llo wi ng addit ional item: m Op en the Pri nter f ol der , select t he pri nter , and c lic k Proper tie s . c lic k the P ostS cript tab and c lic k the A dv anced button . Mak e sure t hat A SC II data and “ Send CTRL+D af ter job ” are selected. F or W i ndow s 3 . 1 users , chec k the f ollo wi n[...]

m Check t hat the NetW are f ile serv er and the pri nter are on the same se gment o f the n etw ork. If t he y are on dif ferent se gments , you c an conf ig ure the pri nter by specifyin g the IPX n etw ork numb er a nd the ether net node addres s . See “C onnecting t o a Netw ork Pri nter Manuall y” in Chapter 3 . m Check t he pri nter ’ s[...]

UNIX tr ou b l e sh o oting If y ou are us ing t he La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 PS fr om a U N IX w orkstat ion, use thi s sec ti on for tr ouble shooting t ips . When I print a text file, the lines stairstep off the page. Y ou n eed to u se a print queue that adds a c ar ria ge return at the end of eac h lin e . T o set up the pri nt queue , the pri n[...]

The banner page prints only the system name and the remote printer name. The lpd printing prot o co l does not pro v ide the u ser name or f ilename in a w a y that c a n b e i nc luded in the banner pag e . The printer administrator forgot the password for the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility. See t he ser v ice i nf ormation t hat c ame with [...]

The BOOTP server is not responding. If y ou chose t o use a B OO TP ser ver t o as si gn the pri nter ’ s IP addres s w hile settin g up the printer , but the ser ver i s not responding , fo llo w the se steps in order: m Mak e sure t hat the serv er runni ng B OOTP is on t he same s ubn et as the printer or that BOO TP is proper l y confi gured [...]

IV part A ppe n d i x A A dm i ni st rat or T oo l s Q u ic k Refer en c e A ppe n d i x B Se tt i ng U p the P ri n te r as a n A T PS Remote Printer A ppe n d i x C U si ng F on t s W i th t he P ri n t er A ppe n d i x D T ec h n ica l In f o rma t io n A ppe nd i x es[...]

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Th e La serW riter 1 2/6 40 PS c omes wit h man y dif f erent ut ilitie s that a printer administrat or mi ght use t o set up and ma nag e the pri nter . T h ese ut ilitie s are ex pl ai n ed throu ghout the manual. T his appendix lists the funct ions o f eac h of the se utilit ies , grouped fi rst by ut ility a nd then by func t ion . W ha t ea c [...]

m re star t the pri nter m name t he pri nter m sho w the product v ers i on numbers m sho w ho w many pa g es t h e pri nter has printed m tur n the star tup pa ge on or o f f m set the print density m tur n FinePri nt on or of f (T h e def ault c an b e ov er ridden b y the u ser . ) m tur n PhotoGrade on or o f f (Th e def ault c a n b e o v er [...]

317 Administrator Tools Quick Reference Y ou c an use the utility t o p erf or m the f oll owing func t ions: m do w nload P ostScript f ile s m print the confi gurat ion pa g e m re star t the pri nter m name t he pri nter m print the product v ersi on numbers m print how man y pa g e s the printer has printed m tur n the star tup pa ge on or o f [...]

T CP/I P P r i n te r Co n f i g u rat io n Ut i l i ty f o r U NI X T o conf i gure the printer i n a U N IX env i ron ment , run the pri nter ’ s T CP/I P Printer Conf i gurat ion Ut ility by u s ing t he telnet pro gram . Th e C onf i gurati on Utility , w hic h is de scribed in Chapter 4 , c an p erform these funct ions: m ident ify and p er [...]

W h i ch f u nc t i o ns a re i n w h ic h ut i l i t ies Th e remai ni ng sec t ions o f this appendix list v ariou s administrat i v e funct i ons and where y ou c a n find them. Here ’ s a list o f the utilit ies , each wit h its abbre v i at ion in bol d and a ref erence t o the c hapter w here it is e x pl ai n ed: m APU, A pple Printer Util[...]

Ma nag i ng f on t s m APU and LWU-W: disp la y and pri nt f ont samp les m LWU-W: specify the f ont s ymbol set U sers can als o use t he PostS cript printer dri v er f or W i ndow s computers t o do w nload f onts t o the hard di s k . A d m i n i s t er i ng L oca lT a l k/E the rT a l k ne tw or k s f o r Mac OS u se rs m APU and LWU-W: name t [...]

