Apple 12/600PS manual

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Buen manual de instrucciones

Las leyes obligan al vendedor a entregarle al comprador, junto con el producto, el manual de instrucciones Apple 12/600PS. La falta del manual o facilitar información incorrecta al consumidor constituyen una base de reclamación por no estar de acuerdo el producto con el contrato. Según la ley, está permitido adjuntar un manual de otra forma que no sea en papel, lo cual últimamente es bastante común y los fabricantes nos facilitan un manual gráfico, su versión electrónica Apple 12/600PS o vídeos de instrucciones para usuarios. La condición es que tenga una forma legible y entendible.

¿Qué es un manual de instrucciones?

El nombre proviene de la palabra latina “instructio”, es decir, ordenar. Por lo tanto, en un manual Apple 12/600PS se puede encontrar la descripción de las etapas de actuación. El propósito de un manual es enseñar, facilitar el encendido o el uso de un dispositivo o la realización de acciones concretas. Un manual de instrucciones también es una fuente de información acerca de un objeto o un servicio, es una pista.

Desafortunadamente pocos usuarios destinan su tiempo a leer manuales Apple 12/600PS, sin embargo, un buen manual nos permite, no solo conocer una cantidad de funcionalidades adicionales del dispositivo comprado, sino también evitar la mayoría de fallos.

Entonces, ¿qué debe contener el manual de instrucciones perfecto?

Sobre todo, un manual de instrucciones Apple 12/600PS debe contener:
- información acerca de las especificaciones técnicas del dispositivo Apple 12/600PS
- nombre de fabricante y año de fabricación del dispositivo Apple 12/600PS
- condiciones de uso, configuración y mantenimiento del dispositivo Apple 12/600PS
- marcas de seguridad y certificados que confirmen su concordancia con determinadas normativas

¿Por qué no leemos los manuales de instrucciones?

Normalmente es por la falta de tiempo y seguridad acerca de las funcionalidades determinadas de los dispositivos comprados. Desafortunadamente la conexión y el encendido de Apple 12/600PS no es suficiente. El manual de instrucciones siempre contiene una serie de indicaciones acerca de determinadas funcionalidades, normas de seguridad, consejos de mantenimiento (incluso qué productos usar), fallos eventuales de Apple 12/600PS y maneras de solucionar los problemas que puedan ocurrir durante su uso. Al final, en un manual se pueden encontrar los detalles de servicio técnico Apple en caso de que las soluciones propuestas no hayan funcionado. Actualmente gozan de éxito manuales de instrucciones en forma de animaciones interesantes o vídeo manuales que llegan al usuario mucho mejor que en forma de un folleto. Este tipo de manual ayuda a que el usuario vea el vídeo entero sin saltarse las especificaciones y las descripciones técnicas complicadas de Apple 12/600PS, como se suele hacer teniendo una versión en papel.

¿Por qué vale la pena leer los manuales de instrucciones?

Sobre todo es en ellos donde encontraremos las respuestas acerca de la construcción, las posibilidades del dispositivo Apple 12/600PS, el uso de determinados accesorios y una serie de informaciones que permiten aprovechar completamente sus funciones y comodidades.

Tras una compra exitosa de un equipo o un dispositivo, vale la pena dedicar un momento para familiarizarse con cada parte del manual Apple 12/600PS. Actualmente se preparan y traducen con dedicación, para que no solo sean comprensibles para los usuarios, sino que también cumplan su función básica de información y ayuda.

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     Ap p l e Color L a serW r i t er 12 / 6 0 0 PS Setting up, connecting, and using your printer[...]

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    K Ap pl e Co m puter , Inc . © 1995 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Apple. Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement. The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered [...]

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    iii Pr e f a c e H ow Mu c h of T his Bo o k D o I Ha v e t o Rea d? x i x Par t I Gui de f o r P ri n t er A d m i n i s t ra t or s 1S et tin g U p t he Co lo r La serW r i t er 1 2/600 PS 1 2S e t t i n g U p t h e P r int e r fo r Mac i n t os h U ser s 43 3S e t t i n g U p t h e P r i n t e r f o r W i nd o w s a nd Ne tW a re U ser s 77 4S e[...]

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    10 M a i n t e n a n c e 2 1 5 11 C l e a r i n g P a per J a ms 227 12 F i x i n g I m a g e P r o b le m s 237 13 T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g 243 Par t III A ppe nd i xes AT e c h n i c a l Inf o rmat i on and P ri nt er Su pp li es 257 BS e t tin g Up t h e Print e r a s a n A T PS R em ot e P r i n te r 269 CU s i n g F o n t s W i th th e Pr[...]

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    v Co m m unic ati ons re gul ati on i nf ormation xv ii Las e r i n for m at i on xv iii Pr e f a c e H ow Mu c h of T his Bo o k D o I Ha v e t o Rea d? x i x Printer admi ni strat ors a nd users: Who does w hat xix What the printer admi ni strat or should kno w xx Gettin g ne w users started xx Whic h chapters shou ld I read? xx i Par t I Gui de [...]

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    Wa it t o i nstall the printer opti ons 24 Loa di ng pap er into t h e pap er c as sette 25 C onnectin g the printer 29 C onnectin g t o a n E ther n et netw ork 30 C onnectin g t o a LocalT al k n et work 3 2 C onnectin g di rect l y to a s i ng le Macint osh 34 C onnectin g t o a n IB M PC or compat ible wit h a parallel c able 3 5 C onnectin g t[...]

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    Re m o vi n g fo n t s 5 7 Printing f ont samp les 5 7 Ini t i a lizing a har d di s k connected t o the printer 5 8 Tu r n i n g t h e star tup pa ge s on or of f 5 9 C onserv i ng ener gy 60 Set ting paper -handli ng opt ions 6 1 Set ting up job handli ng 62 Set ti ng th e pri nter ’ s er ror t imeout 63 Se tting t he pri nter ’ s n et work z[...]

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    3S e t t i n g U p t h e P r i n t e r f o r W i nd o w s a nd Ne tW a re U ser s 77 Sys t e m requi rements 77 Bef ore y ou begin 7 8 Ins ta lli n g the so ft w are the pri nter admi ni stratror needs 7 8 Ins ta lli n g so ft w are f or W indow s NT 8 1 Usi ng Ap p l e P r int M onit or 8 1 Ini t i a l A pple Print Monit or f or Windo ws setup 8 2[...]

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    Tu r n i n g t h e star tup pa ge s on or of f 1 0 2 C onserv i ng ener gy 1 03 Set ting paper -handli ng opt ions 1 03 Set ting up job handli ng 1 0 4 Vi ew in g the E ther n et addres s 1 0 4 W orking wit h a NetW are n et work 1 05 Changing T CP/IP conf ig urati ons 1 06 Vi e w i n g a nd c ha n gi n g communic at ion settin g s 1 07 Se ndi n g [...]

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    C onfi g uri n g the pri nter 1 1 9 Gettin g UN IX users started us i ng t h e printer 1 1 9 Not es on c onfi guring specif ic UN IX s y stems 1 2 1 C onfi g uri n g HP-UX vers i on 8 . 07 1 2 1 C onfi g uri n g HP-UX vers i on 9 .xx 1 23 C onfi g uri n g IB M AIX v ersi on 3 .x 1 25 C onfi g uri n g S un OS v ers ion 4 . 1 , Ultrix v ers ion 4 . 2[...]

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    Par t II G u ide f o r U sers 6M a c i n t o s h U s e r s 1 55 Sys t e m requi rements 1 5 6 Ins ta lli n g the pri nter s of tw are 1 5 6 More informati on about the I nstaller pro gram 1 5 8 Sele cti ng a nd sett ing up the printer 1 5 9 Cr eat i n g , thro wing a w a y , a nd ma nipu latin g des k top printer ic ons 1 60 Determi ning t h e stat[...]

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    7W i n d o ws a n d D OS U ser s 1 73 Sys t e m requi rements 1 73 Ins ta lli n g the W i ndo ws printer s of t w are 1 7 4 What t o do n e xt 1 77 Ins ta lli n g so ft w are f or W indow s NT 1 77 Printing from W i ndo ws appli cat ions 1 7 8 Set ting printer dri v e r opti ons 1 7 8 Openin g t h e printer Setup dial og bo x fr om the Contr ol P a[...]

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    8U N I X U s e r s 20 1 Printing from a UNIX work station t o the printer 20 2 9L o a d i n g Pap e r 203 Choos i n g pap er 20 4 Au to m a ti c or manual printing wit h the printer 20 4 Usi ng th e s t a ndard paper ca ssette 20 5 Usi ng th e m u l t ipur pose tra y 206 Openin g t h e mult ipur pose tra y 20 6 Placi ng pap er and tra nsparencie s [...]

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    11 C l e a r i n g P a per J a ms 227 Checking t h e i ndic at or lights f or paper jams 2 28 Checking f or and c leari ng paper jams 2 29 Cl eari n g pap er from the pap er pic kup area 230 Cl eari n g pap er from the transf er dr um 23 3 Cl eari n g pap er from the fuser 234 Cl eari n g pap er from the opti onal feeder 23 6 12 F i x i n g I m a g[...]

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    xv Contents Par t III A ppe nd i xes AT e c h n i c a l Inf o rmat i on and P ri nt er Su pp l ies 257 Sp e ci fi ca ti ons 25 7 A bout P ostScript Printer De scription (PPD) f iles 26 3 R AM Upgrade S pecif ic ations 26 5 Oz o n e e m issio n 26 5 Co m m unic ati on setting s 26 6 Acc e ss orie s 26 7 S upplie s 268 BS e t tin g Up t h e Print e r[...]

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    DW o r k i n g W i t h C o l o rSy nc 29 1 The pr ob lem that C o lorS ync so l v es 2 9 1 A bout C o lorS ync 2 92 Ho w Co lorS ync work s 292 Usi ng Col orS ync 29 3 EP acki ng an d Mo v i ng t he P ri n te r 295 FR e p l a c i ng th e Fu ser 303 Re p l a ci n g t h e fu ser 30 4 Re p l a ci n g t h e t r a n s f er drum c leani ng unit 3 1 1 Re [...]

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    Co mmunic ation s reg u la t i o n i n f or ma t i o n FCC statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC rules. See instructions if interference to radio or television reception is suspected. Radio and television interference The equi[...]

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    DOC statement DOC Class B Compliance This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference-causing equipment standard entitled “Digital Apparatus,” ICES-003 of the Department of Communications. Observation des normes—Classe B Cet appareil numérique respecte l[...]

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    The ma nu al contains all the i nf ormation y ou need f or the C ol or La serW riter 12 / 6 0 0 P S printer , whether y ou ’ re the printer admi ni strator w ho sets it up or a use r w ho w ants to print som e tra nsparencie s for a m eeting . T hi s pref ace di rects y ou to spec ific c hapters dep endi n g on what kind of netw ork y ou ha v e .[...]

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    Wh a t t h e pr inte r ad m i n i s tra t o r sh o u l d kn o w The printer administrat or sets up the hardw are , installs any opt ions , installs th e pri nter on t he n etw ork, and h elps new u sers get started. T o accomp lish th es e t as ks , printer admi nistrat ors must m be f amiliar with t h e n e tw ork connect ions and topo lo gy m ha [...]

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    Which c h apte rs sho u ld I re ad? The r e are f i v e mai n steps t o prepari ng the C ol or La serW riter 1 2/6 0 0 P S it so an y u se r c a n pri nt on it. A lthou gh y ou cou ld do s ome steps in a dif ferent order , the se steps are or g anized to s implify tr oubleshoot i ng . St ep 1: Se t u p the h a rd w a re a nd co n nect t he pr i n t[...]

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    St ep 3: Se t ad d i t io na l pr i n te r pa ra met ers . The admini strati ve t ool s pro v ided wit h the pri nter are de scrib ed i n detail i n Chapters 2 and 3: Chapter Computer Utility name Chapter 2 Macintosh Apple Printer Utility Chapter 3 Windows Apple Printer Utility for Windows T hou gh the App le Pri nter Utility r uns on Mac intosh c [...]

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    St ep 5: He lp ne w use rs ge t st a r t ed . Pa r t II o f the ma nual contains informati on f or p eop le who p l a n t o use (a s opposed t o admi ni ster) the pri nter . I nformati on about the admi nistrat or ’ s re spons ibilit ies i s i n P ar t I. User’s computer Where to find information Macintosh Chapter 2 explains the administrator?[...]

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    Chapter 1 S et ti ng Up Chapter 2 He al t h an d Saf et y In f o rma t io n Chapter 3 Le arni ng to Use Y ou r Co m pu te r Chapter 4 B a sic S k ill s Pa r t I o f th is bo ok p ro vi des t h e i nf o rma t io n y ou n eed to se t up a nd l ea n abo ut y ou r M aci n to sh . I t i ncl ud es ins t r uc ti o n s for m set ti ng up the c omp uter and[...]

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    Ma i n f ea t u res o f t he Co l o r Lase rW r i te r 1 2/600 PS m Print quality The printer ha s a re s oluti on of 60 0 x 60 0 dots per i nc h, with color PhotoGrade . m Speed The printer prints up to 1 2 pa ge s per mi nute in bl ac k, c y a n, ma genta, or y ell ow; 3 pa ge s per mi nute in tw o or more co lors; and 1 transparenc y per mi nute[...]

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    Face-up output tray access door LocalTalk port Configuration switch SCSI port Parallel port Ethernet port Multipurpose tray access door Power cord receptacle Back view Density control panel Face-down output tray Front view Anatomy of the printer Top cover access door Standard paper cassette Toner disposal box cover Power switch Quick reference Fuse[...]

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    Choosing a pla ce f o r t he pr i n t er Choose a fl at , stable area with adequ ate room around t h e pri nter . T h e area shoul d b e w ell v entil ated a nd a w a y from direct s unli ght or s ource s of heat , col d, or humidity . (A br upt c ha n ge s i n temp erature and ex tremel y hi gh or lo w humidity c an adv ersel y a ff ect print qual[...]

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    Impor tant s afet y in s t ructi ons Bef ore y ou p lu g in your printer , read these impor ta nt saf ety i nstr uct ions . F or y our o wn s af ety a nd that of y our equ ipment , al w a y s take t h e fo llo wi ng prec auti ons . If any o f the f ollo wing c onditions e xi sts , disconnect t h e pow er plu g (b y pulling t h e plu g , not the cor[...]

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    5 Setting Up the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS Be s ure that y ou al w a y s do the f oll o wi n g: m K eep y our pri nter a w a y from s ources o f liqui ds , suc h as w ash b as ins , bath t ubs , show er stalls , and so on . m Protec t your printer from dampne ss or w et weat h er , s uc h as rain, sno w , a nd so on. m Do not all ow c hildren acc[...]

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    Unp ac king th e pr i nter IMPORTANT Th e printer we ighs appr o x imatel y 1 1 0 pounds (appro x imatel y 50 kilo grams) . Don ’ t lift it b y y ourself . 1U ndo the clips on the outside of the printer box. 2 Lift the box, uncovering the printer. If pos si ble , g et a not her p ers on to help y ou . 3W ith another person, remove the plastic bag[...]

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    4 Remove the packing tape from the outside of the printer. The r e are f i v e piece s of tape attached at v ari ous points on the printer . 5 Open the fuser access door and remove the two orange spacers from inside. 6 Open the paper cassette and remove the cardboard packing material. 7 Setting Up the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS[...]

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    7S lide the paper cassette back into the printer. 8 Open the front door and remove the shipping screw. The sc re w is enc ased in a n ora ng e pl asti c sh eath. T ur n the scre w , us i ng a c oin or Phillips scre wdri v er , a nd pull it out. P ut the shipping scre w in a saf e pl ace in c a se y ou e v er n eed to ship t h e printer to a ne w lo[...]

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    Inst a llin g t h e q ui c k r e fe r en c e b o ok l e t Th e qui ck re ference booklet helps u sers so l v e s ome problem s with the printer . F or ex ample , the qui c k ref erence tells u sers how t o c lear a paper jam a nd load paper into t h e paper c as sette . It should al w a y s be i ns ide t he pri nter , ava i l a b l e t o users w ho[...]

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    Inst a llin g t h e f u s e r o il b o t tl e 1T ake the bottle of fuser oil out of the printer setup kit. 2 To remove the seal from the bottle, pull the orange tab. 3 Open the cover of the fuser oil compartment. Open the cover. 10 Chapter 1[...]

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    4 Install the oil bottle. IMPORTANT If any fu ser oil sp ills on the floor , c lean it up immediate l y with paper to we ls . Th e oil i s very s lippery . 5C lose the cover over the fuser oil bottle. Gently tip the bottle upside down and slide it into the compartment. Press the bottle down. (This opens the mechanism in the lid so the oil can flow [...]

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    Ins t al ling t h e p h oto c on duc tor c a rt r i d g e a n d ton er disp os al b o x Th e phot o c ond uc tor i s a photosens iti v e de v ice t hat capture s a n imag e in toner a nd transf ers it t o the pap er . T h e toner dispos al bo x is w h ere the printer depos its a n y ex ces s t on er pow der . Y ou ’ll find a photoconduct or c ar [...]

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    2 Open the disposal box cover. Move the disposal box cover to the left. The photoconductor cartridge goes here. 13 Setting Up the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS[...]

