Color StyleWriter2400
Apple Computer, Inc
Contents
Using Your Printer
Maintaining Your Printer
Troubleshooting
Index
Communications regulation information
Vcci statement
Setting Up Your Printer
Main features of the Color StyleWriter
Important safety instructions
Watch for these situations, and if one occurs pull the plug
Unpacking the printer
System requirements
Plugging in the printer
Turning the printer on and off
Installing the ink cartridge
Raise the bright blue lever on the carrier
Chapter
Setting Up Your Printer
Connecting the printer to your Macintosh
Open the printer cover Adjust the internal paper selector
Loading paper into the sheet feeder
Chapter
Green power light should be off
Checking the print nozzles
Installing your printer software
If necessary, open the disk icon
More information about the Installer program
Special information for PowerBook owners
Telling your computer to use the Color StyleWriter
What’s next?
Using Your Printer
Loading the sheet feeder
Guide is too tight
Wait while the carrier moves to the center position
Print material Maximum Special instructions
Defining the page setup
Dialog box, make the selections you want
Printing a document
To print a document, follow these steps
Adjusting color options
Select your color options
Color printing quirks
Printing while you use your computer
Chooser opens
Checking your printer’s progress
Then click Setup
Sharing your printer with other users
Click OK to close the sharing setup dialog box
Printing on a shared Color StyleWriter
Make selections in the Chooser
Connecting a Color StyleWriter 2400 to a LocalTalk network
Choosing print materials
Plain paper
Glossy paper
Premium coated paper
Back-print film
Quality
Transparencies
Speed
Cost
Maintaining Your Printer
Replacing ink tanks in the four-color ink cartridge
When to change ink tanks
How to change ink tanks
Maintaining Your Printer
When to replace the black-only ink cartridge
When to replace the four-color cartridge
How to find ink cartridges
Replacing the ink cartridge
How to replace the ink cartridge
Peel the orange tape off the print head
Now you can open any document you want and print it as usual
Storing the ink cartridge you aren’t using
Cleaning the outside of the printer
Cleaning the inside of the printer
Troubleshooting
Installation is unsuccessful
Safety precautions
Chooser doesn’t show the Color SW 2400 icon
Removing items from your Fonts folder
Using the Custom Installer
Custom Install dialog box, click the first checkbox
Macintosh doesn’t recognize the Color StyleWriter
Text appears in the Geneva font or prints jagged
Paper is jammed
Paper or envelopes feed improperly
See the previous section, Paper Is Jammed
Lights indicate a problem
Printer acts as if it’s working, but nothing is printed on
Color StyleWriter 2400 won’t print a particular document
Printer seems slow
Images print poorly
Messages appear on your computer screen
Colors skip or streak at the bottom
Image is too light or too dark
Ink smears when rubbed
Pages leave the printer smeared, blurred, or smudged
Prints off center
Printing appears on only part of the paper
Colors don’t look right on the printed
Unwanted horizontal white lines or stripes appear
Cleaning the print head
Printing the test
Image prints wavy or distorted
Stains appear on printed pages
Ink tanks and cartridges run out of ink too quickly
General specifications
Appendix a Technical Information
Replacement ink tanks for four-color ink cartridge
Ink cartridges
Power consumption
Operating environment
Storage environment
Input electrical requirements
Appendix B
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 Macintosh looks for fonts
TrueType and PostScript fonts
Where fonts are stored
Suitcases
Appendix B
Styled fonts
Common questions about fonts
What does the term Apple classic fonts mean?
What is font substitution?
Appendix C Packing and Moving the Printer
Close the cover
Appendix D Working With ColorSync
About ColorSync
ColorSync profiles and color-matching methods
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