T roubl e sh ooti ng m APU and LWU-W: re star t the pri nter m TCP/IP: re set the printer's TCP/IP interf ace Ma nag i ng pa ge-desc ri p t i on l a n g ua ges m APU and LWU-W: do w nload P ostScript f ile s m APU and LWU-W: set the pa g e-de script ion inter preters to ac cept P ostScript or PC L , or to s witch betw een them automat ic all y[...]

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Sett ing up y our La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S printer as a remote A T PS (A ppleT alk Print Spoo ler) printer on a NetW are n etw ork requi res minimal conf i gurati on; most o f t he n etw ork pri nting c apability is bu ilt into e v ery Mac O S c omputer . W ith the proper s of tw are and ph y s ic al connect i ons , a Mac O S c omputer on a NetW[...]

Co n f i g u ri ng A TP S f or t he f i rs t t i me on a Ne tW a re 4 se rv er If y ou are setting up t he pri nter f or acce ss b y Mac O S computers on a NetW are 4 netw ork a nd this i s the fi rst time y ou are conf ig uring A T PS , fo llo w the se instr ucti ons . Y ou c an confi gure A TPS fr om the serv er c ons ole , or by runni ng R C ON [...]

325 Setting up the Printer as an ATPS Remote Printer 12 If necessary, edit the Spooler’s AppleTalk Name field and press Esc to complete the setup. N ot e: Y ou c an als o edit i nf ormation about t h e pri nt ser v er or spoo ler . See the documentati on pro v ided with NetW are f or more informati on. 13 Press Esc to exit the utility. A prompt a[...]

2 Select Product Options from the list and press Enter. A list o f product opti ons app ears . If the Mac O S N LM i s i nstalled a nd operating proper l y , a NW -M A C opti on will be a v ailab le . 3 Select the NW-MAC option and press Enter. A list o f conf i g urati on file s appears . 4 From the list, select the file SYS:SYSTEMATPS.CFG and p[...]

327 Setting up the Printer as an ATPS Remote Printer 9 Select the SYS:SYSTEMAUTOEXEC.NCF file and press Enter. A window appears , di spl a ying t he file ’ s contents . 10 Insert the following line after the load afp statement: load atps This command instr ucts the NetW are serv er t o automat ic all y load the A T P S serv ice at star tup time[...]

5 Type y and press Enter. An empty window appears , pro v iding an area f or enteri ng c onf i g urati on informati on. 6 Enter a line of configuration information for each LaserWriter 12/640 PS printer. (Enclose the printer name and zone name in quotation marks.) Example “Sales Printer:Ethernet Zone” This ex ample i dent ifie s the pri nter ?[...]

329 A f ont is a co llecti on of letters , numb ers, and s ymbol s i n a dist incti v e typo graphic de si gn. Y our Mac O S computer and La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S printer come wit h a v ariety o f f onts that look great bot h on y our monit or and on paper . F onts come in s uch a v ariety of f ormats that prob lems c an somet ime s arise . This[...]

B i t ma p ped f on t s B itmapped f onts cons i st o f “pi cture s ” o f a typef ace at sp ecif ic s ize s . F or ex ample , y ou mi ght ha v e bit mapped f onts at 1 0-, 1 2-, and 1 8-point s ize s installed i n y our Mac O S computer . F or b est re su lts y ou n eed a separate font file f or eac h s ize o f c haracter y ou w ant to u se . T[...]

P o s tSc r i p t f o n t s P ostS cript is a pa ge-de scripti on l ang ua ge t hat de fines t he characters , s ymbol s, and imag es t hat appear on each pa ge o f a document. A P ostScript f ont com e s as a pair of f onts: an outline font f or the printer a nd a cor responding bit mapped f ont f or displ a ying type on y our screen . N o bi tm a[...]

T r ueT y pe f on t s A T r ueT ype font i s scal able , de scrib ing a typef ace without ri gidl y sp ecifying a s ize . So it look s good w hatev er s ize y ou choose . T r ueT ype f onts pro v ide shar p tex t at a ny s ize on screen or on pap er . Y ou c an mix a nd match T r ueT ype f onts from v ariou s f ont v endors . T r ueT ype fonts st o[...]

H ow d oe s a f o nt l o o k? T o see a T r ueT ype or bitmapped f ont on y our screen, double-c lic k the f ont ’ s icon t o op en it. A samp le o f that f ont app ears (i n three s ize s f or T rueT ype f onts and i n the size y ou op en ed f or bit mapp ed f onts) . Y ou c an als o use t he K e y Caps des k acce s s ory t o e x amin e fonts . [...]