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    3H olding the orange tray, line up the top of the photoconductor cartridge with the tracks at the top of the opening in the printer. Line up the arrow on the photoconductor cartridge with the arrow above the compartment opening. The top of the photoconductor cartridge slides on these tracks. 14 Chapter 1[...]

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    4S lide the photoconductor cartridge all the way into the receptacle. Sa ve the ora ng e tra y i n c ase y ou e v er n eed to remo v e the phot o c onduct or f or troub leshoot i n g . When the photoconductor cartridge is most of the way in, you can remove the orange tray. 15 Setting Up the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS[...]

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    5M ake sure the photoconductor cartridge latch is in the locked position. Push the photoconductor cartridge until this latch is in the locked position. 16 Chapter 1[...]

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    6S lide the toner disposal box into place. The opening in the top of the box fits here. 17 Setting Up the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS[...]

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    7 Raise the transfer drum lever to lock the photoconductor cartridge in place. 8C lose the disposal box cover. Now go on to install the t on er c ar tri dg es . Disposal box cover 18 Chapter 1[...]

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    19 Setting Up the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS Inst a llin g t h e ton e r ca r t r i dg es Yo u’ ll find f our toner c ar trid ge s in the bottom o f the pri nter setup kit. E ac h to ne r cartrid ge c ontai ns the dry p la sti c pow der that t h e printer use s i nstead of i n k. T h e fi rs t ti me y ou install the toner c ar trid g e s , f oll[...]

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    2P ress the knob that rotates the carousel and turn the knob clockwise. Pre s sing t h e knob release s the loc king mec ha nism s o the car ousel c an tur n . Pro b l em ? If y ou try t o tur n the knob , but it w on ’ t tur n, y ou ha v en ’ t pres sed the knob f ar enou gh to re lease the c arou sel. As s oon as t h e c arou sel star ts to t[...]

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    3 Turn gently until the carousel locks into a new position. As y ou r otate the c arou sel t hrou gh all f our posit ions , the tab co lors c y c le from ma genta (p i nk) to c y an (blue) t o ye llo w to b lac k. Cartridge carousel cycle Yellow Cyan Magenta Black Notice that the color of the tabs has changed. 21 Setting Up the Color LaserWriter 12[...]

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    4T ake the toner cartridge out of its packaging and remove the two pieces of packing tape. Choose the t on er c olor t hat matche s the co lored tabs bes ide t h e op ening in th e c a rousel . 5D istribute the toner powder. Gently rock the toner cartridge back and forth. The color of the toner inside should show through this small window in the to[...]

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    23 Setting Up the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS 6 To remove the sealing tape, grasp the orange plastic tab and pull it away from the cartridge. 7 Insert the toner cartridge into the carousel. Align the arrow on the toner cartridge with the arrow on the carousel. Then slide the toner cartridge into the printer. Pull the tape completely out.[...]

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    8A fter you insert the toner cartridge all the way, push firmly to lock it in place. If y ou don ’ t pres s fir ml y enou gh t o i nstall the c ar trid g e cor rec tl y , you w on ’ t be able t o rotate t h e c arou sel and i nstall another c ar trid g e . 9 Repeat steps 2 through 8 until you’ve installed all four toner cartridges. The pr oc [...]

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    Loa di ng p a per i n t o t he pa pe r casse tt e Y ou can load paper into t he pap er ca ssette or t h e mu ltipur pose tra y , or both . F or instr uct ions on u sing t h e mu ltipur pose tra y , see Chapter 9 . Y ou can ex pect ex cellent printing re s ults from phot o cop ier paper . F or b est re s ults , use paper labeled “l aser -quality .[...]

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    1S lide the paper cassette out of the printer. 2P repare a stack of paper. Y ou can load up t o 25 0 sh eets o f 20-pound photocop ier pap er . Mak e s ure the ed ge s are e ven on all s ide s b ef ore i nser tin g the stac k of paper . 3S lide the stack into the cassette. Do not stack paper higher than this point. Slide paper under the retainers. [...]

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    4S lide the paper under the bracket at the front of the cassette. WARNING Ne v er load a c as sette with paper of t h e wr on g s ize or typ e . Doi ng so ma y cau se a pap er jam, dama ge t h e pri nter drum, or use t oner unneces saril y . Load three-hole punched paper with the holes toward the back of the cassette. Load letterhead paper face up.[...]

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    5S lide the cassette into the printer. Full Empty Push the cassette in all the way. It should be flush with the printer. Paper level indicator 28 Chapter 1[...]

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    Con ne c ti ng the pri nter Y ou can connect t h e pri nter t o a numb er o f computers and a v ariety netw orks usi ng th e printer ’ s Loc alT alk, E ther net, and parallel ports . T h e pri nter prints onl y one user ’ s job at a tim e , but it ma nag es inc oming print jobs from all por ts so that no printin g conflic ts or problem s occur [...]

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    Con ne ct i ng t o a n Et her net ne tw or k A s i n gle Ether net cab le can c ar ry a numb er of netw ork prot ocol s , i nc luding Ap pl eT alk (somet ime s c alled E therT al k w h en it ’ s on a n E t her net n et work) , Nov e ll NetW are , and TCP/IP . T o connect the printer to an E ther net n et work r unning any c ombinati on of the se [...]

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    3C onnect the printer to the Ethernet network in one of these three ways: m To c o nne c t the p ri nt er t o the e nd of an Et her ne t ne t w o r k , us e th e Ether n et ca b l e to c onnect the empty soc ket o f the n earest de v ice ’ s transcei v er to t h e printer ’ s tra nscei v er , as sho wn here . m To c o nne c t the p ri nt er b e[...]

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    What to do af t er co n nect i ng t o an E the rne t netw or k m If y ou wish t o connect t h e printer to ot h er n et work s , or t o connect the printer di rect l y t o a s i n gle Mac i ntosh or t o an IB M PC or compat ible , see th e appr opriate sec ti ons later in thi s chapter . m If y ou ’ re finished c onn ect i ng the printer , s kip [...]

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    3C onnect the printer to the network in one of these two ways: m To c o nne c t the p ri nt er t o the e nd of a Lo ca lT a l k ne t w or k , use th e LocalT alk ca b l e to c onnect the empty soc ket o f the n earest de v ice ’ s connect or bo x t o th e pri nter ’ s connect or bo x . m To c o nne c t the p ri nt er b et w e e n t w o de vi c [...]

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    Con ne ct in g di rect l y t o a si ng l e Mac i n t o s h Us e thi s method t o connect a s ing le Mac i ntosh t o the pri nter . 1 Obtain two LocalTalk Kits. 2P lug one LocalTalk connector into the computer’s printer ( [ ) port. 3P lug one end of the cable into the LocalTalk connector on the computer. 4P lug the second LocalTalk connector into [...]

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    What to do aft er co n nect i ng t o a si n g le Mac i n t os h m If y ou wish t o connect t h e printer to ot h er n et work s , or t o connect the printer di rect l y t o an IB M PC or compat ible c omputer , see t h e appr opri ate sect ions l ater i n t his c hapter . m If y ou ’ re finished c onn ect i ng the printer , s kip t o “ A dju st[...]

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    2 Use the parallel cable to connect the computer to the printer. 3C heck to make sure the port selected in the dialog box matches the one you connected the printer to. Open t h e C ontro l P an els , then open the Pri nters c ontrol panel and chec k the settin g s i n t he Setup Printer dial og . (LPT1 is the recomm ended setting . ) What to do af [...]

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    Con ne ct i ng th e po we r a nd t u r n i ng o n t he pr i n t er Once y ou ’ ve c onnected the pri nter to y our netw orks , y ou ’ re read y to start up th e printer . Fo llo w these steps t o mak e s ure e veryt hi n g is w orki ng c or rect l y . 1M ake sure the printer is turned off. 2P lug in the printer. In sert the soc ket end o f the [...]

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    3P ress the power switch to turn the printer on. Th e printer take s about 3 mi nutes t o w arm up . During w ar m-up , v ariou s status li ghts fl ash, and the pri nter p erf or ms an autoc alibrati on proced ure , ens uri n g g ood co lor printing qu ality . 4S ave the startup page. It contains information you may need to complete network setup. [...]

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    5C heck the status lights. After t h e star tup and demonstrati on pag es are printed, the R ead y/I n Use li ght gl ow s steadil y . All ot her li ghts shoul d b e o ff . If any ot h er li ghts are on, see Ap p e ndix G . Sa v i n g ene rg y Y our Co lor L aserW riter 1 2/60 0 P S meets En erg y S tar gui delin es f or sa v i ng ener g y . B y def[...]

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    Adju s ting c o mm u n ic ation s et ti n g s T hou gh y ou can ad just man y of the C ol or La serW riter 1 2/6 0 0 P S co mmunic ati on settin g s , the standard (f act ory def au lt) setting s w ork for most e nv i ron men ts . Sta nd a rd (f ac t o r y de fa u l t) sett i ng s f o r the pa ra l le l port Port Mode Data Protocol Parallel On Auto[...]

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    If y ou ha v e c hang ed a ny o f the setting s and w ant to re set the pri nter to t he standard sett i n gs , mo v e the conf ig urati on s witch on t h e pri nter t o the lef t- hand posit ion . T hen restart the pri nter (u sing t h e R estart Pri nter c omma nd from t h e A pple Printer Utility or b y tur ning the printer of f and then on) . F[...]

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    42 Chapter 1 How t o re t u rn t o the de f a u l t sett i ng s To retur n t o the f act ory def ault sett i ng s , mo v e the conf ig urati on s witch t o the lef t-ha nd posit ion and restart the pri nter . Choose R e star t Printer from the Utilit ies m enu (i n the A pple Printer Utility) or tur n the pri nter o ff and on. Fi n al l y , be s ur[...]

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    Thi s c hap te r ex pl ai ns ho w to prepare t h e Co lor L aserW riter 1 2/6 0 0 PS f or u se on an App leT al k netw ork, c onfi gure t h e printer us i ng the A pple Printer Utility , and prepare users ’ Macint osh computers t o pri nt on t he pri nter . No t e : F or i nstructi ons on setting up t h e printer f or acce s s by M acintosh c lie[...]

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    Be f ore y o u beg i n Bef ore y ou begin, mak e sure y ou ha v e m set up the printer as de scrib ed i n Chapter 1 m c onnected t he pri nter t o y our n etw ork m made bac kup cop ies o f the pri nter dis k s IMPORTANT To u s e t h e pri nter so ft w are , y ou need a Macint osh with a 68 020 or hi gh er central proces sing unit (an y Mac i nt os[...]

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    St ep 1: Inst al li n g th e so ftw a re t he pr i n te r ad m i n i s t rat or needs To i n s t a ll the pri nter s of tw are on a Mac i ntosh c omputer , f oll ow t hese steps: IMPORTANT Do not “ dra g i nstall” the pri nter s of tw are . If y ou do , th e file s wo n ’ t b e properl y dec ompres sed a nd won ’ t work . 1 Turn off any aut[...]

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    7I n the Installer dialog box, click the Install button. The Ins t aller tak es a f e w moments t o cal cul ate what needs to be done a nd th e n b e gins t o i nstall f iles . 8 Follow the instructions on the screen until the installation is complete. 9W hen you see a message reporting that installation was successful, click Restart. Th e Installe[...]

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    St ep 2: Choosi ng th e pri n ter on t h e admi ni st r at o r’ s com p ut er Bef ore y ou c an use the printer , y ou must u se the Chooser to se lect the printer a nd set up the printer so ft w are . Y ou onl y ha v e to set up t h e pri nter s of tw are once , w h en y ou first selec t it. Once y ou select t h e pri nter in the Chooser , y ou [...]

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    St ep 3: Ma ki ng s u re e v e r yth i ng i s wo r k i ng The be st w a y t o make s ure e v erythi ng i s set up cor rect l y is t o print somet hi n g . As a s imple te st , op en and pri nt the R ead Me file t hat is in the App le Las er W riter So ft w are f older . 1 Locate the Read Me file in the Apple LaserWriter Software folder. 2C lick the[...]

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    Chang ing pr int e r s e t tin g s with th e Apple Pr int e r U tili t y T hou gh the pri nter itself has no c ontro l pan el, y ou c an chang e som e setting s on the printer by u sing pr ogram s on computers c onnected to it: m On M a ci nto s h c omp ut er s , us e the App le Pri nter Ut ility , descri bed i n thi s ch ap te r . m On I B M PC an[...]

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    Us e the A pple Printer Utility t o m vi ew informati on about the pri nter , s uch a s the App leT al k printer name and th e t ot a l numb er o f pag es t h e C ol or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S has printed m name t he pri nter on A ppleT al k netw orks m ide nti fy t h e pri nter ’ s ph y s ic al locat ion m do wnload f onts t o the pri nter or[...]

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    Op eni ng th e Apple Pr inter U ti lit y Th e A pple Printer Utility ha s tw o window s: the Printer Selec tor windo w , wh ic h is s imilar t o the Chooser , and the pri nter feature s wi ndow , whi ch y ou use to v i ew or c hang e the pri nter ’ s setting s . 1D ouble-click the Apple Printer Utility. Th e Installer puts the App le Pri nter Ut [...]

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    4 To open a category and display its information and options, click the arrow beside the category name. A dditional opt ions ma y appear that y ou c a n al so open a nd work wit h. When y ou are finished changin g options in a par ticu lar c ate g ory , y ou can c lic k the ar ro w a g ai n to c oll apse the opti ons . 5A fter viewing the informati[...]

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    Vi e win g pr inte r infor m ati o n Y ou can v ie w i nf ormation about y our C ol or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S by disp la ying t h e pri nter inf ormati on in the pri nter f eatures windo w . m Open the Printer Information category. Y ou see a list o f printer i nf ormation . Na m i ng t he pr i n t er To h e l p u s e r s eas il y select t h e [...]

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    3I n the panel that appears, type a new name. When the pa n e l opens, it sho w s the selected printer ’ s cur rent name . 4 To send the new name setting to the printer, click Send. Iden ti fyi ng the pri n te r’ s ph y s ica l l oca t i o n Y ou can type a descript ion o f the printer ’ s loc ati on. 1 Open the Printer Preferences category. [...]

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    Sen d i ng f o n t s t o th e prin ter Y ou can send additi onal f onts (somet ime s c alled down l oadin g f ont s ) to t h e printer ’ s RAM or t o the pri nter ’ s opti onal hard di s k. Y ou do not ha ve t o do wnload f onts t o use t h em in pri nted do cuments , but do i n g so c an make y our do cuments print more qu ic kl y . 1 Open the[...]

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    4I n the dialog box that appears, click a font to select it, then click Add. Th e F onts f older (ins ide the S y stem F ol der) is one pl ace to f i nd f onts . 5 Use the Destination pop-up menu to choose a destination for the fonts. F onts y ou send t o the printer ’ s RAM are lost w hen e v er the pri nter is tur n ed off , wh e r eas f onts s[...]

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    Remov ing fonts When y ou no lon g er need them, y ou c a n remo v e f onts from the printer ’ s mem ory or a hard di s k connected t o the pri nter . 1 Open the Printer Preferences category. Y ou see a list o f pref erence s . 2 Open the Fonts category. 3 In the Fonts panel that appears, select the fonts you want to remove. 4C lick Remove. Print[...]

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    Init ial izi ng a h ard di sk con nec ted t o the p ri n t er If y ou connect an inter nal or ex ter nal hard di s k to t h e pri nter , y ou need to ini t i a lize t h e dis k bef ore y ou c an dow nload f onts t o it. (See Chapter 5 f or in fo rm ati on about connect i n g hard di s ks t o the printer . ) The C o l or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S p[...]

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    Tu r n i n g t h e s t ar tup p a ge s o n or o f f The C o l or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S nor mall y prints a star tup pa ge and a demonstrat ion pa ge w h en y ou tur n the pri nter on . T he star tup pa ge sho w s the printer ’ s name , t he total number of pa g es printed, the amount o f memory , ins ta lled options , and communi cat ion set[...]

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    Conser v ing energ y Y our Co lor L aserW riter 1 2/60 0 P S aut omatic all y reduces its po wer c ons umpti on af ter 60 mi nute s of inact i v ity . Y ou can len gthen or shor ten the tim e th at th e printer remai ns idle bef ore it reduces its po w er cons umpti on. Once the printer tur ns dow n its pow er , it will n eed t o w arm up ag ai n b[...]

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    Se tt i ng p a per -ha nd l i ng o p t i o ns When the sta ndard paper ca ssette runs out of paper , the Co lor L aserW riter 12 /60 0 P S can aut omatic all y s witch and use paper from another pap er source , su ch as th e m u l t ipur pose tra y (if y ou tell t he pri nter t hat the tra y contains the sa me s ize paper) . T his lets y ou cont i [...]

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    Se tt i ng u p j ob ha n d l i n g Y ou can set job handli n g f or i ndi v idual net work pr otoco ls that y ou u se . If y ou n eed t o shut dow n the pri nter in the middle o f pri nt ing a document , y ou c a n use this pa nel t o make s ure the printer finishes t h e job b e f ore c los i ng the con n ectio n. 1 Open the Job Defaults category.[...]

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    Se tt i ng t he pr i n t er’ s er r or t i me o ut Occ as ionall y , a user ma y send a job t o the pri nter , then ex p erience a computer prob lem, s uch a s a pow er f ailure . Other u sers with print jobs in the queue must w ait until t h e printer c a nce ls t h e problem job . U se the I/O Er ror Ti m e out pan e l to te ll the printer how [...]

