Technical information

m Tur n th e printer off and back on. Check the startup page.
m Reset the communication settings to their factory default values by setting
the communication switch to the Reset (out) position. Turn the printer off
and back on again. Set the communication switch to the Normal (in)
position.
m Reinstall the printer software on your computer’s startup disk.
A message on the screen says the printer can’t print.
If you get such a message, try these steps:
m Make sure that the printer is turned on.
m Check the network cables.
m Make sure your startup disk has the LaserWriter 8 driver in the Extensions
folder, which is inside the System Folder.
m Make sure the printer is selected in the Chooser. Be sure to select the
printer’s name as well as the LaserWriter 8 icon and, if your network has
zones, the correct AppleTalk network zone.
m Make sure that the printer has paper correctly installed.
Sometimes printing the first page takes longer than I expect.
The printer automatically goes into an energy-saving mode after it’s been idle
for a while. When you print while it’s in this mode, the printer takes up to
three minutes to warm up before it can print the first page.
A desktop printer icon appears again as soon as you drag it to the Trash.
You must always have at least one desktop printer icon. If you drag your last
desktop printer to the Trash, the computer instantly creates another one just
like it. To remove all desktop printer icons, turn off the Desktop Printing
extension and then restart your computer.
The desktop printer icons appear as folders.
If you restart the computer using a startup disk that doesn’t contain up-to-date
LaserWriter printing software, your desktop printer icons will appear as
folders. Though they won’t work as usual, they will return to normal when
you restart from a disk with the latest printing software.
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