Apple 12/600PS manual Printing from Windows applications, Setting printer driver options

Printing from Windows applications

After you have connected the printer to your computer and installed and set up the printer software, you’re ready to start printing. This section explains the basic steps required to print a document, though the details can vary from one program to another. To find out more about printing from your programs, read the documentation that came with them. If you have Windows NT, print using the TCP/IP protocol or using AppleTalk protocol. See your Windows NT manual for information on configuring.

To print a document from a Windows program, the program must be open and the document window must be active.

1Choose Print from the File menu.

In most cases a Print dialog box appears in which you can select options, including the number of copies and the pages to print. Depending on your program, the Print dialog box may offer other options.

2Select the options you want and click Print.

A message appears while the document is queued to the Print Manager. After the message disappears, you can go on with your work while your document is being printed.

Setting printer driver options

You can change the PostScript Printer Driver default options. For example, you can change the preset paper orientation to Portrait or Landscape.

You set printer options in the printer driver Setup dialog box, which you can open in three ways, as explained in the sections that follow:

mfrom the Control Panel

mfrom your application

mfrom the Print Manager

Note: When changing options to print a specific document, it’s preferable to change the options from within the application. Settings you change from within an application will affect that document only and not all documents printed afterward. Settings you change in an application’s Print dialog box override print options you set in the Setup dialog box.

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