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1. K L i4 y I 90004 a a F T a A EE T 4A F EE id i a a J Appendix B Paper specifications and recommendations GCC Technologies recommends the following materials for use with your printer GCC does not assume liability for materials used with the printer that are not listed below Printing on standard papers Your GCC printer prints on most kinds of paper stock including most color stocks and letterhead The printer produces best results on standard 20 pound 75 g m copier type paper however paper weights from 16 Ib to 28 lb 60 g m to 105 g m should also provide good results To produce even clearer sharper images use paper with a surface that 1s smoother but not shinier than photocopy paper Some companies offer paper specifically designed for laser printers Printing on letterhead Letterhead should conform to the weight and surface characteristics specified in the previ ous section Also keep the following points in mind when printing on letterhead Temperature Some letterheads use low temperature dyes that vaporize and smear at high temperatures Many letterheads that have a slick texture use a heat bonding process called thermography that bonds the print to the paper Letterheads produced with this technique may unbond in the printer causing damage Paper Texture
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3. amment box will appear asking you if the test page i printed successfully Wait a few seconds to see if the test page prints If the test page printed lick Yes if there 1 lem click in Ee PRU prov ak rae PO om Driver acc Elite 1212 v3 1 New Driver dows NT 4 0 will display troubleshooting steps Separator Page Print Processor Print Test Page If your page printed correctly you ve completed the normal installation process You may need to install printer description files if your appli cations need them Read the section installing printer description files later in this guide Cancel 7 4 Exploring the Properties and Document Defaults dialog boxes Now that you have installed the printing software in Windows NT 4 0 there are a number of settings that you may need to change if you have special printing requirements Most users will not need to make any changes here You ll make most of the changes in the Properties dialog box but some settings are in the Document Defaults You can get to the Document Defaults dialog box by highlighting your printer in the Printers window and choosing Document Defaults from the File menu Most of the Properties dialog box contains options that are the same for all printers using Windows NT 4 0 so this section of this installation guide only covers the options provided by GCC If you want information on options for all Windows
4. P 11 3 Whats onmtuasepsROMM tester nee ellen ster enn an apne nee cee ae 11 3 Appendices A Printer specifications aeaa meu x TE INE A 1 B Paper specifications and recommendations B 1 C Adding memory to your printer eese C 1 D Adding and configuring optional paper trays D 1 E OuickDravv G mE MT E 1 uper F 1 G Interface connector pinouts esseeeseeeeee nennen G 1 H Radio and television interference cessere H 1 I Elite 12ppm consumables and optional accessories I 1 GOSS a eee mee ELI M J 1 K Warranties and Licenses ccccccecececececcecscececcacececececeeuscscaceasas K 1 1 Introduction and Installation Congratulations on your purchase of a GCC Technologies Elite 12ppm laser printer You now have a fast high quality versatile solution for all your printing needs Using this manual This manual has all the text of the Quick Install printed guide along with further infor mation about configuring your printer and computer To navigate around the manual see the section Using Adobe Acrobat with the Elite 12ppm CD ROM either in this manual or in the Quick Install guide You ll also find the Networking Guide various installation guides and printer specifications Elsewhere on this CD ROM you ll find printing software for your computer Elite 12ppm highlights Note GCC
5. 2 5 Language 2 5 Print Help Page m a aa sesseenuerceaianectine naseeweee eee ce 2 6 Print 1 Sample Page S cssccccsssecessseeeceasseecsaseeeccaseeesaaseeeseaeeeess 2 6 PMU Ie Mid Ob E E E E E E E E E ancternsees 2 6 Paper MIAMI esset meret eMe See 2 7 EnmnulatiOnsr esee muceiet ue MEE 2 8 Mtera ces rere ete Rumor IIR Ue EE I D eU dU 2 11 mnro Pagesa ccu enc ne Een ee eet ee eee ee ee eres 2 12 Pont CONO eec EMEN 2 12 Using a Macintosh Sonware instalation doe ee EID ded 3 1 Selecting the LaserWriter 8 printer driver 3 3 Printing documents using the LaserWriter 8 printer driver 3 5 Selecting Page Setup options cccceccecssseecceeseeeseseeeceaseeeseaseeeseaes 3 5 Page AttsbltesqMe ee 3 6 SelectincdPrim opos Saa a E 3 7 Manual feed printing coer e eee etie 3 12 Naming tne Elite T OOI E a aaa a a esas ese s ents wees 3 13 Using Windows 3 1 Setting Windows 3 1 printing options eeeeeeeeeeee 4 3 Advanced Optionsoecesmeior eei MEME ME 4 5 Port assignment Windows 3 1 sseeesseeeee nennen nnn 4 5 Installing printer description files eeeeseeeeeeeeeene 4 7 Printing from Windows 3 1 applications ee 4 7 5 Using Windows 95 Windows 95 printing software overview eese 5 1 Plug and Play installation
6. A Print e s stein The Format for pop up menu is divided into two sections by a Elite 600 GH Elite HL GH dotted line LaserWriter GH EU E Above the line is a list of all QuickDraw GX drivers installed in your PIECTIPress Extensions folder 1st floor 5electPress 1200 e Below the line is a list of desktop printers that you have created The default for this menu will correspond to the default desktop printer However if you want to print the document to another desktop printer choose it from the list below the dotted line This will enable you to access the Options panel for the newly selected printer Note Choosing a new printer from the Format for menu does not change the default printer use either the Set Default Printer command in the Printing menu in the Finder or select a different printer in the Print to menu in the Print dialog box The Options panel When Options preceded by the name of your GCC printer is highlighted in the scroll box on the left the Page Setup dialog box looks like the one pictured below Page Setup SelectPress Options Flip horizontal L Flip vertical O Invert image AccuGray Default page setup panels The first three options Flip horizontal Flip vertical and Invert image are available with all GCC printers Other options may appear in this panel e g AccuGray depending on the model of your GCC printer After choosing options click
7. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph GCC PROVIDES THE SOFTWARE AND THE DOCUMENTA TION AS IS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR WARRANTIES OF QUALITY OR PERFORMANCE YOU THE LICENSEE ARE ASSUMING THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE SOFTWARE AND THE DOCUMENTATION AND THE RESULTS OF ITS USE Your exclusive remedy with respect to the Software the Documentation and this License Agreement shall be limited to the replacement of any defective medium or refund of the purchase price of your Product as set forth above APPLE COMPUTER INC MAKES NO WARRANTIES EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REGARDING THE ENCLOSED COM PUTER SOFTWARE PACKAGE ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE THE EXCLU SION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IS NOT PERMITTED BY SOME STATES THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU THIS WARRANTY PROVIDES YOU WITH SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS THERE MAY BE OTHER RIGHTS THAT YOU HAVE WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE IN NO EVENT WILL GCC BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION even if advised of the possibility of such damages In particular GCC shall have no liability for any programs or data stored or used with the Software including the costs of recovering such
8. How to set up your Elite 12ppm Overview You ll carry out these steps to get your printer up and running Selecting a location for the printer Unpacking the printer and connecting it to a power outlet nstalling the toner cartridge Connecting the printer to a computer or network The detailed instructions for these steps are in this section of the manual Once you have the printer physically set up you ll install software on every computer that will use it This includes nstalling the printer driver on a Macintosh or Windows computer nstalling PPD PostScript Printer Description and other files if necessary Configuring the control panel driver and ports if necessary The detailed instructions for these steps are in the appropriate section of this manual according to which type of computer or operating system you use Why would install PPD files or configure the control panel printer driver or ports Installing PPD files Although the standard software install gives the computer all the details of the printer a few software applications need you to install special files If you don t have any of these applications on your computer you don t need to install the files GCC supplies PPD files for these applications Adobe Illustrator for Windows versions 4 0 and 4 1 Adobe PageMaker for Windows versions 5 0 and 6 0 Aldus FreeHand for Windows all versions up to 4 0 MacroMedia FreeHand fo
9. Save as Untitled Print File No Fonts All Fonts Mon Standard Fonts Enter a location that you want your file saved to You can also select the fonts that should be saved with your document using the Include pop up menu Note Choosing the Non Standard Fonts option includes all the fonts used in your docu ment except for printer resident fonts See your User s Manual for more information about resident fonts Quality enables you to choose an output resolution in dots per inch for your document The available resolutions will depend on the GCC printer model being used Other print panels The Print dialog box also contains some other panels that are standard with QuickDraw GX Print Time This panel enables you to control when a document will be printed Paper Match This panel enables you to redirect a document to another paper tray It also allows you to choose how the document should be adjusted cropped tiled scaled if the paper in the selected tray is too small After choosing options click Fewer Choices to return to the first level of the Print dialog box Cancel to close the Print dialog without saving any changes Print to print your document with the selected options E 10 Page Setup and Print dialog boxes unadopted applications If QuickDraw GX 1s enabled and you are printing from an application that has not adopted QuickDraw GX the application will display alternate Page Setup and Print di
10. Click Connect You ll see the Connect dialog box Select the new printer port assignment in the Ports list box If the printer is connected to a parallel interface select one of the parallel ports labeled LPT1 LPT2 etc If the printer is connected to a serial interface select one of the serial ports labeled COM1 COM2 etc If you use a serial connection as shown in step 3 click the Settings button The Settings button is dimmed if the Elite 12ppm is connected via a parallel interface You ll see the Settings dialog box displaying the PC s serial port default parameters Use the following 19 200 Baud Rate 8 Data Bits None for Parity 1 Stop Bit and Hardware for Flow Control Note The Elite 12ppm Windows driver is shipped with the baud rate set to 9600 If you change the baud rate to 19 200 you will also need to change the baud rate in the RS 422 Baud Rate submenu in the printer s front panel to 19 200 Also some versions of DOS do not support 19 200 baud rate If you frequently print from one of these versions of DOS leave the Windows serial port baud rate at 9600 to prevent commu nication problems You now need to verify the serial port settings if the Elite 12ppm is connected via its serial interface Verify that the printer s control panel serial port settings match those set in the Windows Settings dialog box Note that the Hardware Flow Control setting in Windows corresponds to the DTR Flow Cont
11. Overview You set up your Windows or DOS computer to use the Elite 12ppm by installing the Elite 12ppm software for PC compatibles This software is on this CD ROM It includes customized Windows PostScript printer drivers for Windows 3 1 and Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Windows 95 and Windows NT 3 51 and 4 0 It also has printer descrip tion files that let you use all the printing and paper handling features of the Elite 12ppm This and the following sections detail installation and printing instructions for Windows 3 1 Windows 95 Windows NT 3 51 Windows NT 4 0 and DOS Information on net working printers with Windows is in the Networking section of this manual Important Read the release notes contained in the README TXT file before installing the printing software This file includes important last minute feature and compatibility information about the Elite 12ppm Printing with Windows 3 1 If you want to install the GCC Windows 3 1 PostScript driver 1 Switch on the PC 2 Start Windows 3 Double click the Main group from the Program Manager window You ll see the Main group window 4 Double click the Control Panel icon You ll see the Control Panel window 5 Double click the Printers icon You ll see the Printers dialog box L1 PUN 6 Click the Add button SCC ERE TZIZITI on LPT1 i HP DeskJet 550C Printer on LPT 2 HP LaserJet 4V 4HMV PostScript on LPT1 7 The dialog box expands and shows you a PustScript
12. Selects paper source Selects a paper size Select orientation Sets left margin Sets right margin Sets top margin Sets page length refers to n a n a n a n a n a to 32 767 n a 1 tray 1 2 manual feed 3 manual feed 4 tray 2 6 MPFeeder 1 executive 2 letter 3 legal 14 26 A4 45 JIS B5 62 legal 13 71 postcard 80 monarch 81 commercial 10 90 DL 0 portrait 1 landscape Column number Column number Number of lines Number of lines from top margin F 1 The PCL font list page which can be printed via your printer s control panel Info Pages menu contains information about the 15 resident PCL fonts a second page is printed if you have downloaded other PCL fonts to the printer s memory The font list pages contain nine columns of information See the following page for a description of the information in each column IS AU Num Font Name Symbol Set Resident Fonts Bitmapped Pitch Points Style Weight Print Sample ABCDE ghij 84 amp 123 AREREfygy9CoNA gxUBADO ABCDEfghij amp 123 AAEEEYY CcNfi exUBADO ABCDEfghij amp 123 AAEEREYY CENA gXUBADO 1 Courier 10 Roman 8 0 Esc 8U Esc sOp10h12v0s0b3T Courier 10 Bold Roman 8 Esc 8U Esc CsOp10h12v0s3b3T Roman 8 4sOb3T Courier 10 Obliq Esc BU Esc CsOp10h Courier 12 Roman 8 Esc 8UsESc SOp12h10v0sOb3T Coufier 12 Bold Roman 8
13. a drive letter 7 9 7 10 d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane then double click on the PPD folder e Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the ppd files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed Adobe PageMaker 6 0 a Select all files that end in ppd b Choose Copy from the Edit menu c Locate the Pm6 folder in the left pane you may have to click on the plus sign next to a drive letter d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane then double click on the Rsrc folder e Double click on the Usenglsh folder then double click on the Ppd4 folder f Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the ppd files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed Aldus FreeHand 4 0 or PageMaker 5 0 a Select all files that end in ppd b Choose Copy from the Edit menu c Locate the Aldus folder in the left pane you may have to click on the plus sign next to a drive letter d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane then double click on the Usenglsh folder e Double click on the ppd4 folder f Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the ppd files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed Aldus FreeHand 3 1 and earlier a Open the Ppd3 folder on the Elite 12ppm CD ROM b Select all files in this folder b Choose Copy from the Edit me
14. s control panel menus must match the settings in this dialog box Check the O mm a settings and change them if necessary The Sobis ssi serial port s Baud Rate submenu corre EE sponds to the Bits per second drop down list box in the dialog box The DTR setting Advanced Restore Defauts in the Flow Control submenu is the same as the Hardware setting in the dialog box ier Click OK 13 You ll see the port selection dialog box again e Click Next 5 4 14 You ll see the name printer dialog Add Printer Wizard 15 box You can type a name for this printer ar you can use the name supplied below V hen vou have Finished click Next You can enter a new name for your Printer name printer if you wish or you can leave the default name Also at this point you should decide whether you want je E UE Do you want your Windows based programs to use this i printer as the default printer to make this the default printer If PE you say Yes the Elite 12ppm will be ac EET the printer selected every time you print from a Windows application lt Back Cancel Click Next You ll see the Print a Test Page Add Printer Wizard 1 Alt inter is installed Wind int a test dialog Se aed pue a e Change the setting to No Because Mice ee Ue eal you have to make changes after the software is installed we recommend that you don t choose to print a test page yet You ll print a test page when the ins
15. 781 275 5800 AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY Mr Armik Ghazarians MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE ANSI C63 4 1992 TEST SPECIFICATION FCC RULES AND REGULATIONS DoC RETLIF TESTING LABORATORIES TEST REPORT NO R 3095N ACCREDITATION NAVLAP ISO IEC GUIDE 25 October 1997 SIGNATURE OF RESPONSIBLE TEST ENGINEER J MONAHAN TEST PERSONNEL M McSweeney TESTING DATE June 2 1997 REPORT DATE June 17 1997 Description of the Measurement Facility is on file at Retlif Testing Laboratories Goffstown NH e Retlif Testing Laboratories ri K 6 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY according Manufacturer s Name Manufacturer s Address declares that the product Product Name Model Name Product Options to ISO IEC Guide 22 and EN45014 GCC Technologies 209 Burlington Road Bedford MA 01730 9143 Elite 12ppm Elite 1212 1200dpi 500 sheet feeder AC16126 250 sheet Universal paper cassette AC16128 500 sheet Universal paper cassette AC16130 Duplex Unit AC16134 Face Up Output Tray AC16136 Envelope cassette 30 envelope capacity AC16132 conforms to the following Product Specifications Safety EMC Supplementary Information EN60950 1992 UL 1950 1993 CSA 22 2 No 950 1993 EN55022 1988 CISPR 22 1993 Class B 1 EN50082 1 1992 Generic Immunity IEC 801 2 1991 Electrostatic Discharge IEC 801 3 1984 Radiated RF Immunity IEC 801 4 1988 Electrical Fast Transient Burst The
16. Automatic c O Manual Print Time E rint Time HY Print Like the Page Setup dialog box the second level of the Print dialog box uses page setup panels to display different groups of options The panel icons appear in a scroll box on the left side of the Print dialog box All printers have a General panel There are also a number of standard GX panels Print Time and Paper Match Third party printer extension panels will also appear here The General print panel When the General panel is highlighted the Print dialog box looks like the one pictured above This panel contains the same options as the first level Print dialog box plus the following additional options Paper Feed Destination Quality Paper Feed enables you to choose the paper source The options are Automatic Choosing Automatic directs the printer to draw paper from the paper tray containing the paper size specified in the Page Setup dialog box s Paper Type pop up menu Automatic is the default Manual Choosing Manual directs the printer to prompt you to insert the specified paper size into the manual feed position and press the Manual Feed key E 9 Destination enables you to send your document to the selected desktop printer or to save it to a PostScript file Printer is the default If you choose PostScript the Print button changes to Save Clicking the Save button causes a Save dialog box appear c3Trantar Fieri 4k Lin
17. Highly textured paper may not print evenly Paper Finish Paper that is extremely shiny does not work well Printing on envelopes Use envelopes that are smooth but not slick and have rectangular or square flaps rather than a triangular flap Envelopes should be fed from the multipurpose feeder There is also an envelope tray available as an option For more information see Optional accessories WARNING The printer uses heat in the printing process Do not use material that may melt inside the printer such as Tyvek envelopes Serious damage to the printer may result Printing on overhead transparency film Use transparencies recommended for dry toner machines Other transparencies may cause damage to the printer B 1 Appendix C Adding memory to your printer You can print more complex documents and download more fonts to your printer if you add RAM To do this you have to open up the printer and insert a SIMM Single Inline Memory Module The printer can hold up to 64 MB of RAM in two SIMM sockets There is already at least one SIMM installed in the printer When you have installed the memory you must update the drivers in every Windows or Macintosh computer that uses the printer Specifications You can add SIMMs of any size from 2 MB to 32 MB SIMMs must be non parity 72 pin 70 nanoseconds or faster non composite symmetrical low profile 5 volt and tin leaded This kind of memory is readily available from many
18. It requires a paper tray to actually hold the paper simple page A page purely consisting of text star network A form of networking where each computer is connected to a hub and all network traffic flows through the hub stop bits The number of bits that specify the end of a serial transmission frame straight through paper path A way of passing paper through the printer without it bend ing Sometimes heavy or easily damaged paper can only be printed this way Usually set up by using the multipurpose feeder and a rear output tray smoothing A process that makes the text and graphics of some applications look better startup disk The disk usually a hard disk containing the System and Finder files used to run the Macintosh J 7 System 7 OS 8 Various versions of the Macintosh system software Mac OS system administrator The person responsible for keeping a network running smoothly This person may be needed to configure computers and printers connected to a network System Folder The folder containing Macintosh System and Finder files used to start and run the Macintosh terminator A small device connected at the ends of certain network and SCSI cabling If you don t use a terminator where needed the network or SCSI chain will operate errati cally or may not operate at all toner A special plastic powder in the toner cartridge that fuses to the paper to create an image toner cartridge A plastic box contai
19. Random Access Memory Temporary storage area for information This informa tion is lost every time the computer or printer is shut down ROM Read only Memory Permanent storage area for information This information is usually supplied by the manufacturer of the computer or printer and is not accessible by the user RS 422 An 8 pin hardware interface that allows the transfer of data in an asynchronous serial format It has five user defined parameters baud rate data bits stop bits parity and flow control Your GCC printer s RS 422 interface 1s shared with the LocalTalk interface screen fonts Fonts displayed on the Macintosh screen they re represented on paper with printer fonts Screen fonts are not as high quality as printer fonts if you don t install the printer fonts the printer will print the screen fonts screen frequency The number of lines of dots per unit of length in a halftone screen SCSI A standard for transmitting data While often used to connect devices to computers particularly Macintoshes it is used by GCC printers to optionally connect hard drives to store fonts and other information It is not used to connect the printer to the computer The SCSI chain on a printer is totally independent of any SCSI chain on the computer serial A way of transmitting information one bit at a time Serial transmission of data to the printer is usually slower than parallel printing sheet feeder An additional paper source
