Apple 12/640PS manual Making sure everything is working

Step 5: Making sure everything is working

When you have finished configuring your printer as a dedicated print server or a remote printer, you can print, from a Windows application, a document such as the ReadMe file to verify that you can print to the LaserWriter 12/640 PS.

What to do next

You can set additional printer features as explained in the section “Setting Additional Parameters With the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows,” next.

Setting additional parameters with the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows

The printer has default settings for both parallel and Ethernet physical configurations. If you want to view the printer’s configuration information or change any of the settings, you must use the Apple LaserWriter Utility.

The printer itself has no control panel, but you can set features on it remotely by using programs on computers that can communicate with the printer:

mOn Mac OS computers, use the Apple Printer Utility and the Chooser’s setup function, which are described in Chapter 2.

mOn Windows computers, use the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows, described in this chapter.

The Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows program lets you change the default settings that control how various aspects of the printer work. The utility is placed in the Apple LaserWriter Software program group when the printer software is installed. Use it to set optional printer parameters that you want to use for all documents.

IMPORTANT Be sure the printer you want to configure is selected as the default printer prior to opening the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows.

To change printer settings for a specific document (without changing the printer’s basic default settings), use the Print and Print Setup dialog boxes. Network users should use the Print and Print Setup dialog boxes to choose the individual settings for their documents.

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