3.If AppleTalk is not active, an alert dialog box appears on your screen. Select OK. The Active button turns on.

If your network is linked to other networks, the AppleTalk Zones list dialog box appears in the Chooser.

4.If applicable, select the zone in the AppleTalk Zones scrolling list where your printer is located.

5.Select the printer name you want to use from the list of printer names in the upper-right area of the Chooser. If the printer's name does not appear in the list, make sure the following tasks have been performed:

the printer is turned on and is online.

the print server is connected to the printer and to the network.

the printer cable connections are secure.

A READY message should appear if the printer has a control panel display. See Chapter 8 for more information.

Note

If your printer is the only name listed in the

 

dialog box, you must still select it. Your printer

 

remains selected until you select a different printer

 

with the Chooser.

 

 

6.Click Setup or Create in the Chooser; then, if prompted, select the appropriate PostScript Printer Description file (PPD) for the printer. For more information, see the online documentation.

7.Set Background Printing to ON or OFF.

If background printing is turned OFF when you send a print job to the printer, status messages appear on your screen and you have to wait until the messages clear before continuing your work. If background printing is turned ON, the messages are redirected to the PrintMonitor and you can continue working while the printer is printing your job.

8.Exit the Chooser.

To display your user name on the network when you are printing documents, go into the Control Panel on your Mac OS computer, select Sharing Setup, then type your owner name.

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HP J7949E manual If your printer is the only name listed, Dialog box, you must still select it. Your printer