20. The name should appear highlighted click the printer s name if it is not highlighted Click Setup A message box appears informing you that the Macintosh is communicating with the Elite 12ppm The LaserWriter 8 driver is automatically configured with specific information about your Elite 12ppm model memory paper sizes paper trays etc After the process is finished the Chooser reap pears with an icon placed next to the Elite 12ppm name Also notice that Setup has an ellipsis added to it Ge The ellipsis indicates that Setup now contains user selectable functions Setup options Your printer is now correctly set up and you can print to it However if in the future you change something about it like adding extra memory or new paper trays for instance you use the Setup dialog box You can also use the Printer Info function to show you informa tion about your printer To access the additional Setup functions 1 2 3 3 4 Choose the Chooser from the Apple menu and select LaserWriter 8 Select the name of the Elite 12ppm in the right scroll box Click Setup The Setup dialog box appears Click Auto Setup to automatically reconfigure the printer driver after you have up graded your printer with additional memory or additional paper trays Normally this will be all you need to do after making these changes Click Select PPD to manually select a PostScript Printer Description file Click Printer In
21. button Cancel button and OK button complex page A page consisting of graphics or text and graphics Complex pages may require more printer RAM to print Control Panel Part of the Windows or Macintosh system software Also the panel at the front of the printer itself daisy chain A way of connecting devices on a network Cables pass from one device to the next The ends of the daisy chain are not connected but have terminators attached default A value or setting built in to a system or program A default can usually be changed but is chosen to be satisfactory to the majority of users default printer The printer that will appear as the default choice in print dialog boxes in applications desktop The working environment of the Macintosh Finder and Windows systems that displays folders files and applications as icons device A piece of equipment such as a hard disk printer or scanner used with a com puter Also known as a peripheral dialog box A small window that opens up on the screen to get user input or acknowledg ment disk space The amount of space available on a hard disk or floppy disk dot gain An unavoidable increase in the size of halftone dots due to the interaction of toner paper heat and pressure during the printing process This increase in dot size increases the density of toner on paper causing the printed output to appear darker GCC s AccuGray technology works to counteract the effects of
22. download the selected fonts onto Note If you are using a downloaded font install the corresponding screen font on the Macintosh Additional LaserWriter Utility functions The LaserWriter Utility provides a number of additional functions through its menus m File menu functions Choose Display Available Fonts to display a list of fonts stored in the printer s RAM both resident and manually downloaded or fonts stored on an external hard disk attached to the printer Initialize Printer s Disk to initialize an external hard disk attached to the printer Print Font Catalog to print a list of the fonts available in the printer s RAM and on an external hard disk Print Font Samples to print a sample of each font available in the printer s RAM and on an external hard disk If you are using an external hard disk and it contains a large number of fonts the printer may run out of memory when using this option As an alternative use the Font List option available from the Info Pages menu to print a list of fonts Note If you want to change the printing parameters of the font catalog or font sample page use the Page Setup menu command E Utilities menu functions Choose p Unde Printer to rename your printer Set Startup Page to turn the printer s start page On or Off This option corresponds to the Start Page submenu in the front panel of the Elite 12ppm For example if you turn off the start page in the LaserWriter Utility
23. from the sub menu 2 You ll see the Printers window Click once on your printer Cancel 7 7 3 Go to the File menu in the Printers window and choose Document Defaults from the menu GCC specific items There are several items depending on the at Elite 12ppm Default Document Properties product you have installed in the Docu 7 ea Page Setup P Advanced ment Defaults dialog box which are added gt a GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 Document Settings when you install a GCC printer You ll find 5 un oa them if you click on the Advanced tab and E Paper Size Letters 1 aM al Onentation lt Portrait gt scroll to the bottom of the window bus E Paper Source Automatically Select Bes SF Copy Count lt 7 Copp e AccuGray is GCC s technology for T Graphic improving the reproduction of F Resolution 1200 E ae lz Scaling 100 2 photographs We recommend that m in TrueType Font Substitute with Device Font you leave this at the default setting of fl Document Options Enabled Change Paper Size Setting E German Std Fanfald JIS B5 JIS B5 Edge to Edge Legal B Letter TonerMiser Elite 1212 only lets you use less toner when printing drafts of a document for proofing Smoothing Elite 1212 only reduces the jagged appearance of text and graphics The Output Tray option allows you to select the default
24. printer reprints any pages that were inside the printer at the time of the jam With Jam Recovery enabled pages that were exiting into the output tray will also be reprinted Paper Reserve Whether the printer will draw paper from another paper tray if the selected paper tray is empty or has the wrong size paper The reserve paper tray must contain the same size paper Manual Feed Timeout How long the printer will wait for paper to be put in the multipurpose feeder after the computer has sent a manual feed request to the printer Tray 1 Tray 2 MPFeeder multipurpose feeder or Manual Feed Top face down or Rear face up Letter Legal Legal 13 Executive A4 B5 Postcard Commercial 410 Monarch DL or C5 Disabled or Enabled Enabled or Disabled Range from 30 600 seconds in 30 second increments or Never Timeout Default is 300 seconds 5 minutes Only available paper trays will be shown Printing is slightly faster when Jam Recovery is Disabled as more of the printer s RAM is needed to store page details If enabled the printer prints from another paper tray when the paper tray specified by the print job is empty or has the wrong size paper If Disabled is selected the printer displays a message to load a paper tray If you don t place paper in the feeder before the timeout occurs the job will not be printed You ll have to send it again 2 7 6 Emulations press the Enter ke
25. the drive selected and then click OF Copy manufacturer s files fram Add Printer Wizard Click the manufacturer and model of your printer If your printer came with an installation disk click Have Disk If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Printers GCC Elite 12 600 v3 2 GCC Elite 1212 v3 2 lt Back Next gt Cancel 11 You ll see the port selection dialog box Add Printer Wizard Click the port you want to use with this printer and then click Next GCC printers can accept jobs from either an LPT Parallel port or a COM Serial port We recommend that you use a parallel port LPT wherever possible Available ports Communications Port COM2 Communications Port FAX Microsoft Fax Monitor Creates a file on disk Microsoft Fax Monitor Choose a port then click Configure Port Configue Pat Back Cancel 12 You ll see a configuration window Configure LPT Port Ei ES specific to the type of port you chose LPT or COM Port name LPT1 This is what you ll see if you chose an LPT Fy Snos MS DOS siirt jobs Cancel port We recommend that you check all available check boxes D COM1 Properties RIES This is what you ll see if you chose a COM Port Settings port We recommend that you use these settings Bits per second JEANI Note The serial port settings in the z printer
26. Any installed paper trays Manual feed The multipurpose feeder We recommend that you leave other features at their default settings Remember that any changes you make anywhere in this page of the dialog box become the default selections for all applications on this computer The Graphics page Elite1212 v3 1 Network Prtr Properties General Details Printer Settings Paper You can change aspects of the way your documents look in Se lS LS Ee the Graphics page Any changes you make will override the ahis m Halftoning settings in the printer s control panel for this computer wr CE M ce Screen frequency 106 0 Screen angle eo only Resolution Fer a You can change the output resolution of your documents seaing 0 E in the resolution drop down list box If some computers on a network are not used for documents that need a high resolution you can set the resolution to the lowest setting typically 300 dots per inch Documents printed at low resolution print faster than those printed at high resolution Restore Defaults The figure you set here becomes the default setting for the dialog boxes in applications on this computer All resolutions that the printer supports are still options within application dialog boxes so you can select higher resolutions if necessary Halftoning This section controls the look of any photographs in your document We recommend that you choose Use pr
27. Elite 12ppm includes Ethernet LocalTalk RS 422 serial and bidirectional parallel interfaces the LocalTalk and RS 422 serial interfaces share the same 8 pin mini DIN port With your printer s all ports active feature all the interfaces are simultaneously active which means you can print through more than one interface at a time You don t have to select a port this feature works automatically Note If you are connecting through the parallel interface insert this plug before you make any other interface connections If other plugs are inserted it s difficult to connect the parallel plug The 8 pin DIN connector A can be used as either a LocalTalk network interface or an RS 422 serial interface LocalTalk is the default setting If you want to use this as a serial interface you ll have to change settings in the printer s control panel menus 1200 dpi model only You can add an external hard disk for font storage using the SCSI interface B It is not used for communication between the printer and computer If you want to connect your printer to a single PC compat ible computer use the parallel interface C Alternatively you can connect the RS 422 serial interface port to the PC s serial port but the serial port transmits data much slower than a parallel port or network The Ethernet network interface D is used to connect the printer to an Ethernet network The interface contains one or two connectors an RJ 45 conne
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29. Fewer Choices to return to the first level of the Page Setup dialog box E 7 Cancel to close the Page Setup dialog without saving any changes Format to save your page setup selections and close the Page Setup dialog box QuickDraw GX Print dialog box GX aware applications The QuickDraw GX print dialog box displayed by GX aware and savvy applications is a two level dialog box similar to the Page Setup dialog box When you choose Print from the File menu the dialog box below appears Print to 1st floor SelectPres 1 1 1 Pages iw All Copies LN This is first level Print dialog box it enables you to choose Printer Print to Page range Pages Number of copies Copies The Print to pop up menu enables you to print to a desktop printer other than the default desktop printer Elite 600 uU M CHEM 1st floor SelectPress 1200 BLP Elite 7 0 Pages EEZTTITTHITHITEDEIDIM POO Maker GH EN Lopies After choosing options click More Choices to see the second level of the Print dialog box which contains additional page setup options E 8 Cancel to close the Print dialog without saving any changes Print to print your document with the selected options If you click More Choices the second level of the Print dialog box appears displaying additional Print options Print to 1st floor SelectPres 1 1 1 Pages All Copies Collate Copies N Up Printing Paper Feed
30. Printer on LPTT list of printer drivers in the List of Print ers list box These are the printer drivers that came on the disks you received with your Windows software Select Install Unlisted or Updated Printer and click the Apple LaserM riter IL NTX Install button Addo C Use Print Manager List of Printers 4 1 8 The Install Driver dialog box appears displaying the message Insert unlisted Insert unlisted updated or vendor provided printer driver disk in updated or vendor provided printer driver disk in along with the AX or B prompt Change the AX or BA to the letter of your CD ROM drive for example to D Add the directory WIN31 so that the prompt reads D WIN31 for example 9 Insert the Elite 12ppm CD ROM into the CD drive and click OK in the dialog box You ll see the Add Unlisted or Updated Printer dialog box with a list of Elite 12ppm printer drivers Select a driver and click OK 10 You ll see the Printers dialog box Select the driver for your Elite 12ppm model 11 After the driver is installed you ll see the n Default Printer Printers dialog box again GCC Elite GCC Ee 1212 v3 1 on LPT u i mou Installed Printers 12ppm appears in the Installed Printers list jaa GCC Elite 600 v1 1 on LPT1 GCC Elite XL 608 v2 4 on COM2 box with LPT1 which is the first parallel GCC Elite XL 808 v2 4 on LPTI port designated as the default
31. Resolution The default PostScript output resolution in dots per inch Default screens Opens a submenu which lets you set the screen frequencies for 300 dpi 600 dpi and 1200 dpi if available AccuGray Improves the look of halftones photographs especially those printed at higher line frequencies Job Cancel Whether the Cancel Reset key is able to cancel the PostScript printing process Start Page Whether the printer prints a Start page every time the printer is switched on Wait Timeout How long the printer waits for more input after printing all the input received but without receiving a message saying that the job is complete PCL 11 submenus Resolution The default PCL resolution in dots per inch Copies The default number of copies Font Source Which default location fonts will print from the printer s PCL resident fonts or additional fonts manually downloaded to the printer s RAM Font Number The default font number Settings Resolution options depend on the model being used Default is the highest resolution available for the model Default line screens are 53 for 300 dpi 85 for 600 dpi and 106 for 1200 dpi Enabled or Disabled Enabled or Disabled Enabled or Disabled From 45 to 120 seconds in 15 second increments or Never Timeout 300 or 600 From 1 to 99 Internal or Downloaded From 1 upward see notes Notes The PostScript submenus will only appear wh
32. SW lab LocalTalk that the printer SQA en SD LocalTalk Active is connected to Twilight AppleTalk Te D Make sure AppleTalk is active Selecting the printer description file The LaserWriter 8 printer driver in your computer uses PostScript Printer Descriptions PPDs The Elite 12ppm PPD gives the Laserwriter driver information about capabilities common to every Elite 12ppm printer This PPD is installed when you install the software from the Elite 12ppm CD ROM When you select the printer in the chooser your com puter communicates with the printer to get specific information about it This can include memory amount which paper trays are installed and so on 3 3 Creating the Printer Descriptions folder When you install software from the Elite 12ppm CD ROM the Elite 12ppm PPD is copied into the Printer Descriptions folder If a Printer Descriptions folder does not exist the installer creates one and then copies the PPD into it For System 6 the Printer Descrip tions folder is stored in the System Folder Setting up the printer in the Chooser You use the LaserWriter 8 Setup function in the Chooser to read the PostScript printer description files To select the PostScript Printer Description 1 Choose the Chooser from the Apple menu 2 Click the LaserWriter 8 icon in the upper left area of the Chooser The name Elite 12ppm appears in the upper right area of the Chooser below Select a PostScript Printer
33. Select E Paper Size Letter 8 5 x 11 in rientation El Options A Landscape Paper Source You choose which paper tray supplies the printer from the Paper Source drop down menu If you choose Auto Select the printer selects the paper tray that holds the paper size selected in the Paper option of the Page Setup dialog box This option only works if you have more than one paper tray If you choose Tray 1 the printer uses paper from the Elite 12ppm s main tray If you choose Tray 2 the printer uses paper from the lower tray if this extra tray is installed If you choose Manual Feed the printer waits for you to place paper or other media transparency film for example in the multipurpose feeder When you have done this you must press the Manual Feed key on the printer s control panel to draw the paper into the printer If you choose MPFeeder the printer uses paper from the multipurpose feeder Unlike the Manual Feed option the printer doesn t require you to press the Manual Feed button on the control panel but you must have paper ready in the Multipurpose feeder Paper Size If you want to change the paper size click the Paper Size drop down menu and choose the paper size 4 3 Edge to edge printing The Elite 12ppm will print edge to edge on all supported paper sizes except Letter Small and A4 Small However print quality is not guaranteed within 4mm of each edge Orientation Use this option to cha
34. Unlike bitmapped fonts they can be scaled to any size without degradation Ex amples include PostScript Adobe Type 1 and TrueType fonts output tray Where paper is received after it has been printed Usually on the top of the printer pages per minute ppm The maximum number of pages that the printer s paper trans port is deigned to pass through in one minute If your pages are largely text your printer will produce printed pages close to the rated ppm if you have more complex graphics images pages will appear more slowly paper jam What happens when paper doesn t flow smoothly through the paper path Paper is usually trapped inside the printer and creased or torn paper tray Removable storage for sheets of paper The printer takes sheets of paper from the tray during the printing process Also known as a cassette parallel A way of transmitting information using typically eight bits at the same time Most PCs have a parallel port to connect to a printer See also serial parity A bit number in serial communication that is used to detect bad data transmis sion PCL A page description language similar to but much less powerful than PostScript Requires PCL format fonts Invented by Hewlett Packard PCL is now uncommon peer to peer A form of networking used mainly in smaller installations Any computer can communicate directly with any other computer Printers are often attached to computers directly See also client
35. are in the appropriate location in the System Folder Note that with the Font Substitution option off only screen fonts for which there are corresponding resident fonts print at high quality An exception to this is if you have TrueType or Type 1 high quality printer fonts installed on your Macintosh With Font Substitution on some screen fonts will have high quality fonts substituted for them even if there is no corresponding high quality font For example Times will be substituted for New York Helvetica for Geneva and Courier for Monaco If you are using a nonresident font that is downloaded from your computer make sure the font file to be downloaded is either in the Fonts folder System 7 1 or later the Extensions folder System 7 0 x or the System Folder System 6 0 x of the startup disk the printer s RAM or the printer s internal hard disk As you print a message appears on the screen of your Macintosh indicating which fonts are being downloaded Some applications have an option called Fractional Character Widths In some applications if this option is enabled Font Substitution has no effect 10 9 If you are using downloaded fonts make sure you download all the styles of fonts such as bold italic and bold italic If you do not your document will print with plain style fonts Deselect the Unlimited Downloadable Fonts in a Document option in the Page Setup dialog box PostScript problems If your PostScript p
36. b Scrapbook must first remove any versions of LaserWriter 7 x x from the Extensions gotas folder and then use the LaserWriter 8 Setup function to configure any printer s you plan to use with the correct PPD s Important Note The following procedures presume a knowledge of System 7 5 and LaserWriter 8 components For more information refer to the LaserWriter 8 section of your printer s user s manual and or the System 7 and 7 5 documentation You may also contact GCC Technical Support at 781 276 8620 To use LaserWriter 8 1 Remove any versions of LaserWriter 7 x x from the Extensions folder E 13 If you are not sure of the version of a printer driver highlight it and select Get Info from the File menu The version number will be displayed near the bottom of the box Determine if LaserWriter 8 is in your Extensions folder If you do not have a copy of LaserWriter 8 in the Extensions folder install one using the installer on your printing software disk or your System disks Disable QuickDraw GX Use the Extensions Manager control panel to disable both QuickDraw GX and QuickDraw GX Helper Restart your Macintosh 5 Open the Chooser 6 Configure printer s 8 9 Use the Setup function to select a PPD for each GCC printer that you intend to use with QuickDraw GX desktop printing turned off Re enable QuickDraw GX Use the Extensions Manager control panel to Re enable both QuickDraw GX and Qui
37. be a problem with the setup or configuration Check the following Check the On Line status LED on the printer s control panel it should be solid Check the control panel display window for an error message If you are using the RS 422 serial interface verify that the 8 pin Serial submenu item is set to RS 422 Restart the printer The control panel should indicate that the printer is Ready Also verify the RS 422 Serial submenu item settings They should match the settings in the Windows Settings box available from the Connect box of the Printers control panel Check all connections following the instructions in the section on connecting the printer to a PC using the parallel or serial interface Verify that your Windows software and or your DOS application software is config ured to print to the correct port on the computer For DOS printing make sure the correct MODE statements are in your AUTOEXEC BAT file For PostScript printing make sure that the Elite 12ppm printer driver is selected 10 7 E Ethernet communication problems When you connected the Elite 12ppm to an Ethernet cabling system the printer should have been switched off to avoid connection problems Before continuing with these troubleshooting procedures switch the printer off wait ten seconds and then switch the printer on If the printer will not print Switch off the printer Switch the printer back on and at the same time watch the LED between the
38. cabling used is called RG 58 or Thin Coax Supported network protocols e EtherTalk EtherTalk is Apple s name for the AppleTalk network protocol running over Ethernet cabling e NetWare NetWare is Novell s system for Ethernet connection e TCP IP TCP IP is a networking protocol used by various vendors of network software If you need to know more about these protocols refer to the Networking Guide on this CD ROM You ll also see how to connect your printer to make it available on other net works such as those running Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Windows 95 and Windows NT 2 The Elite 12ppm Control panel Introduction to the Elite 12ppm control panel You use the Elite 12ppm s control panel to get information about your printer and to adjust specific printer functions It includes an LCD display window four LEDs that show the status of the printer at all times and eight pushbuttons Control panel LCD display window The LCD display window has several functions It shows The current status of the printer A more detailed explanation of errors Prompts to complete tasks like Insert Paper The Elite 12ppm menus and submenus When the printer is not printing you ll see the printer s name and Ready in the display window Status LEDs Q ru LA J On Line Paper Service On Line Form Feed Cancel Fe Continue Reset Function keys DI DI DUI Menu Control panel status LEDs The control pan
