HP 1200 manual Symptom Possible Cause Solution Printing Errors, USB Problems, LaserWriter

Symptom Possible Cause Solution

Printing Errors

A print job was not sent to your desired printer.

Another printer with the same or similar name may have received your print job.

Check the AppleTalk name of the printer displayed on the self-test page.

Make sure the cables are connected correctly, the printer is on, and the Ready light is on.

You cannot use the	Background Printing has	LaserWriter 8.3
computer while the printer	not been selected.
is printing.		Turn Background Printing on in the
		Chooser. Status messages will now
		be redirected to the Print Monitor
		allowing you to continue working
		while the computer is processing data
		to be sent to the printer.
		LaserWriter 8.4 and higher
		Turn Background Printing on by
		selecting File, Print Desktop, and
		Background Printing.
An encapsulated	This problem occurs with	Try downloading the fonts contained
PostScript (EPS) file does	some software	in the EPS file to the printer before
not print with the correct	applications.	printing.
fonts.
		Send the file in ASCII format instead
		of binary encoding.

Your document is not printing with New York, Geneva, or Monaco fonts.

Select Options in the Page Setup dialog box to deselect substituted fonts.

USB Problems

Unable to print from a third-party USB card.

This error occurs when the software for USB printers is not installed.

When adding a third-party USB card, you might need Apple's USB Adapter Card Support software. The most current version of this software is available from Apple’s web site.

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