ColorSpan Legacy Printing Tools - User Guide for Macintosh OS

Preferences 3-3
Preferences To configure the Downloader Utility preferences, select Prefer-
ences… from the Edit menu. The Preferences dialog box
appars.
• Background Speed— Sets the amount of CPU time that is
allocated to the Downloader Utility.
Fastest downloads files (in the background) as fast as possi-
ble. This may affect the performance of other applications
running in the foreground. Some games, screen savers and
applications (that place a non-movable dialog box on the
screen for more than two minutes at a time) will not yield
CPU time to background applications. This can cause the
Downloader Utility to lose its connection to the RIP. Setting
this Preference to Fastest may help, but not in all cases.
Normal (the default) makes the Downloader Utility share
CPU time about the same as most other common Macin-
tosh applications. This is the recommended setting.
Nicest allows other applications (running in the foreground)
as much CPU time as they request. Files are spooled more
slowly with this setting. However, some applications may
never yield any CPU time to the Downloader Utility. In that
case, the Downloader Utility will timeout and drop its connec-
tion to the printer. If you have an Error Log turned on, this