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1 Setting Up Your Printer
This chapter introduces the Apple Color StyleWriter 2500 printer and
explains how to set it up. After you follow the instructions in this chapter,
you’ll be ready to print.
Before you begin Make sure that your computer is already set up and that you
know the basics of its operation.
Important safety instructions
Always take the following precautions:
m Keep the printer cover closed when printing.
m Always turn off the printer before unplugging it.
m Keep the ink tanks a
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m Don’t use devices that produce open flames, such as Bunsen burners, near the printer. m Don’t use alcohol-based or ammonia-based cleaners on or around the printer. m Always unplug the printer before cleaning it. (Use only the cleaning procedure recommended in Chapter 4.) m Clean the outside of the printer with only a damp cloth and, if necessary, a mild soap or detergent. Be careful not to get liquid into the printer or the power cord receptacle. IMPORTANT The only way to disconnect power comp
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Unpacking the printer 1 Remove everything from the shipping box, but leave the ink cartridge in its package. Be sure to remove packing material from the sheet feeder. Be sure to open the printer’s cover and remove the packing tape from inside. Color StyleWriter 2500 Ink cartridge (Leave it in the Software disks Storage case plastic tub for now.) for ink cartridges Power adapter Apple System/Peripheral-8 cable 2 Remove the tape and packing material from the inside and outside of the printer. Sav
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4Place the printer in your work area. Choose a location near your computer that has a grounded electrical outlet and good ventilation, is out of direct sunlight, never gets damp or very hot or very cold, and is away from devices that could cause electromagnetic interference, such as stereo speakers or cordless telephone transmitters. Do not place the printer on a slanted surface. See Appendix A, “Technical Information,” for specific information about the physical requirements of your printer. IM
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Plugging in the printer Plug the connector end of the power adapter into the printer and then plug the other end of the adapter into an outlet. IMPORTANT The only way to disconnect power completely is to unplug the power cord. Make sure that at least one end of the power cord is within easy reach so that you can unplug the printer in an emergency. WARNING This Color StyleWriter is designed to work with the electrical system of the region in which you purchased it. It works with only one frequenc
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Turning the printer on and off To turn the printer on (and off), press this button. This light blinks. This light glows while the printer is on. The first time you turn on the printer, the green power light glows and the yellow error light blinks because you haven’t installed an ink cartridge yet. Saving energy To save power, the printer turns itself off after sitting unused for about 5 minutes. As long as you leave it plugged into an active power outlet, the printer turns itself on automaticall
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Installing the ink cartridge The ink cartridge contains the print head, which sprays the ink onto the paper. Treat it gently so you don’t damage its tiny nozzles. WARNING The carrier holds the ink cartridge and moves it back and forth when you are printing a document. When the printer is plugged in, don’t slide the carrier by hand or you may damage the printer. Before you start, make sure the printer is turned on. (The green light glows, and the yellow light blinks.) 1 Open the printer by pulli
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2 Raise the bright blue lever on the carrier. Carrier 3 Remove the cover from the plastic tub that contains the ink cartridge. These instructions show the four-color cartridge being installed, but the process is the same for either cartridge. (You can buy a high-performance black ink cartridge in addition to the color cartridge.) 4Grasp the ink cartridge by its sides and remove it from the plastic tub. You may safely touch the black plastic, but be careful not to touch any other part. 5 Remove t
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6Peel the orange tape off the print head. 7Slide the ink cartridge into its place in the printer. Note: There are instructions inscribed inside the printer cover to remind you how to install either the color or optional high-performance black ink cartridge. Setting Up Your Printer 9
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8Lower the bright blue lever on the carrier to secure the ink cartridge in place. 9Close the printer’s front cover. 10 Chapter 1
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Connecting the printer to your Macintosh IMPORTANT Even if you’re planning to share the printer over a network, the serial cable must connect the printer directly to the computer. Use only the cable that comes with the printer or a similar replacement. Do not use a LocalTalk cable unless you purchased the LocalTalk Option for this printer (in which case you should see the instructions that came with the option). Connect this cable to either the printer port or the modem port, which are labeled w
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Loading paper into the sheet feeder The sheet feeder holds up to 100 sheets of 20-pound paper and feeds the paper automatically into the printer. You can load many sizes of paper and other media into the sheet feeder as described in Chapter 2, but to do a nozzle check, as described in the next section, you must use U.S. letter-size or A4 paper. To load paper into the sheet feeder, follow these steps: 1 Open the printer cover. 2Adjust the internal paper selector. Internal paper selector Put the s
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4 Load a stack of U.S. letter-size or A4 paper into the sheet feeder. Instructions for loading paper correctly appear on the paper support. Information on the back of the paper tray shows you where to set the guide for different paper sizes. Slide this guide so it just touches the edge of the paper. Extend this paper support. If the stack of paper bows out Make sure the paper extends even slightly, the guide is too tight. above the support (and doesn’t slide down inside the printer). Make sure t
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Installing your printer software Before you can print your documents, you need to install the printer software on your Macintosh. The disks that come with the Color StyleWriter 2500 contain the printer software and an Installer program. The Installer program installs the new printing software you need, plus any fonts that come with the printer (see Appendix C for a list of available fonts). If you use Apple’s special QuickDraw GX software, it will also install new QuickDraw GX software for the C
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5 In the Welcome dialog box that appears, click Continue. IMPORTANT The Installer determines whether you have the correct system software, and enough memory and hard disk space to use this printer. If you don’t, the Installer displays a message telling you what you need. You won’t be able to install the printer software until you correct the system software or memory problem. If the message reports a problem, you can purchase new system software or memory from an Apple-authorized dealer, or make
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8When you see a message reporting that installation was successful, click Restart. The Installer restarts your computer. After you restart, you may notice on your desktop, a new icon that represents a printer. It’s called a desktop printer, and it looks like this. For information about desktop printers, see “Desktop Printing” in the sections “Printing a Document ” and “Monitoring and Controlling Background Printing” in Chapter 2. Examples of desktop printer icons (a bold outline indicates the s
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Telling your computer to use the Color StyleWriter 2500 Before using your printer, you must select it in the Chooser. 1Select Chooser from the Apple (K) menu. 2 In the Chooser dialog box, click the appropriate items to select them. On most Macintosh computers, the Chooser looks like this: Then click one of these First, click this icon. items to indicate which port (If you don’t see the you connected the printer to: icon, use the scroll the printer port ([) or the bar and arrows modem port (W).
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Special information for PowerBook owners PowerBook computers that have internal modems may require special setups. What you do depends on whether the Powerbook has one or two serial ports on its back panel. PowerBook computers with one serial port Some PowerBook computers have a single serial port identified by a combination printer/modem icon ([/W). If an internal modem is installed on one of these PowerBook computers, the serial port may be in use even though it looks available. When you plug
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Printing a document to make sure everything’s working The best way to see if your printer is set up correctly is to try printing something. The following steps describe how to print the Color SW 2500- Troubleshooting file that was installed on your hard disk, but you can print any document you want. Before you begin Return to the Finder by quitting any programs you’re running. 1 Find the Color SW 2500-Troubleshooting file. Unless you moved it, you can find the file by double-clicking your hard d
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5Choose the Print command from the File menu. 6 In the dialog box that appears, click the Print button. Click here. After a few moments, the printer begins printing the page or pages. If there’s a problem, see Chapter 5 for suggestions. (The most common problem is failing to follow the instructions in “Telling Your Computer to Use the Color StyleWriter 2500,” earlier in this chapter.) For information about all the choices you can make in the Print dialog box, see “Printing a Document” and “Creat
