LaserWriter12/640PS
Apple Computer, Inc
Content Overview
301 Part Appendixes Appendix a
Part Troubleshooting
289
315 Appendix B
Detailed Contents
Setting Up the Printer for Mac OS Users
Contents
Viii Contents
Installing Options 133
Mac OS Users
165
197
Switching between printers
Using the Apple Printer Utility 195
Windows 3.1 and DOS Users
225
255
Printing from a Unix workstation to the printer 254
Maintenance
301
315
Appendix C Using Fonts With the Printer
329
Index 357
Appendix D Technical Information 345
FCC statement
Radio and television interference
Laser information
DOC statement
How Much of This Book Do I Have to Read?
Printer administrators and users Who does what
What the printer administrator should know
Getting new users started
Set up the hardware and connect the printer
Which chapters should I read?
Chapter Computer Network interface and cable
Configure the printer
Chapter Computer Utility name
Add any hardware options
User’s computer Where to find information
Help new users get started
See Configure the Printer, earlier in this preface
See Help New Users Get Started, earlier in this preface
Guide for Printer Administrators
Setting Up the Printer for Unix Users Installing Options
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Setting Up the LaserWriter 12/640 PS
Main features of the LaserWriter 12/640 PS
Choosing a place for the printer
Important safety instructions
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Unpacking the printer
Parallel interface cable
Remove the plastic foam block from inside the printer
Installing the first toner cartridge
Take the cartridge out of its packaging
Setting Up the LaserWriter 12/640 PS
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Wait to install the LaserWriter 12/640 PS options
Top cover clicks into place
Close the printer
Loading paper into the cassette
Slide the paper cassette out of the printer
Prepare a stack of paper
Align letterhead and three-hole punched paper as shown
Push the cassette in all the way
Slide the cassette into the printer
Connecting the printer
Port Network protocols Computer
Connecting to a LocalTalk network
Obtain a LocalTalk connecting kit
What to do after connecting to a LocalTalk network
Connecting directly to a single Mac OS computer
Obtain a System/Peripheral 8 cable
Connecting to an Ethernet network
What to do after connecting to a single Mac OS computer
Setting Up the LaserWriter 12/640 PS
What to do after connecting to an Ethernet network
Obtain a parallel interface cable like this one
Secure the clips
Connecting the power and turning on the printer
Make sure the printer is turned off
Plug in the printer
Press the on the power switch to turn the printer on
Saving energy
Check the status lights
Adjusting communication settings
Why customize communication settings?
How to customize communication settings
What to do next
Setting Up the Printer for Mac OS Users
Initial AppleTalk setup
Before you begin
System requirements
Disc’s icon appears on the desktop
Installing the printer software
Installing from the CD-ROM disc
After a moment, a Welcome dialog box appears
Creating installation disks from the CD-ROM disc
Click the Install button
Click the Restart button
Double-click the Floppy Disk Maker application. Click Full
Installing from the floppy disks
Disk’s icon appears on the desktop
Make sure the disks are locked
Click Continue
More information about the Installer program
Choosing the printer
Chooser window appears
Naming the printer and setting its zone
Making sure everything is working
Click Print
Configuring the printer
Using the Apple Printer Utility
What to do next
Chapter
Opening the Apple Printer Utility
Double-click the Apple Printer Utility
Click Open Printer
To quit the Apple Printer Utility
Quitting the Apple Printer Utility
Viewing printer information
Choose Quit from the File menu
Naming the printer
Name panel appears with the selected printer’s current name
Open the Name category
Downloading fonts to the printer
Fonts panel appears
File selection dialog box appears
Select the fonts you want to remove Click Remove Click OK
Removing fonts
Printing font samples
Choose Print Font Samples from the Utilities menu
Startup Page panel appears
Click Send to send the startup page setting to the printer
Turning the startup page on or off
Open the Startup Page category
Setting the print density
Print Density panel appears
Open the Print Density category
Setting paper-handling options
Paper Handling panel appears
Open the Paper Handling category
If you want to You need this much printer memory
Selecting imaging options
Choose the output tray from the pop-up menu
Imaging Options panel appears
Open the Imaging Options category
Setting up job handling
Open the Extended Job Status category
Setting the printer’s network zones
