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Apple 12/640PS manual

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Setting up, connecting, and using your printer

Apple

LaserWriter 12/640 PS

Contents

Main K Apple Computer, Inc. Content Overview Page Detailed Contents 2 Setting Up the Printer for Mac OS Users 29 3 Setting Up the Printer for Windows, DOS, and NetWare Users 63 Page 4 Setting Up the Printer for UNIX Users 107 5 InstallingOptions 133 Part II Guide for Users 6 Mac OS Users 165 7 Windows 3.1 and DOS Users 197 8 Windows 95 Users 225 9 UNIX Users 253 10 Loading Paper 255 Page Appendix B Setting Up the Printer as an ATPS Remote Printer 323 Appendix C Using Fonts With the Printer 329 Page Communicatio n s regulatio n information FCC statement Radio and television interference DOC statement Laser information Page Printer administrators and users: Who does what What the printer administrator should know Getting new users started Which chapters should I read? Page Step 5: Help new users get started. Page I part Guide for Printer Administrators Page 1 Main features of the LaserWriter 12/640 PS Choosing a place for the printer Important safety instructions Page Unpacking the printer The printer weighs approximately 30 pounds (approximately 14 kilograms). Page Page Installing the first toner cartridge Page Page Wait to install the LaserWriter 12/640 PS options Loading paper into the cassette Page Page Page Connecting the printer Connecting to a LocalTalk network Page Connecting directly to a single Mac OS computer Connecting to an Ethernet network Page Connecting to a Windows or DOS computer with a parallel cable Page Connecting the power and turning on the printer Page Saving energy Adjusting communication settings Why customize communication settings? How to customize communication settings Page Initial AppleTalk setup Step 1: Installing the printer software Page Page Page Step 2: Choosing the printer Step 3: Naming the printer and setting its zone Step 4: Making sure everything is working Configuring the printer Using the Apple Printer Utility Page Opening the Apple Printer Utility Page Page Naming the printer Downloading fonts to the printer Removing fonts Printing font s amples Turning the startup page on or off Page Setting paper-handling options Page Selecting imaging options Page Setting up job handling Setting the printers network zones You can specify the EtherTalk network zone for the printer. You see a list of communication settings options. Page Viewing and changing the communication settings Page Page Sending PostScript files to the printer Restarting the printer Printing a configuration page Getting Mac OS users started using the printer Installing onto a server Installing the printer software from the server Page Page 3 and NetWare Users System requirements for Windows 95 System requirements for Windows 3.1 Setting up for DOS-based printing Installing the printer software for Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 Page Page Page Page Installing onto a server Creating floppy disks from the CD-ROM disc Page Page Page Page Page Installing the printer software for Windows NT Initial Novell NetWare setup Step 1: Choosing an operating mode Page Page Step 2, option A: Setting up the printer as a print server (using PCONSOLE) Page Page Page Page Step 2, option B: Setting up the printer as a remote printer (RPRINTER mode) Page Page Page Page Step 3: Assigning a password for the print server (optional) Step 4: Setting up the PostScript printer driver for NetWare For Windows 95 For Windows 3.1 The Connect dialog box opens. Step 5: Making sure everything is working Setting additional parameters with the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows Installing the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows Opening and quitting the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows Naming the printer on AppleTalk networks Turning the startup page on or off Setting paper-handling options Page Printing a list or samples of printer fonts Viewing or changing communication settings Page Configuring TCP/IP Printing the Ethernet address Sending PostScript files to the printer Setting imaging options Page Printing the configuration page Setting the print density Printing the page count Specifying a font symbol set Restarting the printer Connecting to a network printer manually Installing Type 1 fonts and Adobe Type Manager 4 Initial TCP/IP setup Background information Step 1: Installing the printer software Step 2: Obtaining an IPaddress for the printer Step 3: Assigning an IPaddress to the printer Page Page Page Step 4: Configuring Users Workstations Configuring Sun Solaris Configuring Sun OS version 4.1, Ultrix, A/UX, or other BSD systems Page Page Configuring HP-UX version 8.07 Page Page Configuring HP-UX version 9.x Page Page Configuring SCO UN IX To configure Santa Cruz Operation (SCO)version 1.2 or later of UNIX, follow these steps: You return to the UNIXprompt. Page Configuring IBM AIX version 3.x Page Configuring Silicon Graphics IRIX Configuring the printer Using the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility Page Page Page Using the Apple and Windows utilities to configure the printer 5 Installing the duplex printing unit Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Installing the 500-sheet