Basic Printing

Printing from a Macintosh

When you set up a new printer for your Macintosh, you need to check the page setup for documents in each application you use. You can then click the print icon or choose Print from the File menu. You see a dialog box that lets you choose which pages to print, the number of copies, and other options. The settings that describe your print job—whether you want to use color or black ink, for example—are part of your printer driver software.

This section describes the settings you’ll need to check for all your everyday printouts. See Chapter 3 for information about advanced settings for special print jobs.

Follow these steps to check printer settings from your word processor or other Macintosh software:

1.Choose Page Setup from the File menu. You see the Page Setup dialog box.

2.Choose your paper size and other page setup options and click OK. For more information about special paper settings, see page 2-9.

3.Choose Print from the File menu or click the Print icon in your application. You see a dialog box like the following:

Click for more information about printer settings.

Click to see list of media types.

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