Apple 12/600PS manual Selecting the printer, Giving the printer an AppleTalk name

Selecting the printer

Before you can use the Apple Printer Utility to perform operations on a printer, you must:

mSelect the connection type.

mSelect the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS printer you want, then click Open Printer.

Viewing printer information

You can view information about your printer:

mIn the Apple Printer Utility program, click the triangle for the Printer Information category to open it, displaying a list of printer information.

IMPORTANT Triangles point down when a category is open, displaying the options in the category. Click the triangle (and not the category name) to open or close a category.

Giving the printer an AppleTalk name

Each Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS can be given an individual name, used for both AppleTalk and Novell networks. Use the following procedure to give the printer a new AppleTalk name.

IMPORTANT Be sure to tell users what the printer’s name is.

1Click the triangle for the Printer Preferences category to open it.

The printer preferences list appears.

2Open the Name category.

3In the panel that appears, type the new name.

4To send the new name setting to the printer, click Send.

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