Apple 12/640PS manual Switching between printers, Printing PostScript files as text

Switching between printers

If you have more than one printer available, you can select which you want to use. The printer you select is called the default printer. All your documents will be printed on the default printer until you select a new one.

A bold outline indicates that this is the default printer, the printer you will use until you indicate otherwise.

A plain outline indicates that this is not the default printer.

To change the default printer, use one of these four methods, as described in the next sections.

mDrag the document you want to print to a desktop printer icon, and it will automatically become the default printer.

mSelect the desktop printer icon and use the Printing menu to set the printer as the default.

mSelect a new printer using the Chooser.

mSelect a new printer using the Printer icon in the desktop menu.

Note: Switching between printers may change how much information you can fit on a page. It’s best to choose a printer before you spend much time formatting the document.

Drag the document you want to print to a desktop printer icon

Drag the icon of any document you want to print to the icon of the printer you want to use. (See “Printing With a Desktop Printer,” earlier in this chapter.)

Printing PostScript files as text

To print a PostScript file as text, hold down the Option key and drag the document to the icon of the printer you want to use.

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