ColorSpan Legacy Print Server - Printing Tools Installation Guide For Mac OS X 10.2

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Introduction
This document is a guide to installing MacDermid ColorSpan printing tools and adding a printer to Mac
OS X. This document covers MacOS X 10.2.x. Users are encouraged to upgrade to version 10.2.6 (or
newer) to take advantage of improvements to OS X print services.
This document covers Printing Tools 9.70. Older versions of printing tools may vary somewhat from the
descriptions and images depicted in this document.
Installing Printing Tools for OS X
1. Insert the ColorSpan Legacy Printing Tools CD.
2. Double-click the CD icon.
3. Double-click the “OS X” folder.
4. Double-click the “Install” icon to launch the installer.
5. You may be prompted for an Administrator password. Click the lock icon in the lower left corner to
enter the password.
6. Select a language.
7. Select an install set:
○ Choose “Printing Tools for Level 3 ColorSpan RIPs” if you use ColorSpan Legacy Print Server
Software 8.90 or newer.
○ Choose “Printing Tools for Level 2 ColorSpan RIPs” if you use ColorSpan Legacy Print Server
Software 8.82 or older.
8. Click Next.
9. You will be prompted for an installation location. The default is the folder “Applications” on your OS
X boot disk. If you wish to install the printing tools elsewhere on you computer, click “Choose...”
and specify a location. Otherwise click “Next”.
10. Specify if you wish to create aliases, then click “Next”. The alias will be to the ColorSpan Legacy
Image utility, which is described in the Printing Tools 9.70 Release Notes, document 0700019.
11. The installer will display a summary of your preceding choices. If you wish to make changes, click
“Previous” until you reach the screen with options you wish to alter. Otherwise, click “Install” to
install the software.
Before adding a Printer to OS X: Network
Considerations
Once the printing tools are installed, you are prepared to add a printer. Before doing so, however, you
must decide what networking protocol to use. For the MacOS operating system, the two choices are
AppleTalk and IP Printing (TCP/IP). Which protocol you use is significantly influenced by your print
server (RIP).
All ColorSpan Legacy “hardware” RIPs–ColorMark Pro and RIPStation–support both AppleTalk and IP
Printing. Protocols supported by the ColorSpan Legacy “software” RIPs–ColorMark Professional,
ColorMark Legacy Personal, ColorMark Legacy–depend on the host operating system. Windows XP
does not support AppleTalk. If your ColorMark Legacy software RIP is installed on a Windows XP
system, you must use IP Printing. If your ColorMark Legacy software RIP is installed on Windows 2000
or Windows NT 4 system, you may use either IP Printing or AppleTalk at your discretion.
Enabling AppleTalk
AppleTalk is supported by OS X, but it is not enabled by default. If you have not previously enabled
AppleTalk, you must do so before proceeding.