Primera Technology CD Color Printer II manual Using the Print Backgrounder for Macintosh

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Section 5: Using the Print Backgrounder for Macintosh

The printer driver for Macintosh provides a background print utility called the Print Backgrounder. This print utility is turned on or off through the Chooser. When the Backgrounder is turned on, it allows you to conveniently continue working in the foreground of your application while printing in the background. When Backgrounder is turned off, all print jobs are processed immediately in the foreground of your application. The Backgrounder offers many helpful features which are described further in this section.

A. INSTALLING THE BACKGROUNDER

The Backgrounder is installed by selecting the Install Background Print Utility option from within the printer driverÕs installer program. This option is NOT selected by default, so if you did not select the Backgrounder option when installing the printer driver, it is most likely not installed. To install the Backgrounder, simply go through the printer driver installation procedure described in Section 4-B making sure that the Install Background Print Utility option is selected. The Backgrounder installs into the Extensions folder of your startup drive. Once installed, Backgrounder will automatically open and close with the start and finish of each print job. To manually open Backgrounder, double-click on the Print Backgrounder icon within the Extensions folder.

B. PRINTING WITH THE BACKGROUNDER

With the Backgrounder turned on in the Chooser, select Print from the File menu to print your image. A message appears telling you the image is being spooled to disk for Background/ Later processing. Once the message disappears, background processing has begun so your application is free to be used for other work.

The print job is processed automatically by the Backgrounder. Other documents can be printed and, in turn, will be processed by Backgrounder. While Backgrounder is running, you can quit the current application and start another without disturbing

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Contents CD Color Printer Printing History Table of Contents Page Thank YOU… Getting StartedChoosing a Good Location Unpacking and InspectionIdentifying the Parts Applying Power About INK Cartridges and Printable CD’S Installing AN INK CartridgeInk Cartridges and Printable CD’s Do not Touch the Copper Area Loading a Blank CD Loading Blank CD MediaLoading a Blank Jewel Case Booklet or Insert Printing a Self Test Copper Area Replacing or Switching INK CartridgesInk Cartridges and Printable CDÕs Ink Cartridges and Printable CDÕs Connecting the Printer to Your Computer Using the CD Color Printer with WindowsWindows 95/98 or Windows NT Installing the Printer DriverUsing the CD Color Printer with Windows Installing the 32-BIT Print Spooler for Windows 95/98 Bit Print Spooler Setting UP the Printer Driver Print Quality MediaInk Cartridge Color Matching Dither ModeInk Saturation RotateFast 32-bit Spooler Manual LoadWrite Direct to Port Cartridge OrientationCalibrate Printer 15 -12 -9 -6 Printing a CD Offset boxUsing the CD Color Printer with Windows Using the CD Color Printer With Macintosh CD Color Printer II Installer Chooser CD Color Printer High PrimaColor Print Quality Enlarge/reduce Cartridge Printer 12-15 Using the CD Color Printer with Macintosh Printing with the Backgrounder Using the Print Backgrounder for MacintoshInstalling the Backgrounder Backgrounder Status Window File menu Admin menuBackgrounder Menus Jobs menu Problems During a Background Print Power Light Busy Light Printer Interpreting the Printer’s Indicator LightsCleaning the CD Tray and Printer Casing Cleaning the INK Cartridge NozzlesMaintaining the Printer Clearing a CD Media JAMTechnical Support Print Speed Technical SpecificationsCENTRONICS-TYPE Parallel Interface Appendix a Interfacing InformationIntroduction Mini 8-PIN Serial Interface Pin Number Signal Name Signal DescriptionPIN Minicircular Auxiliary Interface Pin Number Signal DescriptionIndex Page