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Xerox DocuColor 5750 User Manual
Summary of DocuColor 5750
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U s e r g u i d e for the xerox docucolor 5750 digital copier printer docucolor color server.
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Copyright © 1998 electronics for imaging, inc. All rights reserved. This publication is protected by copyright, and all rights are reserved. No part of it may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means for any purpose without express prior written consent from electronics for imaging, ...
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Ce mark the ce marking applied to this product symbolises rank xerox’s declaration of conformity with the following applicable directives of the european union as of the dates indicated. January 1, 1996—council directive 70/80/cco amended by council directive 93/68/eeo. Approximation of the laws of ...
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Einhaltung mit betreffenden bestimmungen kommt darauf an, dass geschirmte ausfuhrungen gebraucht werden. Fuer die beschaffung richtiger ausfuhrungen ist der betreiber verantwortlich. Software license agreement electronics for imaging, inc. Grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to u...
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Except for the above express limited warranty, electronics for imaging makes and you receive no warranties or conditions on the products, express, implied, or statutory, and electronics for imaging specifically disclaims any implied warranty or condition of merchantability or fitness for a particula...
Page 7: Contents
Contents before you begin how the docucolor works xi about the documentation xi using this manual xii safety warnings xii cleaning the docucolor xiii specifications xiii supported paper sizes xiv chapter 1: operating the docucolor using the control panel 1-1 activity light 1-2 buttons 1-2 display wi...
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Viii table of contents chapter 3: printing with windows computers printing from applications 3-1 setting options and printing with windows 95 3-1 setting options and printing with windows 3.1x 3-6 printing with windows nt 4.0 3-10 printing with windows nt 3.51 3-12 printing to the parallel port 3-12...
Page 9: Appendix A:
Ix table of contents appendix a: error messages appendix b: font list postscript printer fonts b-1 adobe type 1 fonts b-1 truetype fonts b-3 appendix c: troubleshooting basic troubleshooting tips c-1 general printing problems c-2 problems with print quality c-5 problems with the utilities c-6 downlo...
Page 11: How The Docucolor Works
Xi how the docucolor works the docucolor color server enables you to use your color copier as a networked printer. You can use the docucolor to print final documents or to proof jobs you will later print on an offset press. You can print to the docucolor as you would print to a laserwriter or other ...
Page 12: Safety Warnings
Xii before you begin • release notes include information about changes in the current release of system and user software, last-minute information, and information to help you use them efficiently. Using this manual this manual includes the following topics: • printing from a macintosh computer • pr...
Page 13: Specifications
Xiii specifications cleaning the docucolor clean the docucolor with a soft cloth moistened with isopropyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol. Never use water or ketone as these may permanently alter the display. Specifications the docucolor has the following features: • cpu r4700, 150mhz • 32mb ram • internal...
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Xiv before you begin supported paper sizes the docucolor supports printing at 400dpi (dots per inch) on the following paper sizes: • postcard (4" x 6") • letter, letter-r (8.5" x 11") • legal (8.5" x 14") • tabloid (11" x 17") • a6 (105mm x 148mm) • a4, a4-r (210mm x 297mm) • a3 (297mm x 420mm).
Page 15: Using The Control Panel
1 1-1 using the control panel you can use the docucolor control panel to view status information about jobs, print special pages, and set up printing. For information about setup options and how to use them, see the administrator guide . Using the control panel the control panel on the front of the ...
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1 1-2 operating the docucolor activity light the activity light indicates the current docucolor activity. If the light is: buttons solid red there is an error causing printing and scanning to be disabled, and the docucolor is idle. Flashing red there is an error causing printing and scanning to be d...
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1 1-3 using the control panel display window the display window provides information about the status of the docucolor, displays menu information, and enables you to view and edit information in the setup menus. The last line of the display window displays text that tells you what screen you are loo...
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1 1-4 operating the docucolor rip status when the docucolor is processing a job, the rip status screen appears. This screen displays the following: cancel job —press the top line selection button to cancel the job currently processing. The docucolor cancels the job before printing begins. Document n...
