Apple 12/640PS manual Message on the screen says the printer can’t print

A message on the screen says the printer can’t print.

If you get such a message, try these steps:

mMake sure that the printer is turned on.

mCheck the network cables.

mMake sure your startup disk has the LaserWriter 8 driver in the Extensions folder, which is inside the System Folder.

mMake sure the printer is selected in the Chooser. Be sure to select the printer’s name as well as the LaserWriter 8 icon and, if your network has zones, the correct AppleTalk network zone.

mMake sure that the printer has paper correctly installed.

Sometimes printing the first page takes longer than I expect.

The LaserWriter 12/640 PS automatically goes into an energy-saving mode after it’s been idle for a while. When you print while it’s in this mode, the printer takes about a minute to warm up before it can print the first page.

A desktop printer icon appears again as soon as you drag it to the Trash.

You must always have at least one desktop printer icon. If you drag your last desktop printer to the Trash, the computer instantly create another one just like it. To remove all desktop printer icons, turn off the desktop printing extension and then restart your computer.

The desktop printer icons appear as folders.

If you restart the computer using a startup disk that doesn’t contain up-to-date LaserWriter printing software, your desktop printer icons will appear as folders. Though they won’t work as usual, they will return to normal when you restart from the correct startup disk. You may also install the software on the new startup disk.

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