39. density e Toner cartridge is low on toner replace toner cartridge e Toner cartridge is damaged replace toner cartridge Toner spots are randomly scattered across the page e Paper doesn t meet specification use recommended paper e Toner cartridge is damaged replace toner cartridge EMEN Press the C INE butt take the d ot print bL m off line then pres FORM FEED DATA PRESENT button to eject the final page or send Form character 12 keg Press the ON LINE button 1 take the does not print but Repeating marks spaced evenly on page PORT ae hen press tne button to eject the final page or send the mes ge appears e Paper path is dirty print some blank sheets to clear the paper ec psa e Toner cartridge is damaged replace toner cartridge Press the ONLINE bution to FORM FEED DATA PRESENT send the be ipie BS gt Form feed code decimal Press the ON LINE buton to take ihe does ne print but FORM FEED DATA PRESENT button to eject the final page or send the message appears Light or faded areas within the print e Transfer roller smudged print some blank sheets of paper Data sent to printer e Moisture in paper load fresh dry paper Press the ON LINE button to take the does not p ut printer off line then p ss the FORM 7D DATA F 4ESENT ae a the fi al page or enc nessage appears Forr weed code decimal character 12 L of Press the ON LINE button to tat Anes not pri
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41. document is being printed the On Line LED flashes This indicates that the printer will finish processing this document and any other waiting documents and then go off line Manual Feed key You use the Manual Feed key When you select manual feed as the paper source for the document in your application s Print dialog box When the control panel requests you to load a paper size that is not loaded in the printer s paper trays In both cases you load the multipurpose feeder with the correct size paper and press the Manual Feed key During the period when you can load paper the printer displays a Load Paper message Any jobs received while the printer is displaying this message will wait to print until you load paper and the current document finishes printing The amount of time that the printer will wait for you to load paper can be set throught the control panel It s located in the Manual Feed Timeout submenu of the Paper Handling menu The default time is 300 seconds 5 minutes 2 2 If you do not load paper within the specified time the printer discards the job and carries on printing any other jobs that are pending Form Feed Continue key You use the Form Feed Continue key When the printer needs a Form Feed command for PCL5 print jobs from certain applications Some applications send data for a PCL 5 print job except the command to make the printer feed paper In this case you should press the On Line key and th
42. for up to 25 postcards Optional Letter tray 500 sheet capacity Letter A4 Legal Legal 13 Optional Envelope tray 30 envelope capacity Commercial 10 Monarch DL C5 Postcard Both the above optional paper sources require that you have the optional sheet feeder Paper weight Paper trays 16 28 lb 60 g m 105 g m Multipurpose feeder 16 36 lb 60 g m 135 g m Paper Dimensions Letter 8 5 x 11 in 215 9 x 279 4 mm Legal 8 5 x 14 in 215 9 x 355 6 mm Legal 13 8 5 x 13 in 215 9 x 330 2 mm Executive 7 25 x 10 5 in 184 2 x 266 7 mm A4 210 x 297 mm 8 27 x 11 69 in B5 182 x 257 mm 7 17 x 10 12 in Postcard 3 94 x 5 83 in 100 x 148 mm A 2 Envelopes Commercial 10 4 125 x 9 5 104 8 x 241 3 mm Monarch 3 875 x 7 5 98 4 x 190 5 mm DL 4 33 x 8 66 in 110 x 220 mm C5 162 x 229 mm 6 38 x 9 02 in Print alignment Skew The amount by which a supposedly horizontal printed line may vary from being parallel with the edge of the paper This assumes that vertical printed lines are also at an angle so that the entire image is printed correctly but slightly rotated on the page Mea sured with a 190 mm 7 48 inch line Within 1 2 mm 0 047 inch either up or down normal paper tray Within 1 4 mm 0 055 inch either up or down multipurpose tray Registration The amount by which images appearing to left or right or above or below previously printed images Images appear on the paper correctly prin
43. in KB Enter the suggested virtual memory into this box Click OK Repeat the preceding six steps on every Windows 95 computer that will use the printer Windows NT 3 51 1 v dm M w M XM Open the Main Window in Program Manager and double click on the Control Panel icon Double click on the Printers icon Click on the Setup button Click on the Advanced button Enter the suggested virtual memory value into the Virtual Memory KB box Click the OK button until you ve returned to Program Manager Repeat the preceding six steps on every Windows NT 3 51 computer that will use the printer Windows NT 4 0 1 2 N oO uUi A W Choose Settings from the Start menu and choose Printers from the submenu You ll see the Printers window use the right mouse button to click on the Elite 12ppm icon You ll see a menu choose Properties from this list You ll see the Properties tabbed dialog box click on the Device Options tab In the window click on Virtual Memory Enter the suggested virtual memory figure into the box Click OK 8 Repeat the preceding seven steps on every Windows NT 4 0 computer that will use the printer Appendix D Adding and configuring optional paper trays This section provides information on installing and configuring optional Elite 12ppm paper trays These include A 500 sheet paper tray You ll need to install the 500 sheet feeder to add the 500 sheet paper tray Y
44. it forward It will become free at the rear Now you can slide it up and back to remove the two tabs from the slots and remove it from the envelope tray Move the postcard guide to the back of the area where you load postcards and envelopes Tilt the back of the postcard guide up and toward you so that the two tabs fit in the two slots Place your forefingers under the tab at the front of the postcard guide and press down on the top center of the guide with your thumb Rotate the postcard guide away from you so that it lies flat in the envelope tray It will click into place If the guides are set to the postcard size you intend to use go to step 11 Lift the rear of the size guide and move it back or forward so that it fits the size of the postcards you re using The holes in the size guide fit over a pair of tabs in the bottom of the envelope tray The holes must fit over the tabs The size guide has the names of envelope sizes by the holes 11 Squeeze the width guide lever toward its brace and then pull the guide lever to the right 12 Place the postcards in the tray with the side to be printed downward and the top of the postcard toward the right 13 Squeeze the width guide lever toward its brace and then move it so that it lies next to the postcards Do not fit the width guide tightly against the postcards because this may cause jams 14 Replace the envelope tray into the feeder You re now r
45. items as they are If you want to reset all items in one menu to the default settings navigate through the menu system until you see the menu you want to reset Hold down the Cancel Reset button for five seconds You ll be prompted to either press the Enter key to confirm that you want to reset all the items on this menu including submenus or to press the Cancel Reset key again to leave these menu items as they are 2 3 If you want to reset just one submenu to the default settings navigate through the menu system until you see the submenu you want to reset Hold down the Cancel Reset button for five seconds Because you are resetting only one item you won t be prompted to confirm or cancel this change Note Some items will not reset until you switch the printer off and on again Menu key You use the Menu key to get to the menu system First you must press the On Line key to take the printer off line You can only get to the menu system when the printer is off line You ll use the printer s menus if you need to configure printer functions or get information about current settings Note You ll only need to change the settings on the menus if you have specialized printing or connection needs The factory settings suit most users To see the menus first press the On Line key to take the printer off line Then press the Menu key Each time you press the Menu key you ll see one of the main items There s a full list of menu items lat
46. later Copy the file into the MPD Folder located in the Ready Set Go Folder Selecting the LaserWriter 8 printer driver The LaserWriter 8 driver shipped with the Elite 12ppm may look slightly different presen tation and layout of dialog boxes menu items etc from other versions of the LaserWriter 8 driver However the Elite 12ppm and the Elite 12ppm PPD files are compatible with all versions of LaserWriter 8 Before you can print you must select the LaserWriter 8 printer driver in the Chooser To select the LaserWriter 8 printer driver 1 Choose the Chooser from the Apple menu If you don t see the LaserWriter 8 icon in the upper left area of the Chooser 1a reinstall your printing software If you don t see the name of your printer in the upper right area of the Chooser 1c refer to Chapter 6 in the Elite 12ppm User s Manual Note If you use the Apple LaserWriter Utility to change the zone that the Elite 12ppm appears in this won t take effect until you switch the printer off and then back on Chooser Select a PostScript Printer A Click on the ze B Albion LaserWriter 8 AppleShare Laser writer 3 C Click on the i Elite 1212 EPI3 name of your Elite ICON Ld Elite XL 6100 12ppm printer in E Marketing Elite OQORAR i this box FSFrinter AppleTalk Zones 213 Burlington Rd B Select the Engineering Engineering Test 1 name of the Engineering Test 2 AppleTalk Zone small
47. option default is All which prints all the pages in the document from first to last From and To allow you to specify a range of pages to print Click the button labeled From and type the page numbers of the range you want to print into the boxes for ex ample From 9 and To 11 prints pages 9 10 and 11 amp Paper Source The Paper Source pull down menu lets you choose which paper trays supply paper to the printer For instance you may want to print a business letter where the first page is on letterhead and the remainder is on continuation sheets If you click on the All button all pages will be fed from the source you select in the upper pop up menu When the All button is selected the lower pop up menu is dimmed If you click on the First from button this lets you choose which paper source is used for the first page of your document When First from is selected you can choose another paper source from the lower pop up menu for the remaining pages x If you choose Auto Select paper is drawn from the tray in the case of multiple trays that contains the paper size selected in the Paper option of the Page Setup dialog box If no optional trays are installed Auto Select has no effect and paper will be drawn from the internal tray 3 8 w If you choose Tray 1 paper is drawn from the tray that is currently inserted in the Elite 12ppm s main housing W If you choose Tray 2 paper is drawn from this tray if the corresponding
48. output location either TOP face down or REAR face up Other items in the Advanced page Most of the items in Document Defaults control what will be the defaults in the Page Setup and Print dialog boxes in your applications Any changes you make will override the settings in the printer s control panel for this computer only If you are constantly making changes in these dialog boxes you may find that you can avoid this by making changes in the Paper Output and Graphic section The new settings will then become the defaults in applications Note that the Graphic section applies to the whole document and not just to any graphic images within documents We recommend that unless you need to change paper sizes and paper sources you should leave these settings at their defaults However you may want to change the Resolution setting see next section 7 8 Resolution You can change the output resolution of your documents using the Resolution section of the Graphic part of the Advanced Document Defaults If some computers on a network are not used for documents that need a high resolution you can set the resolution to the lowest setting typically 300 dots per inch Documents printed at low resolution print faster than those printed at high resolution The figure you set here becomes the default setting for the dialog boxes in applications on this computer All resolutions that the printer supports are still options within application dia
49. paper tray you should see a loose sheet of paper Paper path jam This happens when paper is being moved past the toner cartridge If you remove the toner cartridge you should see the jammed paper Paper exit jam This happens when a printed sheet jams as it exits the printer The jammed paper should be partly visible exiting the printer into the output tray on top of the printer Clearing a paper jam 1 Open the top cover of the printer 2 Locate the jammed paper If the message says Paper feed jam open the paper tray if the message says Paper path jam remove the toner cartridge 3 Grasp the jammed paper with both hands and slowly remove it from the printer by pulling in the direction that the paper normally takes If the sheet tears make sure you remove all the pieces 4 Discard the jammed paper If the jam happened at the paper tray be sure that all the paper is beneath the metal bracket at the left front of the paper tray 5 Check the list below Paper Jam Checklist 6 Replace the paper tray in the printer if necessary and close the top cover of the printer After a minute or so the printer will warm up and resume printing 10 3 Paper Jam Checklist Did you remove all the packing from inside the printer when you set it up Is the paper flat and dry Have you removed the stack of paper and fanned it to make sure that pages are free to move Are the paper s edges flush Is the paper under the br
50. ports Select the port s you ll be using and click Next Microsoft Fax Monitor Configure Pott lt Back Cancel Add Printer Wizard Click the manufacturer and model of your printer If your printer came with an 6 You ll see a dialog box that lists makes and models of printers Ignore the set MUI A EGER MEL TRAR MIN tings in these boxes and click the Have Disk button Manufacturers Printers Apple Laserwriter Apple Laser writer Il NT Apple Laserwriter Personal NT Apple Laserwriter Il NT Apple Laserwriter Ilf Apple Laserwriter Ilg E Annle aserwriter Plus Have Disk lt Back Cancel 7 You ll see the Install from disk dialog box Change the drive letter in the dialog box to the drive letter of your CD ROM and click OK Add Printer Wizard ach Click the manufacturer and model of your printer If your printer came with an ii installation disk click Have Disk If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer 8 You ll see a dialog box with the names of pines one or more Elite 12ppm printers Select your Elite 12ppm printer model from the disk and click on the Next button Have dik _ Back Cancel 9 You ll see the printer name dialog box You can type a name or accept the name in the box Click Next 10 You ll see a dialog box that asks whether 11 you want to share t
51. power cord into the socket located on the back of the printer then plug the cord into an AC power outlet Switch on the printer using the ON OFF switch located on the right side of the printer Warning Do not attempt to use an adapter to plug the power cord into a 2 pin socket The third pin is for your protection it grounds the printer If you use a printer or any electronic or electrical equipment that has no ground connection you run the risk of electric shock If necessary have a licensed electrician replace the socket Using the paper tray The universal standard paper tray holds up to 250 sheets of 20 Ib 75 g m copier type paper up to 8 5 x 14 inches 215 9 x 355 6 mm It can handle the following paper sizes Letter Legal 13 Legal 14 Executive A4 B5 You can use smaller sizes of paper and envelopes in the Multipurpose feeder see the next section for details The standard paper tray will also handle up to 50 transparency or label sheets in Letter or A4 size Loading paper into the tray Note Place letterhead paper face down and with the letterhead toward the front of the tray 1 Remove the paper tray from the printer Pull firmly using the handle at the front of the tray 2 Adjust the guides at the rear of the paper tray to accommodate the length of the paper you intend to use Adjust the smaller guide at the left A to accommodate paper up to A4 size For sizes larger than A4 extend
52. product herewith complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and carries the CE marking accordingly 1 The product was tested with an IBM PS 2 computer system and the Macintosh Quadra computer system GCC Technologies United States 209 Burlington Road Bedford MA 01730 9143 U S A Tel 781 275 5800 Fax 781 275 1115 United Kingdom 729 London Road Hounslow Middlesex England TW3 1SE Tel 44 181 754 6000 Fax 44 181 754 6060 Germany Hahnbuschweg 2 4 D 24147 Klausdorf Germany Tel 49 431 79 97 610 Fax 49 0 431 79 97 666 France 104 Rue Castagnary F 75015 Paris France Tel 33 1 45 33 51 51 Fax 33 0 1 45 33 33 51 For information on ordering consumable items and accessories for the Elite 12ppm please call GCC Sales at 800 422 7777 U S and Canada only Outside the U S and Canada call your local G CC dealer m Toner cartridge single 500 sheet feeder compatible paper tray 250 sheet Universal paper cassette 500 sheet Universal paper cassette use with sheet feeder Face Up O utput Tray Envelope cassette 30 envelope capacity use with sheet feeder 8 megabyte memory expansion kit 16 megabyte memory expansion kit 32 megabyte memory expansion kit I GCC TECHNOLOGIES GCC Technologies Inc 209 Burlington Road Bedford Massachusetts 01730 9143 781 275 5800 htto www gcctech com CONSUMABLE IT
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54. render any Adobe Type 1 and Apple TrueType fonts that you may be using in your documents When a document contains fonts that are not built into the printer the high quality outline versions of the fonts will be automatically downloaded to the printer during the print job and then removed after the job has finished You may also manually download fonts to the printer s internal memory RAM by using the LaserWriter Utility included with the Elite 12ppm software or downloaders included with many font packages manually downloading fonts can make printing faster When fonts are manually downloaded to the printer they remain in the printer s RAM and available for all print jobs sent to the printer for as long as the printer is switched on the fonts are removed from RAM when the printer is switched off For PCL 5 users the Elite 12ppm comes with two high quality PCL outline font families and two 300 dpi bitmap fonts The outline fonts are in the Bitstream Speedo format which are designed to match the AGFA Intellifont fonts found in the HP LaserJet III Resident PostScript fonts The Elite 12ppm comes with 11 high quality PostScript font families installed in the printer s ROM Times Helvetica Courier Symbol Helvetica Narrow Palatino Avant Garde Bookman New Century Schoolbook Zapf Chancery and Zapf Dingbats The Elite 12ppm printing software includes the matching bitmap screen fonts for the Macintosh Screen fonts are the bitmapped
55. send a PCL job TCP IP will not be operational until you have configured the settings in the TCP IP submenus Until then setting this switch to Enabled has no effect When TCP IP is configured this menu will allow you to turn it on and off For full details see the TCP IP section of the networking guide on this CD ROM If the Frame Type differs from what you specified in the NEST software the printer will not be available to the network 8 Info Pages The info pages menu lets you print four different pages of information Press the or keys to access each individual page type Press the Enter key to print the page you select The printer will temporarily go on line print a page and then go back off line to the menu Page Type Configuration A list of the control panel settings for each menu and submenu Font List The resident fonts and any downloaded fonts Help A diagram of the control panel menu system Sample Common graphics formats and elements and different fonts and sizes Settings Press the Enter key to print the Configuration page Press the Enter key to print the Font list Press the Enter key to print the Help page Press the Enter key to print the Sample page Notes This page only prints if the PS PCL sensing menu is set to Auto Switch or PS only The list of fonts you ll see depends on the setting of the PS PCL menu Auto Switch shows all resident fonts PS Only shows only resi
56. side diagonal line Perpendicularity The amount one end ofa 114 5 mm 4 51 inch vertical line can vary from true perpendicular Within 0 8 mm 0 03 inch either side of true vertical Skew 1 2mm x E x 1 2mm or 1 4mm lt E lt 1 4mm when fed from the MBF E F G H 190mm A Direction of Paper Travel H F 1 G x 1 l Ep A A 4 Lead edge registration 4 0 2 0mm lt A lt 4 0 2 0mm 4 Direction of Paper Travel B UJ A 5 Side edge registration 4 0 2 0mm x C lt 4 0 2 0mm 4 Direction of Paper Travel A 6 Parallelism 1 4mm x T x 1 4mm T U V U gt 234mm W lt 190mm A Direction of Paper Travel I W I A 7 A 8 Orthogonality 0 8mm x J lt 0 8mm KzL M 114 5mm A Direction of Paper Travel
57. sources or you can order upgrade kits direct from GCC Use only EDO extended data out or FPM fast page mode You cannot use DIMMs SDRAM or other special RAM technologies SIMMs do not have to be installed in pairs nor do you have to add a SIMM of the same size as that already installed You can install any capacity SIMM in either socket Why would I need to add memory to the Elite 12ppm You can print virtually any 600 dpi pages with 8 MB of RAM and virtually any 1200 dpi pages with 16 MB if your model of the Elite 12ppm supports this resolution You can use up RAM by setting the printer to Auto Switch between PostScript and PCL 5 Utilities like NEST WebAdmin and TCP IP use small amounts of RAM together with Auto Switch these require under 4 MB In addition you ll need printer RAM for any fonts you download These require as much RAM as the space they occupy on the hard drive of your computer In general fonts occupy under 50K of RAM With an extra 8 MB of RAM or more you ll see minor performance improvements Required tools and safety precautions You should not need any tools to add memory to your printer However you should guard against static charges Your body can easily accumulate a static charge if you touch a sensitive piece of circuitry you can destroy it without realizing C 1 GCC strongly recommends that you use a grounding wrist strap You can buy one from the same place that you bought your SIMMs If
58. terminated You may terminate it at any time by destroying all copies of the Software you have and mailing your original Software diskettes and the Documentation to GCC The License and your right to use the Software will automatically terminate upon your failure to comply with any provision of this License Agree ment or upon GCC s election to terminate the License as set forth below You agree upon such termination to destroy all copies of the Software which you have and to mail your original Software diskettes and the Documentation to GCC GCC retains all rights and title to the Software and the Documentation except for the limited license contained herein The Software and the Documentation are protected by the copyright laws of the United States There are severe penalties civil and criminal for copyright infringement Nothing in this License Agreement constitutes a waiver of GCC s rights under the copyright laws of the United States or any other law K 1 Limited Software Warranty WARRANTY If you discover physical defects in the medium on which the Software or the Documentation are distributed at its option GCC will either replace the medium at no charge to you or terminate the License and require the return of your Product and upon such return refund to you the purchase price thereof To qualify for this warranty you must return the defective medium with proof of purchase to GCC during the one year period after you acquired the Software
