Apple 2500 - Manual

Apple 2500

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – IMPORTANT; Watch for these situations, and if one occurs pull the plug!; WARNING
  • Page 3 – Unpacking the printer; Close the printer’s cover.
  • Page 4 – Power Macintosh users and Virtual Memory
  • Page 5 – Plugging in the printer; The only way to disconnect power completely is to unplug the; This Color StyleWriter is designed to work with the electrical
  • Page 6 – Turning the printer on and off; Saving energy; Except in an emergency, make sure the printer is turned off
  • Page 7 – Installing the ink cartridge; Open the printer by pulling down its front cover.; The car rier holds the ink cartridge and moves it back and
  • Page 10 – Close the printer’s front cover.
  • Page 11 – Connecting the printer to your Macintosh; Even if you’re planning to share the printer over a network, the
  • Page 12 – Loading paper into the sheet feeder; Open the printer cover.
  • Page 14 – Installing your printer software; Before you begin; Lock all the disks by tur ning each one over and sliding the; Quit any programs you are running.; You may have to open the disk icon to see the Installer icon.
  • Page 15 – The Installer determines whether you have the cor rect system; In the Installer dialog box, click Install.
  • Page 17 – Telling your computer to use the Color StyleWriter 2500; Before using your printer, you must select it in the Chooser.; Select Chooser from the Apple (; On most Macintosh computers, the Chooser looks like this:
  • Page 18 – Special information for PowerBook owners; PowerBook computers with one serial port; ) may look available but actually be in use. If the
  • Page 19 – Printing a document to make sure everything’s working; Retur n to the Finder by quitting any programs you’re running.; Find the Color SW 2500-Troubleshooting file.
  • Page 21 – Checking the print nozzles; The green power light should be off.; Release the button and wait for the test page to print.
  • Page 22 – the Print Head” in Chapter 5.; You’re now ready to start using your printer.
  • Page 23 – Planning documents with the Color StyleWriter 2500 in mind; Select the printer you plan to use.; See “Switching Between Printers,” later in this chapter.; menu and select the options you like.; Printing
  • Page 24 – Loading the sheet feeder; Remove any paper or other materials that you don’t want to use.; Don’t mix envelopes with paper in the feeder.
  • Page 25 – Open the printer’s front cover.; Wait while the car rier moves to the center position.; Adjust the internal paper selector and extend the output tray.; ) position, the lever raises the cartridge to leave; Close the printer cover.; In the Page Setup dialog box, indicate the size of the page.
  • Page 27 – Notes about envelopes; Printing a document; Quick instructions for printing standard documents.; Quick instructions for printing standard documents
  • Page 28 – Click the Print button.; Detailed instructions for printing other documents; the Sheet Feeder,” earlier in this chapter.
  • Page 29 – make adjustments in the dialog box that opens.; Item in dialog box; Make sure you cor rectly indicate the size of the paper, envelopes,
  • Page 30 – Make sure the Paper Type pop-up menu accurately indicates what
  • Page 31 – Desktop printing; or
  • Page 32 – Adjusting color options; To adjust the way colors are printed, follow these steps:; Choose Print from the File menu.; For more information on ColorSync, see Appendix D.
  • Page 33 – Color printing quirks; Here is some additional information about color printing.
  • Page 34 – Creating special effects on the Color StyleWriter 2500; Enlarging or reducing the printed image; Choose Page Setup from the File menu.; Printing a watermark on each page of your document; In the Page Setup dialog box, click the Watermark button.; Another dialog box opens.
  • Page 36 – Creating your own watermarks; Here are some tips for making effective watermarks:
  • Page 37 – Save the PICT file inside the Printing Prefs folder.; Printing 2 or 4 mini pages on each sheet of paper
  • Page 38 – Selecting a halftoning method; To change the halftoning method, follow these steps:; When you are ready to print, choose Print from the File menu.; The Print dialog box opens.; Click the Color button to open another dialog box.; Switching between printers; Drag the document you want to print to a desktop printer icon.
  • Page 39 – Click the icon of the desktop printer you want to use.; A Printing menu appears on the menu bar at the top of the screen.; Choose the Set Default Printer command from the Printing menu.; Select the printer by using the Chooser; Select the Chooser from the Apple (
  • Page 40 – Creating, throwing away, and manipulating desktop printer icons; Create an alias for the icon.; Determining the status of a printer by looking at its icon
  • Page 41 – Printing while you use your computer; To turn background printing on or off, follow these steps:
  • Page 42 – Monitoring and controlling background printing; To monitor or control a print request, follow these steps:; Double-click the desktop printer icon you’re interested in.
  • Page 44 – Sharing your printer with other users; Note the following points about ColorShare:
  • Page 46 – checkbox to put an X in it.; Note: You can keep a log even if your printer is not shared.; Click OK to close the Setup dialog box.
  • Page 47 – Printing on a shared Color StyleWriter 2500; People on the network who want to print on your shared printer; Anyone who completes these steps can print on the shared printer.
  • Page 49 – Choosing print materials; Here are some tips on when and how to use different print materials.; Plain paper; Use plain paper for everyday printing.
  • Page 51 – Load back-print film so that the chalky side faces you.; Transparencies
  • Page 52 – Quality
  • Page 53 – Speed; Color printing takes longer than black-only printing.; Cost
  • Page 55 – Follow all the safety instructions given at the beginning of; Replacing ink tanks in the four-color ink cartridge; Use only ink designed for use with the Color StyleWriter 2500; Maintaining Your Printer
  • Page 56 – Remove and discard the old ink tank.; You can use the same ink tanks and ink cartridges in both the
  • Page 57 – Make sure you put the color ink tank on the left and the black ink
