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- PERSONAL LASERWRITER NTR
- READ ME DOCUMENT
-
- This document contains information about your Personal LaserWriter
- NTR. You may want to print it and keep it with your Personal
- LaserWriter NTR User’s Guide.
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- USING THE CORRECT PRINTER SOFTWARE
-
- You must install on your Macintosh the printer software found on the
- disks that come with your Personal LaserWriter NTR. If you connect
- the printer to an AppleTalk network, every Macintosh on the
- network must use this printer software in order to print on the
- Personal LaserWriter NTR.
-
- To install the correct printer software on your Macintosh, use the
- Installer program that comes on a disk with the Personal
- LaserWriter NTR. (Instructions are in your Personal LaserWriter NTR
- User’s Guide.) Use the Personal LaserWriter NTR Installer after using
- any other installation programs. If you install the System 7 Tune Up
- software on your Macintosh, install the Personal LaserWriter NTR
- software again.
-
- Two disks called 'More Fonts...' and 'Even More Fonts!' provide additional
- TrueType fonts. You install these by dragging them to the System folder
- if you are using System 7.0 and above. To install these fonts on System 6.0.7
- and later System 6 systems use the Font/DA Mover located on Disk 1.
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- USING TRUETYPE FONTS IF YOU USE SYSTEM 6.0.7
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- If you use system software version 6.0.7 on your Macintosh, and you
- want to use TrueType fonts, you need to install the file called
- “TrueType” BEFORE you use the Personal LaserWriter NTR Installer.
- (If you use System 7, you already have TrueType, so you don’t need
- to install it.)
-
- To install TrueType and TrueType fonts, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Find the TrueType file on one of the disks that came with your
- Personal LaserWriter NTR (check Disk 3 first).
- 2. Drag the TrueType file to your System Folder. (For more
- information about copying files, see the documentation that came
- with your Macintosh.)
- 3. Choose Restart from the Special menu.
- 4. Use the Personal LaserWriter NTR Installer to install the printer
- software you need. (Instructions are in your Personal LaserWriter
- NTR User’s Guide.) Because the TrueType file is in your System
- Folder, the Installer installs TrueType fonts.
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- SETTING THE TOP MARGIN USING LARGER PRINT AREA OPTION
-
- On a Macintosh, if you choose “Larger Print Area” as an option
- when you specify the page setup you want, your application program may
- place the top margin of your document approximately 1/8 inch too
- close to the top edge of the page. When you print your document, the top
- 1/8 inch may be cut off. To correct this problem, move the top
- margin of your document down 1/8 inch when you choose the Larger
- Print Area option.
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- CHANGING THE SETTINGS OF THE PRINTER
-
- Your Personal LaserWriter NTR is set up at the factory so that you
- can use it as a PostScript printer with both Macintosh and IBM PC
- (and IBM-PC-compatible) computers. You can also use the Personal
- LaserWriter NTR with other types of computers. In addition, you can
- set the printer to emulate a Hewlett-Packard IIP printer (however,
- using the printer in PostScript mode is recommended).
-
- To use the printer with some types of computers, and to use the
- printer to emulate an HP IIP printer, you use the 10-position switch
- on the back of the printer to change the settings of the printer. You
- need to change the printer’s settings ONLY if:
- • You prefer not to use the printer as a PostScript printer.
- • Your computer cannot communicate with the printer when the printer
- is set to its standard settings.
-
- To find out which settings you need and how to change the settings,
- see the Personal LaserWriter NTR User’s Guide.
-
- If you change the printer’s settings, and you connect a Macintosh to
- the printer through the LocalTalk port, you may experience
- problems. To print properly from a Macintosh, use switch position 0,
- 7, 8, or 9. If you choose a different switch position, your Macintosh
- documents may not print correctly, and you may see a message on
- your Macintosh screen telling you that the printer is busy.
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- PRINTING BITMAP GRAPHICS ACCURATELY
-
- If you print bitmap graphics from a Macintosh, the printed image
- may not precisely match the image on your screen. To get better
- print quality with bitmap images, choose “Precision Bitmap
- Alignment” as an option when you specify the page setup you want.
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- PRINTING DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE COLOR PATTERNS
-
- To print documents that include colored text or graphics, you usually
- choose the “Color/Grayscale” option when you print. If you have a
- document that includes color patterns created with a drawing
- application, you may get better results if you choose the “Black &
- White” option instead.
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- PRINTING FROM MICROSOFT WORD VERSION 4.0
-
- If you have the MicroSoft Word v4.0 TrueType Printer Init installed
- in your system and you wish to print Type 3 fonts on your Personal
- LaserWriter NTR, remove the Init from your system folder and
- restart your Macintosh. (Type 3 fonts are fonts created using a
- font-design program.) The MicroSoft Word v4.0 TrueType PrinterInit is
- only for printing TrueType fonts from MicroSoft Word version 4.0 to
- Apple's QuickDraw-based printers (for example, the StyleWriter,
- Personal LaserWriter LS, Personal LaserWriter SC, and LaserWriter
- IISC printers).
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