59. the box next to the SCSI ID of the first hard disk to be initialized An X appears in the box and the Initialize button becomes active 6 Click Initialize A dialog appears asking if you really want to initialize this hard disk Click OK to proceed or click Cancel A progress status box appears 7 Click OK If the initialization fails repeat the initialization steps If the initialization was successful repeat the steps for each additional hard disk 8 Use the LaserWriter Utility to download fonts to the hard disk s B Initializing hard disks from an IBM PC or compatible To initialize an external hard disk connected to the Elite 12ppm using an IBM PC or compatible use the INITDISK PS file provided on the Printing Software for Windows floppy disk When sent to the printer this file will initialize any uninitialized hard disks connected to the printer For example if the printer is connected to the first parallel port Type copy b a initdisk ps lptl If the printer is connected to the first serial port Type copy b a initdisk ps coml 9 13 10 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Your Elite 12ppm is exceptionally easy to maintain Wipe the outer surfaces of the printer s case with a damp cloth from time to time to remove dust Do not use ammonia or alcohol based cleaners on or around the printer Cleaning the rollers every 12 000 pages In order to assure smooth paper transport GCC recommends that you check the ro
60. the dialog box See OK button Close button and Cancel button AccuGray A GCC software technology that enables truer halftone reproduction by coun teracting the effects of dot gain and by adjusting the print engine s gray level response to a 1 to 1 correspondence all ports active Technology that allows you to connect several computers and or networks to one printer Each port is able to accept print jobs without affecting the others application program A program such as Microsoft Word or PageMaker used to manipulate information baud The speed at which data is transferred bits second bit The smallest unit of computer information a single binary digit bitmap A representation of a shape in computer memory It s achieved by dealing with the image area as a series of very small squares if any square is more than 50 percent covered by the image that square is black or in color bitmaps a color Bitmaps typically are made out of areas 1 72 or 1 96 of an inch square Bitmap images cannot easily be enlarged or reduced bitmap font A font whose characters consist of the arrangement of bits into shapes These characters are used as screen fonts on computers that do not use scalable fonts and they tend to be jagged when printed on a high resolution printer Now largely replaced by outline fonts J 1 J 2 black and white Used to define images which have no color information Strictly speaking it should only describe
61. the paper tray from the printer D 1 D 2 Unpack the 500 sheet feeder and remove all If you re working alone place the sheet feeder Lower the printer onto the sheet feeder If Fit the locking clips at the left and Fit the locking clips at the left and packing Check that you have the sheet feeder the 500 sheet paper tray and four locking clips next to the printer with the curved cover to the front If you have help one person should lift the printer up while the other puts the sheet feeder into place you align the front right corner of each part you ll find that the printer will locate on the three posts on the sheet feeder right front of both units right rear of both units 10 11 Replace the 500 sheet and the 250 sheet paper trays If necessary move the printer to the location where it will be kept There are two finger grips one on either side of the sheet feeder Reconnect the power and interface cables Configure the software on each computer that will use the printer Using the 500 sheet paper tray and the envelope paper tray The sheet feeder can hold either the 500 sheet paper tray or the envelope tray These slide into the sheet feeder in the same way as the 250 sheet paper tray slides into the printer Loading the 500 sheet paper tray Loading the 500 sheet paper tray is similar to loading the 250 sheet paper tray but you adjus
62. the socket so that the top of oon Doom the top of the contacts when you reinstall it z S o JL installed the RAM you will need to reinstall it the SIMM is angled toward your left Gently press the SIMM down into the socket retaining clips will snap into place If the retain ing clips will not snap into place you have not inserted the SIMM correctly Z l ROM card RAM SIMM Reinsert the ROM card in the same way that you inserted the SIMM Warning If the RAM SIMM and ROM card are not correctly inserted completely into the socket your printer will display an error message when you turn it on and will not operate If you are having trouble inserting the SIMM or ROM card 13 Make sure that the cards are in the correct sockets The ROM card is shorter than the SIMM Make sure that the notch in each card is toward the top Remove the grounding wrist strap from the printer if necessary and reinstall the printer s side cover Don t tighten the thumbscrews Turn on the printer and wait to see if the control panel shows the ready message If it does turn the printer off and go on to the next step If the ready message doesn t appear turn off the printer and remove the cover Gently try to rock the ROM card and SIMMs If they are inserted correctly they should not move Carry out steps 11 and 12 again and replace the cover and turn the printer on If the ready message still doesn t a
63. two Ethernet ports labeled TX RX The LED should flash for a few seconds If the LED flashes the network card is probably operating correctly and the problem might be with your network Note to network administrator As a test of the printer s ability to receive data over the network you can send echo packets to the printer This should cause the center LED to flash Normal print jobs will not cause the center LED to flash If your Elite 12ppm is connected to a 1OBASE 2 network Verify that a UTP unshielded twisted pair cable is not connected to the UTP con nector The Ethernet adapter will acknowledge the UTP connection instead of the coax connection Verify that the Ethernet cable has a 50 ohm terminator connected at each end Verify that the Ethernet cable is not connected in a loop configuration The cable should be connected as a linear bus in which one piece of coax cable is connecting all the nodes If your Elite 12ppm is connected to a 1OBASE T network Verify that the printer is connected to a UTP hub on the other end Verify that the cabling is correctly constructed The cable should be constructed with a data grade twisted pair 2 pair 3 pair or 4 pair cable There should be at least six twists per foot Do NOT use straight 25 pair or 50 pair phone cables this cable does not meet the criteria set for UTP cables and will cause communication errors If the Elite 12ppm printer name does not appear in the ri
64. 1a In this box click the GX driver that corresponds to the GCC printer you are using 1b In this box click the name of the AppleTalk Zone if any that the printer Is connected to 1c In this box click the name of the printer AppleTalk Zones 213 Burlington RD 3 Admin Local 1 ar Admin Local 2 Admin Local 3 Engineering Engineering Test 1 Engineering Test 2 Gateways HI AppleTalk Chooser Connect via AppleTalk Daly s Eclipse Documentation SPMCC Donaclipsed EXEC_ELITE_600 Gina s Eclipse Marketing BLF IIS 7 0 MIS Elite Frepare to Die FT Barnum SelectPress 1200 E Smestad Eclipse HE Create i Active O Inactive Make sure AppleTalk is Active and chosen in the Connect via pop up menu To create a desktop printer icon 1 Choose the Chooser from the Apple menu The Chooser appears 2 Click Create In a few moments a desktop printer icon for the printer you selected will appear on your desktop E 2 Note QuickDraw GX allows you to share a desktop printer similar to the way you can share folders with other users on the network For more information open Macintosh Guide and refer to share a printer with other users under the topic Printers and Fonts Configuring a desktop printer After you have created a desktop printer you need to configure it A desktop printer is configured through the desktop printer s Printing menu To access the Printing menu click a desktop
65. 9 10 6 Print a Start Page or Configuration page Information will appear on both of these pages regarding the hard disk If the disk has not been initialized the status information will not reflect the additional space See the Control Panel section on this CD ROM for information about printing the Configuration Page Initializing an external hard disk Each hard disk connected to the printer must be specifically initialized for storing fonts Once the hard disk has been initialized for font storage it cannot be used for any other purpose without first reinitializing it with specific formatting software Refer to the docu mentation included with the hard disk B Initializing hard disks from a Macintosh To initialize the hard disk from a Macintosh use the LaserWriter Utility included with the Elite 12ppm software The LaserWriter Utility is located in the Elite 12ppm Folder that was copied onto your startup disk during the initial installation WARNING If you initialize your SCSI hard disk you will lose any data that is currently on that hard disk To initialize external hard disks 1 Make sure the Elite 12ppm is selected in the Chooser 2 Double click the LaserWriter Utility icon A dialog message appears indicating that the LaserWriter Utility is checking the character istics of the printer Then the LaserWriter Utility menu bar appears 3 Choose Initialize Printer s Disk from the File menu A dialog box appears wi
66. AEEEYy0G Nn 0UBADO Roman 8 QE fgh ij 4 amp 123 Nn 0UBADO Q010h12v0s3b3T Font Number The number you would use to select a font as the default font in the PCL Font Number submenu Font Name The name of the default font The escape sequence for the font 1s also shown below the font name Symbol Set The specific group of special characters that will be available with the default font Pitch The number of characters per inch Points The vertical height of a character Style Indicates the appearance and posture of the typeface such as italic upright or condensed Weight Indicates the density of a typeface such as medium bold light or black Print Sample Shows a sample of how the font will print Font ID The identification number assigned to a downloaded font F 3 Appendix G Interface connector pinouts Use the following pinouts and descriptions of the various printer interface connectors if you need to purchase or make a new cable RS 422 Serial IBM PC XT P1 PRINTER P2 25 PIN SERIAL PORT SIGNAL DIRECTION BRADE ee DIRECTION PIN SIGNAL op e Se B ET 1 ms NC CH GND a a h 3 mo 4 SsG GNb e s expe nc 2 EA CTS NC az X X lt 0jojo o I m r rm Ce pet e me 7 DCD 8 DTR 20 Uni directional Parallel PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION DIRECTION 1 STROBE Da
67. ED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for incidental or consequential damages or do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE OF THIS PRODUCT This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state No GCC dealer representative agent or employee is authorized to make any modification extension or addition to this warranty on behalf on GCC THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHERS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED For the name of the nearest GCC service facility or representative call GCC at 800 841 1833 or write to Director of Customer Service GCC Technologies Inc 209 Burlington Road Bedford MA 01730 9143 K 3 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WARNING This equipment was tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in
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69. ENT button t eje tthe final sage or sendth me sage app ars Form fe d c de decin al charact r 12 Last pa e of Press tl 3 OI LINE bu on to take the doe not print but printer f lin then pre ss the FORM EEI DATA PF SENT button t eje tthe final sage or sendth me sage apr ars Form fe d c de decin al Bata sent te printer Press the ON LINE button te Gere RS een Quos Ine ORM FEED DATA RESENT butten te eject the final page er send the message appears Ferm feed eede decimal eharaeter 12 Last Ba e ef Press the ON LINE Butten te take the dees net print But rinter eff line then press the ORM FEED DATA Aaa e Message appears Ferm feed eede decimal Sometimes you make changes at the printer s control panel and these changes appear to have no effect Some changes do not take effect until you ve cycled the printer that is turned it off and on again At other times you can make changes with WebAdmin or the NEST tool and these require that you cycle the printer 10 12 If the Service Required message appears in the control panel we recommend that you turn the printer off leave it for 5 minutes and then turn it on again If the Service Re quired message doesn t reappear you can carry on printing If the message is still dis played contact GCC Technical Support at 781 276 8620 There s a rare possibility that the printer s internal software may have a problem Cycling the printer will no
70. Elite 12ppm Contents 1 Introduction and Installation Using this manual Saa a Ec 1 1 E21 2 Pra inl CMGI ma se ewes teenee eet anu neeqecenmerecumeincenemeatcencatuues 1 1 How TO set up your Elite 12DDITU erro EE EOmIM 1 3 eil M E E 1 3 Why would install PPD files or configure the control panel printer driver Or por a ec E M 1 3 Setting Up the Elite 12p5bDmusce c 1 5 Choosing a location for the printer seeeeeeeeeese 1 5 Removingdgipackingeeees rr care assereteceern en eamaresereceenaeere 1 6 The Elite 12ppm Configuration Page eene 1 7 Installing or replacing the toner cartridge 1 7 Connecting power to the Elite 12ppm 1 10 using the paper tray eec cues MM 1 10 Using the Multipurpose feeder eeeeeeeeerernennnnne 1 12 Elite 12ppm interface connections cccceseeeecssseeceeneeeceaeseeteasees 1 14 Supported network protocols eeeeeereennnnnnnnn 1 17 2 The Elite 12ppm control panel Control panel LCD display window eene 2 1 Control panelstatus BEDS conc een sey eet teeessee eee cces 2 1 Control panel function keys cccccsesseececeeseeeceeeeseeecsaaseeeeesauseeesees 2 2 The Elite 12ppm menu system 1eeeseeeenrenn nnn 2 5 Do need to change control panel menus
71. L menus would be accessible Note Items that appear in bold in this section are the factory default settings Reminder Press the Enter key to save a new setting An asterisk will appear next to the new setting confirming that your changes have been saved The main menu items are 1 Language Emulations Print Help Page Interfaces Print 1 Sample s 2 3 Print Info Pages 4 Printer Info 5 a E Print Control Paper Handling Do I need to change control panel menus The factory default menu settings suit most users If you have specialized printing or connection needs you may find that you need to change these settings We suggest that you read the remainder of this section to understand what the menu items can control If you decide that you can usefully change some settings we advise that you first print out a Help page described below The Help page shows the current settings of all menus Items in bold are the current set tings Menus which cannot be accessed in the current configuration are grayed out If you change settings make a note on the Help page of the setting s that you ve changed This gives you a record of changes and may help you understand what needs to be done if your printer behaves in a way users don t expect 1 Language This menu lets you change the language of the messages in the display window Languages are English Francais and Deutsch 2 5 2 Print Help Page This prints
72. NT 4 0 printers please refer to the Windows NT 4 0 on line help system and Windows NT 4 0 documentation You can also get information about an item in a dialog box by clicking on the question mark button at the top right of most dialog boxes The changes you make in the Properties and Document Default dialog boxes affect all applications but on this computer only The Properties dialog box If you don t already have the Properties dialog box displayed 1 Click on the Start button You ll see the Start menu 2 Choose Settings then choose Printers from the submenu that appears 3 You ll see the Printers window Use the right mouse button to click on the Elite 12ppm icon and choose Properties from the pop up menu The Properties dialog box has tabs across the top Click on the tabs to see other pages Each page has options to configure your printer The Device Settings page Click on the Device Settings tab to see the Device Settings page This page contains settings specific to your GCC printer model In the Printer features box you ll see options specific to your printer If you want to change the current setting of any feature click on its name in the upper box You ll see settings in the Change setting area below Click on the setting you want to change Note The features you see in the list vary between printer models The Configuration Page has details of the specific features in your printer If you add options like more p
73. NT35 Printer Driver GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 8 If necessary select a driver Select the driver for the model you are installing 9 Click OK You ll see a progress box After a few seconds the printer software is installed and you ll see the Create Printer window again This time it shows the driver for your Elite 12ppm printer Create Printer Printer Name Driver Description Print to LPT1 l C Share this printer on the network At this point you must give the printer a name and optionally enter a description If the printer is on a network the description could be its location 10 Go on to Section 2 6 3 Section 2 Select and configure a communications port You must now select and configure a port A port can be either a parallel port also called an LPT port a serial port also called a COM port or you can select a network queue Printing using a serial port is very slow compared to using a parallel port or a network 1 Select a port from the Print to drop down list box Create Printer Printer Name Elite 12ppm Driver GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 Description Print to 2 Click Settings Depending upon the type of port you chose some type of dialog box will appear If you selected an LPT port No settings are necessary If you selected a Network print queue Your network administrator or the network software documentation has details of the settings you need to make in t
74. OM drive Choose the 1386 folder Choose the file called Pscript dl_ Click the Open button 14 You ll see the Locate File dialog box again Click OK The printer software is now installed and you ll see the Printers Window with your printer icon in it 15 Right mouse button click on this 4f Elite 12ppm Properties EE icon and choose Properties from General Ports Scheduling Sharing Security Device Settings the list K GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 Device Settings aT h bb d II valable Postscript Memory lt 16 You see the Properties ta ea ie By Halftone lt Use Printer Halttone gt dialog box Click onthe Device Halttone Setup 2 Form To Tray Assignment Settings tab at the top of the CB Tert cete dialog box 2 Z C Tray No Assignment 2 A E MPFeeder Letter If your printer has options like extra E Manual Feed lt Letter ll Re d Font Substitution 2 Normas paper trays Or more memory you El gp Fant Substitution T able need to make changes here See the Change Available Postscript Memory Setting lt 4 section Device Options later in this ADEF guide C 2814 ke Cancel 17 Click on the General tab at the top of the dialog box 18 Click Print Test Page Elite 12ppm Properties General Forts Scheduling Sharing Security Device Settings ur Eite 12ppm pr pp The test page will be formatted and a message oe M
75. QuickDraw GX Page Setup dialog box displayed by GX aware and savvy applications is a two level dialog box When you choose Page Setup from the File menu the dialog box below appears E 5 E 6 Page Setup Paper Type US Letter ww Orientation Scale o This is the first level dialog box it enables you to choose Paper Type paper size Orientation Scaling After choosing options click More Choices to see the second level of the Page Setup dialog box which contains addi tional page setup options Cancel to close the Page Setup dialog without saving any changes Format to save your page setup selections and close the Page Setup dialog box If you click More Choices the second level of the Page Setup dialog box appears displaying additional page setup options Page Setup Paper Type US Letter w 1 1 1 Orientation Scale E Format for SelectPress GH SelectPress Options Fewer Choices Cancel The second level of the dialog box uses page setup panels to display different groups of options Page setup panel icons appear in a scroll box on the left side of the Page Setup dialog box All printers have General panel and all GCC printers have an Options panel The General page setup panel When the General panel is highlighted the Page Setup dialog box looks like the one pic tured above This panel contains the same options as the first level Page Setup dialog plus the Format for pop up menu
76. RAM slots Place your index fingers under the back edge of the ROM card With your thumbs slowly push the two retaining clips outward until the clips clear the top surface of the ROM card Pivot the ROM card away from the retaining clips and remove the ROM card from the socket LI ROM RAM SIMM Socket Remove RAM que OoOO 059 05050 9926262020 ogo9o9o9o 026262626 OOOOOO SIMM Install RAM SIMM 12 The ROM card has a notch in it this must be at Put the ROM card in a safe place after you have Install the RAM SIMM Position the SIMM so that the notch is toward Pivot the SIMM so that it moves upright The tne top m OOO00 00000 Place the SIMM in
77. a chart of all the items on the menus Press the Enter key to print this chart You cannot print this chart if the PS PCL Sensing submenu is set to PCL only The Help page shows the current settings of all menus Menus which cannot be accessed in the currect configuration are grayed out 3 Print 1 Sample Page s You can print a sample page showing graphics and text If you want to print more than one copy of this sample page press the and keys to change the number of copies Press the Enter key to print the page s You cannot print this page if the PS PCL Sensing submenu is set to PCL only 4 Printer Info This menu has subitems which display general information about your printer Press the Enter key to see the subitems Ram Installed The total amount of RAM in the printer Ethernet Address The Ethernet address S W Version The version of the printer s operating system H W Version The version of the printer s hardware Page Count The total number of pages printed 2 6 5 Paper Handling press the Enter key to access the submenus Submenu Settings Notes Default Source Which paper tray is used if the print job does not specify a paper tray Default Destination Which paper output tray is used if the print job does not specify a paper output tray Default Size The expected paper size to print whenever a print job does not specify a paper size Jam Recovery After you clear a jam the
78. abeled Available printer memory in KB The Details page You can change the printer driver and port settings in the Details page The Paper page You can change paper sizes layout orientation and Ete1212 v3 1 Network Pe Properties paper source in the Paper page Any changes you make POE Se eee will override the settings in the printer s control panel for this computer only Paper size US Letter Edge to Edge 8 50 x 11 00 in US Legal US Legal US Execut Ad Edget JIS B5 Ed US Le gt m Layout Paper size iy Lup fs C 2up Be C dup You can set a default paper size by picking a new setting Soran P A Portrait in the paper size box You can scroll to the right of this w e Landscape Betas box to see more paper sizes Click on the icon of the Peau AuSeeaty A paper size you want to be the new default Uinta Are Restore Defaults Only the first few characters of the name of the paper size are shown beneath each icon If you click on an icon you ll see the full name above the box However the paper size you click on will now be the default unless you click on another paper size icon or click on the Cancel button at the bottom of the dialog box en aw Paper source You can set a default paper source by choosing from the Paper source drop down list box These options specify how paper will be provided to the printer There are selec tions for Auto Select