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    Se tt i ng t he pr i n t er’ s ne two r k z ones Y ou can specify the A ppleT alk n etw ork zon e that the pri nter will b e acce ss ib le i n . 1 Open the Communication Configuration category. Y ou see a list o f communi c ati on setting s opti ons . 2 Open the Printer’s Zone category. 3I n the panel that appears, select the zone you want the [...]

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    Vi e wing t h e E t her net a dd ress Y ou can v ie w the pri nter ’ s E ther n et addres s when needed. 1 Open the Communication Configuration category. Y ou see a list o f communi c ati on setting s opti ons . 2 Open the Ethernet Address category. 65 Setting Up the Printer for Macintosh Users The printer’s Ethernet address appears.[...]

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    Wo r k i n g w i t h a NetW a re ne tw or k If the C ol or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S is c onn ected t o a NetW are n et work , you ca n use t h e App le Printer Utility on a Mac i ntosh t o conf ig ure NetW are settin g s i n t he pri nter . 1 Open the Communication Configuration category. Y ou see a list o f communi c ati on setting s opti ons . [...]

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    When y ou set up the printer as a print ser ver , the pan el b elo w appears . 3 To send the changes to the printer, click Send. 67 Setting Up the Printer for Macintosh Users If the printer is a print server on the NetWare network, click PServer. Type the PServer printer password here. (It must match the password you assigned in the NetWare setup p[...]

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    Chang i ng T CP / IP con f i g u rat io n s Y ou can specify the IP addres s of t h e pri nter . F or i nf or mati on about determi ning t h e printer ’ s I P addres s and setting up the printer on a T CP/I P net w ork, see Chapter 4 . 1 Open the Communication Configuration category. Y ou see a list o f communi c ati on setting s opti ons . 2 Ope[...]

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    When y ou c lic k the A dd button in the T CP/I P C onfi gurat ion panel, t his di alo g bo x app ears: m To allo w printing fr om all hosts on the sam e subnet as t h e pri nter , choose Lo c a l a nd specify t h e printer ’ s s ubn et ma s k. m To add a par ticu lar host t o the list , choose Indi v idual and type the host ’ s I P addre s s .[...]

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    Vi e wing an d c ha n g i ng co m m un i ca t i on se tt i ng s If y ou don ’ t n eed all of the printer ’ s communi cat ion sett i n gs f or y our netw ork en v i ronment , y ou c an tur n unneces sary sett i n gs o ff wit h the App le Pri nter Utility . F or more inf or mat ion about connect i ng the printer to L o c alT al k, Ether n et, a n[...]

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    5 In the panel that appears, you can change settings if you need to. F or ex amp le , if y ou know t hat the pri nter will ne ver rece i v e a NetW are me ss ag e o ver t h e n et work , y ou c a n tur n of f the NetW are i nterf ace and stop th e pri nter fr om sending out unneces sary NetW are pac k ets . 6 To send the changes to the printer, cli[...]

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    Sen d i ng P os tSc r i p t f i l es t o the p ri n t er Y ou can do wnload P ostS cript file s t o the pri nter t o pri nt a P ostScript pr ogram or Encaps ul ated P ostScript (EP S) file , or to run a P ostScript pr ogram t o ch a nge th e i n t e r n al sett i n gs o f the pri nter . Y ou c a n create a PostS cript file in a va r i e t y o f tex[...]

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    Ge tt i ng Ma c i n t o sh u sers s ta r t ed us i n g the p ri n te r As s oon as y ou c onnect the printer to t h e netw ork, it ’ s ready t o use . I n preparing t o pri nt on it, M acintosh u sers f ollo w the sam e ba si c steps that y ou did t o i nstall the so ft w are and set up the pri nter . Eac h user m ins ta ll s t h e printer so ftw[...]

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    Pr e p ar ing a se r v e r so u ser s ca n i n s ta l l o v er a ne tw o rk If y ou w ant users t o i nstall thei r so ft w are fr om a n et work serv er rather than pas s around t h e original Mac i ntosh fl oppy di s ks , y ou must c opy t h e di s ks t o a serv er as f o llo ws: 1 Create a new folder on the server and name it (for example, Netwo[...]

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    Inst al li n g th e prin ter so ftw ar e f ro m the se r v e r After y ou ’ v e cop ied the so ft w are t o the server a s descri b ed in “Prepari ng a Ser v er so Us ers Can I nstall Ov er a Netw ork ” earlier in thi s chapter , users c an ins ta ll the so ft w are on t h e i r ow n computers b y f ollo wing the se steps: 1 Turn off any auto[...]

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    Wh at to do ne x t Th e printer is no w set up on y our App leT al k netw ork. If y ou w a nt to install an y options , see Chapter 5 . T o lear n ho w t o pri nt fr om a Mac i ntosh c omputer , see Chapter 6 . T o set up the pri nter f or W i ndow s us ers , see Chapter 3 . T o set up the printer for UN IX users , see Chapter 4 . 76 Chapter 2[...]

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    Thi s c hap te r descri b e s how t o set up the C olor L aserW riter 1 2/6 0 0 P S for u se with IB M PCs or compat ible c omputers r unning W indow s or DO S . It pro v i de s detailed procedures f or settin g up the printer f or use on a N o ve ll NetW are n et work and instr uct ions f or installi n g a nd u sing A pple Print Monit or for W i n[...]

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    Be f ore y o u beg i n Set up the printer as de scribed in Chapter 1 , rememberi n g to m unpack and prepare the printer m c onnect t he pri nter t o y our NetW are n etw ork us i ng Ether net cab les or thro u gh a di rec t parallel c onn ecti on to a PC (T o connect t he pri nter direct l y to y our IB M PC or compati ble c omputer , you mu st us[...]

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    4 Read the README.TXT file on this disk to check for late-breaking news. Y ou can do thi s with W indow s Notepad or another w ord pr oces sor . 5F rom the Windows Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu. 6T y p e a:setup or b:setup (depending on which drive holds your installation disk) in the command line field and click OK. After a f e [...]

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    11 Select another Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS printer, if any, and click OK to install. Repeat for each printer you want to install. 12 When you’re done, click Close. A me ss ag e app ears telling y ou t o use the Printers contro l pa n el t o connect a nd set up the printers you ’ v e installed. B y def ault , eac h printer use s LPT1 . The Pr[...]

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    Inst a llin g s of t wa r e fo r W in d ows NT The st eps t o install the PostS cript Pri nter De scripti on (P PD) f ile for t h e Co lor La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S (or other App le pri nter) on a W indow s NT s y stem are s imil ar t o those i n the pre v i ous sect ion, e x cept that y ou selec t Cust om I nstall (step 7) and c lic k “W indow [...]

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    Init ial Apple Prin t Moni tor f o r Wi nd ow s set up Thi s se c t i on pr ov ide s i nstructi ons on us i ng A pple Print Monitor on an Et he rn et netw ork or with a paralle l connect ion . 1D ouble-click the Apple Print Monitor icon located in the Apple LaserWriter Software program group. 2I n the Apple Print Monitor window, click Select Printe[...]

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    Cl ic king t his butt on shrin ks t h e wi ndo w to an ic on, lea v ing A pple Print Monit or r unning in memory . To s e t s o m e additi onal f eatures o f the pri nter s of tw are , see “ Settin g A dditi onal Printer P arameters W ith the A pple Printer Utility f or W i ndow s , ” later in thi s ch ap te r . Re p eat the se steps on each c [...]

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    IMPORTANT The C o l or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S is a P ostScript printer onl y . If y ou are us i n g NetW are 4 .x, u se PostS cript bann er pag e s onl y . If y ou use a nother type of b ann er pag e , the b ann er will not pri nt. D o not use b a nn er pa ge s at all with NetW are 3 .x . If y ou do , the bann er will not pri nt. St ep 1: Choos[...]

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    Wh a t to do ne xt Once y ou deci de how y ou w ant t o set up the pri nter , proceed as f oll ow s: m PSERVER To set up the printer as a print ser v er , read about how t o use PC ONS OLE in the n ex t sect ion, then m if y ou w ant a simp le setup , read “ S tep 2 , O pt ion A: Sett i ng Up the Printer as a Print Serv er (U sin g PCON SOL E) , [...]

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    Usin g P C O N SOLE PC ONS OLE i s a DO S-ba sed utility f or conf ig uri ng printers on a NetW are net w ork . T hi s c hapter pro v ide s i nf or mati on on the set o f bas ic PC ON SOLE operations requ i red t o set up the C ol or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S . PCON S OLE i s not pro v i ded with t h e pri nter . It come s with y our NetW are so f[...]

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    St ep 2 , op t i o n A: Sett i ng u p the p ri n te r as a p ri n t se r v e r (us i n g PCO NS O L E) To set up y our pri nter as a print ser ver y ou mu st r un PC ONS OLE under DO S to s p e ci fy the pri nt serv er (PS ER VE R mode) and create a print queue . IMPORTANT The pr o cedures in thi s secti on are sp ecif ic f or a v ersi on of PC ONS[...]

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    4 Use the arrow keys to highlight Print Servers in the menu, and press Enter. If a v ailab le , a list o f pri nt ser v ers appears . Example APPLE_LW6C4B3D APPLE_LWF40B99 APPLE_LWF40B8D APPLE_LWF40BE9 5P ress Ins, then type the NetWare printer name (provided on the printer’s startup page) and press Enter. The l a st s i x di gits i n the NetW ar[...]

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    2S elect Printers and press Enter. The De f ine d Printers list appears . 3P ress Ins, then type a name for the printer and press Enter. Choose a use ful name a ss o ci ated with the printer ’ s loc ation or ot h er ide nti fyin g f eature . 4S elect the printer you just named and press Enter. Th e Printer Conf i gurati on menu f or y our pri nte[...]

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    4I f the new queue name is not already selected, use the arrow keys to highlight the queue name and press Enter. The Pr int Queue I nf ormation m enu app ears , disp la ying opt ions f or managin g th e pri nt queue . Print Jobs Status Attached Print Servers Information Users Operators Print Servers 5I n the Print Queue Information menu, select Pri[...]

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    Com plet in g th e PS ERVER co n fi g u rat i on w i th t he Ap pl e P ri n t er Ut i l ity 1 Start Windows, if it’s not already running. 2 In the Program Manager window, open the Apple LaserWriter Software program group and double-click the Apple Printer Utility icon. 3C l i ck Network. 4S elect the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS printer you want, [...]

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    St ep 2 , op t i o n B: Sett i ng u p the p ri n te r as a remo te prin ter (R P R I NT E R mode) To conf i gure y our printer as a rem ote pri nter , you mu st use PC ON S OLE t o specify the print ser ver t hat will pro v ide serv ice t o y our pri nter , create a print queue (if neces sary) , and as soci ate a pri nt queue with the print ser v e[...]

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    5 In the Print Server menu, select the print server you want to use and press Enter. The Pr int Se rv er Inf or mati on menu appears . Printers Information and Status Users Operators Description Password Audit 6S elect Printers and press Enter. The De f ine d Printers menu app ears , disp la ying opt ions f or c onfi g uri n g the print ser v er . [...]

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    15 Press Esc once to save the configuration. PC ONS OLE as ks y ou t o conf i rm the n ew c onfi gurat ion . 16 Select Yes and press Enter to confirm the changes. The ne w l y de fined pri nter no w app ears i n t he list o f conf i gured printers . 17 Press Esc until you return to the Print Servers menu. Now th at th e print ser v er is spec ified[...]

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    Associ at ing a p r int s e r ve r wit h th e print qu eu e After y ou ’ v e created a new print queue , y ou need to a ss o ci ate the pri nt serv er with t h e queue . 1 In the Available Options menu of PCONSOLE, select Printers and press Enter. The Pr int Se rv er s m e nu appears , displ a yi ng t he names o f ex ist i ng print serv ers . 2S [...]

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    9T y p e load pserver prin t_ ser v er and press Enter. Example load pserver PS_486 10 Restart the printer (by turning it off and on or using the Apple Printer Utility). Nex t , you ’ll use the A pple Printer Utility t o comp lete the c onfi g urati on. Com plet in g th e R PR INTE R con f i g u ra t i on w i th t he Ap p le P ri n t er U t i l i[...]

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    St ep 3: Assi gn i ng a pa ss wo r d f or t he pr i n t serv er (o p t i o na l) Y ou can use PC ON SOL E t o as si gn a pas s w ord f or printing pri v ileg es . Ho we v er , if y ou as s ign a pa ss w ord in PCON SOL E, y ou must als o use t h e Ap pl e Printer Utility f or W i ndow s t o specify the sam e pas s w ord, a s de scribed in “ S ett[...]

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    St ep 4: Se tt i n g up t he P o stSc ri p t p r i n te r dr i v e r f o r NetW a re 1I n Windows, double-click Control Panel. 2D ouble-click Printers. 3C lick Connect. The Connect dialog box opens. 4C lick Network. The NetWare Printer Connections dialog box opens. 5S elect the queue and the port the printer is assigned to. 6C l i ck Capture, then [...]

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    Se tt i ng a dd i t i o na l pa ra me te rs w i th t he A pp le P r i n t er U t i l i ty f o r W i nd o w s The printer ha s def ault setting s f or both paralle l and E ther n et ph y si c al c onf ig urati ons . If y ou w ant t o v ie w the printer ’ s conf ig urati on informati on or ch a nge any o f the setting s , y ou must u se the A pple [...]

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    m name t he pri nter on NetW are n etw orks b y as si gning it a P S E R VER or RPRIN TE R name m a ssign a pa s s w ord f or NetW are netw orks m create an acce s s list f or T CP/I P and NetW are netw orks m vi ew and set the I P addre ss m vi e w a nd conf ig ure the pri nter ’ s communic ati on setting s m send P ostScript f ile s t o the pri[...]

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    Se lect i ng t he pr i n t er Bef ore y ou c an use the A pple Printer Utility t o p erf orm op erat ions on a printer , y ou must: m Select the connection type. m Select the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS printer you want, then click Open Printer. Vi e win g pr inte r infor m ati o n Y ou can v ie w i nf ormation about y our printer: m In the Apple P[...]

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    Iden ti fyi ng the pri n te r’ s ph y s ica l l oca t i o n Y ou can type a descript ion o f the printer ’ s loc ati on. 1C lick the triangle for the Printer Preferences category. Y ou see a list o f pref erence s . 2 Open the Location category. 3I n the panel that appears, type a description of the printer’s location. 4 To send the setting t[...]

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    Conser v ing energ y The C o l or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S automat ic all y red uces its po wer c ons umpti on af ter 60 mi nute s of inact i v ity . Y ou can len gthen or shor ten the tim e th at th e printer remai ns idle bef ore it reduces its po w er cons umpti on. Once the printer tur ns dow n its pow er , it will n eed t o w arm up ag ai n [...]

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    4 Use the list box to choose a default paper size for the multipurpose tray. If y ou tur n on the aut omatic tra y s witching f eature , t h e printer dra w s pap er from an y pap er s ource that hol ds the cor rec t s ize pap er . Ho we v er , the printer ca n ’ t tell w hat size paper is in the mult ipur pose tra y , so y ou mu st tell it. If t[...]

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    Wo r k i n g w i t h a NetW a re ne tw or k If the C ol or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S is c onn ected t o a NetW are n et work , you ca n use t h e App le Printer Utility f or W i ndow s t o confi g ure NetW are setting s in t he pri nter . 1 Open the Communication Configuration category. Y ou see a list o f communi c ati on setting s opti ons . 2 O[...]

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    Chang i ng T CP / IP con f i g u rat io n s Y ou can specify the IP addres s of t h e pri nter . F or i nf or mati on about determi ning t h e printer ’ s I P addres s and setting up the printer on a T CP/I P net w ork, see Chapter 4 . 1 Open the Communication Configuration category. Y ou see a list o f communi c ati on setting s opti ons . 2 Ope[...]

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    Vi e wing an d c ha n g i ng co m m un i ca t i on se tt i ng s If y ou don ’ t n eed all of the printer ’ s communi cat ion sett i n gs f or y our netw ork en v i ronment , y ou c an tur n unneces sary sett i n gs o ff wit h the App le Pri nter Utility . 1 On the printer, make sure the configuration switch is in the right-hand ( M ) position. [...]

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    As lo ng as y ou lea v e the conf ig urati on s witc h on the pri nter i n the ri ght-hand pos ition, t h e pri nter u ses the se setting s . If f or a ny rea son y ou need to return to th e original, standar d setting s , flip the s witch b ack t o the lef t-ha nd posit ion a nd re star t the pri nter . T h en, after t h e pri nter ha s po wered u[...]

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    Bann er p ag es a nd Ne tW a re The C o l or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S is a P ostScript printer onl y . If y ou are us i ng NetW are 4 .x , use P ostScript b a nn er pa ge s onl y . If you u se another typ e o f ba nner pa ge , the bann er will not pri nt. Do not u se bann er pag es at all wit h NetW are 3 .x . If you do , the b ann er will not pr[...]

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    Remov ing T y pe 1 f o n ts 1I n the ATM control panel, select the fonts to be removed. 2C lick Remove. Changi ng the size of the A T M f o n t cac he Th e s ize of t h e A TM f ont c ac h e determi n e s how muc h s y stem memory i s ava i l a b l e t o st ore font inf or mation . T h e def ault sett i n g is 25 6K. If y ou are usi ng ma ny typ ef[...]