Ho w T rueT y pe f o n t s w or k wi t h o the r ki nd s o f f o n t s Alt hough T rueT ype f onts o f f er distinct ad v a ntag es , y our L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S printer c an als o use ot her ki nds of f onts . T r ueT y pe a nd b it ma pped f on ts Mac O S computers runni ng S y stem 7 c ome wit h both b itmapped (screen) f onts a nd T r ueT[...]

F or e x ample , if a document use s 1 2-po int T ime s, a v ail able in that s ize as a bit mapped f ont and as a T r ueT ype font , the s y stem u se s the bit mapped font. If a document use s 4-po int T ime s , the s y stem sc ales t he T rueT ype f ont t o that s ize , becau se a bitmapped v ers ion isn ’ t a v ailab le . U sing onl y T r ueT[...]

T r ueT y pe a nd P os tScr i p t f o n t s P ostS cript f onts were de s i gn ed as f onts for P ostScript printers . How e v er , if y ou ha v e A dob e T ype Manag er so ftw are i nstalled, y our computer c an both disp la y and pri nt PostS cript fonts . U s e di f f e r e nt name s: T o a v oi d confu sing t he pri nter so f tw are , b e sure [...]

W here f o n t s a re s t o red All f onts f or your L aserW riter 1 2/6 40 PS printer res ide in sp eci al pl aces within the S y stem Fo lder . T o install f onts in S y stem 7 , you dra g them t o the S y stem F ol der . T h e Mac O S will aut omat ic all y put them w here the y b elon g . F or v ersi ons 7 . 1 a nd 7 .5 o f the Mac O S , all th[...]

S u i t cases A f ont su itc ase is a spec i al f older f or co llecti ons o f f onts . S uitc ase s pro v ide a con v enient w a y t o or g anize f onts in the same f ont f amil y . F or e x ample , it ’ s a g ood idea to u se a sing le su itc ase (c alled C our ie r ) for all f onts i n the C ourier f ont f amil y—all Courier r oman f onts a [...]

C ombi ni n g su it c a s e s: T o mer ge all t he f onts from one s uitc ase wit h another , dra g one s uitc ase on t op of t he other . All t h e f onts from t he dra g ged s uitc ase will g o into t he other , and the drag ged s uitc ase will di sappear . N ot e: T o a v oid c onfu s i on, rename a f ont s uitc ase w hen e v er you put m ore f [...]

Sty l ed f on ts Most f onts that com e with y our La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S printer ha v e def i n ed sty les . F or ex amp le , if y ou op en the Bookman f ont (contain ed i n a s uitc ase in the F onts f ol der , w hic h is insi de y our S y stem F older) , y ou see file s f or bold and italic v ersi ons o f the f ont. B ut f onts s uc h as Ch[...]

Common qu e stions ab out f onts Here are s ome que st ions t hat o f ten com e up about f onts . What kind of fonts should I buy? B itmapped f onts are b est f or screen disp la y but don ’ t look as g ood w hen you print them. P ostS cript f onts look great on paper if y ou ha v e a PostS cript printer or Adobe T yp e Manag er . T r ueT ype fon[...]

What does the term Apple classic fonts mean? Th e App le c la ss ic f onts are the original ten bit mapped fonts t hat cam e with the first Mac intosh in 1 9 84 . Th ese f onts , whic h all ha v e c ity name s, inc lude At hens , Cairo (a p ic ture f ont) , Chic a go , Gene v a, London, L os An g ele s , Monaco , Ne w Y ork, S a n Fra nci sco , and[...]

What is font substitution? F ont S ubstitut i on is an opt ion in the P a ge S etup dial o g bo x f or cer tai n P ostS cript pri nters . Wh en font s ubstitut ion is turn ed on, these printers will use t heir built-in equi v alents for t hree bitmapped f onts (T ime s f or New Y ork, Hel v etic a f or Gen e v a, and C ourier f or Monaco) . What’[...]

