Color StyleWriter
Apple Computer, Inc
Contents
Printing
Choosing print materials Quality Speed Cost
109
115
125
Index
Communications regulation information
Vcci statement
Main features of the Color StyleWriter
Welcome
Changes to the printing software that affect other printers
System requirements
Setting Up Your Printer
Important safety instructions
Watch for these situations, and if one occurs pull the plug
Unpacking the printer
Power Macintosh users and Virtual Memory
Plugging in the printer
Turning the printer on and off
Saving energy
Installing the ink cartridge
Raise the bright blue lever on the carrier
Setting Up Your Printer
Chapter
Connecting the printer to your Macintosh
Loading paper into the sheet feeder
Setting Up Your Printer
Installing your printer software
Step-by-step installation instructions
Welcome dialog box that appears, click Continue
Installation troubleshooting
More information about the Installer program
Telling your computer to use the Color StyleWriter
On most Macintosh computers, the Chooser looks like this
Special information for PowerBook owners
PowerBook computers with one serial port
Printing a document to make sure everything’s working
Dialog box opens
Click here
Green power light should be off
Checking the print nozzles
What’s next?
Planning documents with the Color StyleWriter 2500 in mind
See Switching Between Printers, later in this chapter
Printing
Loading the sheet feeder
Important Don’t mix envelopes with paper in the feeder
Wait while the carrier moves to the center position
Print material Maximum Special instructions
Print dialog box opens on your screen
Printing a document
Quick instructions for printing standard documents
Detailed instructions for printing other documents
Item in dialog box What you use it for
When you use Plain or Coated paper
Desktop printing
Adjusting color options
To adjust the way colors are printed, follow these steps
Color printing quirks
Creating special effects on the Color StyleWriter
Enlarging or reducing the printed image
Printing a watermark on each page of your document
Another dialog box opens
Click OK to return to the Page Setup dialog box
Creating your own watermarks
Printing 2 or 4 mini pages on each sheet of paper
Print dialog box opens
Switching between printers
Selecting a halftoning method
Select the printer by using its desktop printer icon
Select the printer by using the Chooser
Determining the status of a printer by looking at its icon
Stopped icon indicates you have stopped the print queue
Printing while you use your computer
Chooser opens
Monitoring and controlling background printing
Printing
Sharing your printer with other users
Setup dialog box, make the changes you want
Click OK to close the Setup dialog box
Printing on a shared Color StyleWriter
Make the following selections in the Chooser
Type a new name, then Click Rename or press Return
Plain paper
Tips on Paper, Quality, Speed, and Cost
Choosing print materials
Glossy paper
Premium coated paper
Premium Plus Coated Paper
Back-print film
Transparencies
Quality
Speed
Cost
Page
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 four-color cartridge
When to replace the optional black-only ink 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
Page
Troubleshooting
Chooser doesn’t show the Color SW 2500 icon
Safety precautions
Installation is unsuccessful
For more details about fonts, see Appendix B
Using the Custom Installer to solve installation problems
If necessary, open the disk icon
Installer restarts your Macintosh
Computer crashes while attempting to print
Computer doesn’t recognize the Color StyleWriter
Desktop printer icon problems
PowerBook has trouble printing to the Color StyleWriter
Lights indicate a problem
Printer seems slow
Paper is jammed
Paper or envelopes feed improperly
Follow these steps
See Paper Is Jammed, earlier in this chapter
Color StyleWriter 2500 won’t print a particular document
Printer acts as if it’s working, but nothing is printed on
See the next section
Messages appear on your computer screen
Restart your computer before trying to print again
Symptoms that indicate a memory problem
Memory is low
Documents did not print as expected
Text appears in the Geneva font or prints jagged
Prints off center
Text prints, but pictures do not
Breaks change unexpectedly
There are watermark problems
Everything prints backwards
Print quality is poor
Colors skip or streak at the bottom
Ink smears when rubbed
Image is too light or too dark
Thin lines fade or break up
Pages leave the printer smeared, blurred, or smudged
Unwanted horizontal white lines or stripes appear
Printing appears on only part of the paper
Colors don’t look right on the printed
Utilities dialog box opens
To clean the print head, follow these steps
Printer cleans the print head before printing your document
Printing the test
To print the test page, follow these steps
Image prints wavy or distorted
Stains appear on printed pages
Ink tanks and cartridges run out of ink too quickly
Thermal ink jet engine
General specifications
Appendix a Technical Information
Apple System/Peripheral-8 cable
Height 211 mm Width 365 mm Depth 234 mm
Approximately 3.2 kilograms 6.9 pounds
Power consumption
Power requirements for AC power adapter
Operating environment
Storage environment
Apple System/Peripheral-8 cable M0197LL
Apple part numbers
Black ink tank M3330G/A Color ink tank M3329G/A
Color StyleWriter LocalTalk Module M4615ZM
Appendix B Using Fonts With the Color StyleWriter
Kinds of fonts
TrueType fonts
Bitmapped fonts
PostScript fonts
QuickDraw GX imaging technology
How TrueType fonts work with other kinds of fonts
TrueType and bitmapped fonts
TrueType and PostScript fonts
Keeping two font versions available
How the Macintosh looks for fonts
Where fonts are stored
Suitcases
Appendix B
Styled fonts
Common questions about fonts
Here are some questions that often come up about fonts
What does the term Apple classic fonts mean?
What is font substitution?
Appendix C Font List
Total
Problem that ColorSync solves
Appendix D Working With ColorSync
About ColorSync
How ColorSync works
Using ColorSync
Page
Appendix E Printing with QuickDraw GX
Chooser dialog box, click items to select them
Defining the page setup
Also called landscape , click here
Your document is now set up for printing
Expanded dialog box, you can select a specific printer
To print a document, follow these steps
This pop-up menu
Expanded dialog box, you can make additional choices
Adjusting quality options
If necessary, click More Choices
Cleaning the print head
Printing shortcut
If you choose not to use QuickDraw GX printing
Message appears
Page
Appendix F Removing the Desktop Printing Software
Installer dialog box, choose Custom Remove
127
When you finish, click the PrintMonitor close box
Appendix G Packing and Moving the Printer
Appendix G
Index
Color StyleWriter 2500 Disk 1
Index
Index
Index
Index
Index
Index
Index
Index
Index
Apple Computer, Inc