This document includes the latest information about your printer software, as well as hints and tips for printing. See the user's guide that came with this software for complete instructions on installing and using your printer software.
If your Macintosh can display colour or shades of grey (instead of just black and white), you can print images in shades of grey (greyscale) as well as in black and white. To print greyscale images, choose Greyscale from the pop-up menu in the Print dialogue box.
If your Macintosh is connected to an AppleTalk network, you can share your printer with other users on the network without adding any extra hardware or software.
INSTALLATION
When installing onto System 6 or using Custom Install on System 7, the StyleWriter II Printer software vZ-1.2 will always install the following files, even if a corresponding localised version already exists on your hard disk.
On system 7 only
• PrintMonitor 7.0.1 (U.S. version)
• Printer Share 1.1 (U.S. version)
• Chooser 7.3 (U.S. version)
• System 7 Tuner B1-1.1.1 (British version)
On System 6 only :
• PrintMonitor 7.0.1 (U.S. version)
• Printer Share 1.1 (U.S. version)
• Chooser (6.0.8) (U.S. version - can be removed using Font/DA Mover)
• Responder 2.0.3 (U.S. version)
• AppleTalk 57.0.3 (U.S. version)
• TrueType™ 1.0 (U.S. version)
• Backgrounder (U.S. version)
• 32-Bit QuickDraw (U.S. version)
• Personal LW LS Prep (U.S. version)
You may delete the U.S. or British files if you have localised files with the same version number or higher on your hard disk. You must only have one Printer Share file installed.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Your printer works with Macintosh computers with system software version 7.0 or later installed, and that have hard disk drives with sufficient available space. The Installer will check the space on your hard drive and tell you if you don't have enough.
You can also use your printer with system software version 6.0.7 or later installed on the hard drive of your Macintosh.
LOW-MEMORY MACINTOSH COMPUTERS
If your Macintosh with System 7 has just 2 Megabytes (MB) of RAM (or 1 MB with System 6), you may occasionally run short of memory. You know you are low on memory when some documents do not print, when a printed document doesn't look correct (for example, if text looks jagged instead of smooth), or when you see “out of memory” messages on your screen. To make more memory available, try these suggestions:
• Open only one application at a time.
• Print colour or greyscale images in Black and White mode.
• Make sure the RAM cache is turned off or set as low as possible. (To adjust the RAM cache, use the Memory control panel in System 7, or the Control Panel in System 6.)
• If you're using System 6, make sure MultiFinder is turned off. (To turn MultiFinder off, choose Set Startup from the Special menu. In the dialogue box that appears, choose Finder. The next time you start up or restart your Macintosh, MultiFinder will be turned off.)
• If you are using System 7, try printing with background printing turned off. To turn off background printing, open the Chooser, click the icon of your printer (If you are unsure which Chooser printer icon to pick, refer to the user's guide that came with this software), and click the Off button next to Background Printing.
• INIT files in the System Folder use up some of your Macintosh computer's RAM. Remove these files to free up some memory.
• If you get "not enough memory" errors while printing to a shared printer, turn background printing off.
If you have only 2 MBs of RAM (or 1 MB with System 6), you may want to add more in order to make your Macintosh work more effectively. See the information about service and support that came with your computer to find out who to contact about adding RAM to your Macintosh.
INSTALL YOUR PRINTER SOFTWARE LAST
To be sure your printer has all the necessary software, install (or reinstall) this printer software after you upgrade your system software, or after you install AppleTalk, EtherTalk, or TokenTalk software.
PRINTING TIPS
Follow these suggestions to get the best results with your printer:
• It is recommended that you select Print Quality as Normal and Image as Greyscale in the Print dialogue box because it gives you the best results with the fastest printing. (This is the default setting within the Print Dialogue box.)
• If you are using System 6 MultiFinder or System 7, it's a good idea to use background printing. This allows you to continue working on your Macintosh while the your printer is printing. To turn on background printing, open the Chooser, click the icon of your printer (If you are unsure which Chooser printer icon to pick, refer to the user's guide that came with this software), and click the On button next to Background Printing.
• You can connect your printer to either the modem port or the printer port. (Your printer port may already be used to connect your Macintosh to an AppleTalk network.)
• If you use your printer with a PowerBook 100, you must connect it to the printer port because the modem port is internal on the PowerBook 100. Be sure to select the printer serial port in the Chooser after you install.
• When sharing your printer, give it a unique name so that other users can tell which shared printers are listed in their Choosers.
• Close the Chooser after making any printer setup changes.
• If you have Sharing turned on, and you reinstall your printer software, you must turn Sharing on again.
• If you have problems sharing your printer, reinstall your printer software.
• If you use System 6.0.x and have a LaserWriter driver installed, that LaserWriter driver must be version 7.0 or later to be compatible with the Print Monitor that is installed with this printer driver.
• If you cancel the reinstallation of the printer software, you must restart your Macintosh to share your printer.