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    111 Thi s c hap te r ex pl ai ns ho w to prepare t h e pri nter f or U N IX u sers . U sers ’ co mputers must be connected t o the pri nter b y a n E t her net n et work u sin g TC P / I P (T ransmis si on C ontro l Prot o c ol/Inter n et Prot o c ol) . Be f ore y o u beg i n Set up the printer as de scribed in Chapter 1 , rememberi n g to m unpa[...]

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    Init i al T C P / IP s etup Bef ore UN IX users c an use the printer , the pri nter admi ni strator mu st as si gn an IP addres s f or the pri nter , a s de scribed in the fo llo wi ng sec ti ons . W ill t h e s e i ns t r uc t io n s w o rk f o r m y f la v o r o f U NI X? The inst ruc t i on s in t his sec ti on descri b e ho w to perf or m the i[...]

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    St ep 2: Ob ta in in g a n I P ad d ress f o r t he p r i n te r To be reco gnized on y our T CP/I P netw ork, y our printer must be as s i gn ed a n IP addre s s . P ar t o f the addres s identif ies y our s ite; the other par t uni quel y id entif i es t h e de v ice . Most s ites ha v e a n et work administrat or w ho dispense s IP addre s ses f[...]

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    114 Chapter 4 Pr in te r I P ad dr ess ass i g n men t, o p t i on A: U s i n g ping assig n men t An y pri nter administrat or with s up er user pri v ileg es c an use t h e ping a ssi gnment met hod to a ss i gn the pri nter ’ s IP addres s a nd store it in the printer ’ s nonv ol atile memory (s o it remembers the addres s e v en w h en t he[...]

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    5T ype the following ping command to store the Printer IP Address in the printer’s memory: ping printer _ IP _ n ame The printer IP name is t h e same name y ou u sed in steps 3 a nd 4 . Example ping LaserWriterFloor2 The ping co mma nd res ults in a me s sa ge te lling y ou the printer is ali v e on th e ne tw ork. Th e addre ss i s now st ored [...]

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    Pr in te r I P ad dr ess ass i g n men t , op t i on C: U s i ng a B OO TP o r R A R P serv er No t e : Th is met hod work s onl y if the pri nter ha s not been as si gned a n I P addre s s . If y our netw ork has a B OOTP serv er or RARP server on t h e same s ubnet as th e printer , y ou c a n use it t o as si gn the IP addres s t o the pri nter [...]

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    St ep 4: Ma ki ng s u re e v e r yth i ng i s wo r k i ng The be st w a y t o make s ure e v erythi ng i s set up cor rect l y is t o print somet hi n g . Bef ore y ou c an do that , y ou must set up y our ow n w orkstati on f or pri ntin g , as de scribed in the steps that f oll o w . T h e proced ure de scribed h ere i s i ntended to prepare f or[...]

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    Example AppleLWTest|[LaserWriter_12_600_PS]: :lp=:mx#0:rm=LaserWriterFloor2: :rp=AppleLWTest: :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/AppleLWTest: :lf=/usr/spool/lpd/printerlog No t e : F or a descript ion o f s ome of t h e parameters in thi s printcap entry , see “ Getting UN IX Us ers S tar ted U sin g the Printer , ” later in thi s chapter . 3 Create and se[...]

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    Wh a t to do ne xt Y ou ma y conf i gure the printer as ex pl ain ed in the n ex t major sec ti on. Af ter th e pri nter i s confi g ured, you c an set up users ’ w orkstat ions a s ex pl ai ned i n “G e t t i ng U N IX U sers Started U s i n g the Pri nter , ” later in thi s c hapter . Con f ig u ri ng the pri n ter T hou gh the pri nter its[...]

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    2M ake an entry to each user’s /etc/printcap file. Y ou can add printcap opti ons as y ou li k e . (T o see the a v ailab le opti ons , l ook at y our s y stem ’ s ma n pag e f or printcap .) Eac h entry should be simil ar in f orm to th e fo llo wi n g: loc al_ print _queue _n am e |[ de scription_ of_ pri nter ] : :lp=:mx#0:rm= printer _ IP [...]

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    3T ype the following command to change directories: cd /usr/spool/lpd 4 Create and set the privileges for the two spool directories specified in step 2, as shown in this example: Example mkdir KeithsLW chown daemon KeithsLW chgrp daemon KeithsLW chmod 775 KeithsLW No t es o n con fi g ur i n g spec i f ic U N I X s y st em s The f o l lo win g s ec[...]

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    6E nter information into the remote printer form, as follows: m Printer queue name Ty pe the loc al queue name users will u se as t h e name f or th e pri nter . m Remote system name Ty p e t h e I P name as s igned t o the pri nter a s descri bed in “ S tep 3: A s si gning an I P Addre s s t o the Pri nter , ” earlier in thi s chapter . m Remo[...]

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    If th e test pri nt do e sn ’t work If the te st document do esn ’ t print , fo llo w these steps: 1C heck whether the rlp daemon is running. At the UNIX prompt, type ps -e | grep rlp If the proces s i s r unni n g , y ou will see on e or more li n e s of te xt; if it i s not r unning , y ou will see no re sponse . 2I f rlp is running—that is[...]

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    5S elect the following options, in order, from the SAM menu: Printers and Plotters Printers/Plotters Actions Add a Remote Printer ( Do not se lect “ Add a Net work Printer . ”) A f or m app ears f or y ou to de fin e a remote pri nter . 6E nter information into the remote printer form as follows: m Printer queue name Ty pe the loc al queue name[...]

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    If th e test pri nt do e sn ’t work If the te st document do esn ’ t print , fo llo w these steps: 1C heck whether the rlp daemon is running. At the UNIX prompt, type ps -e | grep rlp If the proces s i s r unni n g , y ou will see on e or more li n e s of te xt; if it i s not r unning , y ou will see no re sponse . 2I f rlp is running—that is[...]

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    4 To add a remote queue, choose the following items from the SMIT menu: Spooler (Print Jobs and Printers) Manage Remote Printer Subsystem Client Services Remote Printer Queues Add a Remote Queue A f or m app ears f or y ou to de fin e a remote pri nter . 5E nter information into the remote printer form, as follows: m Name of queue to add Ty pe the [...]

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    Con f ig uring S u n OS v e rs i o n 4 . 1 , U lt r i x v e rs io n 4 .2 , o r o the r BSD sy stems 1 Log in as root . 2 Assign an IP address and IP name to the printer, as described in “Step 3: Assigning an IP Address to the Printer,” earlier in this chapter. 3M ake sure the printer’s IP name and address are entered in the /etc/hosts file. I[...]

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    5A dd the following entry to the /etc/printcap file: loc al_ print _queue _n am e |[ de scription_ of_ pri nter ]: :lp=:mx#0:rm= printer _ IP _ n ame : :rp= re m o t e _ p rint _q ue ue_nam e : :sd= pat h_to_t hi s_qu e ue’ s_s p o ol_d ir e ct o ry : :lf= pat h_to_t hi s_qu e ue’ s_l o g_fi l e : F or a de scription o f these param eters ,[...]

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    The C o l or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S has se v eral user -i nstall able printer opti ons . Y ou can add a 25 0-sh eet feeder (c ontai ning a uni v ersal c as sette) , a 25 0-sheet uni v ersal c as sette , and ex ter nal har d dis ks or an i nter nal hard di s k f or font mana gem ent. Y ou c a n als o i ncrea se the printer ’ s ra ndom-acces s [...]

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    130 Chapter 5 Inst a llin g th e o p ti on al 250-shee t f e eder Fol lo w t h e s e i n s t ruc t i ons f or i nstalling t he 250-sheet f eeder . F or i nstr uct ions on loadin g the f eeder with paper , see “ Loading t h e Opti onal 250-S heet Uni v ersal Ca ssette ” i n Chapter 9 . The c a s s ette b ase adds appr o ximatel y 4 inche s to t [...]

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    3 Remove the universal paper cassette from the feeder. Y ou don ’ t need t o fill t h e ca ssette wit h pap er at this t ime . 4P lace the feeder base where you want the printer to be located. Orient the ba se so t hat its pap er c as sette and the pri nter ’ s pap er c as sette will be on the front s ide w h en t he pri nter is on the f eeder [...]

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    6W ith another person, lift the printer, position it directly over the feeder base, and gently lower the printer until it sits evenly on the feeder. As y ou lo w er the printer , ali gn the cor n ers of the printer di rect l y o v er those o f th e base . Notice the three locator points that protrude from the feeder. The printer fits over these. 13[...]

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    7 Insert the locking connectors. The l oc kin g c onnect ors secure the printer to t he feeder . 8 Replace both paper cassettes (one goes inside the printer, the other inside the feeder). 9C onnect the feeder’s short power cable to the printer. Insert the straight end of a locking connector through the foot of the printer, securing it to the loca[...]

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    10 Connect the longer power cable (the one previously used for the printer) between the optional feeder and a grounded electrical outlet. 11 Turn on the printer. 12 Configure your printer software to use the 250-sheet feeder. Nex t y ou must c onfi gure the printer so ft w are on y our computer t o use t he ne w paper option . F or i nstructi ons ,[...]

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    135 Installing Options Adju s ti ng t h e sid e m argi n Once y ou ’ ve installed the opti onal sheet feeder , y ou can c heck its le ft mar gin settin g . If n ece ss ary , y ou can ad just t he setting s o that the le ft mar gins match on pa ge s pri nted from both paper c as sette s . 1 Turn on the printer. 2 Load paper into the universal pape[...]

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    Inst a llin g t h e 250-shee t u n i v e rsa l casse tt e To i n s t a ll the 250-sheet uni v ersal c as sette i n the printer , f oll ow t h ese steps . 1U npack the cassette and remove any packing materials within the cassette. 2S lide the standard paper cassette out of the printer. 3S lide the 250-sheet universal cassette into the printer. Yo u [...]

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    Ad din g h a r d disks Y ou can install a n inter nal har d dis k a nd attach up t o six e xternal SC SI 40 MB (or l ar ger) har d dis k s to t he Co lor L aserW riter 1 2/6 00 PS . T he hard di s k pro v i de s space f or f ont stora g e . When y ou connect one or more har d dis k s t o your printer t o store f onts , documents will pri nt f aster[...]

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    IMPORTANT The e x te r n al hard di s k y ou connect t o the Co lor L aserW riter 12 /60 0 P S pri nter mu st supp l y 5 v olts DC t o the SC S I bus t o w ork properl y . Check t h e documentati on that c ame with t h e hard dis k f or informati on about SCS I vo lta ge . The ki nd o f SC S I c able termi nator t o use wit h dis ks c onnected to t[...]

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    Con n ect i ng a s i ng l e ex te rn al h ar d dis k 1 Turn off the printer. 2A t t ach the HDI-30 SCSI System cable to the SCSI port on the printer. 3A t t ach the other end of the HDI-30 SCSI System cable to either SCSI port on the hard disk. 4A t t ach a cable terminator to the other SCSI port on the hard disk. The printer rec o gnize s di s ks [...]

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    Ad din g a n int e rn al h a rd di sk To create additi onal space t o st ore fonts in y our C olor L aserW riter 1 2/6 0 0 P S , y ou can purc hase an i nter nal hard di s k . T o install the i nter nal hard di s k, y ou remo v e the contr oller boar d from t he pri nter , connect the har d dis k t o the board, and rep lace the boar d in the pri nt[...]

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    3G rasp the metal frame of the controller board and slide it out of the printer. Pl ace the boar d nex t to t h e printer . (When y ou put on the grounding wri st strap , y ou w a nt to be able t o reach t h e contro ller board ea sil y . ) IMPORTANT Be sure t o put on the grounding wri st strap b ef ore ha ndli ng the hard di s k or any inter nal [...]

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    7 Remove the three screws from the controller board and discard them. 8A ttach the hard drive cable to the controller board. 9S ecure the brackets on the hard disk to the controller board with the three screws that came in the package with the hard disk. 10 Remove and discard the grounding wrist strap. Yo u’ ve no w i nstalled the har d dis k . Y[...]

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    12 Replace the two screws that hold the controller board in place. Yo u ’ v e c o m p leted i nstalli ng a hard di s k in the pri nter . Nex t y ou must initi alize th e hard dis k bef ore y ou can u se it. Init ial izi ng hard d i sks After c onn ectin g a n e xter nal or i nter nal hard di s k t o the pri nter , y ou must ini t i a lize t h e d[...]

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    Usin g ext e r n al h ar d dis ks fro m man uf act u rers ot her t ha n A pp le IMPORTANT Som e ol der mode l hard di s k dri v es ma y not be compat ible wit h th e C ol or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S . If y ou are cons idering c onn ecting e xternal hard dis ks t o your printer , keep th es e p oin ts i n mind: m Th e printer requi res S CS I 40 M[...]

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    Y ou can purc hase addit ional R AM f or the pri nter i n units o f 1 , 4 , a nd 1 6 MB SI MM s . Y ou c an als o purc hase RAM e xpans ion kits fr om ma ny e lectroni c s a nd computer out lets . F or i nf ormati on about the RAM specif ic ati ons requi red to e xpand y our pri nter ’ s memory , see Appendix A . IMPORTANT The R AM used in the Co[...]

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    The ta b l e belo w lists R AM confi g urations y ou c an use . R emember , the t otal amount o f memory (sho wn in the first co lumn) inc ludes the 8 MB o f RAM sold er ed on the contr oller boar d. Amount of memory Slot J10 Slot J11 (megabytes) 12 MB (standard) 0 MB 4 MB 13 MB 4 MB 1 MB 16 MB 4 MB 4 MB 24 MB 16 MB 0 MB 25 MB 16 MB 1 MB 28 MB 4 MB[...]

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    3G rasp the metal frame of the controller board and slide it out of the printer. Pl ace the boar d nex t to t h e printer . (When y ou put on the grounding wri st strap , y ou w a nt to be able t o reach t h e contro ller board ea sil y . ) IMPORTANT Pu t on a gr oundi ng wrist strap be f ore ha ndli ng the S IMM or a ny in ternal pri nter parts . [...]

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    7I nsert the SIMM into the connector at an angle and press the SIMM into the retaining clips on each end of the connector until the clips snap and fasten the SIMM in place. Hol d the SIMM o v er the s lot , alignin g the connect ors a nd notc h es with t h e c ontr oller board ’ s connect or . N otice t hat on e edg e of t h e SIMM ha s a dist i [...]

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    10 Slide the controller board back into the printer. 11 Replace the two screws that hold the controller board in place. 12 Turn on the printer. Th e printer do e s self-di agnost ic te sts each t ime it i s tur ned on. During thi s te stin g , the pri nter v erifie s the amount o f memory installed. If the test determi nes t hat a SIMM i s f aulty [...]

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    13 Check the startup page to see that the new memory is listed there. If the star tup pag e has been tur ned of f , u se the App le Printer Utility t o pri nt th e st ar tup pa ge . (F or details , see “T ur ning the S tar tup P a ge s On or Off ” in Chapter 2 f or Mac i nt osh computers , or Chapter 3 f or W i ndow s computers . ) 14 Next, con[...]

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    De si gn at in g the 250-s he et f eeder as t he pr ef er red pa per s ou rce Y ou can tell t h e pri nter t o use the opt ional f eeder a s the pref er red paper s ource . If y ou do , a nd y ou c hoose A ut o Selec t in the Pri nt di alo g bo x , the printer looks f i rst in the 250-sheet f eeder for paper . If it ’ s out o f paper , the printe[...]

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    7I n the dialog box that appears, choose Installed or Installed and Preferred from the Cassette pop-up menu. 8C l i ck OK. 9I n the Printer Setup dialog box that appears, click OK. Now th e pri nter rec ognize s that the opti onal feeder ha s b een i nstalled. If y ou c hose Installed and Pref er red, the pri nter know s that t he opti onal feeder [...]

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    II pa rt Chapter 6 Ma cin tosh Users Chapter 7 Wi n dows an d DO S U ser s Chapter 8 U NI X Users Chapter 9 Loa ding Pap er Chapter 1 0 M a inte n an c e Chapter 1 1 Clearing Paper Jams Chapter 1 2 Fi xi ng Imag e Problems Ch apter 1 3 T r oubl e shooting Pa r t II con ta i ns i n f orm ati on y o u need t o us e a prin ter that has alr ead y bee n[...]

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    The C o l or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S come s with s of tw are and f onts f or use with Maci nt osh c omputers . This c hapter descri b e s the s y stem requi rements a nd th e pro cedures f or installi ng the printer so ft w are and f onts on a Mac i nt osh. Yo u ’ ll als o find ex pl a nat ions f or us i ng t he sta ndard printing and pa ge se[...]

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    Sy st em requ i rem ent s To u s e t h e pri nter so ft w are , y ou need a Macint osh with a 68020 or hi gher central proces s i n g unit (a ny M acintosh e xcept a M acintosh P lus , S E , Cla ss ic , Po rt able , or Po werB ook 1 00) . Y our Mac i nt osh must ha ve s y stem so ft w are ve rs ion 7 . 1 or later and at lea st 4 me g abyte s (MB) o[...]

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    157 Macintosh Users 5 To start the Installer program, double-click its icon. 6 In the Welcome dialog box that appears, click Continue. After a m oment , the I nstall di alo g bo x appears . At the t op of t h e di alo g bo x is a pop-up menu set t o allo w y ou to perf or m an Ea s y i nstall. IMPORTANT The Ins t aller c h eck s to mak e sure y ou [...]