79. accordance with the instructions in this manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation For more information about radio frequency interference refer to the section of this manual on Radio and TV interference CANADIAN REGULATIONS This equipment is a Class A digital apparatus that complies with the Radio Interference Regulations CRC c 1374 IMPORTANT Changes or modifications to this product not authorized by GCC Technologies Inc could void the FCC Certification and negate your authority to operate the product This product was tested for FCC Compliance under conditions that included the use of shielded cables and connectors between system components It is important that you use shielded cables and connectors to reduce the possibility of causing interference to radios television sets and other electronic devices You can obtain the proper shielded cables from GCC Technologies or from an Authorized GCC Technologies dealer CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LASER SAFETY This printer is certified as a Class 1 laser product under the U S Department of Health and Human Services DHHS Radiation Performance Standard according to the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 This means that the printer does not emit hazardous radiation Since radiation emitted inside the printer is completely confined within protective housings and external
80. ackets in the paper tray Is there too much paper in the paper tray The 250 sheet limit for the standard paper tray is for 20 Ib 75 g m sheets Are you using the Multipurpose feeder and the rear output for heavy sheets and envelopes Are the paper length and width guides in the paper tray correctly adjusted Is the paper width guide in the paper tray next to but not tight against the paper Is the paper in the tray the same size as in the Page Setup dialog box of your applica tion Have you removed all traces of paper from previous jams Is the paper path free from any obvious obstructions Other printer problems Some problems with printing can really be problems with applications Typical application problems include A graphic appears on my screen but when I print only the text shows Try copying the graphic to a separate page and print that page only The quality of fonts is very poor usually a problem with Macintoshes that only have screen fonts installed install the printer fonts The computer crashes when I print a document try printing another document from that application if this prints successfully this probably means that the original document is corrupt You may have problems related to printer or system setup 10 4 The printer is not listed as available the printer may not be on line the printer soft ware is not installed correctly or any network connection to the printer may be having proble
81. ailable for that application only The printer s control panel menus and the settings in the Properties dialog box provide the default settings for an application s Print dialog box 7 12 Selecting print options This is the Print dialog box for WordPad a simple word processing application in cluded with Windows NT 4 0 You ll find the Print command in the File menu of most applications You can change the target printer page range and number of copies in the main Print dialog box You can also click on the Properties button to make further changes Other applications may provide more settings The Print Properties dialog box If you click on Properties in WordPad s Print dialog box you ll see this dialog box This Properties dialog box is similar to the Printer Properties dialog box but there are fewer pages Print Properties Printer Hame Elite 1 2ppm Status Type Where Comment Ready GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 PTS Print to file Print range Copies AJ EX C Pages from ite 4 to l3 c gps p es Number of capies en Elite 12ppm Document Properties E x Page Setup Advanced Paper Size Letter Paper Source i Automatically Select Copy Count ii E Copy 1 355 Onentation tf Portrait C Landscape t Rotated Cancel 8 Using DOS There are two ways to print from DOS within a DOS application or from the DOS command line In s
82. al suggestions You may also find helpful the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission How to Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference Prob lems This booklet is available from the US Government Printing Office Washington DC 20402 Stock No 004 000 00345 4 H 1 Appendix I Elite 12ppm Consumables and optional accessories Optional items You can add optional accessories to your Elite 12ppm Contact GCC Direct Sales at 800 422 7777 U S only or your local dealer For a complete list of optional Elite 12ppm items see our World Wide Web store at www gccdirect com Elite 12ppm Lower Sheet Feeder If you want to add a 500 sheet paper tray or an envelope feeder you must first install the lower sheet feeder This attaches to the bottom of the Elite 12ppm the trays fit inside it The lower sheet feeder is supplied with a 500 sheet paper tray This holds up to 500 sheets of letter A4 Legal 13 and Legal 14 paper You can attach a single lower sheet feeder to the Elite 12ppm printer Elite 12ppm Optional paper trays The following optional paper trays are available for use with the Elite 12ppm Universal paper tray Capacity 250 sheets Replacement for the standard tray shipped with the Elite 12ppm You may find it convenient to have separate paper trays for each kind of stationery you use Envelope tray Commercial 10 Monarch DL C5 Postcard Optional tray with a capacity of 30 standard wei
83. alog boxes The dialog boxes will display standard page setup and print options paper size orienta tion scaling etc plus any printer specific options e g paper sizes resolution available with the selected desktop printer Note Not all printer specific options will be available e g AccuGray from the alternate dialog boxes Note The alternate dialog boxes may not be accessed the same way i e choosing Page Setup and Print from the File menu in all applications For example in PageMaker 5 0 x the alternate Page Setup and Print dialog boxes are accessed by choosing Print from the File menu and then clicking Setup in the Print dialog box Page Setup dialog box The Page Setup dialog box pictured below appears in applications that have not adopted QuickDraw GX GH Page Setup 1st floor SelectPress 1200 Paper US Letter O US Statement O US Legal C3 R3 7 US Tabloid Custom Stationery Orientation Pages per Sheet Reduce or Enlarge lt em The Page Setup dialog enables you to choose Paper paper size Orientation Reduce or Enlarge scaling Pages per Sheet n up printing Options Flip horizontal Flip Vertical Invert Image and Precision Bitmap Align ment The Custom pop up menu displays the additional paper sizes supported by the selected desktop printer Note The default paper size for GCC GX drivers is US Letter However it has been ob served that some applications will d
84. amilies included with the Elite 12ppm at all available resolutions We recommend that you use the LaserWriter II NTX printer driver if it is available with your application If not use LaserWriter II or LaserWriter Refer to the application s documentation for more information PCL 5 The Elite 12ppm also includes PCL 5 HP GL 2 emulation software which provides LaserJet III text and graphics compatibility plus the ability to print at 600 dpi If you are using a PCL application we recommend that you configure the application to print to a LaserJet III If LaserJet III is not available use a LaserJet II If a LaserJet II is not available use LaserJet Refer to the application s documentation for more information 8 3 Note If your document uses 300 dpi user defined patterns or 300 dpi bitmap fonts the Elite 12ppm will only be able to print these at 300 dpi even if 600 dpi PCL is selected Also the Elite 12ppm includes 15 PCL fonts that are compatible with those in the HP LaserJet III These fonts consist of 7 bitmap and 8 scalable fonts If you have configured your Elite 12ppm to print PCL at 600 dpi the internal bitmap fonts will only print at 300 dpi The internal scalable fonts will print at 600 dpi as will any downloaded scalable font Note In PCL 5 emulation the Elite 12ppm can print at either 300 or 600 dpi resolution The default resolution is 300 dpi Resolution is set via the Resolution submenu Also although most PCL applicati
85. an accept print jobs from a Bidirectional Parallel port and LocalTalk Serial and Ethernet networks at the same time Flexible paper handling The Elite 12ppm has a 250 sheet paper tray that can accept paper up to legal size 8 5 x 14 inch 215 9 x 355 6 mm and also includes an additional paper feed source for envelopes and postcards Full featured front panel display The font panel display of the Elite 12ppm displays messages that make it easy to configure and control the printer you get continuous information as jobs print SCSI interface 1200 dpi model only The Elite 1212 has a SCSI interface that allows you to connect an external SCSI hard drive for additional font storage and faster printing Novell NEST Support 1200 dpi model only The Elite 1212 supports Novell s NEST system which allows you to connect an Elite 12ppm to a Novell network without needing to dedicate a computer as print server Environmentally friendly The Elite 12ppm emits extremely small amounts of ozone well within the safety limits and is engineered to reduce dust emissions for a healthier work area Optional equipment A 500 sheet paper tray and an envelope feeder are available options to make the Elite 12ppm the printer you need Fast and easy ordering of upgrades and consumables Replacement toner cartridges and optional equipment are available from your GCC dis tributor or direct from GCC at 1 800 422 7777 Visit our web store at www gccdirect com 1 2
86. and choose the page that looks best overall If necessary change this setting to the Calibra tion number of the page that looks best from those printed using the Print Cal Pages menu command above 3 Using a Macintosh Software Installation Software for the Macintosh is included on the Elite 12ppm CD ROM provided with your printer The automatic installer places all the printing software into the appropriate loca tions on your startup disk the startup disk is the hard disk that contains the System and Finder files used to start your Macintosh To install the Elite 12ppm software 1 Put the Elite 12ppm CD ROM into the CD ROM drive 2 Open the folder labeled Printing Software 3 Double click the Elite 12ppm Installer icon 4 Click Continue You ll see the Read Me file Take some time to read this file It contains last minute information on the installation procedure as well as updates on Elite 12ppm features and compatibility issues After reading the Read Me file you can print it if a printer is available or save it as a TeachText document 5 Click Continue You ll see the Install dialog box Choose the file s you want to install Install the following If you want to install all the Flite 1212 U S Software files for your 12ppm model Elite 1212 International Software recommended choose the model name and click the Install button LaserlWriter 8 U S Only Application Files Only If you w
87. and how to use them If you want to install printer description files you can use Windows Explorer or open a DOS window Installing printer description files using Windows Explorer 1 2 3 Insert the Elite 12ppm CD ROM into your CD ROM drive Open Windows Explorer and choose Details from the View menu In the left pane find the CD ROM icon and click on it You ll see the files con tained in the root directory of the CD ROM Click on the Type button at the top of the column in the right pane The files are sorted into order by type three letter extension Follow the instructions below for each application you wish to install printer description files for Adobe Illustrator 4 0 or 4 1 a Select all files that end in ppd b Choose Copy from the Edit menu c Locate the Ai4 folder in the left pane you may have to click on the plus sign next to a drive letter d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane then double click on the PPD folder e Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the ppd files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed Adobe PageMaker 6 0 or 6 5 a Select all files that end in ppd b Choose Copy from the Edit menu 5 13 c Locate the Pm6 or Pm65 folder in the left pane you may have to click on the plus sign next to a drive letter d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane then double click on t
88. ant to only install LaserWriter Utility Only wl US versions of certain files scroll through the list and click on those Laser Writer 8 Elite 1212 PPD file Elite 1212 Screen files You can select more Fonts Utilities and Application Files Cin Elite 1212 Folder than one file by holding down the Shift key as you click on the line When you ve selected all the files you want to install click the Install button 6 Click Install You ll see a progress box describing the status of the installation When the installation is complete you ll see a dialog box indicating that the installation was successful 3 1 Installing application specific printer description files A few applications require you to install additional files These files give the application information about the capabilities of your printer and are often known as Printer Descrip tion files The manuals included with an application tell you whether or not it requires these files The LaserWriter 8 driver shipped with the Elite 12ppm uses printer descrip tions called PostScript Printer Description PPD files When you install software from the Elite 12ppm CD ROM the printer description files are copied into a folder named Application Files in the Elite 12ppm Folder The Elite 12ppm Folder is then located in your startup disk s window Follow the instructions below to copy each file into the folder specified by the application For more detailed in
89. aper trays or extra printer RAM you need to change the Installable options list After you have changed this option Print dialog boxes in this computer s applications will show extra paper trays for example 7 5 Note on VMOption The VMOption selection corresponds to the amount of RAM installed in the printer If you add or subtract printer memory you will need to change the amount shown under VMOption If memory was added to your printer before you installed the Windows NT 4 0 printer software you will need to change the VMOption amount If you have to change the printer memory size click on VMOption and select the correct memory size from the drop down list box Answer Yes to the question about available printer memory Also see the following section on updating the printer driver to reflect the new amount of printer memory Updating the printer driver to reflect the new amount of printer memory If you install additional memory in your printer you must update the printer driver You do this by adjusting the Available printer memory setting at the top of the Device Settings page When the Available printer memory figure is correct your computer will send files that print faster The Available Memory figure is less than the amount of RAM you have installed in your printer because part of the RAM is used by the printer for utilities If you routinely download more than one or two fonts to the printer s memory you should also update y
90. application s port settings The applications s port settings and the Elite 12ppm control panel port settings must match This DOS application is now ready to print You can either print the file directly to the Elite 12ppm or print it to a disk file later you can print this file directly from DOS Overview of setup and printing from DOS command line If you want to print a file that has been printed to disk you need to use the DOS command line 1 Check the port settings The port settings on the Elite 12ppm control panel and your computer must match 2 Select an emulation mode on the printer s control panel When you print your print file will be formatted for either PostScript or PCL set PS PCL sensing 8 1 submenu through the Elite 12ppm control panel to either PostScript Only PCL Only or Auto Switch 3 Use the DOS Copy command to send the print file to the Elite 12ppm See Using the Copy command later in this section Port configuration DOS If you want to print from DOS you must configure a port once in every DOS session Most users add a line to their AUTOEXEC BAT file so that this is done automatically The port you configure must be the same as the port that is specified in the DOS application and in the control panel of your printer If you have used another printer to print from DOS you may find that your AUTOEXEC BAT file already includes one of the commands shown in the next sections Your PC and the Elite 12
91. be sent to this printer unless you specify other Wise SelectPress 1200 Determining input tray paper size s The Input Trays selection enables you to tell the printer driver about your printer s paper sources and the paper sizes that they will contain When you first open the Input Trays dialog box it will look like the one pictured directly below This dialog box will not display the paper sources available on your printer How ever if you click in the box containing unknown you will see a list of the paper sizes that are supported by your printer Input Trays Setup For paper matching select the paper in the input tray of SelectPress 1200 US Letter US Legal US Tabloid US Statement AS US Letter Edge to Edge US Legal Edge to Edge US Tabloid Edge to Edge US Statement Edge to Edge A3 Edge to Edge H4 Edge to Edge A5 Edge to Edge H6 Edge to Edge JIS B4 Edge to Edge JIS BS Edge to Edge JIS B6 Edge to Edge 12 19 Envelope Comm 10 Envelope Monarch Envelope C5 In order for the printer driver to learn about your printer s paper sources e g lower tray upper tray multipurpose feeder etc you must first print something The quickest way to do this is 1 Go to the Finder Choose Print Desktop from the File menu 2 3 In the Print dialog box enter 1 in both the From and To boxes 4 Click Print In a few moments a page will print E 4 5 Cho
92. both of the guides B 3 Make sure that the paper fits underneath the plastic tab at the rear of the tray and under the metal bracket at the front C 4 Place the paper in the paper tray and move the paper width guide D so that it lies next to the paper Don t move the guide so close that it holds the paper tightly because this may cause jams 1 11 5 Replace the tray in the printer Make sure you push it all the way in so that the control panel displays the ready message Using the multipurpose feeder The multipurpose feeder holds up to an extra 80 sheets of 20 Ib copier style paper 40 transparencies 40 sheets of labels 10 envelopes or 25 postcards You can also manually feed single sheets of paper or other media The multipurpose feeder handles the following paper and envelope sizes Letter e Legal 13 Legal 14 Executive A4 B5 Postcard Commercial 10 Monarch e DL C5 Exact measurements of these paper sizes is in the appendix Specifications You have to select the multipurpose feeder from a computer s Print dialog box assuming you specified the main paper tray as the default paper source See Paper Source in the sections on Macintosh and Windows for information on how to select the multipurpose feeder Loading Paper in the Multipurpose Feeder 1 Open the cover of the multipurpose feeder it folds down to a 45 angle If one side of the cover doesn t unlatch pu
93. change the target PIU ca LS MEE printer page range and number of copies opua Rus amp All Number af copies fi 2 in the main Print dialog box You can also m ages from 1 B r r rc 1 2 3 Callate click on the Properties button to make C Selection LI further changes Other applications may provide more settings OK Cancel The Print Properties dialog box EIN IZLE Ns trerm iu shor oie If you click on Properties in WordPad s Print dialog box you ll see this dialog box This Properties dialog box is EN similar to the Printer Properties dialog box but there are fewer pages 5 17 6 Using Windows NT 3 51 Windows NT printing software overview You set up your Windows NT 3 51 computer to use the Elite 12ppm by installing the Elite 12ppm software for Windows NT 3 51 This software is on the Elite 12ppm CD ROM Part of the software that you need is contained on the Windows NT 3 51 CD ROM or floppy disks You must have the Windows NT 3 51 CD ROM or floppy disks to install the software for the Elite 12ppm To install the printing software make sure that the printer is switched on and connected to the computer or network and that the computer is switched on and running Windows NT 3 51 Then 1 Double click the Main group from the Program Manager window Main You ll see the Main group window amp E B File Manager Bde Print Manager ClipBook Command W
94. ckDraw GX Helper Restart your Macintosh Create desktop printer s Now when you choose Turn Desktop printing Off LaserWriter 8 will be substituted instead of LaserWriter 7 2 Important note on fonts Because QuickDraw GX modifies your fonts when it is installed documents printed with desktop printing turned off might not print correctly If your document uses non resident Type 1 fonts they will print as bitmaps To fix this problem open the folder named Archived Type 1 Fonts in your System Folder This folder is created during the QuickDraw GX installation Copy the any Type 1 font files you don t need to copy the font suitcases that you need into the Fonts folder Appendix F PCL The table below some frequently used PCL printer commands escape sequences that can be useful when sending a PCL print job from DOS to your GCC printer PCL commands tell the printer which actions to perform or which fonts to use The commands listed below are a subset of the PCL command set When entering escape sequences substitute the symbol in the escape sequence referenced in the left column with the appropriate number from the right column The character shown in some examples after the ampersand amp is a letter 1 a lower case letter L Printer command Ecad O EC amp a L EC amp a M EC amp d E EC amp I F Function Escape character Line feed Form feed Carriage return Resets printer Number of copies Ejects page
95. complete Line Wrap For plain text print jobs whether the text at the end of a line will end at the margin and continue onto the next line or whether the line of text will be cut off at the margin Line Termination For plain text print Jobs sets carriage return and line feed form feed commands to determine which is the end of line indicator 2 10 From 0 44 to 99 99 in 0 25 increments Default is 10 00 From 4 00 to 99 75 in 0 25 increments Default is 12 00 Portrait or Landscape From 5 to 256 The default is 60 for letter size paper The character symbols the font supports see notes Default is Roman 8 From 45 to 120 seconds in 15 second increments or Never Timeout Disabled or Enabled Normal CR CRLF LF CRLF and FF CRFF or ALL This submenu only appears if the default font uses fixed spacing monospaced This submenu only appears if the default font is scalable and is proportionally spaced This setting may change if the settings in the Default Size submenu of the Paper Handling menu are set to a size other than the factory default See the Fonts section of this CD ROM for a list of the symbol sets for resident PCL fonts Some applications may change this setting during the printing process In some cases the change will be permanent and the new timeout setting will appear in the display You can reset it or if the application is one you use fre quently leave the new settin
96. covers the laser beam cannot escape from the machine during any phase of user operation The Center for Devices and Radiological Health CDRH of the U S Food and Drug Administration implemented regulations for laser products on August 1 1976 These regulations apply to laser products marketed in the United States The label on the printer indicates compliance with the CDRH regulations and must be attached to the laser products marketed in the United States Caution Use of controls adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified in this manual may result in hazardous radiation exposure EPA ENERGY STAR COMPUTERS AWARD The Elite 12ppm printer is designed to conserve electricity With its power saving design the Elite 12ppm qualifies for the U S Environmental Protection Energy Star Computers Award CREDITS Copyright GCC Technologies Inc 1998 All rights reserved The Elite 12ppm User Manual was written by David Field It was edited by Saadia Baloch Lee Doron Armik Ghazarians Brian Harriss Krista Ingram Bill Krech Rebecca Leebow Michael McCabe and David Nicholson Cover design and illustrations by Bill Krech Fonts used were Frutiger and Minion Printed in USA part number 030 16403 rev B K 4 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Information and Authorized Signature TEST SAMPLE Elite 1212 Laser Printer RESPONSIBLE PARTY GCC Technologies Inc 209 Burlington Road Bedford MA 01730 TELEPHONE NUMBER