• If you get the message "Serial port in use by another application, please quit the application and try again" and there is no other application running, restart your computer before sending another print job.
• For best results, do not attempt to share the printer if you have a large image copied to your Clipboard.
• If you have problems printing from an application program, try giving the application more memory. To give the application more memory, click the application icon to select it. Then choose Get Info from the File menu. In the window that appears, type the new size in the box labelled Current Size (If you have System 7.1, the box is labelled “Preferred Size.”)
• If you are having problems printing large, complicated documents in the background, try giving Print Monitor more memory by following the previous item's instructions.
• For best results printing text, and if your applications supports it, turn 'Fractional Width' on before printing.
• To install or remove fonts on System 6, you must use the Font/DA Mover that is on your printer software disk set.
USING THE PRINTER SOFTWARE WITH APPLICATION PROGRAMS
Some application programs do not yet take advantage of your printer's new features. If you experience problems with your application programs, contact the publishers of the programs. Here are some suggestions for getting the best results from your application programs:
4th Dimension version 2.2.3 (Acius)
Some documents print best at 100% scaling and in portrait (tall) orientation.
Illustrator 3.2 (Adobe)
For best results, use background printing and print at 100% scaling.
Adobe Illustrator documents placed into other applications (for example, PageMaker) may print with grey outlines.
Canvas 3.0 (Deneba)
For best results, upgrade to version 3.0.4 or later. If you use Canvas 3.0.4 to create an image that has colour patterns, print the image from Canvas rather than from another application.
ClarisWorks 1.0v2 (Claris)
For best results when printing a newly opened document that includes a chart, scroll the window to bring the chart into view before printing.
DeltaGraph Pro 2.0 (DeltaPoint)
Always click the QuickDraw button in the Print dialogue box.
Digital Darkroom 2.01 (Aldus)
For best results, use the effects under the Image menu, rather than those under the Grey Maps menu.
Freehand 3.0 (Aldus)
For best results, print at 100% scaling, and turn background printing off.
HyperCard 2.1 (Claris)
Selecting Print Stack, will only allow you to print 16 cards per page. To get around this problem, type in a value larger than 100% in the Scaling field in the Page Setup dialogue to get fewer cards per page.
MacDraw Pro 1.5v1 (Claris)
Colour patterns printed in greyscale may show moiré patterns. To avoid moiré patterns, use solid colours instead of colour patterns. Solid colours are chosen from the Claris Colours pallet of colours, which is to the left of the pattern pallet.
MacWrite II 1.1v3 (Claris)
The Collate option in the Print dialogue box does not work.
Mathematica 2.1 (Wolfram Research, Inc.)
For best results printing colour graphics, print using the Bitmap selection and turn background printing on.
Microsoft Excel 4.0
To print using greyscale, set two options in the Print dialogue box: choose Greyscale from the Image pop-up menu, and turn on Print Using Colour.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2.01f
Handouts and Notes from landscape (wide) documents may not print correctly. For best results, upgrade to PowerPoint 3.0.
Microsoft Works 2.0e
For best results, upgrade to version 3.0 or later. If you use version 2.0e, turn off background printing in the Chooser.
MORE 3.1 (Symantec Corporation)
For best results, print at 100% or less.
Ofoto 1.1 (Light Source, Inc.)
For best results, upgrade to Ofoto 2.0 and create a custom calibration for your printer.
Personal Press 2.0 (Aldus)
For best results, turn background printing on. In some cases you may be able to correct printing problems by giving the application more memory. (Select the application icon, choose Get Info from the File menu, and type the new size in the Current Size field.)
If Personal Press "unexpectedly quits" follow these steps: select another printer driver in the chooser, close the chooser, select Page Setup, save the document, reselect your printer's icon in the chooser, then print. If you are unsure which Chooser printer icon to pick, refer to the user's guide that came with this software.
PixelPaint 2.1 (SuperMac)
For best results, print at 100% scaling or less.
QuickTime 1.5 (Apple Computer)
For best results, do not enlarge the image beyond the size of the selected page.
Quicken 3.0 (Intuit)
When printing with low memory, you may fail to print. Try the low-memory suggestions listed above.
ReadySetGo 4.5 (Letraset)
For best results, set your monitor to 256 colours or fewer.
ReadySetGo 5.14 (Manhattan Graphics)
Rotated objects may not print correctly.
Symantec Greatworks 2.0
For best results when printing an envelope in landscape, select Black & White printing.
TeachText (Apple Computer)
If you get a system error 25, try the suggestions in the "Low-Memory Macintosh Computers" section above.
CONTACTING APPLICATION DEVELOPERS
If you are having problems when printing with your applications, you can contact the application developers’ technical support lines.
Apple, AppleTalk, EtherTalk, LaserWriter, Macintosh, MultiFinder, and TokenTalk are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
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The third-party products are trademarked by their respective companies.
