Technical information

Creating special desktop printers
You can create two special desktop printers: a desktop printer that is not
associated with any printer, and a desktop printer that converts files to
PostScript format.
If you’re working on a PowerBook computer, for example, and no printer is
available, you can print your files on a desktop printer that is not associated
with any printer. The spooled files remain in this desktop printer until you
connect your computer to a networked printer. You can then drag the files to
the printer’s desktop printer icon to be printed. This saves you the time of
having to reopen each file once you have access to a printer.
The PostScript translator desktop printer is also not associated with a printer.
It converts files to PostScript format, and places the PostScript file into a
folder that you define with the utility.
1In the Desktop Printer Utility window, select Printer (no printer connection) or Translator
(PostScript) from the list and click OK.
2In the dialog box that appears, make the necessary changes.
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This dialog box is
used for desktop
printers not
associated with a
printer.
This dialog box is
used for PostScript
translator desktop
printers.
To select a PostScript Printer
Description file for the printer,
click Change.
To select a new folder where the
PostScript files are to reside,
click Change.
To select a PostScript Printer
Description file for the printer,
click Change.