You see a list of communication settings options
You can specify the EtherTalk network zone for the printer
Changing TCP/IP configurations
List of the EtherTalk zones appears
Open the Printer’s Zone category
Viewing and changing the communication settings
Open the TCP/IP Configuration category
Panel appears in which you can enter the IP address
Open the Port Configuration category
List of port connections and protocol choices appears
Resetting the communication settings
Choose the port settings you want
Choose Send PostScript File from the Utilities menu
Sending PostScript files to the printer
Restarting the printer
Choose Restart from the Utilities menu
Getting Mac OS users started using the printer
Printing a configuration
Choose Print Configuration Page from the Utilities menu
Installing onto a server
Preparing a server using the CD-ROM disc
Preparing a server using the floppy disks
Installing the printer software from the server
Dialog box opens to describe the installation
Click the Continue button to close the dialog box
If you want to See
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NetWare Users
System requirements for Windows
Setting up for DOS-based printing
Installing from the CD-ROM disc
Setting up for parallel port printing
Installing the printer software for Windows 95 and Windows
Installing onto a Windows 95 computer
Click Next if you have no other open applications
Setup Program Location dialog box appears
Click Express Installation
Select Yes, if desired, and click Next
Add Printer dialog box appears
Install PostScript Printer from PPD dialog box appears
Installation is complete
Printer Properties dialog box appears
Click Continue if you have no other open applications
Installing onto a Windows 3.1 computer
Choose how to proceed
Click Yes to view the README.WRI file
Click Express Install
Click Restart Windows
Click OK to dismiss the message
Should suffice
Setup, later in this chapter
For example, LPT2, or a NetWare queue
This chapter
From a Windows 95 computer
Window appears that displays the contents of the CD
Creating floppy disks from the CD-ROM disc
From a Windows 3.1 computer
Installing from the floppy disks
Installing on a Windows 95 computer
Setup Program Location dialog box appears
Installing on a Windows 3.1 computer
Start Windows
Click Express Installation
Create Printer dialog box appears
Installing the printer software for Windows NT
Print Manager appears
Choose Create Printer from the Print Manager’s Printer menu
Initial Novell NetWare setup
Click Continue and OK to complete the installation
Follow the instructions on the screen
Choosing an operating mode
What to do next
Using Pconsole
Command key Description
Log on to a file server from DOS on a client computer
Specifying a print server
Utility starts
At the DOS prompt, type Pconsole and press Enter
Assigning the operating mode
If available, a list of print servers appears
Example
Printer type list appears
Printer Configuration menu for your printer appears
Defined Printers list appears
Ethernet falls into the Other/Unknown category
Press Ins to view a list of available queue servers
Press Esc until Pconsole quits
Turn the printer off and then back on
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Press Send
Log on to a file server from a DOS client PC
If available, a list of available print servers appears
Configuration window for the selected printer appears
Configuration window appears for the selected printer
Print Server Information menu appears
Creating a print queue
Select the printer you defined earlier and press Enter
Window appears, showing the printer configuration
Associating a print server with the print queue
Select Print Queues Assigned and press Enter
Load pserver PS486
Assigning a password for the print server optional
Retype the password and press Enter
List of print servers appears
Setting up the PostScript printer driver for NetWare
For Windows
Connect dialog box opens
Making sure everything is working
Installing the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows
Naming the printer on AppleTalk networks
Name Printer dialog box appears
Prints confirming the choice
Choose a default paper size for the multipurpose tray
Paper Handling dialog box appears
Choose Paper Handling from the Utilities menu
Choose the output tray from the list box
Viewing or changing communication settings
Printing a list or samples of printer fonts
Click Print Font Catalog or Print Font Samples
Communication switch
Configuring TCP/IP
Click Set Port
To print the printer’s Ethernet address
Setting imaging options
Printing the Ethernet address
Dialog box appears
Imaging Options dialog box appears
Choose Imaging Options from the Utilities menu
Printing the configuration
Specifying a font symbol set
Printing the page count