97. ct a paper size Available paper sizes will differ between GCC printer models Orientation This option determines the orientation of the image on the page Vertical or Portrait orients the image upright on the page Horizontal or Landscape orients the image sideways on the page The default is Portrait Print options The Print command is usually located under the File menu The following Print dialog box example is taken from Microsoft Write Status Ready Type GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 3 x Where LPT1 Comment L Print to file Copies Number of copies E d rae from ho ja oh cee el X Collate Selection Print Range The Print Range option default is All which prints all of the pages in the document from first to last From and To allow you to specify a range of pages to print Click in the box labeled From and type the first page number of the range you want to print Then click in the box labeled To and type the last number of the range 6 7 7 Using Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT 4 0 printing software overview You set up your Windows NT 4 0 computer to use the Elite 12ppm by installing the Elite 12ppm software for Windows NT 4 0 This software is on the Elite 12ppm CD ROM Windows NT 4 0 uses a Wizard to help you install printer software A Wizard is a series of dialog boxes In each dialog box you make configuration choices then click the Next button to move to the next dialog box This installation gui
98. ctor upper for connecting to IOBASE T networks and 1200 dpi model only a BNC connector lower for connecting to I0BASE 2 networks Note Some interfaces have specific settings that you must select through the printer s control panel Interfaces submenu Connecting cables correctly Most cables come with some kind of mechanical locking device Be sure to use these locking devices otherwise you may experience intermittent errors or the printer will fail to operate altogether There is no locking device on LocalTalk or RS 422 Serial connectors Make the plug is pushed all the way into the socket When you have inserted a Parallel port plug lift up the wire clips at either end of the socket so that they fit into the slots on the sides of the plug JOBASE T plugs have a locking tab similar to plugs on telephone cords When the plug is fully inserted the tab clicks into place JOBASE 2 plugs have a rotating collar Plug the cable onto the socket then rotate the collar clockwise to lock it Improperly inserted cables are the cause of many networking and printer related problems LocalTalk connection The Elite 12ppm uses the LocalTalk cable system to connect to AppleTalk compatible networks This connection forms a chain do not connect devices so that it forms a circle Connector box Important You need a connector kit for each Resistor device on the network Therefore you need two connector kits to connect the printer t
99. d ai4 ppd Adobe Illustrator 4 0 or 4 1 Type copy d ppd c ai4 ppd to install the PPD file Adobe PageMaker 6 0 Type copy d ppd c pm6 rsrc usenglsh ppd4 to install the PPD file 5 15 Aldus FreeHand 4 0 or PageMaker 5 0 Type copy d ppd c aldus usenglsh ppd4 to install the PPD file Aldus FreeHand 3 1 and earlier Type copy d ppd3 c aldus usenglsh ppds to install the PPD and PDX files Macromedia FreeHand 5 0 Type copy d ppd c fh5 usenglsh ppd to install the PPD file QuarkXPress Type copy d pdf c xpress to install the PDF file 5 Type Exit and press the Enter key to close the DOS window Printing from Windows 95 applications GCC printers are designed to work with all Windows 95 compatible applications The Print dialog box varies among applications but all variations provide the common print com mands along with others that are available for that application only The printer s control panel menus and the settings in the Properties dialog box provide the default settings for an application s Print dialog box Selecting print options This is the Print dialog box for WordPad a i ME Printer simple word processing application in Name feiter212v31NewokPm Eres 7 cluded with Windows 95 You ll find the Status User intervention 0 documents waiting Type GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 BIRCH SOLO_Q Print command in the File menu of most Sd E applications You can
100. de does not cover connecting to a networked printer or making your printer available for sharing by others Details of these operations are contained on your Windows NT 4 0 CD ROM Important Part of the software that you need is contained on the Windows NT 4 0 CD ROM You must have the Windows NT 4 0 CD ROM to install the software for the Elite 12ppm To install the printing software make sure that the printer is switched on and connected to the computer or network Also place the Elite 12ppm CD ROM in your CD ROM drive Then 1 Click on the Start button 2 You ll see the Start menu Click on Settings then click on Printers on the submenu 3 You ll see the Printers folder Double click the Add Printer icon Add Printer Wizard This wizard helps you install your printer or make printer connections This printer will be managed by All settings will be managed and configured an this computer C Network printer server Connect to a printer on another machine All settings for this printer are managed by a print server that has been set up by an administrator Cancel 4 You ll see the local network dialog box Choose My Computer and click the Next button 7 1 Add Printer Wizard Click the port you want to use with this printer and then click Next Available ports Communications Port COM2 Communications Port FAX Microsoft Fax Monitor Creates a file on disk 5 You ll see a list of
101. dent PostScript fonts and PCL Only shows only resident PCL fonts This page only prints if the PS PCL sensing menu is set to Auto Switch or PS only Menus and submenus will appear dimmed if you can t select them because of other menu settings for instance the PCL menus will be dimmed if you have set the PS PCL menu to PS only This page only prints if the PS PCL sensing menu is set to Auto Switch or PS only 9 Print Control press the Enter key to access the submenus Submenu Print Control five submenus Darkness Controls the overall darkness of the page TonerMiser Elite 1212 Lets you use less toner but with a reduction in image quality Smoothing Elite 1212 Reduces the jagged appearance of text and graphics Print Cal Pages Elite 1212 Printsa series of pages to be used in conjunction with the Calibration menu Calibration Elite 1212 A range of settings corresponding to the pages printed using the Print Cal Pages menu command 2 12 Settings Darkest Darker Normal Lighter or Lightest Enabled or Disabled Enabled or Disabled Press the Enter key to start the process Calibration 1 Calibration 5 The default setting is set at the factory and is different for each printer Notes Cannot be used if either Smoothing is enabled or print resolution is 1200 dpi Cannot be used if either Toner Miser is enabled or print resolution is 1200 dpi You should examine the output
102. description is sent to the printer for printing printer font The high quality part of fonts for the Macintosh printer memory or printer RAM Temporary storage space used to hold downloaded fonts and for calculations during print jobs If there s insufficient printer memory you may not be able to print at the highest resolution of the printer printing software Computer software needed for printing that includes the printer driver and other related files printer s disk A hard disk attached to the printer that contains fonts and also serves as temporary storage during print jobs processor The CPU central processing unit or chip of the printer which control all its actions properties Configuration characteristics of a peripheral or of a software feature Usually found in Windows operating systems or applications protocol All the characteristics of usually a communications system such as a network A protocol describes how the messages are constructed in software as well as the types of connectors used rasterize To convert an image into a dot pattern that can be represented by dots of toner on a page resolution The number of dots per unit of length or area Higher resolution usually leads to better image quality High resolution pages typically have sharper text and more detailed photographs than low resolution pages High resolution pages may require more RAM to print than the amount supplied in the printer RAM
103. dot gain dots per inch dpi A measurement of resolution or the density of dots for a given output device Higher dots per inch usually give better image quality download To send a font to a printer s built in memory RAM or hard disk drop down list A section of a dialog box that contains one entry but has a downward pointing arrow at the right Clicking on the arrow reveals a list of alternative choices engine The entire printer apart from the electronics EtherNet A commonly used network protocol flow control The control of information along an interface to enable the interface to take only as much information as it can handle folder An organization tool for arranging documents applications and other folders on a storage device Known as a directory on Windows systems prior to Windows 95 font A collection of letters numbers punctuation marks and special characters with a consistent design Also known as a typeface fuse To melt toner particles so that they adhere to the paper fuser unit The part of the printer that melts toner particles grayscale The range of gray tones between black and white The human eye can distin guish up to approximately 256 levels of gray halftone An image made up of black toner dots The printer simulates darker or lighter shades of gray by printing greater or lesser amounts of dots in each area of the image This is a common method of printing photographs J 4 halftone c
104. e Capture Settings ee page e Installable options The Device Options page Change setting for Tray 2 Click on the Device Options tab to see the Device Options page This page contains settings specific to your GCC printer model Restore Defaults 5 9 Printer features In the Printer features box you ll see options specific to your printer If you want to change the current setting of any feature click on its name in the upper box You ll see settings in the Change setting for drop down list box below Click on the setting you want Note The features you see in the list may vary between printer models Installable options If you add options like more paper trays or extra printer RAM you need to change the Installable options list After you have changed this option Print dialog boxes in this computer s applications will show extra paper trays for example Note on VMOption The VMOption selection corresponds to the amount of RAM installed in the printer If you add or subtract printer memory you will need to change the amount shown under VMOption If memory was added to your printer before you installed the Windows 95 printer software you will need to change the VMOption amount If you have to change the printer memory size click on VMOption and select the correct memory size from the drop down list box Answer Yes to the question about available printer memory Also see the following section on upgrading print
105. e envelope size you intend to use go to step 11 10 Lift the rear of the size guide and move it back or forward so that it fits the size of the envelopes you re using The holes in the size guide fit over a pair of tabs in the bottom of the envelope tray The holes must fit over the tabs The size guide has the names of envelope sizes by the holes 11 Squeeze the width guide lever toward its brace and then pull the guide lever to the right D 5 12 13 Place the envelopes in the tray with the flaps upward and the hinge of the flap toward the right Squeeze the width guide lever toward its brace and then move it so that it lies next to the envelopes Do not fit the width guide tightly against the envelopes because this may cause jams 14 Replace the envelope tray into the feeder You re now ready to print Loading the envelope tray with postcards 1 D 6 Remove the envelope tray from the feeder and turn it so that the handle is toward you If the postcard guide a piece of plastic with the words For Japanese Postcard is not at the rear of the area where you put postcards follow the next steps to install it Otherwise go to step 10 The postcard guide is normally stored at the right rear of the envelope tray Place your forefingers under the tab at the front of the postcard guide and press down on the top center of the guide with your thumb Roll the postcard guide toward you by pulling
106. e following MS DOS command before printing MODE COMI 7V600 N 9 Ll P Note You will need to change the Elite 12ppm s flow control submenu setting to DTR if you use the this MODE command Note In both the parallel and serial Mode command examples shown in this section the P switch may be replaced by the B switch The B switch is available with MS DOS version 4 0 and later Not all applications support the B switch Redirecting DOS to a serial port DOS and some DOS applications only print through a parallel port If you set up the Elite 12ppm to print through the RS 422 serial port you will need to add an additional MODE command to redirect your output to the serial port The following command should be typed after the previous serial port MODE commands MODE LPTs COMIS This command redirects to serial port COM1 the output that DOS or your DOS applica tion would normally send to the parallel port If you use a different serial port i e COM 2 3 or 4 substitute that number Note A more efficient way of using the MODE commands is to add them to your AUTOEXEC BAT file Refer to your PC documentation for information about editing the AUTOEXEC BAT file Selecting a printer driver PostScript If an application supports PostScript we recommend that you configure the application to use a PostScript printer driver Printing using a PostScript printer driver enables the appli cation to use the 11 high quality PostScript font f
107. eady to print Installing the face up output tray The face up output tray fits on the rear of the printer and holds output that would other wise be deposited in the output tray on the top of the printer If you have paper that s heavier than normal copy paper you may need to use the face up output tray to prevent paper jams and creasing If you use the multi purpose feeder at the front of the printer the face up output tray gives you a straight through path through the printer which minimizes jams and creasing 1 Unpack the paper tray and remove all packing materials 2 Align the tabs on the bottom of the tray with the holes in the back of the printer 3 Push down on the tray to insert the tabs into the holes 4 Slide out the underside of the tray to its fullest extent so that it locks into place 5 Lift up the hinged part of the tray so that it extends further D 7 Setting default paper trays through the control panel You may want to make the 500 sheet paper tray your default paper tray This means that it will appear as the default choice in applications Print dialog boxes You can make the 500 sheet tray the default by using the printer s control panel Briefly you take the printer offline choose the Paper Handling menu and select Tray 1 from the Default Source submenu Full details of how to change menu settings are in the section of this manual under Control Panel You can change the settings in the control
108. efault to some other paper size Print dialog box The Print dialog box pictured below appears in applications that have not adopted QuickDraw GX SelectPress Ist floor SelectPress 1200 Print Copies NM Pages RII OFrem To Cover Page No First Page Last Page Paper Feed Automatic O Manual Resolution Destination Printer O Disk File Default The Page Setup dialog enables you to choose Number of copies Copies Page range Pages Cover Page Paper Feed Destination Resolution The Resolution pop up menu displays the resolutions supported by the selected desktop printer Turning off QuickDraw GX printing If you are having problems printing from an application that has not adopted QuickDraw GX you have the option of turning QuickDraw GX off The command Turn Desktop printing On Off is inserted into the Apple Menu when an application that does not support QuickDraw GX is in use Note The Turn Desktop printing On Off command will only appear if QuickDraw GX Helper is installed When you choose Turn Desktop printing Off QuickDraw GX substitutes LaserWriter 7 2 as the default printer driver LaserWriter 7 2 is installed with System 7 5 and provides standard Apple LaserWriter paper source and paper size options See information on the following page Substituting LaserWriter 7 1 2 or LaserWriter 8 for LaserWriter 7 2 The LaserWriter 7 2 printer driver provides paper sources a
109. el status LEDs show you the following O When the On Line LED is solid lit and not flashing the Elite 12ppm is ready to receive data and print When you turn the printer on this LED flashes while the printer 1s intializing 5 When the Comm LED flashes one of the Elite 12ppm s interface ports is receiving or transmitting data 2 1 4 The Paper LED is solid in one of the following situations The printer is out of paper The wrong size paper is loaded in the paper tray The printer is waiting for you to insert paper because you specified manual feed in the paper source section of your application s Print dialog box When the Service LED is flashing you need to perform some type of simple service procedure in order to continue printing If this LED is solid the printer needs to be serviced by GCC authorized service personnel When a LED indicates that the printer needs attention you ll see a message explaining the situation in the display Control panel function keys On Line key You use the On Line key to set the printer either on line or off line The printer is normally on line that is ready to receive data from computers and print it If you need to use the control panel menu system you must set the printer off line Press the On Line key to set the printer off line After you ve finished using the menu system press the On Line key again to set the printer back on line If you press the On Line key while a
110. ell A pattern of printed dots each dot can be turned on or off in order to repre sent different percentages of gray high quality fonts Outline fonts that are shipped with the printer or purchased from your dealer On the Macintosh screen fonts are used to create your documents and the printer replaces them with high quality fonts during the printing process See outline fonts Installer An application that installs the software interface The point at which two devices are physically connected enabling them to communicate Printers have a number of sockets you plug a connector into these sockets depending on whether you re communicating with the printer by network parallel or serial port jaggies A slang term for the effect when some fonts and images print with jagged rather than smooth edges This usually happens if you attempt to print a resized bitmapped image or font or if you have screen fonts but not printer fonts on the Macintosh lpi lines per inch A measure of the frequency of a halftone screen usually between 53 and 200 Lpi refers to the lines of halftone spots that make up the screen Higher lpi usually means a better quality image LocalTalk cable system Apple s network cable system used to support an AppleTalk network system megabyte A unit of measurement equal to 1024 kilobytes or 1 048 576 bytes NEST Novell Embedded Systems Technology A feature of many GCC printers which can be used on Novell ne
111. en the PS PCL Sensing option is set to Auto Switch or PostScript only Press the Enter button to show these submenus Press the Menu button to move from resolution to resolution AccuGray does not work with all applications and documents may print more slowly If the PS PCL Sensing option is set to PCL only the Start Page will not print even if this menu is set to Enabled Some applications may change this setting during the printing process In some cases the change will be permanent and the new timeout setting will appear in the display You can reset it or if the application is one you use frequently leave the new setting The PCL menus will only appear when the PS PCL Sensing option is set to Auto Switch or PCL only Downloaded does not appear if you haven t manually downloaded PCL fonts into the printer s RAM The font number must correspond to a font available from the location specified by the Font Source submenu 2 9 Emulations continued either Pitch The number of characters per horizontal inch for the default font or Point Size The point size of the default font Orientation The default alignment of the image on the page Page Length The default number of lines on the page Symbol Set The set of character symbols the default font uses Wait Timeout How long the printer waits for more input after printing all the input received but without receiving a message saying that the job is
112. en press the Form Feed Continue key When you want the printer to print on the paper in the paper trays even though they do not hold the specified paper sizes The Form Feed Continue key overrides the printer s requests that you load a different size of paper or load paper through the multipurpose feeder In both cases the printer will draw paper from the 250 sheet cassette whatever size of paper it holds Cancel Reset key You use the Cancel Reset key To cancel a PostScript job that is either processing or waiting to print To cancel printing press the On Line key and then hold down the Reset key for three seconds You ll see Cancelling job in the display window It s possible that this feature has been disabled through the menu system in this case pressing these keys will have no effect If the Job Cancel feature has been disabled you can enable it by going to the PostScript menu in the Control Panel and changing the setting in the Job Cancel submenu The default setting for this feature is enabled To reset the control panel menu and submenu settings to the factory settings the printer must be off line If you want to reset all the menu items to their default settings press the On Line key to take the Printer off line then hold down the Cancel Reset key for five seconds You ll be prompted to either press the Enter key to confirm that you want to reset all menu items or to press the Cancel Reset key again to leave menu
113. entation You can change the orientation of the print on the page using the Orientation icons Scale You can print the contents of a page from 25 to 400 percent of its normal size using the Scale option Enter a figure between these ranges in 1 percent increments The default is 100 percent meaning there is no reduction or enlargement Options If you choose PostScript Options from the Page Attributes pop up menu you ll see addi tional layout and formatting options Note indicates an Elite 12ppm default setting 3 6 LaserWriter 8 Page Setup PostScript Options Visual Effects C Flip Horizontal C Flip Vertical CO Invert Image Image amp Text EJ Substitute Fonts X Smooth Text x Smooth Graphics Precision Bitmap Alignment Unlimited Downloadable Fonts Visual Effects You can manipulate the image on the page using the visual effects section Your selections are graphically displayed in the image area in the left of the dialog box O Flip Horizontal flips your document horizontally Flip Vertical flips your document vertically O Invert Image inverts the image of your document Black changes to white and white changes to black Image and Text Substitute Fonts prints high quality resident fonts for certain screen fonts When you select this checkbox the following substitutions occur Times for New York Helvetica for Geneva Courier for Monaco Smooth Text smooths the edges of text de