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1 1-5 using the control panel functions menu you can choose the following commands from this menu: choose: to do this: print pages print special pages from the docucolor. You can print the following pages from the submenu that appears: test page —a test page enables you to confirm that the docucolor...
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1 1-6 operating the docucolor starting and shutting down the docucolor generally, you can leave the docucolor running all the time. This section describes how to shut down and restart the docucolor when necessary. Starting the docucolor to start the docucolor, move the switch on the rear of the docu...
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1 1-7 starting and shutting down the docucolor when the diagnostics are finished, the following message is displayed: for software update or setup press any key if you want to change the setup options, press one of the buttons; if you do not press a button, the docucolor continues starting up and di...
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1 1-8 operating the docucolor shutting down the docucolor you may need to shut down the docucolor for service. When you do so, fonts that have been downloaded to the hard disk drive are not deleted. Print jobs in the hold and printed queues and jobs that have been processed but not printed are not d...
Page 23: Printing From Applications
2 2-1 printing from applications you can print to the docucolor just as you would print to any other printer from any application software. First, select the docucolor as the current printer in the chooser, and then print the file from within your application. Jobs printed to the docucolor are sent ...
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2 2-2 printing with macintosh computers 6. In the chooser window, make sure that appletalk is active and then click the close box to quit the chooser. The docucolor remains selected as the current printer until you choose a new printer in the chooser. Setting print options with macintosh computer ap...
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2 2-3 printing from applications in the paper source pop-up menu, specify the paper tray to use for the job. For example, you can specify that the job should be printed on pages in the bypass tray. Tray selection is valid for the current job only. N ote : if paper loaded in the selected tray is a di...
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2 2-4 printing with macintosh computers if you choose printer’s default, the docucolor prints with either the default value for the server, or the information entered during setup on the docucolor control panel. Some ppd options can also be set from within an application. In these cases, use the doc...
Page 27: Printing From Applications
3 3-1 printing from applications the docucolor enables you to print from a windows-based computer connected to the docucolor. This chapter describes how to print to the docucolor from windows 95 ® , windows ® 3.1x, and windows nt ™ . You can print from a networked windows computer, or from a windows...
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3 3-2 printing with windows computers t o set print options and print with the a dobe ps printer driver from w indows 95: 1. Double-click the my computer icon. 2. Double-click the printers icon. 3. Select the icon for the docucolor and choose properties from the file menu. 4. Click the paper tab. 5....
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3 3-3 printing from applications n ote : if paper loaded in the selected tray is a different size, orientation, and/or media type than that of the job you are sending, the docucolor displays an error message and the job will not print. You should then load the correct paper in the selected tray or c...
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3 3-4 printing with windows computers 8. Click the options tab. 9. Click through the job, color, and finishing tabs, and select the appropriate settings for your print job. These print options are specific to the docucolor. They override settings in printer setup on the docucolor control panel; you ...
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3 3-5 printing from applications 12. From your application, choose print. The printer job notes dialog box appears. 13. Enter text messages in the notes 1 and notes 2 areas. In the notes 1 and notes 2 areas, enter user and job identification information for accounting purposes, or whatever informati...
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3 3-6 printing with windows computers saving and loading print option settings print option settings can be saved to a file on your hard disk. Saving a settings file enables you to easily load specifically configured settings for a particular job. T o save print option settings : 1. After configurin...
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3 3-7 printing from applications t o set print options and print with the a dobe ps printer driver from w indows 3.1 x : 1. In the main window, double-click the control panel icon. 2. Double-click the printers icon. 3. In the printers dialog box, select the docucolor in the installed printers box an...
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3 3-8 printing with windows computers 6. Click the features tab. 7. Select the appropriate settings for your job and click ok. These print options are specific to the docucolor (you must scroll to see all the pop- up menus). They override settings in setup on the docucolor control panel; you can als...
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3 3-9 printing from applications 8. Choose print in your application. The color printer job notes dialog box appears. 9. If necessary, enter your name in the user and document areas. Once you enter your name in the user area, it appears automatically in this dialog box when you print subsequent jobs...