cassette and feeder Page Page Removing the 500-sheet cassette and feeder Installing the envelope cassette Installing the face-up output tray Page Page Removing the face-up output tray Increasing the printer RAM Installing RAM Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Configuring your printer software for new options Configuring the printer from a Mac OS computer Page Configuring the printer from a Windows 3.1 computer Configuring the printer from a Windows 95 computer II Guide for Users part Page 6 Before you install the printer software Installing the printer software Page Page Page Selecting and setting up the printer Page Making changes to the printer setup Printing 2 Select the page setup options you want. The PostScript Options dialog box appears. Printing docu m ents 1 Choose Print from the File menu. The Print dialog box appears. IMPORTANT 2 Select the options you want. Printing a cover page automatically Printing graysc a l e docume nt s Printing with FinePrint or PhotoGrade Page Printing on both sides of the paper Printing to a f il e Background printing and setting the print time Selecting the output tray Reporting errors Page Printing with a desktop printer Switching between printers Drag the document you want to print to a desktop printer icon Select the printer using its desktop printer icon Select a new printer using the Chooser Select a new printer from the Printer icon in the desktop menu Working with desktop printer icons Determining the status of a printer by looking at its icon Monitoring printing Page Turning off or removing the desktop printing software Turning off the Desktop PrintMonitor Removing the desktop printing software Making changes to the printer setup Using the Apple Printer Utility Page 7 System requirements for Windows 3.1 Installing the printer software for Windows 3.1 Page Page Page Page Page Installing the printer software for Windows NT Printing from Windows applications Setting printer driver options Selecting printer options in the Setup dialog box Page Additional pr inter options Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Downloading fonts Downloading fonts manually to RAM Page Printing to a PostScript file Using the driver to print to a PostScript file Page DOS notes Using the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows 8 Installing the printer software for Windows 95 Page Page Page Page Page Setting up for NetWare-based printing Printing Printing docu m ents Setting printing properties Page Selecting printer options in the Properties dialog box Page Page Additional pr inter options Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Using the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows 9 Printing from a UNIX workstation to the printer 10 Automatic or manual printing with the LaserWriter 12/640 PS Using the paper cassette Letter-size paper Page Using the multipurpose tray Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Choosing paper Filling the optional e nvelope c asset te Filling with postcards Page Filling the optional 500-sheet cassette Page Page Page Page Precautions during maintenance Regular maintenance Replacing the toner cartridge Page Page Page Page Page Page Cleaning the exterior Page Page Page Checking the indicator lights Checking for and clearing paper jams Page Page Checking the optional 500-sheet cassette and feeder Checking the optional duplex printing unit Avoiding paper and envelope jams and wrinkling Problems with printed documents Page Page Page 13 Troubleshooting with the indicator lights Mac OS computer troubleshooting Page Page Page Page Page IBM PC or compatible troubleshooting Novell NetWare troubleshooting Page UNIX troubleshooting Page Page Page Page What each utility does Apple Printer Utility for Mac OS Appendix A Administrator Tools Quick Reference Utilities for Windows, DOS, and NetWare Page TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility for UNIX Which functions are in which utilities Printing or viewing information about the printer or network Adjusting print qualit y Managing fonts Administering LocalTalk/EtherTalk networks for Mac OS users Administering NetWare networks for DOS and Windows users Administering TCP/IP networks for UNIX users Troubleshooting Managing page-description languages Configuring the communication ports Configuring options Page Page Configuring ATPS for the first time on a NetWare 4 server Configuring ATPS for the first time on a NetWare 3.x server Page Modifying an existing ATPS configuration on a NetWare 3.x server Page Kinds of fonts Appendix C Using Fonts With the Printer Bitmapped fonts PostScript fonts TrueType fonts QuickDraw GX imaging technology How TrueType fonts work with other kinds of fonts TrueType and bitmapped fonts Page TrueType and PostScript fonts How the Mac OS looks for fonts Where fonts are stored Suitcases Page Styled fonts Common questions about fonts Page Page Page Specifications Appendix D Technical Information Page Page Page Page Environmental information Volt ag e r eq uir em en ts Power consumption About PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files RAM upgrade specifications Ozone emission Communication set tings Accessories Index A Page B C Page D E F G H I J, K L M Page N O P Page Page Page Q R S T Page Page U V W, X , Y Z

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