Connecting to a network printer manually
Choose Restart Printer from the Utilities menu
Click Restart
Installing Type 1 fonts and Adobe Type Manager
Setting Up the Printer for Unix Users
Initial TCP/IP setup
Background information
Obtaining an IP address for the printer
Assigning an IP address to the printer
Ping printerIPname
Printer IP name is the same name you used in steps 3
Use telnet to make this the permanent IP address
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Configuring Users’ Workstations
Configuring Sun Solaris
Run admintool
Ps aux grep lpd
If -f /usr/lib/lpd then
Example
Configuring HP-UX version
Log in to the system console as root
Run the SAM utility by typing sam at the Unix prompt
Select the following options, in order, from the SAM menu
Enter information into the remote printer form, as follows
If the test print doesn’t work
If the test document doesn’t print, follow these steps
Leave SAM Start the LP request scheduler by typing
Repeat the steps in Configuring HP-UX Version
Form appears for you to define a remote printer
Enter information into the remote printer form as follows
Remote printer name Type text
Printer class Optional
Printer stream tcp nowait root /usr/lib/rlpdaemon rlpdaemon
Configuring SCO Unix
You return to the Unix prompt
Chapter
Configuring IBM AIX version
Enter information into the remote printer form, as follows
Configuring Silicon Graphics Irix
Enter a password
Using the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility
Logging in to the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility
To run the utility, follow these steps
Turning the banner page feature on or off
Quitting the Configuration Utility
Printing the configuration
Displaying information about the printer’s TCP/IP interface
Setting the subnet mask
Viewing or changing the printer’s IP address
Changing the password for this utility
Setting the default gateway address
Enabling or disabling connection timeout checking
Characters you type will not appear on the screen
Resetting the printer’s TCP/IP interface
Restoring settings to their factory defaults
To restore the settings to their factory defaults
Installing Options
Installing the duplex printing unit
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Unpack the duplex printing unit key
137
Locking connectors secure the paper guide to the printer
139
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141
Installing the 500-sheet cassette and feeder
143
Locking connectors secure the printer to the feeder
Removing the 500-sheet cassette and feeder
Installing the envelope cassette
Configure your printer software to use the envelope feeder
Installing the face-up output tray
Slide out the tray until it locks into place
Extend the tray
Slide out the tray until it locks into place Extend the tray
Increasing the printer RAM
Removing the face-up output tray
Installing RAM
Removing the printer’s side cover
Open the top cover of the printer
Putting on the grounding strap
Pull the side cover off
Copper-foil end Metal lip
Installing SIMMs
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Gently angle
Repeat to install the second Simm if necessary
Replacing the side cover
Remove and discard the grounding wrist strap
Chapter
LaserWriter Setup dialog box appears
Configuring your printer software for new options
Configuring the printer from a Mac OS computer
From the desktop printer icon
From the Chooser
Chooser dialog box appears
Configuring the printer from a Windows 3.1 computer
Features dialog box appears
Click the Features button
Configuring the printer from a Windows 95 computer
Chapter Mac OS Users
Chapter Windows 95 Users Unix Users
Loading Paper
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Mac OS Users
Before you install the printer software
Installing the printer software
Drive
167
Installing from the floppy disks
169
Selecting and setting up the printer
Click the LaserWriter 8 icon in the left half of the Chooser
Small printer icon appears beside the printer name
Click the name of your LaserWriter 12/640 PS
Making changes to the printer setup
Choose Page Setup from the File menu
Selecting page setup options
Setup dialog box appears
Printing
Select the page setup options you want
PostScript Options dialog box appears
Click OK to close the Page Setup dialog box
Printing documents
Print dialog box appears
Choose Print from the File menu
Select the options you want
Printing a cover page automatically
Cover page options dialog box appears
Choose Color Matching from the Settings pop-up menu
Printing grayscale documents
Color Matching dialog box appears
Printing with FinePrint or PhotoGrade
Make the selection you want
Choose Imaging Options from the Settings pop-up menu
Choose Layout from the Settings pop-up menu
Printing on both sides of the paper
