Apple 12/640PS manual Sometimes printing the first page takes longer than I expect

The banner page prints only the system name and the remote printer name.

The lpd printing protocol does not provide the user name or filename in a way that can be included in the banner page.

The printer administrator forgot the password for the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility.

See the service information that came with your printer to learn how to get in touch with Apple.

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 RARP server is not responding.

If you chose to use a RARP server to assign the printer’s IP address while setting up the printer, but the server is not responding, follow these steps in order:

mVerify that the rarpd daemon is running on the server. On many UNIX systems, you can verify this by typing ps -eor ps -axat the UNIX prompt on the server. If the daemon isn’t running, type /usr/etc/rarpd -ato start the daemon.

mMake sure that the server running RARP is on the same subnet as the printer.

mCheck the /etc/ethers file to verify that it contains the correct Ethernet address and hostname.

mCheck the /etc/hosts file to verify that it contains a valid IP address and the same hostname as in the /etc/ethers file.

mTurn the printer off and then back on.

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