114. er in this section When you are finished in the menu system press the On Line key to leave the menu system and place the printer back on line and ready to print Enter key You use the Enter key To see submenus 5 Press Enter appears in the display window to prompt you to press the Enter key to see a submenu s To save changes when you change main menu or submenu settings After you make a change to a main menu setting or submenu setting press the Enter key to save the new setting An asterisk will appear in the display window to the right of the setting to confirm that new setting has been saved To find out which port is being used for the current print job Press the Enter key when the Elite 12ppm is processing a job when the Comm LED is flashing The LCD display window shows the name of the interface port that is receiving data and keys You use the and keys to move through main menu and submenu settings You can use these keys only when the printer is off line The Elite 12ppm menu system The menu system consists of a number of main menus Some main menus contain sub menus Some menus only give you information while others let you change settings Depending on your choices some menus may not be available For instance the factory defaults set the PS PCL Sensing menu to PostScript Only and you cannot access the PCL menus If you changed this menu setting to Auto Switch or PCL Only the PC
115. er memory Updating printer memory If you install additional memory in your printer you must update the printer driver You do this by adjusting the Available printer memory setting at the top of the Device Options page When the Available printer memory figure is correct your computer will send files that print faster If you routinely download more than one or two fonts to the printer s memory you should also update your Available printer memory even if you have not added any extra memory to the printer Download your normal font set and then update the memory If you want to update the printer driver you first have to copy a file to the printer using a DOS window do not use Windows 95 s Print command This prints a page that tells you the maximum suggested virtual memory for the printer You then enter the figure in this dialog box 1 Copy the file TESTPS TXT to the printer This file is included with Windows 95 Click on the Start button then choose Programs from the Start menu Click on MS DOS Prompt in the program list you ll see a DOS window Type copy c NwindowsNsystemNtestps txt lptl Press the Enter key type exit and press the Enter key again to close the DOS win dow The printer will produce a page which shows the maximum available virtual memory and the maximum suggested virtual memory Use the suggested value Max Suggested VM 2 Enter the new suggested value into the Device Options page in the box l
116. er tray Then 1 Start the computer if it is not turned on or go to Shut Down on the Windows 95 Start menu and choose Restart the computer 2 The computer will go through the normal startup proceedures and then show a dialog box telling you that it has found new hardware 3 You ll then see a dialog box which asks you to select which driver you want to install Choose the option Driver from disk provided by hardware manufac turer and click OK 4 Go to step 8 of the numbered steps in the Using Add Printer section Using Add Printer To install the printing software without using Plug and Play make sure that the printer 1s switched on has paper and is connected to the computer or network 5 1 To install the printing software make sure that the printer is switched on has paper and is connected to the computer or network Then 1 Click on the Start button in Windows 95 2 You ll see the Start menu Click on Settings then click on Printers on the submenu 3 You ll see the Printers folder Double click the Add Printer icon 4 You ll see the first screen of the Add Printer Wizard dialog box Click the Next button at the bottom of the dialog box If you see a list of printer manufactur ers and printer models go to step 7 Otherwise you ll see the local network dialog box Choose a connection Select Local if your printer is attached directly to your computer even if you may intend others to use it
117. etup and Print dialog boxes or from within the Windows NT Print Manager or the Printers control panel In general options selected from within an application document will override corresponding options in the printers control panel Print Manager and the printer s control panel submenus Most of the options found in the Print Setup and Print dialog boxes are standard to Win dows NT while some are specific to your GCC printer model This section details the GCC specific options For information on other options please refer to the Windows NT on line help system and the Windows NT documentation The location of printing options can vary among applications and certain options may be accessible from more than one dialog box Refer to the application s documentation for further information Print Setup options The Print Setup option is usually located under the File menu The following Print Setup dialog box example is taken from Microsoft Write 6 6 Print Setup Printer Name GOET p Status Ready Type GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 3 x Where LPT1 Comment Orientation ve ee 8 Portrait Source Print Manager Setting E O Landecepe Name The Name drop down list box enables you to select the printer that you wish to send a job to The printer that initially appears in the box is the default printer The default printer is set through the Print Manager e Size The Size drop down list box enables you to sele
118. f you use three hole punched paper position the paper so that the holes are on the left side of the tray Loading the envelope tray with envelopes Note The Elite 12ppm does not check the size of the envelopes you place in the tray Make sure you re using the envelope size you specified in your application 1 Remove the envelope tray from the feeder and turn it so that the handle is toward you If the postcard guide a piece of plastic with the words For Japanese Postcard is at the rear of the area where you put envelopes follow the next steps to remove it Otherwise go to step 9 Place your forefingers under the tab at the front of the postcard guide and press down on the top center of the guide with your thumb D Roll the postcard guide toward you by pulling it forward It will become free at the rear Now you can slide it up and back to remove the two tabs from the slots and remove it from the envelope tray 5 Move the postcard guide to the right rear of the envelope tray This is where it s stored when you re not using it 6 Tilt the back of the postcard guide up and toward you so that the two tabs fit in the two slots 7 Place your forefingers under the tab at the front of the postcard guide and press down on the top center of the guide with your thumb 8 Rotate the postcard guide away from you so that it lies flat in the envelope tray It will click into place O If the guides are set to th
119. fo to display information about the Elite 12ppm Click the Update button to view the information about the Elite 12ppm currently selected Click Configure to manually reconfigure the printer driver after you have upgraded your printer with new options The available options for the Elite 12ppm are Memory Configuration After installing additional memory select the memory size range Additional Tray After installing additional paper trays select the option that corresponds to the new tray Paper Sizes This pop up menu enables you to select the page sizes that will be displayed in the Paper menu of the Page Setup dialog box Printing documents using the LaserWriter 8 printer driver To print a document 1 Open the document that you want to print 2 Choose Page Setup from the File menu 3 Make any selections in the Page Setup dialog box and click OK 4 Choose Print from the File menu 5 Make any selections in the Print dialog box and click OK Note You may get error messages about insufficient disk space during printing This is because your Startup disk does not contain enough free space If the amount of free space on your Startup disk is insufficient you will probably get other errors not specifically related to printing The amount of free space you need is determined by the size and complexity of jobs that you print If you do not get insufficient disk space messages then you have enough free space When you prin
120. fonts from a Macintosh esses 9 6 Additional LaserWriter Utility functions ssssse 9 8 Downloading fonts from Windows cccccesseecceeeseeeeceeeseeeeeeeseeees 9 9 Using an external hard disk with the Elite 12ppm 9 9 Initializing an external hard disk eneee e 9 11 10 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Cleaning the rollers every 12 000 pages 10 1 Handling and storing toner cartridges 10 1 Eonernsplliseeee UEM 10 1 Packing the printer to transport it corner 10 2 PrintindgiPrebleis e a 10 2 Detailed Troubleshooting erect eet eee trovo a 10 5 Diagnosing errors from print output eese 10 11 Sebvice and Suppolt ae 10 14 GEC Ss World Wide Web site eroe RETE 10 14 Dealer and Service Center support eeeeeeeeereneee 10 14 Extended warranties sce eem iore UU IS tek eee anne RE 10 14 Software upgrades cree tee SI Ie 10 14 Transporting your printer eorr I IIS 10 14 Consumables accessories and upgrades 10 14 11 Adobe Acrobat Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader eeeeeesseeeees 11 1 Opening Documents with Acrobat Reader 11 2 Understanding the Acrobat Screen sese 11 2 MOV GAO UG In Pa CGS aea m IUE 11 2 siaellge NI c
121. formation on printer description files please refer to the documenta tion included with the application Elite 12xx format 4 This file is automatically placed in the Printer Descriptions folder during the initial complete software installation procedure It s provided here because some application s may require it to be placed in a folder other than the standard Printer Descriptions folder GCxx PPD format 3 0 This is the printer description file for Aldus FreeHand versions 3 0 and 3 1 Aldus PageMaker version 4 2x Adobe Separator 3 2 or earlier Canvas ver sions 3 0 or later and other applications that require a PPD file Copy this file into the appropriate PPD Folder specified by the application you are using e g the Aldus PageMaker PPD Folder is located in the Aldus Folder which is located in the System Folder 3 2 GCxx PDX This is the extension to the PostScript printer description file for Aldus FreeHand 3 0 and 3 1 and PageMaker 4 2x Copy the file into the PPD Folder located in the Aldus Folder which is located in the System Folder Elite 12xx PDF This is the PostScript printer description file for QuarkXPress versions 3 1 or later This file contains Elite 12ppm specific information for paper sizes Copy this file into the folder where the QuarkXPress application resides Elite 12xx MPD This extension is the PostScript printer description file for Ready Set Go versions 5 0 or
122. g 7 Interfaces press the Enter key to access the submenus The Interfaces submenus also have submenus Submenu 8 pin serial RS422 Serial 5 submenus RS422 Baud Rate The RS422 baud rate RS422 Data Bits The number of data bits sent with each serial byte RS422 Stop Bits The number of stop bits sent with each serial byte RS422 Parity The parity sent with each serial byte RS422 Flow Control Which flow control is used by the RS422 serial port TCP IP Whether print jobs will be accepted over a TCP IP network There are twelve other submenus in the TCP IP menu system you will need to configure these to run TCP IP Full details of the menus and their recommended settings are in the TCP IP section of the networking guide on this CD ROM NEST 1200 dpi model only Allows you to configure the printer on a Novell network without needing to use a computer as a print server Frame Type The Frame Type of printers on the Novell network Settings LocalTalk or RS422 300 600 1800 2400 3600 4800 7200 9600 19200 38400 or 57600 8 or 7 1 1 5 or 2 None Even or Odd XON XOFF XON XOFF Input or DTR Enabled or Disabled Enabled or Disabled 802 2 802 3 Ethernet II or SNAP Notes If you change the 8 pin serial setting you must restart the printer The RS422 menu only appears when you choose the RS422 option in the 8 pin serial menu Always set this to DTR when you
123. ges on a sheet Error Handling The Error Handling dialog box allows you to specify how any PostScript errors are re ported during printing 8 4 2 Printer Albion Engineering v Destination Error Handling v If there is a PostScript error amp No special reporting Summarize on screen Q Print detailed report If you choose No Special Reporting no PostScript error reports are produced v If you choose Summarize on Screen you ll see a message describing any PostScript errors on the monitor This option does not work when Background Printing is on x If you choose Print Detailed Report you ll get a printed report describing any PostScript errors Save as File This dialog box not shown lets you select options for print jobs that you save to the hard disk as files Printer Specific Options You can choose the output resolution in dots per inch for the current print job This overrides the default resolution that was specified in the printer s control panel using the Resolution submenu You can also choose to enable recommended or disable AccuGray AccuGray is GCC s technology to control the tendency of laser images to print darker than expected B 4 z Printer Albion Engineering ww Destination D Printer Specific ptions w nnne 2 Resolution 1200dpi v RccuGray Enabled TonerMiser Disabled Smoothing Disabled w Save If you find that you re often changi
124. ght envelopes Requires the 500 sheet feeder 500 sheet paper tray Capacity 500 sheets requires the 500 sheet feeder Elite 12ppm Face Up output tray The Elite 12ppm face up output tray attaches to the rear of the printer It holds output when you choose Rear Output Face Up in your applications When you use it with the multipurpose feeder it provides a straight through paper path Elite 12ppm Accessory Order Numbers Each Elite 12ppm accessory description is followed by the GCC order number PCS l2ppm Toner cartridge ocnsdescemtusi qubsvssceni eaim usar estqui pct duin Pes quU AC16120 Elite 12ppm Standard Universal paper tray 250 sheet capacity AC16128 Elite 12ppm Lower Sheet Feeder 500 sheet capacity including a 500 sheet paper tray ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeaeees AC16126 Compatible paper Iys earran dE sane AC16130 AC16132 Elite 12ppm Paper tray 500 sheet capacity cceeceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees AC16130 use with sheet feeder corteavexccentanbusasciuptd mReUIdU5 peret EIE EU VYO T AC16126 Elite 12ppm Envelope Tray 30 envelope capacity ssssse AC16132 use Wil SHeet IGOCIGE eost EAKPBEPESN EG RR AEAEE AC16126 Elite 12ppm Face Up output tray cosuissieuaceseousRoudoterrx Ure RH Tactcstugenr sus ERES AC16136 Elite 12ppm 8 Megabyte memory expansion kit eseeesesesse AC16311 Elite 12ppm 16 Megab
125. ght scroll box after selecting the LaserWriter 8 icon in the Chooser Verify that the correct zone is selected Ethernet and AppleTalk connections may appear in different zones E Macintosh system crashes If your Macintosh system crashes while a document is printing try the following 10 8 Restart the printer Print the document again If Background Printing is on turn it off try printing the document again Reinstall the printer software following the instructions in the Macintosh section of this CD ROM Print a different document from the same application If one document from an application causes a crash while others do not the document may be corrupt Replace the document Remove or disable INITs Extensions temporary files and non System software files such as a Preferences file or a Defaults file from the System Folder Print from a different application if all documents from a particular application cause crashes replace the application along with any application specific Default and Preferences files Refer to the application s documentation for more information If documents from different applications cause crashes you may need to replace your System and Finder files Refer to Apple s documentation for more information Macintosh font problems If the fonts printed on the Elite 12ppm appear to be low quality screen fonts rather than high quality resident fonts Make sure that the Elite 12ppm Screen Fonts
126. he Rsrc folder e Double click on the Usenglsh folder then double click on the Ppd4 folder f Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the ppd files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed Aldus FreeHand 4 0 or PageMaker 5 0 a Select all files that end in ppd b Choose Copy from the Edit menu c Locate the Aldus folder in the left pane you may have to click on the plus sign next to a drive letter d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane then double click on the Usenglsh folder e Double click on the ppd4 folder f Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the ppd files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed Aldus FreeHand 3 1 and earlier a Open the Ppd3 folder on the Elite 12ppm CD ROM b Select all files in this folder b Choose Copy from the Edit menu c Locate the Aldus folder in the left pane you may have to click on the plus sign next to a drive letter d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane then double click on the Usenglsh folder e Double click on the Ppds folder f Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the ppd files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed Macromedia FreeHand 5 0 a Select all files that end in ppd b Choose Copy from the Edit menu c Locate the Fh5 folder in the left pane you may have t
127. his dialog box A network print queue resides on a print server Print queues are established with the network software running your network Any necessary settings will be specific to the network software f you selected a COM port You ll see the Ports dialog box the COM port you selected is highlighted Click Settings You ll see the Settings dialog box 6 4 Settings for COMIT Baud Hate Data Bits Parity Advanced Stop Bits Flow Control Hardware We recommend the above settings Note The serial port settings in the printer s control panel menus must match the settings in this dialog box Check the settings and change them if necessary see the section of the CD ROM that deals with control panel menus Note that the DTR setting in the Flow Control submenu corresponds to the Hardware setting shown above Click OK Close the Ports dialog box You ll return to the Create Printers dialog box Click OK In a few seconds you ll see the PostScript Printer Setup Window PostScript Printer Setup Printer Model GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 Form To Tray Assignment Paper Tray Halftone Printer Memory kilobytes q Use Printer Halftoning In the Form to Tray section choose a paper tray and paper size Your selections should be the usual paper tray and paper size that will be used for print jobs These settings become the default settings in the Print dialog box of all applications that run o
128. his printer with others Choose Not Shared and click Next Consult your Windows NT docu mentation for details on sharing your printer with other users dialog Change the setting to No Because you may have to make changes after the software is installed we recom mend that you don t print the test page at this point You ll print a test page when the installation is com plete Click Finish The software installation will now Add Printer Wizard Type in the name of this printer When you have finished click Next Note Exceeding 31 characters in the Server and Printer name combination may not be supported by some applications Printer name Elite 12ppml You ll see the Print a Test Page SEULS EST lt Back Cancel After your printer ts installed Windows can print a test page so you can confirm that the printer is set up properly Would you like to print a test page Back Cancel commence At one point you ll be prompted to insert the Windows NT 4 0 CD ROM that contains the NT 4 0 printer driver 12 When you see a prompt remove the Elite 12ppm CD ROM and insert the Win 13 dows 4 0 CD ROM Click OK You ll see the Locate File dialog box Click Browse The Windows NT CD ROM may run automatically if you have Autorun selected the Windows NT default This opens a large Window over the screen click on the close box at the top right of the window Select your CD R
129. ident fonts manually downloading them to the printer s RAM is faster than having them download automatically each time they are used in a document To manually download fonts use the LaserWriter Utility included with the Elite 12ppm software The LaserWriter Utility is located in the Elite 12ppm Folder that was copied onto your startup disk during the initial installation When a font is downloaded to the printer s RAM it remains in RAM until the printer is switched off If other users on the network have the screen font but do not have the out line font the outline font can still be used as long as it remains in the printer s RAM Since each manually downloaded font uses some of the printer s RAM you are restricted in the number of fonts that can download by the amount of RAM available in the printer the more RAM in the printer the more fonts you can download However using a large amount of RAM to download fonts can affect the performance of the printer when process ing large or complex print jobs If you frequently use many nonresident fonts in your documents you may want to attach a dedicated font storage hard drive to the printer To manually download fonts using the LaserWriter Utility 1 Make sure the printer that you want to download fonts to is selected in the Chooser 2 Double click the LaserWriter Utility icon The introduction window appears along with a message indicating that the LaserWriter Utility is chec
130. iles in different places than others and you have to show the install program where these files are located If you use the original Windows CD ROM that came with your computer this problem should not arise If you do not have Windows 95 CURUNEIFIESS on disk or CD ROM continue Browse The file PPLE380 5PD on Windows 95 x the installation in EISE SIS codd polte tond p this way Cancel Insert Windows 85 CO ROM inte the drive 1 Click on the Browse selected below and click OF button at the bottom Skip File right of the Copying Files Details Copy files from a dialog box O Ww OO N Oo 1 11 In the Open dialog box choose drive C in the Drives window at the bottom center In the Folders list scroll down till you see the windows folder Click on the folder name windows then click OK In the Folders list scroll down until you see the options folder Click on the folder name cabs Click OK again to accept this file name Click OK in the Copying Files dialog box Open x File name Folders ICONLIB D LL win385 15 ca c windows options Cancel Network Drives 2c Click on the folder name options then click OK Click OK to accept this folder You ll see a file name similar to win95 15 cab The installation will continue Go back to step 16 in the installation instructions If you have a Windows 95 CD ROM and the installa
131. images that appear on the screen and are selected from within a document When you click the Print button the Macintosh sends a description of the bitmap screen font to the Elite 12ppm in the PostScript page description language The Elite 12ppm uses the PostScript interpreter to print the high quality outline font For more information on the structure of the PostScript language Adobe offers three books pub lished by Addison Wesley PostScript Language Reference Manual 2nd Edition PostScript Language Cookbook and Tutorial and PostScript Language Program Design 9 1 PostScript resident font catalog 9 2 Times Helvetica Courier Symbol Helvetica Narrow Palatino Bitstream Dutch ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 Typefaces plain bold italic bold italic Bitstream Swiss ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456789 0 Typefaces plain bold italic bold italic Courier A B C D E C G H L J K Lb MNOT ORS TUVW xX Y ZAabedetioqghij k lmnop qrstwuvw sx v ze l2 5 4 5 6 7 989 9 0 Typefaces plain bold italic bold italic Symbol ABXAE THIGQKAMNOTIOPLTYCQELYZ AOBXYSEOYNIDKALVOTOPOTVOMEWC123456789 0 Typeface plain Bitstream Swiss Narrow ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 Typefaces plain bold italic bold italic Bitstream Zapf Calligraphic ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 T
