Downloading Files To The Printer From A Macintosh; Using The Apple Printer Utility To Download Files - Tektronix Phaser 850 User Manual

Downloading files to the printer from a Macintosh

Using the Apple Printer Utility to download files

All PostScript utility files on the printer's CD-ROM can be downloaded to the printer with
the Apple Printer Utility.
To download PostScript utility files, follow this procedure:
1. From the PhaserTools folder on your computer's hard disk, double-click Apple
Printer Utility.
2.
In the Printer Selector dialog box, make the following selections:
Under AppleTalk Zones, select your printer's zone.
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Under Printers, select your Phaser printer.
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Click Open Printer.
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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(s) that you want to download. The
printer's PostScript utility files are located on the CD-ROM in the Printer Utilities
folder inside the Phaser Tools folder.
5.
Select a utility file. Click Add.
6.
Click Send.
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 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 computer's hard disk for the message file created by the utility.
To download fonts, see page 73 for additional information.
To print a font sampler, see page 74 for additional information.
To download color sampler charts, see page 106 for additional information.
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