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Changing the printer's name
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This procedure lets you change the printer's name.
Click on the following topics for more information:
Changing the printer's name from a Macintosh
The printer's name has the following characteristics:
- Is printed on the startup and configuration pages.
- Is used by AppleTalk to identify the printer.
- Appears in the Chooser.
- Can be up to 31 characters long, and may contain any printable characters except @ (at sign) and : (colon).
- The default printer name is Phaser 600. If more than one printer with the same name appears in the same zone, numbers are appended to the names of the printers added later, for example Phaser 600-1 and Phaser 600-2. These numbered printers appear in the Chooser; the actual printername is not changed.
- A name change is persistent across printer power cycles.
Note: If you are using QuickDraw GX, remove any desktop printer icons that refer to the old
printer name and make new desktop printers after changing the printer's name.
- Follow the instructions in Installing the Macintosh utility files from the printer's CD-ROM to install the printer's software.
- Select the appropriate printer in the Chooser.
- Locate the LaserWriter Utility in the PhaserTools folder on your hard disk, and double-click its icon to start the application.
- Select Name Printer from the Utilities menu; the currently selected printer is listed in the dialog box.
- Type the new name in the edit box.
- Click the Rename button.
- At the confirmation dialog box, click OK.
- Open the Chooser to reselect the printer with its new name.
Changing the printer's name from a PC
You can change the printer's AppleTalk name from a PC.
The printer's name has the following characteristics:
- Is printed on the startup and configuration pages.
- Is used by AppleTalk to identify the printer.
- Can be up to 31 characters long, and may contain any printable characters except @ (at sign) and : (colon).
- A name change is persistent across printer power cycles.
- See Installing the utility files to locate the printer's utility files.
- View the PRNTNAME.PS file in a text editor.
- Edit the file to substitute a different printer name for
(My Printer Name) in the /PrinterName line.
Note: Some text editors add a carriage return or line feed after the last Control-D character
in a file you are editing. If your computer is connected to the printer through the
parallel port, or the optional serial port, the extra characters will start a new job and
the printer times out after a few minutes. To avoid this, copy the CTRLD.PS file to the
printer after you send the PRNTNAME.PS file; see CTRLD.PS for more information on
the CTRLD.PS file.
- Use one of the following methods to send the file to the printer:
- PC users: Use the DOS COPY command to send the file to the printer. (Windows 3.1 users can also use the Copy command in the File Manager.)
- Workstation users: Send the file to the printer as you would any PostScript file.
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