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3 3-10 printing with windows computers printing with windows nt 4.0 you can print from windows nt 4.0 using the printer driver included with windows nt. The windows nt 4.0 postscript printer driver supports many docucolor-specific options. T o set print options and print with the m icrosoft p ost s ...
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3 3-11 printing from applications 4. Scroll down to the print options, and select the appropriate settings for your print job. These print options are specific to the docucolor (you must scroll to see all the options). They override settings in printer setup on the docucolor control panel; you can a...
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3 3-12 printing with windows computers printing with windows nt 3.51 you can print from windows nt 3.51 using the printer driver included with windows nt. However, this driver does not support docucolor-specific options. See getting started for information on the windows nt postscript printer driver...
Page 39: Using Downloader to Print
3 3-13 using downloader to print using downloader to print downloading files with downloader is generally faster than printing from application software. You can use downloader to print postscript files or eps files. T o print using d ownloader : 1. Create a postscript file or eps file. Specify the ...
Page 41: Printing to The Docucolor
4 4-1 printing to the docucolor you can print to the docucolor directly from unix. Jobs printed to the docucolor are sent to the print queue and can be manipulated from macintosh and windows computers on the network. The queue name and docucolor printer name are established by your system administra...
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4 4-2 printing with unix workstations • on a system running solaris 2 or any system v implementation of unix, use the lpr command to send a job to the docucolor as follows: lpr -d {-n } for example, if the print queue of your docucolor is named print_server , your file is named sample , and you want...
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4 4-3 printing to the docucolor you can use the lpq command to check the job number. For example, to remove job number 123 from the print queue of your docucolor named print_server , type: lprm -pprint_server 123 the lprm command reports the names of any files it removes. • on a system running solar...
Page 45: Spooler
5 5-1 spooler the following utilities are available to help you manage your print jobs on the docucolor: • spooler ™ , which is installed from the user software cd, enables you to view the order and priority of print jobs, delete jobs, and move jobs between queues. You can also use it to view job ac...
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5 5-2 managing print jobs t o launch s pooler : 1. Double-click the spooler icon or choose spooler from the windows 95 start button. 2. Select the docucolor from the chooser list and click ok. The spooler main window and file, edit, window, help (windows), and administrator menus appear. 3. To acces...
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5 5-3 spooler spooler jobs can be in one of the following queues: jobs in the queues are stored on the docucolor hard disk. Make sure that you leave enough space on the hard disk for fonts and other spooler jobs. You can use the spooler job log to view information about jobs printed to the docucolor...
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5 5-4 managing print jobs the job list includes information about the document name, user name, time and date sent, print device, and file size. The window is split into regions that correspond to the different queues and steps in the printing process. You can click and drag a job to the print regio...
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5 5-5 spooler buttons also appear above the scroll list. The buttons are: t o set s pooler p references : 1. Choose preferences from the edit menu. The preferences dialog box appears. Update click this button to update the information in the spooler main window. Duplicate and print drag a document o...
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5 5-6 managing print jobs you can use this window to specify that the docucolor: update automatically every n seconds or update manually—this option lets you specify whether the spooler main window is automatically updated every 20 seconds (or at an interval that you set), or whether it is updated o...
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5 5-7 spooler t o duplicate a job within a queue : 1. Select the job that you want to copy by clicking its name. The selected job is highlighted. If you want to select more than one job, shift-click to select multiple, adjacent jobs; ctrl-click to select multiple, non-adjacent jobs. 2. Choose duplic...
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5 5-8 managing print jobs changing print settings for a job you can set certain printing parameters for a job in the override print settings dialog box. The settings in this dialog box override the settings in the printer specific options (mac os)/options (windows) dialog box and in setup on the doc...
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5 5-9 spooler using the job log with spooler, you can view and print a log of all the jobs printed to the docucolor. You can also save the job log as a text file that you can then import into a spreadsheet or word processing application for job accounting purposes. All jobs printed to the queues, pr...
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5 5-10 managing print jobs use the scroll bar at the bottom of the window to view all fields in the job log window. The text in the status column provides information about the job: 4. To update the job log, click the update button at the top of the window. 5. To print the job log, choose print job ...