Layout dialog box appears
Printing to a file
PostScript Printer Options dialog box appears
Make the selections you want
Background printing and setting the print time
Selecting the output tray
Choose Background Printing from the Settings pop-up menu
Choose Printer Options from the Settings pop-up menu
Background Printing dialog box appears
Reporting errors
Error Handling dialog box appears
Choose Error Handling from the Settings pop-up menu
Printing with a desktop printer
Switching between printers
Printing PostScript files as text
Select the printer using its desktop printer icon
Select a new printer using the Chooser
Click the icon of the desktop printer you want to use
Working with desktop printer icons
Determining the status of a printer by looking at its icon
Monitoring printing
Double-click the desktop printer icon you’re interested
Choose what you’d like to do
Chapter
Turning off or removing the desktop printing software
Turning off the Desktop PrintMonitor
Removing the desktop printing software
Click Setup
Select the option that you want
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Windows 3.1 and DOS Users
System requirements for Windows
Installing the printer software for Windows
Click Install
Select the drive that holds your CD from the Drives list box
201
Installing from the floppy disks
203
What to do next
205
Printing from Windows applications
Setting printer driver options
Opening the printer Setup dialog box from the Control Panel
This command usually displays the Print Setup dialog box
Selecting printer options in the Setup dialog box
Opening the printer Setup dialog box from your application
Opening the printer Setup dialog box from the Print Manager
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Additional printer options
PostScript
211
Fonts
213
Features
Job Control
Watermark
Edit Watermark
Downloading fonts
Downloading fonts manually to RAM
Printers dialog box appears
Click Fonts Click Font Downloader
You are returned to the Setup dialog box
Font Downloader dialog box appears
Click Download
Printing to a PostScript file
Driver Setup dialog box appears
Using the driver to print to a PostScript file
Changing your printer setup to print to a PostScript file
Connect dialog box appears
Your program’s Print dialog box appears
Restoring your printer setup options
Printing to a PostScript file
Dialog box appears that asks you to name the file
Using the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows
DOS notes
Capturing a print queue for DOS printing
Windows 95 Users
Before you begin
227
Add Printer dialog box appears
229
Setup Program Location dialog box appears
231
Setting up for NetWare-based printing
233
Setting printing properties
Choose Print from the File menu Click Properties
Selecting printer options in the Properties dialog box
Setting document margins
Setting duplex printing options
Graphics
Device Options
241
PostScript
243
Advanced PostScript options
Watermarks
Edit watermark
Specifying how to send TrueType or PostScript fonts
General
Details
Spool Settings
Add Port
Sharing
Using the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows
Unix Users
Printing from a Unix workstation to the printer
Examples for lpr
Examples for lp
Loading Paper
Using the paper cassette
Automatic or manual printing with the LaserWriter 12/640 PS
Letter-size paper
Legal and other size paper
Using the multipurpose tray
Letterhead paper and three-hole punched paper
Opening the multipurpose tray
To use the multipurpose tray you must first open it
Placing paper and envelopes in the multipurpose tray
Adjust this guide to fit the width of your paper
Loading three-hole punched paper in the multipurpose tray
Loading letterhead paper in the multipurpose tray
Loading envelopes in the multipurpose tray
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Set your program to print using the multipurpose tray
Printing an envelope
Set your program to print lengthwise on the envelope
Loading labels in the multipurpose tray
Loading transparencies in the multipurpose tray
Choosing paper
Filling the optional envelope cassette
Filling with postcards
Insert the envelope cassette into the 500-sheet feeder
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Filling the optional 500-sheet cassette
Insert the paper cassette into the 500-sheet feeder
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Maintenance
Safety first
Regular maintenance
Precautions during maintenance
Replacing the toner cartridge
Open the printer cover
Remove the used cartridge
Slide the square back and forth
Maintenance
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Close the printer and resume printing
Cleaning the exterior
Troubleshooting
Fixing Paper and Image Problems Fixing Other Problems
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Fixing Paper and Image Problems
