Printing with a desktop printer

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Phaser 350X

Printing with a desktop printer

If you are using QuickDraw GX applications, do one of the following:

Select any desktop printer in the Print dialog box.
Drag a document onto a desktop printer icon. The application corresponding to the document opens, prints the document, and then quits.

If you are using non-QuickDraw GX applications, do one of the following:

Print to the default desktop printer with the Print command from the File menu.
Drag a document onto a desktop printer icon. The application corresponding to the document opens, displays the Print dialog box, and waits for you to click Print. After printing the document, the application quits.

Using the Printing menu

Most of the commands in the Printing menu are standard QuickDraw GX driver commands, and are documented by Apple (see the Macintosh Guide on-line document for details). The last group of commands in this menu are printer-specific.

Control printing

Use the Start Print Queue and Stop Print Queue commands in the Printing menu to control the print queues on individual desktop printers.

Select (highlight) a desktop printer icon.
From the Printing menu, select either Start Print Queue or Stop Print Queue.

Designating a default desktop printer

Select (highlight) a desktop printer icon.
From the Printing menu, select Set Default Printer.

A check-mark appears next to the command, and a bold outline appears around the desktop printer's icon.

Controlling the printer's paper trays

Use the Printer Driver Defaults command in the Printing menu to select media trays. If you select the Input Trays command in the Printing menu, the following message appears:

Please use the Printer Driver Defaults command to specify media options for this printer.

Click OK to continue, then use the Printer Driver Defaults command instead.

Using printing extensions

Use the Extension Setup command in the Printing menu to specify which third-party printing extensions you want enabled for the currently selected desktop printer. By default, all printing extensions are enabled.

Select (highlight) a desktop printer icon.
Select Extension Setup from the Printing menu.
Make selections as desired.
Click Save.

Selecting printing options

Use the Printer Driver Defaults command in the Printing menu to set default options for the selected desktop printer. This dialog box includes such options as the color corrections, tray selections, and print quality modes.

Note: The printer defaults dialog box is also available through the Print command in the File menu for QuickDraw GX applications.

Phaser 350 Defaults

Color Correction

None

Vivid Color

Simulate Display

SWOP Press

Euroscale Press

Commercial Press

Monochrome

Use Printer Setting

Tray Selection

Upper Tray

Lower Tray

Paper

Transparency

Manual Feed Media

Paper

Transparency

Print Quality

Fast Color

Standard

Enhanced

Check Print

On

Off

Image Smoothing

On

Off

Quick Collate

On

Off

Display Manual Feed Dialogs

On

Off

Downloading printer utilities

Use the Printer Utilities command in the Printing menu to download printer utility files to the selected desktop printer. This command cannot be used on a shared printer, except by the Macintosh hosting the shared printer.

Select (highlight) a desktop printer icon.
Select Printer Utilities from the Printing menu.
In the Utility pop-up menu, select the utility you want downloaded to the printer, then click OK. See Printer utilities for a list of utilities available in this dialog box.
If you see an alert message, click OK or Cancel as desired.

Printer utilities

The following utilities can be downloaded to the printer with the Printer Utilities command from the Printing menu.

Print Startup Page
Print Configuration Page
Print CMYK Sampler
Print RGB Sampler
Print HSB Sampler
Print Fonts Sampler
Print PANTONE Sampler

Download PostScript files

Use the Send PostScript File command in the Printing menu to download PostScript files to the selected desktop printer. For example, use this command to download the utility files included on the CD-ROM and diskettes shipped with the printer. This command cannot be used on a shared printer, except by the Macintosh hosting the shared printer.

Select (highlight) a desktop printer icon.
Select Send PostScript File from the Printing menu.
Select the PostScript file you want to download.
Click Open to send the file to the printer.

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