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    8 Follow the instructions on the screen until the installation is complete. The Ins t aller ejec ts dis ks and as ks y ou to inser t others . K eep f oll owing t h e ins truc t i ons on the screen until t he i nstallat ion i s comp lete . 9W hen you see a message reporting that installation was successful, click Restart. Th e Installer restarts y o[...]

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    Se lec t i ng a n d sett i ng u p t he pr i n t er Bef ore u sin g your printer f or the first time , y ou must selec t it i n t he Chooser . Once y ou selec t the printer i n the Chooser , you w on ’ t need t o rep eat thi s step unle s s y ou c ha n ge printers or chan g e the w a y y our printer is connected. 1C hoose the Chooser from the Appl[...]

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    160 Chapter 6 Cre at ing , thr owing awa y , an d ma n i pu la t i n g deskt op p ri n te r i con s To create a de s kt op pri nter , select t h e pri nter u s i n g the Chooser . Af ter y ou cl ose t h e Chooser , the ic on will app ear on y our de s kt op . See “ Se lecting and Set ti ng U p the Pri nter , ” ear lier in this c hapter . Y ou m[...]

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    161 Macintosh Users Sw i t ch i ng be tw een p ri n te rs If y ou ha v e more t ha n one pri nter a v ail able , y ou mu st selec t whic h printer you wa n t to u se . Th e pri nter y ou selec t is c alled the def ault printer . To c hang e the def ault printer , use one of t h e se three met hods, a s descri b ed in th e n ext s e ctions. m Dra g [...]

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    Se lect a ne w p r i n te r us i ng t he Ch oo ser If y ou don ’ t ha v e a des kt op pri nter icon f or the printer y ou w a nt to u se , y ou must se lect the printer us i n g the Chooser . The Chooser will then create a de s k top printer ic on for t h e pri nter that y ou se lect and make it the de f ault printer . 1C hoose the Chooser from t[...]

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    2 In the dialog box that appears, select the page setup options you want. Most Mac i ntosh pr ograms u se a dial og bo x s imilar t o the one show n b e lo w , althou gh the e xac t feature s ma y v ary . 3W hen you’ve made your choices, click OK. To m a k e t h e printer ’ s cur rent pa ge setup sett i n gs t he def ault s of tw are setting s [...]

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    Printing d o c um e nt s Most pro grams on the Ma c intosh u se a Pri nt di alo g bo x s imilar t o the on e sho wn belo w , althou gh t he ex act f eatures ma y v ary . Y ou can u se the dial og bo x t o sp ec ify pri nt opt ions s uc h as the number of c opie s you w a nt pri nted. Some pro grams add more c hoi ces t o the Pri nt dial og bo x . F[...]

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    Printing a co v e r pag e au t o ma t ica l l y Y ou can c hoose t o pri nt a c ov er pa ge t hat pro v ide s i nf ormation about t h e printed do cument , s uch a s the do cument ’ s name and the date a nd time o f printing . 1C hoose Print from the File menu. The Pr int dial og bo x appears . 2 In the Print dialog box, make the selections you w[...]

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    Printing c o lo r an d g ra y s ca le d ocu me nt s When y ou print a do cument c ontai ni n g col ors or shades o f gra y , y ou can c hoose t o max imize either ima ge qu ality or sp eed. 1C hoose Print from the File menu (or drag the document to the desktop printer icon and drop it on the printer). 2I n the Print dialog box, make the selections [...]

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    Rep or t ing prin tin g error s Y ou can specify ho w pri nt i n g er rors are repor ted when the y o ccur . Y ou can ha ve t h e pri nter pro v i de no sp ec ial repor ting , pr ov ide a s ummary of t h e print er ror on y our M acintosh screen (w h en us i ng f ore ground printing) , or print a pa ge reporting the er ror . 1C hoose Print from the[...]

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    Tu r n i n g t r a y s w i t ch i ng o n o r o ff Tr a y s w itching lets y ou s witch aut omatic all y betw een the pap er c as sette and th e mu ltipur pose tra y (or other opti onal pap er source) wit hout rel oadi ng paper when on e pap er s ource r uns out o f pap er . IMPORTANT If y ou ha v e the sam e s ize pap er in y our pap er c as settes[...]

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    Printing t r an sp are nc ie s When y ou w ant t o pri nt transparencie s , choose t h e Print command and c lic k th e Opti ons button in the Print dial og bo x . T h en c hoose T ra nsparency fr om th e P a p er T y pe m e nu in the Pri nt Opti ons dial og bo x . A pa ge y ou print as a transparenc y looks dif f erent from the sam e pa ge printed[...]

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    Printin g w hil e u s in g t h e c om puter f or oth e r wor k Wi th bac kground printing tur n ed on, you c an use y our Mac i ntosh f or other w ork while y ou ’ re printing . To tur n b ackgr ound pri nt ing on, f oll ow t h ese steps: 1S elect Chooser from the Apple menu. 2I n the Chooser dialog box, click the LaserWriter 8 icon. 3C lick to t[...]

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    Mon i t ori n g an d c ontr o llin g b a c k gr o u nd pri nt i ng If y ou are us i ng b ackgr ound pri ntin g , y ou c a n use the de s kt op pri nter feature s to m onit or a nd contro l the do cuments that are w aiting t o pri nt. T o lear n how to turn bac kground printing on and of f , see t he pre v i ous sect ion, “Printing While U s ing t[...]

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    m To indicate that a print request is urgent, selec t its tit le or icon (b y c lic ki ng it) , th en c hoose Set Print T ime from t h e Printing m enu. In the di alo g bo x that opens, c lic k Ur gent. This m ov e s the pri nt reque st to t h e t op of y our li st. m To indicate that a print request should not print until a future time, selec t it[...]

  • Página 198

    The C o l or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S come s with s of tw are f or IB M PC or com pa tib le c omputers us i ng W indow s 3 . 1 . T hi s chapter de scribes ho w to ins ta ll a nd u se the PostS cript Pri nter Dri v er and other pri nter s of tw are . No t e f o r Wi n dow s N T use r s: S ee “I nstalli n g So ft w are f or W i ndow s NT” (late[...]

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    Inst al li ng th e Wind ows p r inte r so ftw a re To i n s t a ll the W indow s printer so ftw are (if not alread y installed by y our sys t e m administrat or) , fo llo w these steps . T hese instructi ons as sum e that y ou ha ve a m ouse or s imilar po i nt ing de v ice . 1 Find the Windows disks that came with the printer and make sure they’[...]

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    7C lick Express Installation. A window appears that k eeps y ou informed a s file dec ompre ss ion pr oceeds . Ins ert other pri nter dis k s (and c lic k OK) as the pro gram as k s for t h em. Ins tru c t i ons app ear descri bi ng t he n ex t three steps i n the i nstall ati on procedure . T ake a mom ent t o read them. 8C lick Continue. The A do[...]

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    176 Chapter 7 15 Choose how to proceed: F or most u sers connected v i a the parallel c able , the def ault printer dri v er settin g s should s uf f ice . Y ou can monit or y our pri nter s of tw are wit h App le Print Monitor f or Wi ndow s; see the sect ion “Initi al App le Pri nt Monit or f or W indow s Setup , ” in Chapter 3 . F or instr u[...]

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    Wh a t to do ne xt The P o st S cr i pt Printer Dri v er a nd other so ft w are are no w installed. T o lear n to u s e th e P ostS cript Printer Dri ver , tur n t o “Pri nt i n g From W i ndow s Ap pli c a ti ons , ” later in thi s chapter . Inst a llin g s of t wa r e fo r W in d ows NT The st eps t o install the PostS cript Pri nter De scrip[...]

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    Printing from W i ndow s appl icat io ns After y ou ha v e connected the printer to y our computer and installed a nd set up the printer so ftw are , y ou ’ re read y to start pri nt i n g . This sect ion e x pl ai ns the basic s t eps required to print a do cument , thou gh the details c a n v ary from one pro gram t o another . T o find out mor[...]

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    Op eni ng th e prin te r S etup dialog bo x f r o m the C o n tr o l P ane l 1F rom the Program Manager, double-click the Control Panel icon to display the Control Panel. 2D ouble-click the Printers icon to display the Printers dialog box. 3S elect the printer you want to set up from the List of Installed Printers. 4C hoose Setup to display the Set[...]

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    Se lec t i n g p r inte r o pti o n s in th e S e tup d i alo g b ox Y ou can c hang e the most comm onl y used printer sett ing s from the Setup di alo g bo x . (T he tabs i n the dial og bo x als o gi v e y ou acce s s t o additional printer setting s . F or i nf or mati on about these sett ing s , see “ Addit ional Printer O pt ions , ” n ex[...]

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    m Scaling S hrinks or enla r ge s the pri nt imag e b y a percentag e y ou sp ec ify . Y ou can sc ale the ima g e from 1 0 p ercent to 40 0 p ercent. m Copies Sp e ci f ies t he numb er o f cop ies o f each document pa ge t o pri nt. m Watermarks Sp e ci f ies w hic h w atermark t o use . m Layout Sp e ci f ies t he numb er o f pag e s t o pri nt [...]

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    Po s tScr i pt Click th e Pos t Sc ript tab to di spl a y th e PostS cript tab dial og bo x , whi ch con trols col or printing , the communic at ion prot o co l, and P ostScript Le v el 2 f eature s . The P o st S cr i pt tab di alo g bo x lets y ou set the f oll owin g options: m Use PostScript Level 2 features Te l l s t h e dri v er t o use P os[...]

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    m Job Timeout Se ts the max imum number of sec onds that the pri nter will spend tryi n g to print a do cument b ef ore c a nce ling t he pri nt job . A v alue of zero m ea ns that t h e job is ne ver c anceled. m Wait Timeout Se ts the max imum number of sec onds that the printer will wa it f or W indow s t o send data bef ore c a nce li n g the p[...]

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    Fonts Click th e F onts tab t o disp la y the F onts tab dial og bo x . P arameters in this di alo g bo x contr ol the w a y t he dri ver prints T r ueT ype f onts used in y our documents . T h e dri ver c an dow nload a v ail able T r ueT ype fonts a s T r ueT ype f onts (T ype 42); subst itute a v ailable P ostScript f onts f or T r ueT ype f ont[...]

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    m Substitute PostScript Fonts for TrueType Fonts on This Printer When chec k e d, tell s the dri v er t o subst itute PostS cript f onts a v ail able t o the pri nter f or Tr u e Ty p e f onts . Th e dri v er use s the T r ueT ype S ubstituti ons table t o determi ne whi ch P ostScript f ont t o use f or eac h T r ueT ype font installed on y our s [...]

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    Fe a tures Click th e F eature s tab t o disp l a y the F eature s tab di alo g bo x , whic h lets y ou c onf ig ure the pri nter so ftw are t o use opt ional printing f eature s that y ou i nstall on the C ol or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S . U se thi s dial og bo x t o set up a n y opti onal feature s y ou ma y purcha se , s uch a s additional m em[...]

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    Job C ontro l Click th e J ob C ontrol tab t o di spl a y the Job C ontro l tab dial og bo x , whi ch c ontr ols s uc h options a s when the P ostScript header and the PostS cript er ror handler are sent to y our printer . The f o l lo win g l i st de scribes t h e pri nter sett i n gs in the Job C ontro l tab di alo g bo x . m Printer Mode B y def[...]

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    Wa t e rma rk Click th e W a ter m ark tab to di spl a y the W ater mark tab di alo g bo x, w hic h c ontains opti ons for de fini ng , editing , and delet i n g w ater marks . The f o l lo win g l i st de scribes t h e setting s i n the W ater mark tab di alo g bo x. m Select a Watermark List s a v ailab le w ater mark def i nit ions , w hic h can[...]

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    Edit W ate r m ark Choose the Edit butt on i n the W ater mark tab di alo g bo x to di spl a y the Edit Wa t e r m a rk dial o g bo x . The f o l lo win g s et tin g s are a v ailab le i n t he Edit W ater mark dial og bo x: m Text Disp la y s t he tex t of t he selected w ater mark for edit i ng . m Font List s all T r ueT ype a nd A TM f onts a n[...]

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    m Color Lets y ou sp ecify red, green, and blue v alues f or the co lor in whi ch th e w ater mark is printed. As an alter nati ve , Choose C olor brin g s up a Col or di alo g bo x that lets y ou v ie w a nd select a c ol or f or the w atermark. m Position/Automatically Center Watermark/Position Relative to Center Te l l s t h e dri v er how t o p[...]

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    By c ontrast , when y ou ma nuall y do wnl oad a T yp e 1 f ont with t h e Font Do wn lo ader , the f ont remai ns i n printer memory (RAM) unt il y ou s witch o f f or re star t the pri nter or w h en memory limitati ons are ex ceeded. Manuall y do wnloadin g frequentl y u sed fonts t h eref ore red uces printing t ime becau se th e f onts do not [...]

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    3I f it is not already selected, select the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS from the Installed Printers list. 4C lick Setup. The S et up dial o g box appears . No t e : Y ou can al s o op en the Setup di alo g bo x from within many W indow s pro grams . Chec k your pr ogram documentati on t o see if y ou c a n c ha ng e your printer setup from within y[...]

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    Usin g a h a rd d i sk Y ou can add an i nter nal or ex ter nal hard di s k to t h e Co lor L aserW riter 1 2/60 0 PS . A hard di s k c an store man y so ft f onts so t h e y don ’ t need t o be dow nloaded eac h tim e y ou use t h em, thu s ex p edit i n g your print ing . Chapter 5 ex pl ai ns ho w to install a hard di s k. After t h e hard di [...]

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    8C l i ck Add New. Another di alo g bo x op ens . 9M ake sure “Magnetic disk” is selected, then click Add. 10 Complete the dialog box as follows: m F ill in the A v ailab le Memory bo x with the number of kil obyte s y our hard dis k can st ore . m If y ou ha v e F ont Metric s file s f or the f onts , y ou can c heck t h e R ead Font Metric s [...]

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    Init ial izi ng th e hard di sk If y ou attach a har d dis k t o the pri nter to st ore f onts , you mu st i niti alize it (if it is not alread y in App le HF S f ormat) b e f ore y ou can u se it. Y ou c a n do so b y fol l ow i n g t h e steps belo w . 1F rom the Program Manager, open the Control Panel. 2D ouble-click the Printers icon to display[...]

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    Pr intin g to a Po s tSc ri pt f i le As an alter nati v e to printing y our document on the printer , y ou c a n s a ve a Po stS cript lang ua ge de scripti on of y our document as a di s k file . PostS cript la nguage d e script ions o f do cuments c a n b e u sefu l f or m creatin g document archi v e s m printing documents without u sing t h e [...]

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    Usin g th e d r iv er t o prin t t o a P o stSc ri p t f i le Usi ng th e dri ver t o print to a P ostScript f ile is a t hree-step proces s . F i rst , ch a nge y our pri nter setup , t hen use y our pro gram to create t h e file , a nd f i nall y re set y our pri nter setup f or normal pri nt i n g . St ep 1: Chang ing yo ur print e r set u p t o[...]

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    St ep 2: Printin g to a Pos tScr i pt f i le 1 Start the program and open the document for which you want to create a PostScript file. 2I f necessary, select the Print Setup command from the File menu, change the settings as appropriate, and select OK. 3S elect the Print command from the File menu. Y our program ’ s Pri nt di alo g bo x app ears [...]

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    7I f y ou changed any printer settings to print to file, choose Setup to display the Setup dialog box. Undo any changes you made and then choose OK. The Pr int ers dial og bo x appears . 8S elect OK to close the Printers dialog box. 9C hoose Exit from the Settings menu to close the Control Panel. DOS notes If y ou are us i ng DO S pro grams , ref e[...]

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    201 8 UN I X Us e r s Th e detail s o f setting up y our U N IX w orkstat ion depend on whic h typ e of UN IX y ou ’ re runni n g . In most c ase s , the setup requires s up er user pri v ileg es a nd kno w led ge o f the /etc/hosts and /etc/printcap f ile s a nd shoul d be done b y y our local netw ork or printer admi ni strator , as de scribed [...]

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    Printing from a UNIX wo r kst ation to th e pri nter Y ou don ’ t need any speci al so ft w are t o use t h e pri nter . On most UN IX sys t e ms , y ou use eith e r the lpr or lp co mmand t o print do cuments o v er a TC P/IP n etw ork to t h e pri nter . (T h e documents must be in PostS cript fo r m a t . ) Example for lpr lpr -PKeithsLW file.[...]

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    Thi s c hap te r descri b e s how t o load t h e standard paper c as sette a nd t h e mult ipur pose tra y with paper . It de scribes ho w to l oad pl ai n paper , letterhead, t hree-ho le punc h ed paper , and tra nsparencie s f or pri nt ing . Y ou can purc hase addit ional printing opt ions f or use wit h y our Co lor Las er W riter 1 2/6 0 0 P [...]

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    Choosing pa per The C o l or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S produces t he b e st res ults on paper labeled “l aser -quality ” (1 6- to 2 4-pound stoc k) . The pri nter c a n accept st o c k of up t o 28 pounds from t h e mu ltipur pose tra y . To a v oid paper prob lems , k eep the f oll owin g potenti al troub le source s in mi nd: m Temperature S[...]