  • Page 58 – Replacing the ink cartridge; When to replace the four-color cartridge
  • Page 59 – How to replace the ink cartridge
  • Page 60 – Remove the bright orange cap from the cartridge’s print head.
  • Page 61 – Now you can open any document you want and print it as usual.
  • Page 62 – Storing the ink cartridge you aren’t using; If you have only one ink cartridge, leave it inside the printer.
  • Page 63 – Don’t use any liquid cleaners inside the printer.; Don’t use ammonia-based or alcohol-based cleaners on or
  • Page 65 – If you have a problem with your Color StyleWriter 2500; Troubleshooting
  • Page 66 – Safety precautions; Don’t touch the ink opening on an ink tank.; The Chooser doesn’t show the Color SW 2500 icon
  • Page 68 – Using the Custom Installer to solve installation problems; Insert
  • Page 69 – The Installer restarts your Macintosh.; The computer crashes while attempting to print
  • Page 70 – The computer doesn’t recognize the Color StyleWriter 2500
  • Page 71 – Desktop printer icon problems; An X appears over the desktop printer icon.; A PowerBook has trouble printing to the Color StyleWriter 2500
  • Page 72 – The lights indicate a problem; Sometimes the lights on the printer signal a problem.; The error light glows steadily.; Either the printer is out of paper or the paper; The error light blinks.; The ink cartridge may not be seated properly. Open the
  • Page 73 – The printer seems slow; See the suggestions under “Speed” in Chapter 3.; Paper is jammed; If necessary, open the printer to see where the jam is.
  • Page 75 – Try to remove any torn or damaged pieces of paper from the printer.; See “Paper Is Jammed,” earlier in this chapter.; Take the paper out of the sheet feeder and check it.; Make sure the edges of the stack line up evenly.
  • Page 76 – The Color StyleWriter 2500 won’t print a particular document; Repeat the printing process.
  • Page 77 – Messages appear on your computer screen; Here are some other problems that on-screen messages might report:
  • Page 78 – Memory is low; Symptoms that indicate a memory problem.
  • Page 79 – Documents did not print as expected; Text appears in the Geneva font or prints jagged; Some text may also
  • Page 81 – The wrong watermark printed.; Make sure the watermark was saved as a PICT or PICT2 file.
  • Page 82 – Print quality is poor; erasable typing paper; Colors skip or streak at the bottom of the page
  • Page 83 – The image is too light or too dark; Try printing on a different kind of paper.; Thin lines fade or break up; Feeder” in Chapter 2.
  • Page 84 – Printing appears on only part of the paper; Check the selections in the Page Setup dialog box.; Colors don’t look right on the printed page; Use a different type of paper.; Unwanted horizontal white lines or stripes appear; Cleaning the print head consumes a small amount of ink. If you
  • Page 85 – Cleaning the print head; To clean the print head, follow these steps:
  • Page 86 – Printing the test page; To print the test page, follow these steps:; Turn off the printer.; The test pattern for the black-only ink cartridge looks like this:; If you see a broken line, try the following:
  • Page 88 – Ink tanks and cartridges run out of ink too quickly; To extend the life of your ink cartridges, try the following:
  • Page 89 – General specifications; Marking engine; Thermal ink jet engine; Resolution
  • Page 90 – Connector cable; Optional LocalTalk; Fonts; TrueType font support; Sheet feeder; Accepts most letterhead and colored stock.
  • Page 91 – Weight
  • Page 92 – Operating environment; 0 percent to 80 percent, noncondensing; Storage environment; percent to 95 percent, noncondensing; Power consumption; 0 watts maximum; Power requirements for AC power adapter; AC power adapter
  • Page 93 – Apple part numbers; Replacement ink tanks for four-color ink cartridge
  • Page 94 – Available Options; Color StyleWriter LocalTalk Module: M4615ZM
  • Page 95 – Kinds of fonts
  • Page 96 – TrueType fonts
  • Page 97 – Bitmapped fonts
  • Page 98 – PostScript fonts; Adobe Type Manager is not an Apple product. It is made and; QuickDraw GX imaging technology
  • Page 99 – How TrueType fonts work with other kinds of fonts; TrueType and bitmapped fonts; For example, if a document uses 12-point Times
  • Page 100 – Keeping two font versions available; TrueType and PostScript fonts
  • Page 101 – How the Macintosh looks for fonts
  • Page 102 – Where fonts are stored; Fonts installed in other folders or in the top level of the System
  • Page 103 – Suitcases; A font suitcase is a special folder for collections of fonts.
  • Page 104 – You cannot have more than 128 font suitcases in the Fonts folder.
  • Page 105 – Styled fonts
  • Page 106 – Common questions about fonts; Here are some questions that often come up about fonts.; What kind of fonts should I buy?
  • Page 111 – The problem that ColorSync solves
  • Page 113 – Using ColorSync
  • Page 116 – In the Chooser dialog box, click items to select them.; If you chose Servers or AppleTalk, the Chooser looks like this:
  • Page 117 – Close the Chooser dialog box.; Defining the page setup
  • Page 119 – Open the document you want to print, or select its icon in the Finder.
  • Page 120 – In the expanded dialog box, you can make additional choices.; When you are satisfied with the settings, click Print.
  • Page 121 – Adjusting quality options
  • Page 122 – A printing shortcut
  • Page 123 – If you choose not to use QuickDraw GX printing; Choose Turn Desktop Printing Off from the Apple (
  • Page 125 – Find the disks that came with the Color StyleWriter 2500.
  • Page 126 – In the Installer dialog box, choose Custom Remove.
  • Page 131 – Index
  • Page 142 – Setting up, connecting, and using your printer
  • Page 144 – Welcome ix; Contents
  • Page 145 – Maintaining Your Printer 55
  • Page 147 – Communications regulation information; FCC statement
  • Page 149 – Main features of the Color StyleWriter 2500; Welcome
  • Page 150 – Macintosh Operating System (Mac OS) version 7.1 or a later version
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This chapter introduces the Apple Color StyleWriter 2500 printer and
explains how to set it up. After you follow the instructions in this chapter,
you’ll be ready to print.

