Apple 12/640PS manual Novell NetWare troubleshooting

For Windows 95 users, check the following additional item:

mOpen the Printer folder, select the printer, and click Properties. click the PostScript tab and click the Advanced button. Make sure that ASCII data and “Send CTRL+D after job” are selected.

For Windows 3.1 users, check the following additional item:

mOpen the Printer Control panel, select the printer, and choose Setup. Select the PostScript tab in the Properties dialog box. Make sure that Protocol Options is set to Default if using the parallel port, or None if printing

via NetWare.

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.

The printer is properly connected and configured, but printing is garbled or displays unwanted characters.

Check the communication switch and make sure that the Interpreter is set to the correct value. If you are printing a PostScript document, the Interpreter mode should be PostScript or AutoSelect.

Novell NetWare troubleshooting

The printer is properly connected, but the printer’s NetWare printer name doesn’t appear in the Apple LaserWriter Utility’s list of printers to configure.

If you don’t see the printer’s name in the Apple LaserWriter Utility, try the following steps:

mMake sure you have the right printer model selected.

mMake sure the NetWare file server is running.

mTurn the printer off and then on again. The printer advertises itself to the NetWare file servers on its network segment for only 5 minutes (after power-up) to reduce network traffic.

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