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Spec i fi ca t i o ns Marking engine m Fu ji X ero x P8 9 3 la ser -x ero graphic Laser m T yp e: Semic ond uct or la ser GaA lAs m W a ve length: 7 80 nm m Output po w er: 5 mW Controller m AMD Am2 90 40 30-MHz RIS C micropr o ces sor m 4 MB o f R OM (inc luding 3 5 T yp e 1 f onts) m 4 MB o f RAM (e x pandable t o 6 4 MB) m 8 0C1 8 6 I/O proces s[...]

m AA U I E ther net por t with three pr ot o cols : EtherT alk No v ell NetW are IPX (PS ER VE R or RP R INTER ) T CP/I P (B SD lpd ) m Ex ter nal E ther net tra nscei vers a v ail able f or: Thi n C oax (1 0B A S E-2) T wisted P ai r (1 0B A SE- T) Thic k C oax (1 0B A S E-5) m T w o-pos it ion c ommunic at ion s witch m All ports/prot o cols si m[...]

347 Technical Information Printer fonts S ixty-f our f onts are pro v ided wit h the La serW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S , i nc luding s uch f onts as IT C A v a nt Gar de ® , IT C B ookman ® , Chic a go , C ourier , Delphi an, Garam ond C ondensed, Gen e v a, Hel vet ic a ® , He l v eti ca B lac k, Hel vet ic a C ompre s sed, Hel vet ic a N ar ro w , L[...]

Speed m S imple x—1 2 pa ge s per mi nute maximum u sing A4-s ize pap er . Ac tual speed dep ends on the ima ge s pri nted. m Duple x—8 pag es per mi nute maximum u sing U .S . letter -s ize paper . A ctu al speed dep ends on the ima ge s pri nted. Printer reliability (MTBF) m A v era g e number of prints b etw een f ailure is 1 8 0 , 0 0 0 pag[...]

Paper Type Size U.S. Letter 8-1/2" x 11" (215.9 mm x 279.4 mm) U.S. Letter Small 8-1/2" x 11" (215.9 mm x 279.4 mm) U.S. Legal 8-1/2" x 14" (215.9 mm x 355.6 mm) U.S. Legal Small 8-1/2" x 14" (215.9 mm x 355.6 mm) A4 8.27" x 11.69" (210 mm x 297 mm) A4 Small 8.27" x 11.69" (210 mm x 297 mm[...]

350 Appendix D Printer with optional 500-sheet cassette and feeder m Hei ght 1 4 . 0 in. (3 5 . 6 cm) m W idth 1 5 . 9 i n. (40 . 5 cm) m Depth 1 6 . 7 in. (42 . 4 cm) Printer with optional duplex printing unit and 500-sheet cassette feeder m Hei ght 1 6 . 2 in. (4 1 . 1cm) m W idth 1 5 . 9 i n. (40 . 5 cm) m Depth 20 . 4 in. (5 2 . 0 cm) Space req[...]

Storage (toner cartridge) m T emp erature 3 2° to 9 5° F (0° to 3 5° C) m Humidity 1 5 t o 8 5 p ercent RH non-condens i ng Storage (printer) m T emp erature 3 2° to 1 22° F (0° to 40° C) m Humidity 3 5 to 8 5 p ercent RH non-condens i ng Vo l t a g e r e q u i r e m e n t s U.S. m 1 0 3 . 5 t o 1 26 .5 V A C , 5 8 to 62 Hz or Europe/Austra[...]

A bo ut P o s tSc r i p t P ri n te r Desc ri p t io n (P P D) f i l es Installi ng t he Mac O S printer so ftw are als o i nstalls PPD file s to s uppor t the f ollo wi ng A pp le L aserW riter pri nters: m L aserW riter m L aserW riter Plu s m P ers onal L aserW riter NT m P ers onal L aserW riter NTR m P ers onal L aserW riter 320 m L aserW rite[...]

353 Technical Information Y ou c an opti onall y i nstall the W i ndow s PPD file s f or these A pple L aserW riter printers: m L aserW riter Selec t 360 m L aserW riter Pro 60 0 m L aserW riter Pro 6 30 m L aserW riter C ol or 1 2/6 0 0 PS m L aserW riter 1 6/60 0 P S m L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S R A M u pg rade s pec if i cat i o n s T o i ncrea[...]

Ozon e e mi s sion O zone g as is emitted b y almost all l aser printers and photocop iers . Th e L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S pri nter techno lo gy all ow s it to emit prac t ic all y no o zone g as (le s s than . 0 1 par ts of o zon e p er million par ts of air) . T h e cur rent O S HA p er mis si ble e xpos ure limit f or o zone is 0 . 1 parts of[...]

