Oce im5530 Printing Manual - page 180

3 Installing Client Software for Macintosh

178    Installing the Printer on Mac OS 8.6/9.x

Installing the Printer on Mac OS 8.6/9.x

Installing the Macintosh PPD File

The Macintosh PPD file that is provided in the Client Utilities CD-ROM can be installed by copy-

ing it to the System Folder: Extensions: Printer Descriptions folder.

This PPD file supports printing from Mac OS X 8.6 or 9.x.  In addition, it supports printing with 

these operating systems running on the Mac OS X 10.1/10.2 Classic Mode.  The options need 

to be configured manually in Mac OS X 10.1.

Copying the PPD file to Mac OS 8.6 or 9.x

1

Insert the Client Utilities CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and open 

your language folder in the “Client:MacPPD:OS9” folder.

2

Copy the Stufflt file (Oce_im8530Series.sit) to the desktop, and 

extract the Macintosh PPD file.

To extract the file, the Stufflt utility must be installed on your computer.  For instructions 

on how to extract the file, refer to your StuffIt documentation.

3

Double-click the boot drive icon and open the “System 

Folder:Extensions:Printer Descriptions” folder.

4

Select and drag the Macintosh PPD file that you extracted to the 

“Printer Descriptions” folder.

5

Continue the procedure for configuring the printer.

 P.178 “Configuring the Printer on Mac OS 8.6/9.x”

Configuring the Printer on Mac OS 8.6/9.x

After you copy the PPD file to the Printer Descriptions folder in the System Folder, you can con-

figure the printer.

This equipment supports two types of Macintosh Printing Service: LPR Printing or AppleTalk 

Printing.

y

LPR Printing

When this equipment and your computer are connected over TCP/IP network, you can 

enable LPR printing from Macintosh computer.

y

AppleTalk Printing

When this equipment and your computer are connected over AppleTalk network, you can 

enable AppleTalk printing from Macintosh computer.

Configuring Macintosh LPR printing

Before installing the printer driver for LPR printing on Macintosh, check with your system admin-

istrator to make sure of the following:

-

This equipment is connected to the network and turned on.

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The TCP/IP setting is correct.

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LPD Printing Service is enabled on this equipment.