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Apple 2400 manual Installing your printer software, If necessary, open the disk icon

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Installing your printer software

4Examine the nozzle test pattern for broken or missing horizontal lines.

The nozzle test pattern appears near the bottom of the test page. The test pattern for the four-color ink cartridge looks like this:

A broken line means a nozzle on	A missing color means you need to
the print head needs to be cleaned.	replace an ink tank (or the black-only cartridge).
Yellow
Magenta
Cyan
Black

The test pattern for the black-only ink cartridge looks like this:

5If you see broken or missing lines, one or more nozzles may be clogged. To clear the nozzle, repeat this nozzle check, starting with step 1.

Installing your printer software

The Color StyleWriter 2400 printer comes with a number of disks that contain the printer software and an Installer program that copies the software onto your hard disk. Before you can print your documents, you need to install the printer software on your Macintosh.

Before you begin If you have virus-protection software, turn it off. Lock all the disks by turning each one over and sliding the small, square plastic tab so you can see through the hole. (The disks may already be locked.)

1Insert the Color StyleWriter 2400 Installation disk into a floppy disk drive.

If necessary, open the disk icon.

2To start the Installer program, double-click its icon.

3In the Welcome dialog box that appears, click Continue.

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Apple 2400 manual Installing your printer software, If necessary, open the disk icon

Contents

User’s Guide Color StyleWriter2400K Apple Computer, Inc 1 Setting Up Your Printer Contents4 Maintaining Your Printer 2 Using Your Printer3 Tips on Paper, Quality, Speed, and Cost Technical Information TroubleshootingUsing Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 2400 Printer IndexRadio and television interference Communications regulation informationFCC statement Communications Regulation Information DOC statementVCCI statement Main features of the Color StyleWriter 1 Setting Up Your PrinterImportant safety instructions Watch for these situations, and if one occurs pull the plug 3 Close the printer’s cover Unpacking the printerSystem requirements First, insert the Plugging in the printerThis light glows Turning the printer on and offTo turn the printer on and off, press this button This light blinks1 Open the printer by pulling down its front cover Installing the ink cartridge3 Raise the bright blue lever on the carrier 10 Chapter 7 Peel the orange tape off the print head8 Slide the ink cartridge straight into its place in the printer 10 Close the printer’s front cover Setting Up Your Printer9 Lower the lever to secure the ink cartridge in place 12 Chapter Connecting the printer to your MacintoshSome Macintosh computers have a combined serial port with two icons 1 Open the printer cover 2 Adjust the internal paper selector Loading paper into the sheet feederMake sure the external paper selector is next to the « icon 3 Close the printer cover4 Load a stack of U.S. letter-size or A4 paper into the sheet feeder Do not stack paper above this lineChecking the print nozzles If necessary, open the disk icon Installing your printer softwareMore information about the Installer program Telling your computer to use the Color StyleWriter Special information for PowerBook ownersWhat’s next? 2 Using Your Printer Don’t stack paper above this line Loading the sheet feederthe guide is too tight Insert envelopes this way. Make sure the flap is smoothed flatWait while the carrier moves to the center position 24 Chapter Print materialMaximum Special instructionsDefining the page setup Printing a document Adjusting color options Color printing quirks Printing while you use your computer 3 When you finish, click the close box Checking your printer’s progress1 Select Chooser from the Apple K menu Sharing your printer with other usersThen click Setup In the sharing setup dialog box, make the changes you wantNote You can keep a log even if your printer is not shared Second, if the network has zones, click one to select it Printing on a shared Color StyleWriterType a new name, then click Rename or press Return Connecting a Color StyleWriter 2400 to a LocalTalk networkPlain paper 3 Tips on Paper, Quality, Speed, and CostChoosing print materials Back-print film Premium coated paperGlossy paper Transparencies QualityCost SpeedReplacing ink tanks in the four-color ink cartridge 4 Maintaining Your Printer3 Remove and discard the old ink tank When to change ink tanksHow to change ink tanks 1 Turn on the printer 2 Open the printer’s front coverDon’t let anything touch the openings. The ink 4 Remove the new ink tank from its packaging5 Remove the plastic cap from the ink tank 7 Close the printer coverReplacing the ink cartridge When to replace the black-only ink cartridgeWhen to replace the four-color cartridge How to find ink cartridgesHow to replace the ink cartridge 44 Chapter 6 Remove the bright orange cap from the cartridge’s print head7 Peel the orange tape off the print head After you snap it off, dispose of the capMaintaining Your Printer Now you can open any document you want and print it as usual8 Slide the cartridge into its place in the printer 10 Close the printer cover46 Chapter Storing the ink cartridge you aren’t usingCleaning the inside of the printer Cleaning the outside of the printer5 Troubleshooting The Chooser doesn’t show the Color SW 2400 icon Safety precautionsInstallation is unsuccessful Removing items from your Fonts folder 5 In the Custom Install dialog box, click the first checkbox Using the Custom Installer2 To start the Installer program, double-click its icon 4 In the Installer dialog box, choose Custom InstallThe Macintosh doesn’t recognize the Color StyleWriter 54 Chapter Text appears in the Geneva font or prints jaggedPaper or envelopes feed improperly Paper is jammedSee the previous section, “Paper Is Jammed.” The lights indicate a problem The printer seems slow The Color StyleWriter 2400 won’t print a particular documentColors skip or streak at the bottom of the page Messages appear on your computer screenImages print poorly Pages leave the printer smeared, blurred, or smudged Ink smears when rubbedThe image is too light or too dark Colors don’t look right on the printed page Text lines up in columns on the screen but not when it printsPrinting appears on only part of the paper A page prints off centerUnwanted horizontal white lines or stripes appear Cleaning the print head Printing the test page Stains appear on printed pages The image prints wavy or distortedInk tanks and cartridges run out of ink too quickly Appendix A Technical Information General specificationsInk cartridges Replacement ink tanks for four-color ink cartridgeInput electrical requirements Power consumptionOperating environment Storage environmentUsing Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 2400 Printer Appendix BKinds of fonts 72 Appendix B Bitmapped fontsUsing Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 2400 Printer PostScript fonts74 Appendix B TrueType fontsTrueType and bitmapped fonts How TrueType fonts work with other kinds of fontsQuickDraw GX imaging technology 76 Appendix B Keeping two font versions availableTrueType and PostScript fonts How the Macintosh looks for fonts78 Appendix B Where fonts are storedA font suitcase is a special folder for collections of fonts SuitcasesUsing Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 2400 Printer 80 Appendix B Styled fonts Common questions about fonts What does the term Apple classic fonts mean? 84 Appendix B What is font substitution?What’s a downloadable font? 1 Turn off the printer and unplug it Appendix C Packing and Moving the Printer3 Remove the power cord and serial cable If you need to move your printer a long distance, follow these steps7 Repack the printer in its original packing material 5 Close the cover6 Push the paper support and output tray back inside the printer Appendix D Working With ColorSync ColorSync profiles and color-matching methods About ColorSyncIndex Page Page Page Page Page Page 96 Index Y, Z The Apple Publishing System