C o mmuni c ation s e t ti ng s Th e f o llo wi ng table sho w s the def ault communi c ation sett i ng s . For informati on about us ing t he communic ati on s witch t o adju st c ommunic ati on settin g s , see “ Ad just i ng C ommunic ation S etting s ” i n Chapter 1 . T o chan g e or v ie w the cur rent communi c ation sett i ng s , use t h[...]

A ccesso ri es In the U .S .A . , to l ocate y our l ocal A pple-authorized re seller , c all 1 -800-5 3 8-9696 . In the U .S .A . , you c an order L aserW riter 1 2/6 4 0 P S s upplie s di rect from A pple b y c alling 1 -8 0 0-6 0 0- 7 80 5 . Item Part Number Apple Ethernet Thin Coax Transceiver M0329Z/B Apple Ethernet Twisted Pair Transceiver M0[...]

A accessories configuring printer software for 159–162 installing 133–162 part numbers for 356 Add Port dialog box (Windows 95) 250 administrators. See printer administrators Adobe Type Manager software 336, 341 Advanced PostScript dialog box (Windows 95) 243–244 AIX version 3.x, configuring (TCP/IP setup) 125–126 Apple classic fonts 342 Ap[...]

turning the startup page on or off with 96 viewing or changing communication settings with 99–101 Apple LaserWriter Utility icon (Windows 3.1) 95 Apple menu (Mac OS), Chooser does not appear in 301 Apple Printer Utility for Mac OS 37–58. See also Mac OS computers assigning IP address with 109, 111 Auto Select option in Print dialog box 48 Commu[...]

359 Index modifying an existing ATPS configuration on a NetWare 3.x server 327–328 AUI Ethernet adapter 20 part number for 356 AUI Ethernet port 346 automatic-feed printing, weight of paper for 297 automatic language sensing 54, 99 automatic tray switching 48, 97, 215, 242 A/UX, configuring (TCP/IP setup) 114–117 B back covers, removing 136 bac[...]

communication settings adjusting 27–28 customizing 27–28 restoring default settings Mac OS 56 Windows 100 table of 355 viewing and changing Mac OS 54–56 Windows 99–101 communication switch 16, 27 effect of changes to network settings 51 Normal (in) position of 51, 99–100, 355 Reset (out) position of 51, 355 computers. See DOS computers; I[...]

D darkening text or images (Mac OS) 46 dark print 298 De-Install feature (Windows) 200 default communication settings, table of 355 default printer (Mac OS) 172 default printing properties, changing (Windows 95) 234–235 default print settings, saving (Mac OS) 176 density of print, setting (Mac OS) 46 desktop printer icon (Mac OS) appears as a fol[...]

environmental specifications 350–351 EPS file, saving document as (Mac OS) 182 errors, reporting (Mac OS) 185–186 Ethernet address factory-assigned 109 printing (Windows) 102 Ethernet AUI adapter 20 part number for 356 Ethernet cable 6, 20 Ethernet frame type used by NetWare 78, 86 Ethernet hub 21 Ethernet network, connecting to 20–22 Etherne[...]

common questions about 341–343 downloadable, unlimited amount of (Mac OS) 175 downloading Mac OS 43 Windows 3.1 215, 218–221 kinds of 329 PCL 347 PostScript Mac OS 331, 336, 341 Windows 95 247–248 printing samples of Mac OS 44 Windows 99–191 QuickDraw (Mac OS) 333 removing (Mac OS) 43, 44 scalable (Mac OS) 332 specifications of 347 storing [...]

I IBM AIX version 3.x, configuring (TCP/IP setup) 125–126 IBM PC or compatible computers, troubleshooting 307–308. See also DOS computers; Windows computers; Windows NT: Windows 3.1 computers; Windows 95 computers icons Apple LaserWriter Utility icon 95 desktop printer icon (Mac OS) 159–160, 171–172, 187, 190, 305–306 Installer icon (Mac [...]