Page 55: Downloading Files and Fonts
5 5-11 downloading files and fonts 8. If you entered the administrator password, you can choose delete job log from the file menu to clear the job log. The system administrator can also print and clear the job log from the control panel. Downloading files and fonts you can use downloader to: • print...
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5 5-12 managing print jobs buttons for some menu functions display in the toolbar at the top of the window. Click the button to perform the function. The buttons are: the print status region displays the server status and the user name and document name of the job currently printing. The rip status ...
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5 5-13 downloading files and fonts the download progress bar dynamically displays the progress of the job as it downloads to the docucolor. The hard disk region displays the amount of available disk space on the docucolor. Click the display font list button or choose font list from the file menu to ...
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5 5-14 managing print jobs 3. Choose download from the file menu or click the download button. A dialog box containing a list of files appears. 4. Select the file type to display in the files of type menu. You can leave this at the default all known formats, or select all files. All known formats li...
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5 5-15 downloading files and fonts 7. To change attributes of a job, select it and click options. 8. Specify the following information in the dialog box and click ok. Copies—specify the number of copies you want by entering the number in the copies textbox. Brightness—change the brightness setting i...
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5 5-16 managing print jobs downloading and managing printer fonts the docucolor includes 136 postscript fonts; for a complete list, see appendix b, “font list.” in addition, two adobe multiple master fonts are included and are used for font substitution in pdf files. Before printing a postscript or ...
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5 5-17 downloading files and fonts before you print postscript or eps files using downloader, make sure that all fonts included in your file are installed in the docucolor. If your file contains fonts that are not installed on the docucolor, the text in these fonts will not print correctly and may n...
Page 62: Webspooler Webtool
5 5-18 managing print jobs webspooler webtool the webspooler webtool is a utility that resides on the docucolor but can be accessed over the network from a variety of platforms. The docucolor functions as an internet or intranet server, and has a home page that lets remote users view server function...
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5 5-19 webspooler webtool 3. Click the webspooler button at the left to select it. The spooler main window and file, edit, window, help, and administrator menus appear. You can click the question mark next to the webspooler button to display information about webspooler. N ote : the installer webtoo...
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A a-1 error messages when an error interferes with printing, you will see a message on the docucolor control panel. Following are the messages (listed in alphabetical order), with the appropriate corrective action for each one. Message corrective action/additional information accessory disabled the ...
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A a-2 error messages ld ___ in tray 1 the copier’s tray 1 is not loaded with the paper size or type specified. The docucolor will print when tray 1 is loaded with the required paper. Ld ___ in tray 2 the copier’s tray 2 is not loaded with the paper size or type specified. The docucolor will print wh...
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A a-3 error messages remove copies from sorter the maximum page capacity for one of the sorter bins has been exceeded. Printing will resume when the sorter is cleared. Replace waste bottle the copier’s waste toner container is full of used toner. Replace the container with a new one according to the...
Page 69: Postscript Printer Fonts
B b-1 font list this appendix lists the built-in printer fonts included with your docucolor. Postscript printer fonts listed below are the 136 built-in postscript printer fonts on the docucolor. In addition to the fonts listed below, two adobe multiple master fonts are included and are used for font...
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B b-2 font list • helvetica, helvetica-bold, helvetica-boldoblique, helvetica-condensed, helvetica-condensed-bold, helvetica-condensed-boldobl, helvetica-condensed-oblique, helvetica-narrow, helvetica-narrow-bold, helvetica-narrow-boldoblique, helvetica-narrow-oblique, helvetica-oblique • joannamt, ...
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B b-3 font list truetype fonts the docucolor includes 19 truetype fonts: • apple-chancery • arialmt, arial-boldmt, arial-italicmt, arial-bolditalicmt • chicago • geneva • hoeflertext-regular, hoeflertext-black, hoeflertext-italic, hoeflertext-blackitalic, hoeflertext-ornaments • monaco • newyork • t...
Page 73: Basic Troubleshooting Tips
C c-1 troubleshooting this section provides some troubleshooting guidelines should a problem arise. If you are still unable to resolve a problem, contact your authorized service/support center. Basic troubleshooting tips there are some basic situations that can cause a variety of problems. Before yo...
