• Installing the files

• Important preparations

• Printing the color sampler charts

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Note: You can select color corrections from the printer's front panel. However, if you need to select color corrections with downloadable utility files, also install the Printer Utilities item in the Custom Install window. (You may need to use utility files if the printer is some distance away from you, or if you are not using one of the provided drivers.)

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1. Insert either the printer's CD-ROM or the Phaser 360 Color Printer Installer for Mac® OS Disk 1 into the appropriate drive.

2. Double-click the Phaser 360 Installer icon. Click Continue until the Easy Install window appears.

3. Select Easy Install to automatically install the software, and click Install.

   Or, select Custom Install from the pull-down menu, and select the following options, then click Install:

   • Printer Utilities

   • Printer driver, such as the Apple LaserWriter 8

   • Samplers

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     Note: Follow the instructions in Installing Printer Software if you need to install and setup a printer driver.

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4. Locate the color sampler chart files in the Samplers folder, inside the PhaserTools folder created on your hard disk by the installer application.

To print from a provided (PPD-supported) driver:

1. Print a color chart with either the TekColor Vivid Color front panel selection, or the Vivid Color utility file downloaded to the printer.

2. Print from an application with the driver's TekColor Vivid Color option selected.

1. Print a color chart with either the Vivid Color front panel selection, or the Vivid Color utility file downloaded to the printer.

2. Print from an application with either the Vivid Color front panel selection, or the Vivid Color utility file downloaded to the printer.

Printing the color sampler charts

1. See Installing the files to install the samplers and utility files from the Phaser 360 printer's CD-ROM.

2. Select the appropriate printer in the Chooser.

3. Decide which color correction you need to use; see Important preparations for details.

   If you are selecting a color correction from the printer's front panel, use the TekColor Corrections menu.

   If you need to download a color correction utility file:

   1. Locate the Apple Printer Utility in the PhaserTools folder on your hard disk, and double-click its icon to start the application.

   2. In the Printer Selector dialog box, make the following selections:
      • Under AppleTalk Zones, select your printer's zone location.

      • Under Printers, select your Phaser 360 printer.

      • Click Open Printer.

        A dialog box appears with the selected zone and printer name at the top.

   3. From the File menu, select Send PostScript File. The Select the PostScript files to download dialog box appears.

   4. Select the folder location of the PostScript file or files you want to download to the printer.

   5. Select a color correction file from the list and click Add.

   6. Click Send to download the file to the printer.

   7. At the prompt Save PostScript output as you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use the default name given in the edit box or type in a new name. (Printer output includes status messages generated by the printer reporting such conditions as out of paper.)

   8. Click Save.

   9. If no output is returned by the printer, the Apple Printer Utility displays a dialog box; click Continue.

      If output is returned by the printer, you won't see this dialog box; check your hard disk for the file created by the utility for the printer's output.

4. To print a color sampler chart, do the following:
   1. Locate the Apple Printer Utility in the PhaserTools folder on your hard disk, and double-click its icon to start the application.

   2. In the Printer Selector dialog box, make the following selections:
      • Under AppleTalk Zones, select your printer's zone location.

      • Under Printers, select your Phaser 360 printer.

      • Click Open Printer.

        A dialog box appears with the selected zone and printer name at the top.

   3. From the File menu, select Send PostScript File. The Select the PostScript files to download dialog box appears.

   4. Select the folder location of the PostScript file or files you want to download to the printer.

   5. Select a color sampler chart file from the list and click Add.

   6. Click Send to download the file to the printer.

   7. At the prompt Save PostScript output as you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use the default name given in the edit box or type in a new name. (Printer output includes status messages generated by the printer reporting such conditions as out of paper.)

   8. Click Save.

   9. If no output is returned by the printer, the Apple Printer Utility displays a dialog box; click Continue.

      If output is returned by the printer, you won't see this dialog box; check your hard disk for the file created by the utility for the printer's output.

5. Select colors within an application using the colors on the chart.

6. Print your document using one of the following methods:
   • If you are printing from a supported driver: Print your document using a supported printer driver (such as the LaserWriter 8.x) with the same color correction option selected in the driver that you used with a downloaded utility file or on the printer's front panel to print the chart. Any other color correction selection in the driver can cause the colors to print differently.

   • If you are not using a supported driver: Print your document with the same downloaded utility file or front panel color correction you used to print the chart. Any other color correction selection can cause the colors to print differently.