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    Usin g th e s t a n d ar d pa pe r casse tt e Th e standard paper c as sette holds up t o 250 sheets o f pap er . Y ou can f ill the ca ss ette with U .S . letter -s ize pap er (or A4 pap er , dep endi n g on the typ e o f paper ca ssette y ou ha v e) . Y ou can use p lain paper , letterhead pap er , or three- hole punc hed pap er . T o ref ill the[...]

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    Usin g th e m ul t ip ur p o s e t r ay Th e mult ipur pose tra y is bu ilt into t h e printer . Y ou c a n use the mult ipur pose tra y f or automat ic and ma nual f eed pri nt i n g . Op eni ng th e mu lt ip urp os e tr ay To u s e t h e mult ipur pose tra y you mu st first op en it. Pull on t he latc h at the t op o f the tra y and then lo wer t[...]

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    Pla cin g p a per a nd t ra ns pa re nc i es i n t he mu lt i pu rp ose t ra y Y ou can use t h e multipur pose tra y for all y our printing jobs . Y ou c an keep a small stac k of paper i n the tra y and let the pri nter f eed the pap er aut omatic all y , or y ou c a n u se the multipur pose tra y for manual f eed printing . Wi t h the Auto Sel e[...]

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    F or more inf or mat ion about selec ting paper tra y s for print ing , see Chapter 6 if y ou use a Mac i ntosh or Chapter 7 if y ou u se a n IB M PC or compati ble com puter . Tips f or a v oid ing prob lems Here are s ome s u g ge sti ons to help y ou a v oid pr oblems wit h pap er jam s: m Make s ure the paper li nes up strai ght and do esn ’ [...]

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    Loa ding le tte rhead pa per i n t he mu l t i pu rpo se t ra y Y ou can load a stac k o f letterh ead in the mult ipur pose tra y f or automat ic printing . Y ou c a n als o pri nt letterhead manuall y by f eeding one sheet at a tim e . Th is illustrat ion sho w s how t o load a stac k of letterhead in the multipur pose tra y . ABC Place letterhea[...]

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    Loa ding tr ans p ar enci es i n the m u lt ip u rp ose t ra y Y ou can load one transparenc y at a time int o the mult ipur pose tra y f or manual printing , or y ou c a n pl ace a stack o f about 50 transparenc i es in the tra y f or automat ic f eed. IMPORTANT When y ou print ov erhead transparencie s , use t h e multipur pose tra y . (T hi s h [...]

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    IMPORTANT Ins ert t ran sparencie s so t h e white strip g o es into t h e pri nter f irst. Some t r a ns p ar encie s ha v e shor t strips t hat don ’ t e xtend full y acros s the pa ge . Ali gn these transparenc ies wit h the shor t strip on the left-hand s ide o f the stac k. Inser tin g tra nsparenc ies incor rect l y c ause s them to j am . [...]

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    Loa di ng t h e o ption al 2 5 0-shee t u n i v ersa l ca ssett e 1S lide the cassette out of the printer. (It may be in the optional sheet feeder.) 2S et the width guide to match your paper’s width. The c a s s ette i s marked wit h posit ions f or paper of U .S . letter , A4 , B5 , a nd le g al size s . 3S et the length guide to match your pape[...]

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    4 Insert your paper within the guides. 5S et the size guide on the front to match your paper’s size. Set ti ng th is guid e i ndic ates t o the printer the size o f the pap er i n t he ca ssette . 6 Insert the paper cassette into the printer (or into the 250-sheet feeder). LGL A4 LTR B5 Size guide Load three-hole punched paper with the holes towa[...]

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    215 10 Ma i n t e na n ce The C o l or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S is de si gned f or troub le-free ser v ice . Mai nt en a nce i nv o l ve s puttin g in a n e w t on er c ar tri d ge w h en a co lor runs out , repl acin g the bottle c ontai ning fu ser oil, and rep lac i n g the photoconduct or ca rt rid ge and t on er disposal bo x . In additi on,[...]

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    Sa f et y fi rs t The fu s e r a ssemb l y i n the C ol or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S op erate s at v ery hi gh temperatures—ar ound 40 0° F (20 4° C) . All ow t h e r ollers t o c ool 3 0 mi nutes be f ore perf ormi n g mai ntenance a nd trouble shooting . This area gets hot. 216 Chapter 10[...]

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    Pr e c auti ons during m ai nten anc e To pre v ent damag e t o the printer while perf or ming maintena nce , observe t h e fol l ow i n g prec aut ions . m Do n’ t lubric ate the pri nter . m Don ’ t a ttempt t o dis as semble the printer . m Do n’ t pl ace a n ything on t op of t h e pri nter . These areas get hot. Don’t touch the roller.[...]

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    Re gu lar m ain te nanc e Y ou can perform most re gu lar maintena nce tas ks , rep lac i n g toner c ar trid g es , fuser o il, t h e phot o conduct or cartrid ge , a nd toner dispos al bo xe s . In additi on, wh en the fu ser w ears out, y ou c a n repl ace it y ourself , f oll owin g the in struct ions in Appendix F (or c all an App le-authorize[...]

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    Check t h e statu s pa n el t o see w hich t oner co lor is runni ng l ow . Th en tak e tha t c a r t ri d ge out , roc k it g ent l y bac k a nd f or th a f ew t imes (a s descri b ed in th e c a r tridg e installat ion pr oced ure) to redi stribute the t oner , and reinser t the ca r t r idge. If the light g oes out , y ou can c ontinue t o use t[...]

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    To n e r d i s p o s a l bo x i s fu l l When the toner dispos al bo x is full , the Alert a nd t oner disposal li ghts blin k (and the pri nter st ops w orki n g) . F or informat ion about or deri ng the repl acement s upplie s , see Appendix A . Ins tru c t i ons f or repl acing t h e t on er disposal bo x come in the pack a g e with the phot o c[...]

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    Pho to c on du c tor c ar tr i dge i s we aring ou t When the photoconduct or c ar trid g e is near the end of its lif e , the A ler t a nd phot o c ond uct or c ar trid g e lights g lo w . When the photoconduct or is co mpletel y w or n out , the pri nter stops w orking unt il y ou repl ace the phot o c onduct or cartrid ge . F or i nf ormation ab[...]

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    Fu s e r needs re p la cemen t When the fuser i s worn out, t h e A ler t and fuser li ghts gl ow . A s the fuser approac h es t h e end o f its life , the status panel sho w s a w ar ning , promptin g y ou to or der a repl acement kit. When the fuser is c omplete l y w or n out , the printer stops w orking . F or informat ion about or deri ng rep [...]

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    Cle ani ng th e den s i ty se ns o r a nd se pa ra t i on d i sc ha rg er w i re Cle a n th e dens ity sensor and separati on disc harg er wi re reg ular l y t o keep the printer r unning smoot hl y . 1 Open the printer’s door and top cover and remove the cleaning tool from its clips. Cleaning brush 223 Maintenance[...]

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    2 Lightly brush off any dust that may have settled on the sensors. 224 Chapter 10[...]

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    3P osition the felt tips on either side of the separation discharger wire and run the tool along the wire once or twice. 4 Replace the tool in its clips, close the top cover, and close the printer’s door. 225 Maintenance[...]

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    Cle ani ng th e pa per p ic kup a r ea Th e paper pic kup mec ha nism handles a l ot of paper . Dust from t h e pap er c a n accumu late on the ro llers and on the mechanism . It ’ s impor tant not to let lint or dust interfere wit h the op erat ion o f the printer . T ake t ime t o c lean the paper pic kup area occ as ionall y . Wipe the area wi[...]

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    Th is c hapter pro v i de s so luti ons t o prob lems y ou ma y encounter with paper ja ms w hile us ing y our C olor L aserW riter 1 2/6 0 0 P S . T h e f i rst sect ion discu sse s ho w to read t he pri nter ’ s i ndic at or li ghts t o h e lp y ou ident ify the appro x imate loc ati ons of paper jam s . Th e second sect ion sho w s the steps f[...]

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    Ch e cking th e i n d i cat o r l ig h ts f o r pa per j a ms When pap er i s jammed s ome where i n the pri nter , the P ap er J am li ght gl ow s orang e , and lights on t h e status pan el i ndic ate the loc ati on of ac ces s doors n ear the paper jam. If y ou see other li ghts fla shing , see Chapter 1 0 or Appendix G f or in fo rm ati on abou[...]

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    Ch e cking for an d c l e ar i n g pa pe r ja m s Pa p e r ja m s c a n o ccur in three area s i n t h e printer: m wh ere paper goe s into t h e printer (pi c kup area a nd paper c as sette) m wh e r e pri nting happens (tra nsf er drum) m wh e r e pap er come s out of t h e pri nter (fu ser and output tra y s) IMPORTANT If y ou ex p erience pap e[...]

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    Cle ari ng p a per f r om t he pa per p i cku p a rea Ma ke s ure the mult ipur pose tra y is c losed bef ore y ou op en t he door to t h e paper pic kup area. Gent l y remo v e the jammed paper . M ! C Y Bk The paper jam is in the paper pickup area. 230 Chapter 11[...]

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    If y ou c a n ’ t see or reac h the jammed paper , pu ll the mec ha nism out f or eas ier acce ss . After y ou remo v e the pap er , s lide t h e mechanism b ac k into t he pri nter . IMPORTANT After y ou remo v e the paper , wip e of f the ro llers with a c lean, dry , lint-free c l oth . (T hi s keeps paper d ust from ac cumul atin g . ) 231 Cl[...]

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    If y ou still c an ’ t f i nd th e problem in any o f the pl aces i dentified on t h e status pan el, t h e paper jam ma y be i ns ide the paper ca ssette . (Som etime s a sh eet of paper gets tang led while st ill i n the ca ssette . ) S lide t h e paper c as sette out of th e pri nter . Insp ect t h e stack o f pap er , a nd remo ve an y pap er[...]

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    Cle ari ng paper f ro m th e tr ansfer drum 1 3 If you need to rotate the drum to release the jammed paper, turn this knob. 2 Gently remove the jammed paper. You may have to pull it loose from the small clips on the drum. Pull the paper at a slight angle (not straight up). Note: Don’t let loose toner get on the window of the density sensor. To un[...]

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    If y ou c a n ’ t see t h e paper when y ou rotate t he tra nsf er dr um, c lose t h e l o c ki n g le v er , c lose t h e top c ov er , a nd c lose t h e pri nter ’ s door . Th en op en the acce s s door t o the pap er p ic kup area and look f or the paper jam there . Cle ari ng p a per f r om t he f use r 1I f it’s open, close the face-up o[...]

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    2 Open the fuser access door. 3 Remove the jammed paper. If the paper is hard t o see or reac h, you c an op en the gui de co v er f or eas ier acce ss . 4C lose the fuser access door and resume printing. Press the release lever. Don’t pull the paper too hard. If the paper tears, it is more difficult to remove. Open the guide cover. To move the p[...]

  • Página 259

    236 Chapter 11 Cle ari ng p a per f r om t he op tio n al fe e d er Th e opt ional 25 0-sheet feeder ha s its ow n pap er pic kup area where paper ma y get j ammed. If y ou c a n ’ t f i nd the paper jam, c l ose the acce s s door a nd open the pap er cass e tte . (P ap er might g et c aught ju st as it ’ s lea v ing t h e paper c as sette . ) [...]

  • Página 260

    Th is c hapter s u g g ests w a y s y ou c a n impro ve t h e quality o f ima ge s pri nted on y our Co lor L aserW riter 1 2/6 0 0 PS . m Th e f i rst sect ion de scrib es g en eral problem s with pri nt quality . m Th e sec ond secti on deals with pr oblems printin g in col or . Gene ra l pr i n t q ua l i ty p ro b l em s Print is faded. If area[...]

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    Spots or blotches appear on printed pages. T ry these steps: m T ry pri nt i n g on a high-qu ality pap er t o see if that helps . m Make s ure y ou ’ re printing the ima ge on t h e cor rec t s ide of t h e pap er . m Re pl ace the t oner ca r trid ge c ontaini n g the rele v ant co lor . m Cle a n th e i nsi de of t he pri nter t o remo v e pap[...]

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    A page prints completely black. T ry these steps: m Ma ke s ure the phot oconduct or cartrid ge i s properl y installed. (F or ins truc t i ons , see Chapter 1 . ) m Re pl ace the phot oconduct or cartrid ge . m Ca ll a n App le-authorized serv ice pro v i der . A page prints completely blank. T ry these steps: m Make s ure the sealing tape has bee[...]

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    Stains appear on the back of a printed page. T ry these steps: m Cle a n th e separati on disc har g er wi re . (For instr ucti ons , see Chapter 1 0 . ) m Cle a n th e dens ity sensor . (F or i nstructi ons , see Chapter 1 0 . ) m T ry pri nt i n g on a high-qu ality pap er t o see if that helps . m The tr ans f er c lea ni n g br u sh ma y need t[...]

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    C olor pr int quality p r obl em s Horizontal bands appear on the printed page. When y ou print so lid co lor ima ge s y ou can e x p ect s ome horizontal b a nding (fine horizontal li n e s that are more obv ious in s oli d co lor area s) . T o minimize ba nding , try these steps: m Ba nding i s more like l y with 3 0 to 60 p ercent pri nt c ov er[...]

  • Página 265

    Text or objects on the page are blurry. The C o l or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S use s a compre ss ion sc h eme to pr o v ide 60 0 dpi , n earl y c ontinuous-t on e col or pri nting u sing a s little a s 1 2 MB of RAM . Be ca us e o f the compre ss i on, s ome detail s a nd fin e lin es in co lored ob jects ca n a p p ear blur red. T ry these steps:[...]

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    Thi s c hap te r pro v ide s so luti ons t o problem s you ma y ha v e pri nt i n g with the Col or L aserW riter 1 2/6 00 PS fr om Mac intosh, W indow s , DO S , a nd UN IX com puters . No t e : F or eas ier trouble shooting , it ’ s a g ood idea t o tur n of f b ac kground printing . Pro bl e m s c o ve r e d in ot her p l aces F or help in c l[...]

  • Página 267

    Can ’ t comm un icate with th e pr i nte r If y ou c a nnot u se the App le Pri nter Ut ility t o communic ate with t h e pri nter (f or ex ample , if y ou i nad v er tentl y tur n of f communi cat ion t o all por ts) , y ou must re set the conf i gurat ion s witch on t h e b ack o f the pri nter . Can ’ t c lo se the p ri n te r’ s do or If [...]

  • Página 268

    Can ’ t t ur n th e to n e r c ar ou s e l If y ou pres s and tur n the knob , but th e ca rou sel w on ’ t tur n, pres s the t oner ca r t r idge f i r m ly t o make s ure it is installed all the w a y . Mac i n t os h t ro u bl es hoot ing If y ou are us i ng t he pri nter fr om a Mac i ntosh c omputer , u se thi s sect ion f or troub leshoot[...]

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    m Some o n e m a y ha v e renamed the pri nter . (Chec k the star tup pa ge f or the printer ’ s name . ) m If y ou are us i ng an App leT al k n etw ork that contains zones , y ou ma y not ha ve se lected the correct zone f or the printer . m Th ere ’ s a problem in the netw ork c able s y stem som ew h ere b et ween y our com puter and the pr[...]

  • Página 270

    Apple Printer Utility can’t find an external hard disk. Yo u’ ve attac hed a n ex ter nal hard di s k to t h e printer . T he App le Pri nter Ut ility ca n ’ t r e c o gnize a n ex ter nal hard dis k if m th e dis k has not been i nit ialized m y ou tur n ed the dis k on a fter turni n g on the pri nter An “out of memory” message appears [...]

  • Página 271

    Nothing is printed; no paper comes out of the printer. T ry the f oll o wing steps: m Make s ure the printer is tur ned on. m If y ou are us i ng b ackgr ound pri ntin g , chec k for error me ss ag es . (Doub le-c lic k the de s k top i con f or t h e printer y ou ’ re u sing . ) m If y ou ha v e se v eral pri nter i cons on y our de s kt op , ma[...]

  • Página 272

    Sometimes printing the first page takes longer than I expect. The printer aut omatic all y g o es into an ener g y-sa v i n g mode af ter it ’ s b een idle f or a while . Wh en y ou print while it ’ s i n this m ode , the pri nter take s about t hree minutes t o w arm up b ef ore it c an pri nt t h e f i rst pa ge . The printer administrat or c[...]

  • Página 273

    m Check t h e P aper Out li ght. If it is on, add paper and repl ace the pap er cass e tte . m Check f or a paper jam as de scribed i n Chapter 1 1 . m Check t h e printer c able s . m Check t h e pos iti on of t he por t conf i gurati on s witc h as descri b ed i n “A d j u s t i n g Co m m unic ati on Setting s ” i n Chapter 1 . m Tu r n t h [...]

  • Página 274

    My printer won’t draw paper from the multipurpose tray. Y ou must use t h e App le Pri nter Ut ility t o tell the printer what paper size i s ava i l a b l e in the mult ipur pose tra y . Otherwise , the pri nter dra ws paper from th e pap e r ca ss ette instead. When I print a document in multipage layout, an error page is the only thing printed[...]

  • Página 275

    Sometimes printing the first page takes longer than I expect. The printer aut omatic all y g o es into an ener g y-sa v i n g mode af ter it ’ s b een idle f or a while . Wh en y ou print while it ’ s i n this m ode , the pri nter take s about t hree minutes t o w arm up b ef ore it c an pri nt t h e f i rst pa ge . The printer administrat or c[...]

