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Congratulations on your purchase of the Color StyleWriter 2500 printer. This

book describes how to set up the printer and how to use it.

Main features of the Color StyleWriter 2500

The Color StyleWriter 2500 works with most Macintosh computers, including

computers using QuickDraw GX.

mThe Color StyleWriter 2500 quietly prints high-quality color graphics and

text on a variety of materials, including plain paper.

mAn energy conservation feature turns off the printer when you aren’t using

it and turns it on when needed.

mThe automatic sheet feeder holds up to 100 sheets of paper or up to 15

envelopes.

mDesktop printing makes it easy to switch printers and monitor your print

requests.

mColorShare (installed with the printer software) allows you to share the

printer with anyone on your AppleTalk network (including people using

LocalTalk, EtherTalk, or TokenTalk).

m64 available TrueType (outline) fonts print smoothly in a variety of sizes.

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Main K Apple Computer, Inc. Contents Welco me ix 1Setting Up Your Pr in te r 1 2Printing 23 3Tips on Paper, Quality, Speed, and Cost 49 4Maintaining Your Printer 55 Page Communications regulation information FCC statement Radio and television interference Page Welc ome Main features of the Color StyleWriter 2500 Changes to the printing software that affect other printers System requirements 1 Important safety in structions Watch f or th ese situations, and if one occurs pull the plug! Unpacking the printer 1Remove everything from the shipping box, but leave the ink cartridge in its package. 3Close the printers cover. 2Remove the tape and packing material from the inside and outside of the printer. Power Ma cintosh us ers and Virtual Memory Page Tur ni ng th e printer on and off Saving energy Installing th e ink cartridge Page Page Page Connecting the printer to your Macintosh Loading paper into the sheet feeder 4Load a stack of U.S. letter-size or A4 paper into the sheet feeder. Installing your printer software Step-by-step installation instructions Page Installation troubleshooting More information about the Installer program Telling yo u r computer to use th e Color StyleWriter 2500 Special information for PowerBook owners Printing a document to make s ure every things working Page Checking the print nozzles Whats next? 2 Planning docum ents with th e Color StyleWriter 2500 in mind Loading the she et feeder Its important to adjust the selector before loading the new material into the sheet feeder. 3Load the paper or other materials. IMPORTANT Dont mix envelopes with paper in the feeder. Page Here are details about the kinds of materials you can use in your Color StyleWriter 2500 printer. Notes about envelopes Printing a document Quick instructions for printing standard documents Detailed instructions for printing other documents Page 4Choose Print from the File menu and make adjustments in the dialog box that opens. IMPORTANT Make sure the Paper Type pop-up menu accurately indicates what you installed in the sheet feeder. Desktop printing Adjusting color o ptions Color printing quirks Creating special effects on the Color StyleWriter 2500 Enlarging or reducing the printed image Printing a watermark on each page of your document Page Page Printing 2 or 4 mini pages on each sheet of paper Selecting a halftoning method Switching between printers Drag the document you want to print to a desktop printer icon Select the printer by using its desktop printer icon Select the printer by using th e Chooser Creating, throwing away, and manipulating desktop printer icons Determining the status of a printer by lo oking at it s icon Printing while you use your computer Monitoring and controlling background printing Page Sharing your printer with other users To share the printer with other nonQuickDraw GX users, follow these steps: K 1Select Chooser from the Apple ( ) menu. 2In the Chooser dialog box, do the following: 3In the Setup dialog box, make the changes you want. Page Printing on a shared Color StyleWriter 2500 Connecting a Color StyleWriter 2500 to a LocalTalk or EtherTalk network 3 Choosing print materials Plain paper Premium coated paper Premium Plus Coa ted Paper Glossy paper Back-print film Tra ns pa re nc ie s Quality Speed Cost Page 4 Replacing ink tanks in the fou r-color ink c artridge When to change ink tanks How to change ink tanks Page Replacing the ink cartridge When to replace the four-color cartridge When to replace the optional black-only ink cartridge How to find ink cartridges How to replace the ink cartridge Page Page Storing the ink cartridge you arent using Cleaning the outside of the printer Cleaning the inside of t he printer Page 5 Safety precautions The Chooser doesnt show the Color SW 2500 icon Installation is unsuccessful Removing items from your Fonts folder to solve installation problems Using the C u stom Installer to solve installation problems The computer crashes while attempting to print The computer doesnt recognize the Color StyleWriter 2500 Desktop printer icon problems A PowerBook has trouble pr inting to the Color StyleWriter 2500 The lights indicate a problem Page More than one piece of paper passes through the printer at a time Paper or envelopes feed improperly Page The Color StyleWriter 2500 wont print a particular document The printer acts as if its working, but nothing is printe d on the page Messages appear on your computer screen Memory is low Documents did not print as expected Tex t ap pears in the Geneva font or prints jagged Tex t pr ints , but pictures do not Page breaks ch an ge unexpectedly A page prints off center Tex t lines up in columns on the screen but not when it prints Everythi n g prints backwards There are watermark problems Print quality is p oor Colors skip or streak at the bottom of the page The image is too light or too dark Thin lines fade or break up The ink smears when rubbed Pages leave the printer smeared, blurred, or smudged Printing appears on only part of the paper Colors dont look right on the printed page Unwanted horizontal white lines or stripes appear Page Page The image prints wavy or distorted Stains appear on printed pages Ink tanks and cartridges run out of ink too quickly General specifications Appendix A Tec hn ic al Information Page Page Page Apple part numb ers Page Kinds of fonts Appendix B Using Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 2500 Tru eTy pe fonts Bitmapped fonts PostScript fonts QuickDraw GX imaging technology How TrueType fonts work with other kinds of fonts Tru eTy pe and bitmapped fonts Tru e Type and PostScript fonts How the Macintosh looks fo r fonts Where fonts are stor e d Page Page Styled fonts Common questions about fonts Page Page Appendix C Font List Page The problem that ColorSync solves Appendix D Work ing Wit h ColorSync About ColorSync How ColorSync works Using ColorS yn c Page Telling yo u r computer to use th e Color StyleWriter 2500 with QuickDraw GX Appendix E Printing with QuickDraw GX 3In the Chooser dialog box, click items to select them. Defining the page setup portrait landscape) In the expanded dialog box, you can select a specific printer. 3When youve made your choices, click Format (or OK in a program thats not GX-savvy). Your document is now set up for printing. Printing a document Page Adjusting quality options Cleaning the print head A printing shortcut If you choose not to use QuickDraw GX printing Page Appendix F Removing the Desktop Printing Software 4In the Installer dialog box, choose Custom Remove. 5In the Custom Remove dialog box, click the Desktop Printing Software checkbox. Page Monitoring and controlling print requests without desktop printers 3When you finish, click the PrintMonitor close box. Page Page Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Page Q R S T U V W, X , Y Z