Page 74: General Printing Problems
C c-2 troubleshooting general printing problems if this happens: try this: the docucolor doesn’t appear in the macintosh chooser list of printers 1. On the macintosh, make sure that the correct zone is selected and that appletalk is active. Appletalk must be active. The docucolor may be in a differe...
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C c-3 troubleshooting printing seems to take too long • print to the print queue instead of to the direct connection. When you print to the print queue, the job is stored on the docucolor until it can be processed and printed; when you print to the direct connection, some file processing is performe...
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C c-4 troubleshooting message requests a paper size that you don’t have • cancel the job and do one of the following: if you are printing a postscript file, set the convert paper sizes setting in printer setup on the control panel to convert the job to the paper size you do have. You can do this to ...
Page 77: Problems With Print Quality
C c-5 troubleshooting problems with print quality jobs sent to the parallel port do not print (cont’d.) • if the postscript printer driver that you are using lets you select bi-directional communication, make sure that it is disabled. This is generally set from the properties dialog box for the prin...
Page 78: Problems With The Utilities
C c-6 troubleshooting problems with the utilities your printed file appears too dark • adjust the image’s brightness setting in the printer specific options (macintosh)/ options (windows), download (downloader), or override print settings (spooler) dialog box. You can use the brightness options in d...
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C c-7 troubleshooting downloader problems if his happens: try this: you can’t print an eps file using downloader • try printing using the “showpage” option in the download postscript file dialog box. The showpage (after eps file) option adds a “showpage” postscript language command at the end of the...
Page 81: Where to Set Print Options
D d-1 setting job overrides job override settings enable you to use all the special features of your copier and docucolor. You can set job settings in several places. This table shows where options can be set and where they can be overriden. The underlined option in the leftmost column is the printe...
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D d-2 setting job overrides setting and options (underlined option is printer’s default) description control panel print dialog box printer specific options downloader options spooler overrides brightness 85% lightest/ 90% lighter/ 95% light/ 100% normal/ 105% dark/ 110% darker/ 115% darkest select ...
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D d-3 setting job overrides document set the document set option enables you to reverse order print and collate multiple page/ multiple copy jobs sent from applications that do not support reverse order printing and collation. Media type plain paper/ thick paper/ transparency/ interleaved/ coated pa...
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D d-4 setting job overrides n ote : if you print from an application that does support reverse order printing and/or collation, make sure to disable these options from within the application before using the document set option. Enabling reverse order printing and/or collation from within an applica...
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D d-5 setting job overrides rendering style use this option to select a default color rendering dictionary (crd) to be used when you print rgb images, objects, and text. Photographic—optimizes the range of colors on the docucolor to produce the best results for photographic or bitmapped images. Pres...
Page 87: Index
Index a access privileges for spooler 5-1 access privileges for webspooler 5-18 activity light on control panel 1-2 adobe font downloader 5-11 adobe multiple master fonts b-1 adobe photoshop transfer functions 5-15 adobe postscript printer driver for macintosh 2-1 for windows 3.1x 3-6 for windows 95...
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I-2 index j job log in spooler 5-9 printing 1-5 job overrides brightness option d-2 color mode option d-2 copier mode option d-2 document set option d-2, d-3 media type option d-3, d-4 rendering style option d-3, d-5 sorter mode option d-3, d-5 l light on control panel 1-2 line selection buttons 1-2...
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I-3 index printer setup with adobe postscript printer driver for windows 3.1x 3-7 with adobe postscript printer driver for windows 95 3-2 with microsoft postscript printer driver for windows nt 4.0 3-10 printer specific options macintosh 2-3 printing from downloader 3-13, 5-13 from macintosh applica...
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I-4 index w warnings xii webspooler about 5-18 accessing 5-18 home page 5-18 passwords 5-18 requirements for 5-18 windows printing from applications 3-1 windows 3.1x paper source menu 3-7 postscript printer driver 3-6 printer’s default setting 3-8 printing with 3-6 tray selection 3-7 windows 95 pape...