  • Página 276

    The BOOTP server is not responding. If y ou chose t o use a B OO TP ser v er t o as si gn the printer ’ s I P addres s while settin g up the printer , but the serv er is not re sponding , f oll ow the se steps: 1. C h e c k the /etc/bootptab f ile t o v erify m tha t the lp entry is a v alid I P addres s and that it matche s the addres s i n th e[...]

  • Página 277

    Densi ty co n t ro l pa ne l Th e printer has been ad justed at t h e f act ory t o produce the b e st poss ib le ima ge qu ality . All C ol or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S pri nters c ome with t hese def ault setting s in ef fec t. The r e are al w a y s small v ari ati ons i n c olor betw een dif ferent printers . If y ou ha ve t w o C ol or La ser[...]

  • Página 278

    III part App en dix A T ec hnic al Information an d Printe r Sup pli e s App endix B Se tt i ng U p the P r in t er a s a n AT P S R e mote Prin te r App endix C U s i ng F on t s Wi t h the P r i n te r App endix D W or k i ng W i th C o lo rSy nc App endix E P ack i ng a nd M o v i ng t he P ri n t er App endix F R epl ac i ng t he Fu ser App end[...]

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    Spe ci fi c ations Marking engine m Ca non HX L B P pri nt en gi ne m 3 ppm in col or 1 2 ppm in blac k, c y an, ma genta, or y ello w 1 ppm f or a transparency m 600 x 6 0 0 dpi with C o lor Phot oGrade m E nhanced 6 00 dpi gra y sc ale imagin g (ef f ecti ve 200-li n e screen half tone , 12 2 gra y lev e ls) Laser m Ty p e : S e mic ond uc t or l[...]

  • Página 281

    Controller m AMD Am2 9030 25-MHz mi croproce s sor m 8 MB o f R OM (inc ludi n g 39 T yp e 1 f onts) m 12 M B o f RAM (e x pa ndable t o 40 MB) m 1 28 KB parameter S RAM m SC SI interf ace f or i nternal/ex ter nal har d dis k(s) m Lo c alT al k in te rf ace m Hi gh-speed parallel i nterf ace (I EEE P1 284 ECP , bi di rect ional) m Et he rn et inte[...]

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    259 Technical Information and Printer Supplies m Th e t on er car ousel r otates t o bri ng t he appropri ate col or toner c ar tri d ge in to contac t with t h e photoconduct or . (This c ontact i s betw een the toner de v eloper ro llers a nd the photoconduct or . ) T on er jumps from the t oner ch ar g e to t h e photoconduct or . m At t h e sa [...]

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    m Ti m e s B o l d , Ti m e s Bo l dItalic , T ime s Italic , T ime s R oma n m Zapf Chancery MediumItalic m Zapf Dingb ats Speed m Prints 1 2 pag es per mi nute max imum i n bl ac k, ma g enta, cy a n, or ye llo w; 3 pa ge s p er mi nute max imum i n 2 or more co lors u sing letter -s ize pap er; and 1 transparenc y per mi nute . A ctu al sp eed d[...]

  • Página 284

    Paper sizes and capacity S uppor ts U .S . letter and A4 i n the sta ndard paper ca ssette . Th e pap er c as sette hol ds 250 sheets of 20-pound (7 5 g/m 2 ) paper . T h e mu ltipurpose tra y c a n hol d up to 1 0 0 sheets of standard U .S . letter paper , and other pap er s izes up t o U. S. le g al. Opti onal 250-sheet uni v ersal c as settes ar[...]

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    262 Appendix A Space requirements Weight (printer body only) m A ppr o ximatel y 1 1 0 lb . (5 0 kg) En vi r o nm ent al inf or mation Operating m Te m p e r ature 5 0° t o 86° F (1 0° t o 30° C) m Humidity 20 to 8 0 p ercent RH non-condens i n g (f or optimum print quality , op erate at 3 5 to 7 0 p ercent RH) Storage (toner cartridge and prin[...]

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    Vo l t a g e r e quir em ent s m 10 0 t o 1 20 V (50/60 Hz) m 2 20 t o 240 V (5 0 Hz) m Vo lta ge t olerance ± 1 0% Pow e r co ns u m pt io n Energy-saving mode m A ppr o ximatel y 42 W (m eets EP A E n erg y S tar) Standby average m 10 0 / 1 20 V , appro x imatel y 2 1 5 W m 2 20/2 4 0 V , appro ximate l y 23 8 W Operating average m 10 0 / 1 20 V[...]

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    m Las er W riter II NTXJ m Las er W riter IIf m Las er W riter II g m Las er W riter Se lect 3 6 0 m Las er W riter Se lect 3 6 0f m Las er W riter Se lect 6 1 0 m Las er W riter Pro 40 0 m Las er W riter Pro 405 m Las er W riter Pro 60 0 m Las er W riter Pro 6 30 m Las er W riter Pro 8 1 0 m Las er W riter Pro 8 1 0f m Las er W riter 1 6/6 0 0 PS [...]

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    265 Technical Information and Printer Supplies RAM u p gr a d e s p ec i f i c ations To increase the printer ’ s RAM, purc hase S IMMs wit h the f ollo wing specif ic ati ons: SIMM dimensions m Len gth: 1 07 . 9 5 mm +/- 0 .20 mm (4 . 25 i n. +/- . 008) m Hei ght: 25 . 4 mm (1 . 0 in. ) max imum SIMM sizes and speeds Size Configuration Speed Con[...]

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    Com m un icat io n s etti ngs The f o l lo win g t ab le sh ows th e d e fa u lt c ommunic ati on settin g s . F or in fo rm ati on about us i ng t he conf ig urati on s witc h to ad ju st communic ati ons settin g s , see “ Ad ju stin g Communi cat ion Sett i ng s ” in Chapter 1 . T o chang e or vi ew the cur rent c ommunic at ion sett i ng s [...]

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    A ccesso ri es The f o l lo win g l i st inc l ude s both standard and opti onal par ts . Item Part number Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS Setup Kit M3753G/A Color LaserWriter Toner Cartridge, Cyan M3757G/A Color LaserWriter Toner Cartridge, Magenta M3760G/A Color LaserWriter Toner Cartridge, Yellow M3758G/A Color LaserWriter Toner Cartridge, Black M37[...]

  • Página 291

    Suppl ie s In t he U .S . A., f or C ol or La serW riter s upplie s di rect fr om App le , c all 1- 80 0-6 0 0- 7 8 05 . For y our re ference , the product reor der numb ers are li sted be l o w . In t h e U .S .A ., t o loc ate y our local A pple-aut horized rese ller , call 1- 80 0-5 3 8-96 96 and as k f or ex tensi on 5 25 . F or optimal print q[...]

  • Página 292

    Se tting up y our C ol or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S pri nter as a remote A T P S (A ppleT alk Pri nt S pooler) printer on a NetW are netw ork requires minimal c onf ig urati on; most of t h e n et work printing c apab ility is bu ilt i nto e v ery Maci nt osh c omputer . W ith the proper so ft w are and ph y si cal c onn ecti ons , a Ma ci ntosh o[...]

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    Con f ig uring A TP S f o r the f i rst t i me o n a NetW a re 4 se r v er If y ou are setting up t h e pri nter f or acce ss b y Mac i ntosh c omputers on a NetW are 4 n et work and thi s is the f i rst tim e you are c onfi gurin g A T PS , fo llo w th es e i n s tr uctio n s . Y ou can conf i gure A T PS fr om the ser v er c ons ole or b y runni [...]

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    271 Setting up the Printer as an ATPS Remote Printer 10 Select the Perform Lookup option and press Enter. 11 In the list of installed printers, locate and select the newly installed printer from the list. (It should be identified as “Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS.”) 12 If necessary, edit the Spooler’s AppleTalk Name field and press Esc to compl[...]

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    Con f ig uring A TP S f o r the f i rst t i me o n a NetW a re 3 .x se r v e r If y ou are setting up t h e pri nter f or acce ss b y Mac i ntosh c omputers on a NetW are 3 .x netw ork and thi s is t h e first time y ou are conf i guring A T PS , fol l ow th es e in st ruc t i ons . Y ou can conf i gure A T PS fr om the ser v er c ons ole or b y ru[...]

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    273 Setting up the Printer as an ATPS Remote Printer 6E nter a line of configuration information for each Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS printer. (Enclose the printer name and zone in quotation marks.) Example “Sales Printer:Ethernet Zone” Thi s e x a mp l e i dentifie s the pri nter “ Sale s Pri nter” loc ated in the zon e “Ether n et Zon e[...]

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    Mod ify i ng an e x i s t i n g A TP S co n f i g u rat i on o n a Ne tW a re 3 .x se r v e r Th e procedure f or modifyi ng an ex ist i n g A TPS c onfi gurat ion i s s imilar t o the procedure for creat i ng a ne w confi g uration . T h e primary dif f erence is that y ou are modifyi ng an ex ist i n g A U TOE XEC .N CF file instead of creat i n [...]

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    6E nter a line of configuration information for each Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS printer. (Enclose the printer name and zone name in quotation marks.) Example “Sales Printer:Ethernet Zone” Thi s e x a mp l e i dentifie s the pri nter “ Sale s Pri nter” loc ated in the zon e “Ether n et Zon e . ” Y ou can inc lude a -h opti on at the end[...]

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    277 A f ont is a c ollect ion o f letters , numb ers , and s ymbol s i n a dist i ncti v e typo graphic de s i gn. Y our Mac i ntosh c omputer a nd C ol or La serW riter 1 2/60 0 P S printer come wit h a v ariety of f onts t hat look great bot h on y our monitor and on paper . F onts come in suc h a v ariety o f f or mats that pr oblems c an som et[...]

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    Bit ma p p e d f on t s Bi tm apped fonts c ons ist o f “pi cture s ” of a typef ace at specif ic s izes . F or ex amp le , y ou mi ght ha ve b itmapped fonts at 1 0-, 1 2-, and 1 8-point size s in stalled in y our Mac i nt osh computer . F or b e st res ults y ou need a separate f ont file f or each s ize o f character y ou w a nt to u se . Th[...]

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    Po s tScr i pt f o n t s Po st Sc r i pt is a pa ge-de scripti on lang ua ge t hat defines t he charac ters, s ymbol s , a nd ima ge s that appear on each pa ge o f a document. A PostS cript f ont come s as a pai r o f f onts: an outlin e f ont f or the pri nter a nd a cor re spondi n g bi tm apped f ont f or displ a yi ng type on y our screen. No [...]

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    Tr u e T y pe f o n t s A T r ueT ype font i s sc alable , descri bing a typef ace without ri gidl y specifyin g a si ze . So it l ooks g ood whate v er s ize you c hoose . T r ueT yp e f onts pro v i de shar p tex t at any s ize on screen or on pap er . Y ou c a n mix a nd matc h T r ueT yp e f onts from v ariou s font v endors . Tr u e Ty p e f o[...]

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    Qui c kDr a w GX i ma g i n g tec h no l og y A Qui ckDra w GX font i s a T r ueT ype or PostS cript font wit h a n additi onal set of s ophist ic ated feature s . Th ese f eatures inc lude ex tremel y ac curate typo graphic e lements s uch a s li g atures and k er ning , plu s the ability t o s k ew , rot a te , and add p ersp ect i v e to te xt i[...]

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    F or ex amp le , if a do cument use s 1 2-point T ime s, a v ail able in that s i ze as a bitm a p p e d f ont a nd as a T r ueT ype font , t he s y stem use s the bitmapped f ont. If a document use s 4-point T ime s , the s y stem sc ales the T r ueT ype f ont t o that si z e, b eca use a bitmapped v ersi on isn ’ t a v ail able . Usi ng onl y T[...]

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    Tr u e T y pe a nd P os tScr i p t f on t s Po st Sc r i pt fonts w ere des i gn ed as f onts f or PostS cript pri nters . How e v er , if y ou ha v e A dobe T ype Manag er so ft w are installed, your c omputer c a n bot h disp la y and print PostS cript fonts . Us e d i f f e re n t n a m e s : To a v oid c onfus i n g the pri nter so ftw are , be[...]

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    Wh er e f o nt s ar e s t o red A ll f onts f or y our Co lor L aserW riter 1 2/6 0 0 PS printer re si de in sp ec ial p lace s within the S y stem F ol der . T o i nstall f onts in S y stem 7 , y ou dra g them to t h e Sy stem Fo lder . Y our Mac intosh will aut omati call y put t h em w h ere the y be l on g . In s y ste m s o f t w a re v ers io[...]

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    Sui t ca ses A f ont s uitc ase is a spec i al f ol der for c ollec tions o f f onts . Su itc ase s pro v ide a c onv enient w a y to or g anize f onts i n t he same f ont f amil y . F or ex amp le , it ’ s a g ood idea t o use a s i ng le s uitc ase (c alled Co u r ie r ) f or all f onts i n the C ourier f ont f amil y—all Courier r oma n font[...]

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    Co m b i n i ng suitcase s : To m e r g e all the f onts from one s uitc ase wit h a nother , dra g on e su itca se on top o f the other . All t he f onts from the dra g ged s uitc ase will g o i nto t he other , and the dra g ged s u itc ase will di sapp ear . A s uitc ase c an als o contain fonts fr om diff erent f ont f amilies , alt hou gh y ou[...]

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    Sty l ed f o n t s Most f onts that c ome with y our C ol or L aserW riter 1 2/6 0 0 P S pri nter ha v e def i n ed sty le s . For e x ample , if y ou open the Bookman f ont s uitc as e , y ou see f ile s f or bold and italic v ers ions o f the f ont. Bu t f onts s uch a s Chic ag o , Genev a, Monaco , and New Y ork do not c ome with def i n ed sty[...]

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    Com mo n quest io n s a bo ut f o n ts Here are s ome quest ions that o ften c ome up about f onts . What kind of fonts should I buy? Bi tm apped fonts are be st for screen di spl a y but don ’ t l ook as g ood when y ou print them. P ostScript f onts look great on paper if y ou ha v e a P ostScript printer or Adobe T yp e Manag er . Tr ueT ype f[...]

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    What does the term Apple classic fonts mean? The A pp l e c la s si c fonts are t h e original ten bit mapp ed f onts that c ame wit h th e fi r st Ma ci ntosh in 1 9 84 . Th ese f onts , w hic h all ha v e c ity name s , i nc lude At he ns , Cairo (a p icture f ont) , Chic a go , Gene v a, L ondon, Los Ang ele s , Monaco , Ne w Y ork, S a n Fra nc[...]

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    What is font substitution? F ont S ubstitut ion i s a n option in the P a ge Setup di alo g bo x f or cer tain Po stS cript pri nters . Wh en f ont s ubstitut ion is turn ed on, these printers will us e thei r built-i n equi v alents f or three b itmapped fonts (T imes f or Ne w Y ork, Hel v eti ca f or Gene v a, and Courier f or Monac o) . What’[...]

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    291 Th e Mac intosh does a l ot of w ork t o make s ure that the c olors y ou see on y our monitor c losel y matc h the co lors y ou get on y our printers , scanners , a nd other de v ice s . T h e so ftw are that does t his w ork is c alled C ol orS ync . B ec ause Col orS ync do es its w ork b ehi nd the scenes , y ou don ’ t ha v e t o know an[...]

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    About C olo rS ync Col orS ync is a s y stem e xtens ion that pr o v ide s co lor -con v ersi on capab ilitie s a nd impro v es c ol or cons istenc y . Co lorS ync “tra nsl ates ” the co lors u sed on one de v ice s o that the y matc h the co lors di spl a yed or printed on a nother de v ice . Col orS ync co lor con v ers ion i s a central par [...]

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    To maintai n c ons istenc y , C ol orS ync pre v ie w s a de v i ce ’ s co lor c apabilit ies (in th e C ol orS ync pro file) and–w h ere neces sary–c onv erts sta ndar d co lors t o cl o s el y matching c ol ors that the de v ice c an reproduce . F or ex ample , y our m onit or ma y b e able t o disp la y a v i v id red, but y our pri nter i[...]

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    295 If y ou need to mo v e y our pri nter a l ong di sta nce , f oll ow t h ese steps . 1 Turn off the printer and unplug it. 2 Remove any paper from the paper cassette amd multipurpose tray. 3 Remove the power cord and any cables connected to the printer’s ports. 4 Open the printer’s door. 5 Remove all four toner cartridges. 6P ut each cartrid[...]

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    7M ove the transfer drum lever to the right. 8 Open the disposal box cover. Push the transfer drum lever to the right. 296 Appendix E[...]

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    9T a p t h e toner disposal box to settle the toner. 10 Remove the toner disposal box. 11 Put the plug into the opening in the toner disposal box. The p lu g pre v ents loose t on er from leaking out o f the bo x. 12 Put the toner disposal box into a resealable plastic bag and seal the bag. The stopper is stored here. Pull it loose and use it to pl[...]

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    13 Remove the photoconductor cartridge. Squeeze t h e small latc h a nd sli de the photoconduct or out of t h e pri nter . 14 Place the photoconductor in its orange tray and its original wrapping. If y ou don ’ t ha v e the ori gi nal pac ka gi ng , put t h e phot o conduct or i nt o a bl ack plastic bag to protec t it from ex pos ure to li ght a[...]

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    15 Remove the fuser oil bottle. Pl ace the bott le i n a re sealab le pl ast ic b ag and seal the ba g . 299 Packing and Moving the Printer[...]