J, K jagged edges (“jaggies”) 330 jammed paper. See paper jams Job Control tab dialog box (Windows 3.1) 215–216 job handling, setting up (Mac OS) 51–54 Job Timeout option Windows 3.1 PostScript tab dialog box 211 Windows 95 PostScript tab dialog box 243 L labels, loading into multipurpose tray 268 Landscape orientation (Windows 3.1) 207 lan[...]

guide for printer administrators 29–61 guide for users 165–195 installing printer software for 166–169 from CD-ROM disc 166–167 from floppy disks 168–169 from server 60 onto server 59 printing from 173–195 background printing 183–184, 191 canceling print request 191 changing manual feed alerts 193 changing printer setup 193 duplex pri[...]

memory configuration (Windows 3.1) 214 microprocessor 345 MTBF (mean time between failure) 348 multiplatform support 1 multipurpose tray 259–269 capacity of 12, 47, 97, 262 choosing envelope size for 48 choosing size of paper in (Mac OS) 47–49 loading envelopes into 265 loading labels into 268 loading letterhead paper into 264 loading three-hol[...]

output tray, selecting. See also face-up output tray Mac OS 184 Windows 3.1 214 Windows 95 238 ozone emission 354 P packing materials, removing and saving 7 page attributes, selecting (Mac OS) 174 page count, printing (Windows) 104 page orientation Mac OS 174 Windows 3.1 207, 209 Windows 95 236 Page Setup command Mac OS File menu 173 Windows 3.1 Fi[...]

paper jams avoiding 13, 296 checking for and clearing 291–296 diagnosing 290 in duplex printing unit 295 in 500-sheet cassette and feeder 294 in printer 291–293 Paper Out light 26, 290 Paper tab dialog box Windows 3.1 209 Windows 95 236–238 paper tray automatic selection of (Mac OS) 177 printer does not print from correct tray 300 paper width[...]

PostScript errors Mac OS 185 UNIX 310 PostScript files printing as text (Mac OS) 188 printing to (Windows 3.1) 221–224 saving a document as (Mac OS) 176, 182 sending to the printer Mac OS 57 Windows 102 PostScript fonts, working with Mac OS 331, 336, 341 Windows 3.1 212–213 Windows 95 247–248 PostScript headers Windows 3.1 215 Windows 95 243 [...]

printer setup, changing (Mac OS) 172–173, 193–195 printer Setup dialog box (Windows 3.1). See Setup dialog box printer software Mac OS configuring for new options 159–161 installing from CD-ROM disc 199–201 installing from floppy disks 202–204 installing from the server 60 installing onto a server 59 setting up 35, 171 system requirements[...]

print resolution 1 print server (NetWare) assigning password for 92 associating a print server with 90–91 associating print queue with 84–85 setting up the printer as 82–92 specifying 87–89 print settings, changing (Mac OS) 37, 40 print speed 1 print test (Mac OS) 36 print time, setting (Mac OS) 183–184 problems. See troubleshooting Prope[...]

restarting the printer Mac OS 57–58 Windows 105 roller assembly, fixing 278 ROM fonts in 44, 347 specifications for 345 RPRINTER mode (NetWare), setting up for 87–91 associating a print server with the print queue 90–91 creating a print queue 89 specifying a print server 87–89 S safety instructions cleaning printer 286 electrical hazards 4 [...]

opening from an application 208 opening from the Control Panel 207 opening from the Print Manager 208 Paper tab in 209 PostScript tab in 210–211 selecting options in 208–218 Watermark tab in 216–218 Sharing tab dialog on (Windows 95) 251–252 sharing the printer on a network (Windows 95) 251–252 sheet feeder. See 500-sheet cassette and fee[...]

TCP/IP configuring Mac OS 53–54 Windows 101–102 connecting to an Ethernet network running 20 initial setup for 108–112 TCP/IP interface resetting 132 setting or turning off Mac OS 56 Windows 100 TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility for UNIX 128–132 password for 128, 131 printing the configuration page with 129 purpose of 128 quick reference[...]

troubleshooting IBM PC or compatible computers 307–308 message on screen says the printer can’t print 307 nothing is printed; no paper comes out of the printer 307–308 printing first page takes longer than expected 308 printing is garbled or displays unwanted characters 308 jagged edges (“jaggies”) 330 Mac OS computers Chooser does not ap[...]

banner page prints only system name and remote printer name 311 BOOTP server does not respond 312 can’t ping the printer by IP name or IP address 312 document generates a PostScript listing 310 job that follows banner page comes out as a PostScript listing 310 lines stairstep off page 310 PostScript errors 310 printer administrator forgot passwor[...]

W, X , Y Wait Timeout option Windows 3.1 PostScript tab dialog box 211 Windows 95 Properties dialog box 243 watermarks color of (Windows 95) 247 editing Windows 3.1 217–218 Windows 95 246 positioning (Windows 95) 247 printing Windows 3.1 209, 216–218 Windows 95 246 Watermark tab dialog box Windows 3.1 216–218 Windows 95 245 wavy or distorted [...]