Checking the indicator lights
Light Off
Flashing
Checking for and clearing paper jams
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Checking the optional 500-sheet cassette and feeder
Checking the optional duplex printing unit
Avoiding paper and envelope jams and wrinkling
Quality of grayscale art could be better
Problems with printed documents
Paper curls when you print on it
Toner does not stay fixed on the paper
Nothing is printed on the paper
Image is too light
Image is too dark
Image is wavy or distorted
Prints solid black
Unwanted lines or stripes appear
Toner smudges appear on front or back of paper
Faded areas or white voids appear on
Blotchy areas or ghost images appear on
Printer isn’t printing from the correct paper tray
Mac OS computer troubleshooting
Fixing Other Problems
Troubleshooting with the indicator lights
Chooser does not appear in the Apple K menu
No LaserWriter 8 icon appears in the Chooser
Printer is not listed in the Chooser
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Nothing is printed no paper comes out of the printer
Message on the screen says the printer can’t print
Desktop printer icons appear as folders
Desktop printer icon has an X drawn through it
Desktop printing software needs more memory on the computer
Want to turn the manual feed message on or off
IBM PC or compatible troubleshooting
Novell NetWare troubleshooting
Nb /na /nff /nt /ti=30
Unix troubleshooting
Turn off the banner page in the /etc/printcap file
Rarp server is not responding
Can’t ping the printer by IP name or IP address
Bootp server is not responding
Only one user at a time can telnet to the printer
Can ping the printer, but I can’t telnet to it
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Appendix a Administrator Tools Quick Reference
What each utility does
Apple Printer Utility for Mac OS
Utilities for Windows, DOS, and NetWare
Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows
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TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility for Unix
Adjusting print quality
Which functions are in which utilities
Administering TCP/IP networks for Unix users
Administering LocalTalk/EtherTalk networks for Mac OS users
Administering NetWare networks for DOS and Windows users
Managing fonts
Configuring the communication ports
Configuring options
Managing page-description languages
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Appendix B Setting Up the Printer as an Atps Remote Printer
Configuring Atps for the first time on a NetWare 4 server
Configuring Atps for the first time on a NetWare 3.x server
Window appears, displaying the fields contents
Prompt appears, asking if you want to create a new file
Type y and press Enter
List of configuration files reappears
Prompt appears, asking if you want to save your changes
Press Esc to quit editing
Window appears, displaying the file’s contents
Select the SYS\SYSTEM\AUTOEXEC.NCF file and press Enter
New configuration is immediately available
Appendix C Using Fonts With the Printer
Kinds of fonts
Bitmapped fonts
PostScript fonts
TrueType fonts
QuickDraw GX imaging technology
How TrueType fonts work with other kinds of fonts
TrueType and bitmapped fonts
Keeping two font versions available
How the Mac OS looks for fonts
TrueType and PostScript fonts
Where fonts are stored
Suitcases
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Styled fonts
Here are some questions that often come up about fonts
Why don’t all of my fonts appear in the Fonts menu?
Common questions about fonts
What kind of fonts should I buy?
What does the term Apple classic fonts mean?
What is font substitution?
What’s a downloadable font?
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Specifications
Appendix D Technical Information
Fuji Xerox P893 laser-xerographic
Twisted Pair 10BASE-T Thick Coax 10BASE-5
Printer fonts
Average number of prints between failure is 180,000 pages
Height .2 cm Width 15.9 in .5 cm Depth 16.7 in .4 cm
Envelope sizes and weights Weight Size
Dimensions Printer only
Paper Type Size
Height 16.2 in .1cm Width
Environmental information
Height
Approximately 30 lb kg
103.5 to 126.5 VAC, 58 to 62 Hz
Power consumption
Voltage requirements
26 W
About PostScript Printer Description PPD files
RAM upgrade specifications
Simm dimensions
Simm sizes and speeds Size Configuration Speed
Ozone emission
Communication settings
These settings can be changed to the following modes
Accessories
Part Number
Index
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Sheet cassette and feeder option paper cassette
Atps
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See Rarp
ROM
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Telnet
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