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    16 Remove all the fuser oil from inside the printer. Fi rst , use a le v er i ns ide the fu ser acce s s door t o pump fuser o il from ins ide th e pri nter b ack into t h e fuser o il compartment. Then i nser t a turke y b aster or other blunt s yri n ge into t h e fu ser oil c ompar tment and withdra w t h e o il. IMPORTANT Do not u se pap er t o[...]

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    17 Insert the shipping screw into the printer. 18 Close the printer’s door. 19 Repack the printer in its original packing material. When the pri nter ar ri ve s at its new l o cat ion, unpack it and set it up a s de scribed in Chapter 1 . The screw is encased in a sheath. Insert the sheath and turn the screw with a coin until it is tight. 301 Pac[...]

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    303 When the fuser i s n ear t he end of its lif e , the A ler t light and fu ser indic ator on the status panel fl ash t o notify y ou. (When the fu ser i s comp letel y w or n out , the pri nter st ops w orki n g . ) Y ou can purc hase a C o lor L aserW riter Fu ser Re pl acement Kit from an A pple-authorized re seller and f oll ow t he in struct[...]

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    Repl a ci n g th e fus er 1 Turn off the printer and unplug it. IMPORTANT Wa it 1 0- 1 5 minutes t o let the fuser c ool do wn . 2 Open the printer’s door. 3 Remove the fuser oil bottle and put it (upright) in a safe place. IMPORTANT The f u se r oil i s very s lippery . If it spill s on the floor , use paper towels or ot h er abs orb ent materi [...]

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    6 Open the fuser access door. 7 Remove the tab that connects the fuser door strap to the printer. Pu ll the top o f the tab loose . T h en sli de the rest up and pull it out. 305 Replacing the Fuser[...]

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    8 Remove the fuser access door. 9W ith a large flat screwdriver, loosen the locking screws. The sc re w s do not c ome of f . 306 Appendix F[...]

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    10 To slide the fuser unit out of the printer, pull both knobs. 11 To remove the fuser, insert your hands into the pockets and lift. IMPORTANT Don ’ t dr op the fuser . If any o il spill s, c lea n it up immedi atel y . (Th e o il is v ery s lippery . ) 307 Replacing the Fuser[...]

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    12 Unpack the new fuser and remove all the packing materials. 13 Lower the new fuser into place in the printer. 14 Push the fuser back into the printer. Pu sh firm l y . If the fuser i sn ’ t all the w a y in, y ou w on ’ t b e able t o ti ghten the two lo cki n g scre w s . 308 Appendix F[...]

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    15 With the screwdriver, tighten the two locking screws. If the scre w s w on ’ t ti ghten a nd lock , th e fuser i sn ’ t in f ar enou gh. Push it fir ml y . 309 Replacing the Fuser[...]

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    16 Reattach the fuser access door. 17 Reattach the fuser door strap. 310 Appendix F[...]

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    18 Close the fuser access door and the paper pickup access door. 19 Replace the fuser oil bottle. 20 Close the printer’s door. Re pl a ci ng th e tr ans fe r drum c l e a ning unit 1I f necessary, close the multipurpose tray. 2 Open the door to the paper pickup area. Close the cover. 311 Replacing the Fuser[...]

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    3P ull the paper pickup unit out. 4 Remove the connector cover. 312 Appendix F[...]

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    5U nplug the cable connector. 6U nlock the lever so you can remove the unit. 313 Replacing the Fuser[...]

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    7S lide the unit to the left, then pull it out of the printer. 8I nsert the new cleaning unit. 314 Appendix F[...]

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    9 Lower the lever to a vertical position and snap it into place. 10 Plug in the cable connector. 315 Replacing the Fuser[...]

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    11 Replace the connector cover. 12 Push the paper pickup unit back into the printer and close the door. 316 Appendix F[...]

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    Repl a ci n g th e ai r an d o z o n e filter s 1 Remove the cover. 2U nlock and remove the used air filter. To unlock it, slide the air filter in the direction of the arrow. Then lift it off the cover. 317 Replacing the Fuser[...]

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    3I nsert the new air filter and lock it in place. 4G rasp the tab on the used ozone filter and remove the filter from its slot. Align the slots with the tabs, then slide the new filter in the direction of the arrow to lock it in place. 318 Appendix F[...]

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    5P lace a new ozone filter in the slot. 6 Replace the cover over both filters. 319 Replacing the Fuser[...]

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    Repl a ci n g th e sep ara t i o n d i scha rger un it 1 Open the printer’s door. 2 Open the top cover. 3 Remove the used separation discharge unit. IMPORTANT Av o i d g e t t i n g loose t on er on t h e dens ity sensor windo w . 320 Appendix F[...]

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    5 Insert the new separation discharger unit. 6S lide the separation discharger unit to the left to lock it in place. 321 Replacing the Fuser[...]

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    7C l ean the density sensor. 8C lose the top cover. 9C lose the printer’s door. 322 Appendix F[...]

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    323 Thi s ap pe ndix sho w s how t h e status pan el b eha v es w hen the pri nter i s out of paper , when there ’ s a pap er jam, and when it ’ s time f or rout i n e mai ntenance . Occ as i onall y the printer may ha v e a seriou s problem t hat cannot be fix ed with r out in e mai ntenance proced ures . When s uch a pr oblem occurs , the pri[...]

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    Norma l pow er - on st at us p a nel be ha v i o r Eve ry t ime y ou tur n on the pri nter , the li ghts on the status pan el reflec t the re s ults o f dia gnosti c tests the printer p erf orms on itself . Wh en e v erything ’ s normal, the f our mai n lights are on at f i rst. Th en the y go out , one by one , le ft to right. As s oon as t h e [...]

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    Pap er Ou t an d P a per J a m l i g h t s bo t h fl as h If the P ap er Out a nd P ap er J am li ghts b egin fla shi ng , it indic ates a har dw are fa ilure . T hi s is an uncommon e v ent , but if it happ ens , contac t y our App le- authorized serv i ce pro v ider and report the problem . T o h e lp serv ice personnel di a gnose the problem , g[...]

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    Out of paper If the printer cannot find paper , the P ap er Out light g lo w s steadil y . Li ghts on th e small printer dia gram sho w whi ch paper c as sette needs to be ref illed. When the P ap er Out li ght blin ks , the pri nter is read y f or y ou to f eed pap er manuall y . F or instr uct ions on l oadi n g pap er , see Chapter 9 (or the qui[...]

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    Pap er j am s If paper is jammed ins ide the printer , the P ap er J am li ght gl ow s steadil y . Li ghts on t h e small pri nter di agram sho w w hic h doors pro v ide ac ces s to t h e paper jam. F or instr uct ions on c learing paper jams , see Chapter 1 1 (or the qui ck ref erence booklet that han gs insi de the pri nter ’ s door) . F or inf[...]

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    Re gu lar m ain te nanc e F or informat ion about or deri ng rep lacement s upp lie s , see Appendix A . Low to ne r If a t on er c ar trid ge i s lo w or empty , the pri nter k eeps working but print quality s uf f ers . When y ou see the se lights , it c an mea n on e of t w o thing s: m The t o ne r po w der n eeds to be redistri buted i ns ide [...]

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    Low fus e r oil When the bottle c ontai ni n g fuser oil i s nearl y empty , the Aler t light g lo w s . When the fuser o il compar tment i s empty , the pri nter st ops w orking unt il you repl ace the oil. F or inf ormation about or deri ng rep lacement s upp lie s, see Ap p e ndix A . Ins tru c t i ons f or repl acing t h e fu ser oil com e i n [...]

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    To n e r d i s p o s a l bo x i s fu l l When the toner dispos al bo x is full , the Alert a nd t oner disposal li ghts blin k. F or informat ion about or deri ng rep lacement s upp lie s , see Appendix A . Ins tru c t i ons f or repl acing t h e t on er disposal bo x come in the pack a g e with the phot o c onduct or cartrid ge and tw o t on er di[...]

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    Pho to c on du c tor c ar tr i dge i s we aring ou t When the photoconduct or c ar trid g e is near the end of its lif e , the A ler t a nd phot o c onduct or lights g lo w . Wh en t he photoconduct or is c omplete l y w or n out , the pri nter st ops w orki n g until y ou repl ace the photoconduct or c ar trid g e . F or informat ion about or deri[...]

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    Fu s e r needs re p la cemen t When the fuser i s wearing out , the Alert a nd fuser li ghts gl ow . A s the fu ser approac h es t h e end o f its life , the status panel sho w s a w ar ning , promptin g y ou to or der a repl acement kit. After printing appr o ximatel y 50 0 more pa ge s, wh en the fu ser is c omplete l y w or n out , the pri nter [...]

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    Pr o bl e m wit h int e rn a l r andom -access mem o r y (R A M) Th e printer do e s self-di agnost ic te sts each t ime it i s tur ned on. During thi s te stin g , the pri nter v erifie s the amount o f memory installed. If the test determi nes t hat a SIMM i s f aulty , sp ec ific statu s pa n el li ghts come on . If y ou ha v e just installed ad[...]

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    Pro bl e m with th e t o ner ca r o use l If y ou ’ ve ju st i nstalled a toner c ar trid g e but ha v en ’ t seated it prop erl y in the to n e r car o us el , sp ec if ic statu s pa n e l li ghts come on . To fix t h e problem , op en the printer ’ s door . Locate t h e t on er cartrid ge y ou ju st ins ta lled a nd pre ss f i rml y to secu[...]

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    IMPORTANT If y ou are us i ng Qu ic kDra w GX on y our computer , y ou cannot remo v e the des k top printer s of t w are a s described in this appendix . Th e printing s of tw are y ou installed on y our Macint osh requi res at lea st on e printer icon on y our de s kt op a nd use s from 300 to 5 0 0K o f y our computer ’ s random-acce s s memor[...]

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    6C lose the PrintMonitor Documents folder. 7 Open the Extensions folder in the System Folder. 8 Drag the three files—Desktop Printer Extension, Desktop PrintMonitor, and Desktop Printer Spooler—from the Extensions folder into another folder on your hard disk. 9C hoose Restart from the Special menu to restart your computer. When y ou print do cu[...]

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    Mon i t ori n g an d co n t r ol l i ng p ri n t req ues ts w i t ho ut des kt o p p ri n te rs If y ou don ’ t ha v e des kt op pri nters , y ou must u se the Pri ntMonitor pr o gram t o m onit or a nd contro l contro l bac kground printing . 1W hile your document is printing, choose PrintMonitor from the Application menu at the far right of the[...]

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    A A4-size paper 25, 205, 211–213, 261 accessory and part number list 267 acoustic noise specifications 262 Adobe Type Manager (ATM). See also fonts changing size of the font cache 110 installing/removing Type 1 fonts, Windows 109–110 installing, Windows 79 PostScript fonts and 279 turning on or off 110 air and ozone filters, replacing 317–319[...]

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    restarting the printer 108 setting the printer IP address 106, 113 specifying a password for the print server 97 turning automatic tray switching on or off 103–104 turning startup pages on or off 102 viewing and changing communication settings 107–108 viewing printer information 101 viewing the Ethernet address 104 Apple Printer Utility, Macint[...]

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    C cable connector in paper pickup area 313, 315 cables attaching hard drive cable to the controller board 142 connection problems, Macintosh 246 Ethernet 30–31 HDI-30 System 137, 139 LocalTalk 32–33, 34 parallel interface 35–36 SCSI peripheral 137, 139 sheet feeder 133–134 cartridges. See toner cartridges Chooser, Macintosh configuring prin[...]

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    copies, specifying number to print Macintosh 164 Windows 181 cover page, printing, Macintosh 165 Custom Installation of printer software, Windows 79, 81, 174, 177 Custom Install of printer software, Macintosh 46, 158 customizing communication settings 41 D default communication settings, resetting 41, 42 default printer, changing 161 De-Install of [...]

  • Página 362

    errors, reporting printing errors, Macintosh 167 error timeout setting, Macintosh 63 /etc/hosts UNIX file 119 /etc/printcap UNIX file 118, 119, 120 Ethernet address, viewing Macintosh 65 Windows 104 Ethernet network connecting to 30–32 initial TCP/IP setup for UNIX 112–118 setting up Apple Print Monitor, Windows 82–83 Ethernet port 2, 29 comm[...]

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    font substitution 289, 290 font suitcases 285–286 fuser clearing paper jams from 229, 234–235 life expectancy of 260 removing 307 replacing 222, 303–311, 332 fuser access door opening/closing 235, 305, 311 reattaching 310 removing 305–306 unpacking 7 fuser door strap 305, 310 fuser light on status panel 222, 303, 332 fuser oil cleaning spil[...]

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    I IBM AIX version 3.x, configuring 125–126 IBM PC or compatible computers. See also Apple Printer Utility for Windows; Windows configuring printer software for new options 150, 152 configuring the printer 99–110 connecting the printer to 35–36 initial Novell NetWare setup 83–98 installing printer software for 78–81, 174–176 setting prin[...]

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    L landscape orientation 180 laser specifications 257 layout, specifying Macintosh 163 Windows 181 legal-size paper 25, 242, 261 length guide on universal cassette 212 letterhead paper, loading in the multipurpose tray 209 in the standard paper cassette 27, 205 in the universal cassette 212 life expectancy of printer and major components 260 lights [...]

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    maintenance. See also Apple-authorized service provider/dealer; safety instructions precautions 216–217 recommended service interval 215, 260 replacing the air and ozone filters 317–319 replacing the fuser 303–311 replacing the separation discharger unit 320–321 replacing the transfer drum cleaning unit 311–316 routine procedures 218–22[...]

  • Página 367

    network zones, Macintosh selecting 150, 151, 159 setting 64 troubleshooting 246 Novell NetWare. See NetWare number of copies to print, specifying Macintosh 164 Windows 181 O operating modes for NetWare ATPS 84, 270–275 PSERVER 84, 87–91, 95 RPRINTER 84, 92–96 operation summary of the printer 258–259 optional 250-sheet feeder. See sheet feed[...]

  • Página 368

    paper pickup unit, pulling out of the printer 312, 316 paper size, specifying Macintosh 163 Windows 180 paper source, selecting Macintosh 164 Windows 180 paper type, configuring the printer for, Windows 186 parallel interface cable 35–36, 78 parallel port 2, 29, 36 communication settings for 40, 41 part numbers for standard and optional parts 267[...]

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    power cord receptacle 2, 37 power switch 2 precautions. See safety instructions preview screen, Windows 181 printable area, changing settings, Windows 183 printcap options, UNIX 117, 120 Print dialog box, Macintosh 164 printer administrator adjusting communication settings 40–42 configuring the printer for IBM PC or compatible computers 99–110 [...]

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    printing to a PostScript file, Windows 196–199 from a UNIX workstation 202 automatic vs. manual 204 color and grayscale documents, Macintosh 166 cover page, Macintosh 165 DOS notes for 199 finishing before closing the network connection Macintosh 62 Windows 104 font samples Macintosh 57 Windows 102 lines stairstep off the page, UNIX 251 monitorin[...]

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    Q queue. See print queue QuickDraw GX, removing desktop printer software and 335 QuickDraw GX font format 281 quick reference booklet, storing 2, 9 R radio or television reception, interference with xvii RAM. See also memory requirements configuring printer software after adding Macintosh 150 Windows 150, 152, 186 downloading fonts to, Windows 191?[...]

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    S safety instructions. See also Apple- authorized service provider; maintenance cleaning interior parts of the printer 223–226 cleaning the exterior of the printer 222 cleaning up spilled fuser oil 304 conditions that warrant disconnecting the printer 4 fuser oil spills 11 general precautions 5, 217 grounding wrist strap 140, 141, 145, 147 handli[...]

  • Página 373

    specifications acoustic noise 262 controller 258 environmental 262 laser 257 life expectancy of components 260 marking engine 257 ozone emissions 265 paper 260–261 power consumption 263 print resolution 259 RAM (SIMM) upgrades 265 wait time 262 speed of printer 260 spool directory in UNIX, privileges for 118, 121 spots or blotches on printed page[...]

  • Página 374

    timeout settings, Windows 183 toner cartridge carousel illustration 2, 19–24 rotating 21 seated improperly 334 won’t turn 245 toner cartridges installing 19–24 life expectancy of 260 redistributing the toner powder 219, 237 removing when moving the printer 295 when to replace 218–219, 237–239, 241, 328 toner disposal box illustration 2 in[...]

  • Página 375

    paper problems 204 PostScript errors generated by UNIX documents 251 “printer can’t print” message IBM PC or compatible 249 Macintosh 248 printer door won’t close 244 printer driver installation problems, Macintosh 245–246 printer driver settings are ignored, IBM PC or compatible 250 printer naming problems, Macintosh 246 printer won’t [...]

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    setting up the printer as a remote printer 117–118 Sun OS version 4.1, Ultrix version 4.2, other BSD systems, configuring 127–128 troubleshooting 251–253 unpacking the optional 250-sheet feeder 130 the optional 250-sheet universal cassette 136 the printer 6–8 V ventilation requirements for the printer 3 vertical lines on printed pages 238 v[...]

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    The Apple Publishing System This Apple manual was written, edited, and produced on a desktop publishing system using Apple Macintosh computers and QuarkXPress. Technical illustrations were drawn in Adobe ™ Illustrator; screen shots were created and modified with system software, ExposurePro, Aldus SuperPaint, and Adobe Photoshop. Proof pages were[...]