Apple LaserWriter300 Bedienungsanleitung

Personal LaserWriter300User’s Guide

Carrying the Personal LaserWriter 300To carry the Personal LaserWriter 300, hold it firmly and level withboth hands. Holding the printer in positions

Connecting the printer to a MacintoshTo connect the printer, you need an Apple Peripheral-8 cable, partnumber M0197. The Apple Peripheral-8 cable has

Installing the printer softwareBefore you can print, you may need to install the software fromthe disks that came with your printer. To protect the di

InstallationBefore you install the printer software, quit any applicationprograms that may be open. If you have virus protection software,turn it off.

5. Make sure that the disk indicated on the screen is theone on which you want to install printer software.If the wrong disk name appears, click Switc

Adding Toner and PaperThis chapter tells you how to install a toner cartridge into theprinter and load paper into a cassette.S Important: If you are

Installing or changing a toner cartridgeToner is the powdered ink that produces the image on the paper.Follow these steps to install a toner cartridge

4. Pull the tab to remove the tape.s Warning: Be sure to pull the tape in the direction shown.Don’t pull it too quickly or at too sharp an angle; oth

Plugging in the printerA power cord is supplied with your printer.Be sure the power cord is within easy reach, in case you want tounplug the printer.W

Loading the paper cassetteThe universal paper cassette supplied with your printer holds upto 100 sheets of copier-weight bond paper. The paper size ca

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3. Insert a stack of paper that fits below the top edge ofthe paper bracket inside the cassette.4. Slide the cassette into the printer.To remove the c

Loading 3-hole punched paperFollow the instructions for loading ordinary paper, and positionthe sheets as shown below.Loading letterhead paperFollow t

Loading legal-size paperFollow the instructions for loading ordinary paper, adjusting thesliding backstop to accommodate legal-size paper.Slide the ca

PrintingThis chapter explains how to print documents on a PersonalLaserWriter 300 connected to your own Macintosh, to share theprinter with other user

Choosing face-down or face-up deliveryYou can select either face-down or face-up paper delivery withyour Personal LaserWriter 300, depending on the ty

Using the Chooser the first time you printYou use the Chooser desk accessory to tell the Macintosh whereto send print jobs.In the Chooser, you choose

Defining the page setupThe Page Setup command is found in the File menu of nearly allMacintosh programs. Depending on the program you are using,some o

Printing a documentThe Personal LaserWriter 300 prints your document using thecassette or manual feed. See the next section for instructions ifyou cho

Printing paper or envelopes with themanual feed slotIf you want to use paper that is different from the paper in thecassette, you can use the manual f

Printing on both sides of a pageFollow these steps to print a document using both sides of thepaper. 1. Print the first side of the page using manual

Radio and television interference vPreface About Your Personal LaserWriter 300 viiEnergy conservation mode viiTrueType fonts viiiGraySh

3. Make AppleTalk active if it is not already active.4. Click Setup.5. Click Share this Printer and enter the options for theshared printer and in the

Using a shared printer connected to anotherMacintoshTo print on a shared Personal LaserWriter 300, network users musthave the LaserWriter 300 driver i

Controlling the use of your printer by othersAfter you turn on the sharing feature, you still have completecontrol over the shared printer:m You can t

Tips and Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to printing problems you mayencounter while using your printer.s Warning: If you have a prob

m Don’t open the drum-protection shutter on the tonercartridge. m Be sure the power cord is within easy reach, should you wantto unplug the printer at

Checking the printer’s status lights Always check the status lights first when a printing problemoccurs. These often tell you the cause of the problem

Solving some common problemsThe Chooser doesn’t show the LaserWriter 300 iconIf the LaserWriter 300 icon is missing from the box that identifiesdiffer

Printing takes a long timePrinting may be slow on pages containing complex graphics orpages printed using landscape (horizontal) orientation. The proc

Type looks jagged or some text changes to the Geneva fontThe most likely cause of this problem is that you are using a non-TrueType font.LaserWriter 3

2. Look in the list of fonts for the font you wish to use.If it is a TrueType font, its icon will look something like this:If it is a non-TrueType fon

Printing on both sides of a page 21Sharing your printer with other users 21Using a shared printer connected to another Macintosh 23Controllin

The printer prints on only part of the paperMake sure you have selected the appropriate paper size in thePage Setup dialog box. Check the adjustment o

If the Paper Jam status light is on, follow these steps:1. Remove the paper cassette.Be sure the paper is loaded correctly in the paper cassette.The s

3. Open the printer’s back door as shown below. Press thepaper release lever and pull the jammed sheet outthrough the front.This type of jam is often

Paper feeds improperlyIf paper tears, gets skewed, or comes through the printercrumpled, it may not be entering the printer properly.Remove any jammed

Toner stains appear on printed pagesIf the printed pages are not clean, there may be a buildup of toneron the printing rollers. If stains appear on th

About paperMany problems, such as toner smearing, paper curling, or paperfeeding improperly, can be caused by the paper you are using. Toassure good r

About fontsThe disks provided with your LaserWriter contain fonts from themost widely used font families. Font families (also calledtypefaces) can be

Use restraint when choosing fontsA good rule of thumb to use when choosing fonts for yourdocuments is: Avoid using more than two font families on thes

Be careful setting alignment and columnsProperly aligning your text can enhance or detract from yourdocument’s readability. One of the most common mis

41SpecificationsPrint qualitym 300 dots per inch for text and graphicsPrinter RAMm 512K of RAMPrinter fontsm Standard TrueType font families. The Pers

ImportantThis equipment has been tested and found to comply with thelimits for a Class B digital device in accordance with thespecifications in Part 1

Dimensionsm Height: 16.1 cm (6.3 in.)m Width: 38.5 cm (15.2 in.)m Depth: 37.9 cm (14.9 in.)Weightm 7 kg (15.4 lb.) not including cartridgeOperating en

Aalert message, choosing 19alignment, design tips 40Apple Peripheral-8 cable 3AppleTalk, setting up printer for 21–22Avant Garde®font 38Bbackgrou

GGeneva font 38TrueType fonts printed as 31graphics, print speed and 29grayscale printing viiichoosing 19GrayShare software viiiHHelvetica®font

paperabout 37face-down vs. face-up delivery 16feeding improperly 35jammed 32–34loading 13–14Page Setup options 18printing both sides of 21print

specifications 41–42standby status vii, 15status lightsPaper Jam 27Paper Out 27Ready/In Use vii, 15, 27Symbol font 38, 39system softwarefonts an

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About Your PersonalLaserWriter 300The Personal LaserWriter 300 includes many features designed toproduce high-quality text and graphics and deliver th

TrueType fontsAll fonts supplied with the LaserWriter are TrueType fonts.TrueType is a font technology from Apple Computer that producessharp characte

Setting Up Your PrinterThis chapter tells you how to connect the printer to yourcomputer and install the printer software.S Important: Do not plug the