Before you begin

Make sure that your computer is already set up and that you

know the basics of its operation.

Important safety instructions

Always take the following precautions:

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Keep the printer cover closed when printing.

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Always tur n off the printer before unplugging it.

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Keep the ink tanks and ink cartridges away from children.

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Keep the printer away from sources of liquid, such as wash basins,
bathtubs, and shower stalls.

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Protect the printer from dampness or wet weather, such as rain and snow.

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Read all the installation instructions carefully before you plug the printer
into a wall socket.

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Keep these instructions handy for reference by you and others.

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Follow all instructions and war nings dealing with your computer system.

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Setting Up Your Printer

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Page 2 - IMPORTANT; Watch for these situations, and if one occurs pull the plug!; WARNING

m Don’t use devices that produce open flames, such as Bunsen bur ners, nearthe printer. m Don’t use alcohol-based or ammonia-based cleaners on or around theprinter. m Always unplug the printer before cleaning it. (Use only the cleaningprocedure recommended in Chapter 4.) m Clean the outside of the p...

Page 3 - Unpacking the printer; Close the printer’s cover.

Unpacking the printer 1 Remove everything from the shipping box, but leave the ink cartridge in its package. 2 Remove the tape and packing material from the inside and outside of the printer. Save the carton and the packing material in case you ever need to ship theprinter. (See Appendix G, “Packing...

Page 4 - Power Macintosh users and Virtual Memory

4 Place the printer in your work area. Choose a location near your computer that has a grounded electrical outletand good ventilation, is out of direct sunlight, never gets damp or very hot orvery cold, and is away from devices that could cause electromagneticinterference, such as stereo speakers or...

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