132. images with no shades of gray just areas of black See halftone bus network A form of network cabling where each computer is connected daisy chained to the computer at either side of it The ends of the bus are terminated byte A unit of computer information equal to 8 bits Cancel button A button usually found in a dialog box which closes the dialog box and does not carry out any changes that may have been specified See Apply button Close button and OK button check box A small square section of a dialog box that when clicked puts a check mark in the box This shows that the feature or choice mentioned in the accompanying caption has been selected Clicking again removes the check mark Check boxes can usually be selected and deselected independently See Option button Chooser A Macintosh accessory that allows you to select and use networked devices such as printers and file servers client server A form of networking used in larger installations One or more computers are dedicated as servers and handle all the network traffic from the other computers known as clients Printers are usually installed anywhere on the network and are controlled by the server s See also peer to peer clone A functionally equivalent piece of hardware or software Close button A button usually found in a dialog box which closes the dialog box so you can see behind it The Close button usually does not cause any changes to occur See Apply
133. indows NT jewer Prompt etup PIF Editor Mail Read Me Help Windows NT 2 Double click the Control Panel icon You ll see the Control Panel window Control Panel settings Help y International System DateTime Cursors Ho es ee X8 Drivers Network CSN Server Services Devices Changes the Windows screen colors d 6 1 6 2 3 Double click the Printers icon Printers You ll see the Print Manager window Print Manager nter ions Security Window Help 6 Sy tele x nm e eu 9p e E Defaut dF 4 Select Create Printer from the Printer menu You ll see the Create Printer window Create Printer Printer Name Driver Description Print to PT1 C Share this printer on the network 5 Insert the Elite 12ppm CD ROM 6 Select Other from the bottom of the list in the Driver drop down list box Create Printer Driver VT4 5634 v52 3 Description VT4 563B v52 3 Wang LC515 Wang LCS15 FontPlus Print to Wang LDP8 Xerox DocuTech 135 v2010 130 Xerox DocuTech 85 v2010 130 LI Share this DocuTech 90 v2010 130 Share Name Location You ll see the Install driver dialog box Install Driver Please put the disk in the drive indicated or select a new path name Cancel Change A to the drive letter of your CD ROM drive 7 Click OK You ll see the Select Driver window with one or more Elite 12ppm models Select Driver Source Directory AA
134. ing Print options The Print option is usually located under the File menu The following print dialog box example is taken from Microsoft Write currently GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 on LPT1 Q Specific Printer ptions GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 on LPT1 Orientation Paper X Portrait Size Letter81 2x11in l O Landscape Source Auto Select 8 Print Range The Print Range option default is All which prints all the pages in the document from first to last From and To allow you to specify a range of pages to print Click in the box labeled From and type the first page number of the range you want to print Then click in the box labeled To and type the last number of the range The Print Range option is the only option which cannot be set through the Print Manager or Printers control panel Print Quality The Print Quality option is identical to the Resolution option found in the Advanced Options dialog box The resolution selected in this menu will override the resolution 4 8 selected in the Print Manager and or the printer s front panel Default Resolution submenu After you have made your selection in the Print dialog box you can click OK to print your document or Cancel to close the dialog box Print to file The Print to File option allows you to save your document to a PostScript file This file can then be sent to the printer with the DOS COPY command If your application does not have a Print to File option you can stil
135. ings Read the section Exploring the Prop erties dialog box later in this chapter The next section Solutions to possible software installation problems refers only to problems users may encounter in step 15 of the installation process If you completed step 15 without problems this section does not apply to you If none of these situations applies to you you ve completed installing the printer software on this computer Install the software on any other computers that will use the printer and the printer is ready to use Solutions to possible software installation problems In some cases you may not be able to complete the software installation process when you click the Finish button in step 15 Normally the program stops and asks you to insert a Windows 95 floppy disk or the CD ROM Once you have removed the Elite 12ppm CD ROM if necessary and inserted the Windows 95 disk the program continues and the installation is complete Two things may prevent this You may have a Windows 95 computer that was not supplied with the program on floppy disks or CD ROM n some cases you may find that after you have inserted the Windows 95 CD ROM in the drive and clicked OK the printer installation does not continue and you re prompted to insert the Windows 95 CD ROM again The installation process requires you to install files that are found on the Windows 95 CD ROM or disks Some versions of the Windows 95 CD ROM have these f
136. inter s settings The only time you might need to change these settings is if you print a file to disk before taking it to a service bureau Your service bureau can advise you on the settings you should use The Fonts page Elite1212 v3 1 Network Prtr Properties The Fonts page enables you to specify how fonts are sent to the printer General Details Printer Settings Paper Graphics Fonts Device Options PostScript We recommend you use the default settings PostSoiptheader Download header with each print job C Assume header is downloaded and retained The PostScript page Send Header Now The PostScript page provides settings for controlling the dor eames PostScript timeout values way print jobs are sent to the printer een see Wait timeout 240 E seconds We recommend you use the default settings Advanced Restore Defaults cont a 5 12 Installing printer description files Some graphics applications need more information about the printer than the standard printer software provides This extra information comes in files known as printer descrip tion files You must copy one or more of these files from the Elite 12ppm CD ROM into a specified folder in your application folder Printer description files have the following extensions PDF PDX or PPD Please refer to the documentation included with the application for more information on where to copy these files
137. itted more slowly than if you connect the parallel port on the PC to the parallel port on the printer or usea network Therefore printers connected through the serial port take longer to print RS 422 serial enables data to travel in either direction between the printer and a single computer For an RS 422 serial connection use an 8 pin serial cable The RS 422 interface allows a cable length of up to 300 feet Note You need to set the printer for Serial communication The 8 pin serial submenu accessed from the printer s control panel should be set to RS422 LocalTalk is the factory default so you will need to change the setting Configure the serial interface settings In order for successful serial communications between the printer and the PC to take place the configuration of the serial interface of each device must match Ethernet network connection The Elite 12ppm printer includes an Ethernet network interface The Ethernet interface on your printer lets you connect to an Ethernet network via one or two types of Ethernet cables IOBASE T and 1OBASE 2 1200 dpi model only e 10BASE T Unshielded Twisted Pair or UTP Your printer connects to IOBASE T Ethernet via the 1OBASE T RJ 45 connector on the network card The cabling used is Unshielded Twisted Pair UTP 1 16 e 1200 dpi model only 10BASE 2 RG 58 Thin Coax or Thinnet Your printer connects to IOBASE 2 Ethernet via the IOBASE 2 BNC connector on the network card The
138. king the characteristics of the printer 3 Choose Download Fonts from the File menu The font downloading dialog box appears The top section indicates the location to which the fonts should be downloaded The Printer radio button is selected to download fonts to the RAM inside the Elite 12ppm Download to i Printer C Printers diskfel Fonts to download 4 Click Add A directory dialog box appears If the font file list does not appear click the Desktop button to search for the list of printer font files 5 Click the name of a font and then click Add for each font that you want to download system FuturCon uu Fieri D FuturConBol i O FuturConBolobl m O FuturConEutBaol 1 FuturConExtBolObl Hed 3 FuturConLig 3 FuturConLigObl O FuturCon bl 6 Click Done The original font download window reappears listing the selected font files To deselect a font file click the name of the font and click Remove 7 Click Download 9 7 Download to i Printer O Printers diskis 08 Brive d If you have a font storage hard drive s connected to Fonts to download Elite 12 th Futura CondestraBoldobl p ean seek Futura Condensed Printer s disk s button and Futura CondensedBold accompanying pop up Futura CondensedLight menu will be active Click Futura Condensedt blique the button to download fonts to an external disk and choose the SCSI Drive number corresponding to the disk you want to
139. ktop printing substi tutes the LaserWriter 7 2 printer driver for the currently selected GCC QuickDraw GX printer driver Aware GX aware applications offer full support of QuickDraw GX Page Setup and Print dialog boxes and Desktop printing Savvy GX savvy applications offer full support of QuickDraw GX Page Setup and Print dialog boxes and Desktop printing GX savvy applications also support the advanced typographic capabilities provided by QuickDraw GX The guide does not cover QuickDraw GX typographic capabilities E 1 Installing GX drivers The printing software for your new printer includes a QuickDraw GX printer driver When you install the rest of your printing software QuickDraw GX is also installed Choosing a GX printer driver creating a desktop printer icon With QuickDraw GX you no longer use the Chooser to select a printer Now you use the Chooser to create desktop printer icons for each of your printers These icons are then placed on your desktop Once you have created the appropriate desktop printer icons you will no longer need to open the Chooser for any printer related tasks A desktop printer contains general information about the capabilities of your printer e g resolution s memory supported paper sizes etc Also by creating a desktop printer the standard QuickDraw GX Page Setup and Print dialog boxes are edited to reflect the user selectable options available with your particular printer
140. l print to a file by selecting the File option available from the Ports list box in the Connect dialog box Refer to Windows Help for more information 4 9 5 Using Windows 95 Windows 95 printing software overview You set up your Windows 95 computer to use the Elite 12ppm by installing the Elite 12ppm software for Windows 95 This software is on the Elite 12ppm CD ROM Windows 95 uses a Wizard to help you install printer software A Wizard is a series of dialog boxes In each dialog box you make configuration choices then click the Next button to move to the next dialog box Part of the software that you need is contained on the Windows 95 CD ROM or floppy disks Make sure you have the disk s If you cannot locate the disk s or your computer was not supplied with them follow the special instructions when you reach step 15 Plug and Play installation You can install the Elite 12ppm software on your computer using Plug and Play This will work if you are installing the software on the computer which is connected to the printer through the parallel port If the printer is not connected to the computer through the parallel port go to the section Using Add Printer below To use Plug and Play to install the software on the computer connect the parallel port of the computer to the parallel port interface on the printer using an IEEE 1284 parallel cable it will be stamped 1284 Turn on the printer and place paper in the pap
141. ld 72 pt italic Line Printer 16 Line Printer 16 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 B Symbol sets The symbol sets supported by the Elite 12ppm for resident bitmapped fonts are ISO 2 Int Reference Version ISO 21 German ISO 4 United Kingdom ISO 25 French ISO 6 ASCII ISO 60 Norwegian version 1 ISO 10 Swedish ISO 61 Norwegian version 2 9 4 ISO 11 Swedish Names ISO 69 French ISO 14 JIS ASCII ISO 84 Portuguese ISO 15 Italian ISO 85 Spanish ISO 16 Portuguese HP German HP Spanish HP Legal ISO 17 Spanish ECMA 94 Latin 1 PC 8 PC 8 DN and PC 850 In addition to the symbol sets listed the Elite 12ppm supports the following symbol sets for resident scalable fonts Ventura Math Ventura International Ventura US PostScript Text PostScript Math MS Publishing Windows Desktop Math 8 PI Font Font compatibility E Type 1 fonts The Elite 12ppm is compatible with Type 1 fonts When using Adobe Type Manager ATM these PostScript language outline fonts appear crisp and smooth on the computer screen as well as the printed output ATM is also used to create bitmapped font data at any size from the Type 1 fonts For more information on adding and removing Type 1 fonts refer to Adobe s documentation B TrueType fonts The Elite 12ppm is compatible with TrueType fonts TrueType is an advanced font tech nology that produces high quality output on the screen as well as on printed o
142. led on your computer the program will display and print the fonts but will not install them in your computer You can print pages from Acrobat documents and also copy and paste text from Acrobat files into other applications and make full text searches within the document Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 1 Put the Elite 12ppm CD ROM in your CD ROM drive 2 Windows only Open File Manager Windows 3 and NT 3 51 or Explorer Windows 95 and NT 4 0 3 Open the Folder or Directory of the CD ROM called Manuals 4 Open the Folder or Directory that corresponds to your language Languages available for the Acrobat program are English French Italian German and Spanish 5 Run the program called Acroread mac Macintosh or Acroread exe Windows This installs the Reader program follow the instructions on the screen Opening Documents with Acrobat Reader Acrobat documents are stored as Portable Document Format pdf files Open them in the same way as you open files in other applications Understanding the Acrobat Screen The Acrobat screen is divided into two parts bookmarks on the left and pages on the right Treat the bookmarks as a table of contents If a bookmark has a triangle to the left of it you can click on the triangle to show a list of subtopic bookmarks Click on the triangle again to hide the subtopics If you click on a bookmark you ll jump to the first page in that section There is a scroll bar at the bottom
143. llers in the following illustrations and clean them if necessary with a damp cloth Do this at alter nate toner cartridge changes approximately 12 000 pages The rollers are from left to right at the back of the paper output tray inside the cover at the rear and inside the paper tray housing You ll need to remove the paper tray to get at this roller Handling and storing toner cartridges The toner cartridge contains not only the toner itself but also a photoreceptive drum and other electrostatic components Handle it carefully Don t remove the toner cartridge from its box until you are ready to use it Place the cartridge flat and with the handle up Don t tamper with the components within the toner cartridge When you store a cartridge properly it has a shelf life of two years Don t store the car tridge on end or upside down Keep the box away from direct sunlight or strong room light Keep the temperature within 0 35 degrees Celsius 32 95 degrees Fahrenheit Toner spills Wipe small toner spills with a damp cloth Don t use hot water you may set the toner and cause stains on clothing and furniture Wash your hands in cold water You should remove larger amounts of spilt toner with a vacuum cleaner If you spill very large amounts inside the printer contact your GCC Technologies dealer or authorized service provider for cleaning 10 1 Packing the printer to transport it Warning If you are retu
144. log box contains lists of printer manufacturers and their printer models Ignore the settings in the boxes and click the Have Disk button You ll see the Install From Disk dialog box Change the drive letter in the box at the bottom of the dialog box to the drive letter of your CD ROM drive Put the Elite 12ppm CD ROM into the CD ROM drive of your computer wait for a few seconds then click the OK button 10 You ll see a dialog box with the names of one or more Elite 12ppm printers Select your Elite 12ppm printer model from the list If you selected Network in step 4 click Next and go to step 14 If you selected Local click Next to go to the next step Add Printer Wizard Manufacturers For many M5 D05 based programs a network printer must be associated with an LPT part in order to print To create this association click Capture Printer Fort When you are finished click Nest to continue Capture Printer Port Click the manufacturer and model of your printer IF your printer came with an installation disk click Have Disk If pour printer iz nat listed consult your printer documentation Far a compatible printer Printers Apple Laserwititer Apple Laserriter Il MT Apple Laserwriter Personal MT Apple Laservrter I MT Apple Laserwriter IIF Apple Laser iter Ilg Annle aservvirnter Plus Install From Disk En Insert the manufacturer s installation disk into
145. log boxes so you can select higher resolutions when necessary Installing printer description files Some graphics applications need more information about the printer than the standard printer software provides This extra information comes in files known as printer descrip tion files You must copy one or more of these files from the Elite 12ppm CD ROM into a specified folder in your application folder Printer description files have the following extensions PDF PDX or PPD Please refer to the documentation included with the application for more information on where to copy these files and how to use them You can use Windows Explorer or open a DOS window to install printer description files Installing printer description files using Windows Explorer 1 Insert the Elite 12ppm CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 Open Windows Explorer and choose Details from the View menu 3 In the left pane find the CD ROM icon and click on it You ll see the files con tained in the root directory of the CD ROM 4 Click on the Type button at the top of the column in the right pane The files are sorted into order by type three letter extension 5 Follow the instructions below for each application you wish to install printer description files for Adobe Illustrator 4 0 or 4 1 a Select all files that end in ppd b Choose Copy from the Edit menu c Locate the AIA folder in the left pane you may have to click on the plus sign next to
146. m Check to see that all devices are properly connected to the network LocalTalk problems If your document does not print and a message appears on your Macintosh screen stating that the printer could not be found check the following regarding the LocalTalk network system 10 6 Check the On Line status LED on the printer s control panel it should be solid Check the control panel display window for an error message Set the control panel 8 pin Serial submenu item to LocalTalk In the Chooser make sure that the LaserWriter 8 icon is highlighted in the left scroll box and verify that AppleTalk is Active Check the LocalTalk connection by following the instructions in the section on connecting to LocalTalk in the section on connecting to a Macintosh Verify that all devices are connected properly and that the network has a beginning and an end Make sure that all computers on the network are using the same version of the Elite 12ppm software If the printer is in a different zone from the computer check the AppleTalk bridge Restart the printer The printer s control panel should indicate that the printer is Ready If you print to one Elite 12ppm and the page prints to a different printer on the network switch each printer off and then on again Printing to a different printer can occur if two printers occupy the same LocalTalk address Serial and parallel communication problems If the Elite 12ppm does not print there may
147. makes several models of the Elite 12ppm Your model may not incorporate all these features True 1200 dots per inch printing All Elite 12ppm models print at 600 or 300 dpi The Elite 1212 also prints at a true 1200 dots per inch dpi All models give you razor sharp text and detailed graphics Fast processing power The AMD 29040 50 MHz RISC processor gives you faster printing of complex pages Full support for mixed platform printing The Elite 12ppm accepts jobs in PostScript Level 2 and PCL 5 formats from Macintosh Windows MS DOS and UNIX based computers Low operational costs The Elite 12ppm is an Energy Star compliant low power consumption printer and its one piece microfine toner cartridge prints an average of 6 000 pages Full network capability The Elite 12ppm comes with Ethernet to allow connection to an Ethernet network It also has LocalTalk as standard and supports NetWare and TCP IP WebAdmin remote printer management If you have an Ethernet network that supports TCP IP you can remotely view and config ure any Elite 12ppm using a World Wide Web browser 1 1 Better halftones with AccuGray GCC s exclusive AccuGray software ensures that halftones reproduce with consistent brightness regardless of the screen frequencies used making for more detailed photo graphs Edge to edge printing The Elite 12ppm can print an area right up to the edge of the paper for full bleeds All ports active feature The Elite 12ppm c
148. mit Receive Receive DESCRIPTION Handshake Out Handshake In Transmit Data Signal Ground Receive Data Transmit Data Not Used Receive Data Out DIRECTION Out Out In DIRECTION Out In Out G 3 Appendix H Radio and TV interference Your printer generates radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with GCC Technologies instructions it may cause interference to radio and television communications This GCC printer was certified under test conditions that included the use of shielded cables and connectors between system components It is mandatory that you use shielded cables and connectors to reduce the possibility of causing interference to radio television and other electronic devices You can determine whether your printer is causing interference by turning it off If the interference stops it was probably caused by your printer If your printer does cause interference to radio or television reception you can try to correct the interference by using one or more of the following measures Turn the television or radio antenna until the interference stops Move the printer to one side or the other of the television or radio e Move the printer farther away from the television or radio Plug the printer into a different outlet so the printer and receiver are on different circuits If necessary you should consult your dealer or a radio television technician for addition
149. ms Problems with the printer itself Typical problems which are directly related to the printer include The printer is not available there s probably some error at the printer check the control panel to make sure that the printer is on line and not displaying any error message Output is gray rather than black or there s nothing on the page at all the toner cartridge is almost empty or completely empty Random areas of the page are blank or have marks on them often this means that the toner cartridge is damaged try replacing it Detailed Troubleshooting Your GCC printer is designed to perform smoothly and reliably It passed rigorous quality standards and tests before being shipped to you Despite these qualification standards on rare occasions you may experi ence a problem with the printer s operation This section of the manual is provided to help when a problem occurs The following pages contain solutions for common problems If you need help call your dealer or GCC Technical Support at 781 276 8620 Subjects covered include Chooser problems LocalTalk problems Serial and Parallel communications problems Ethernet communications problems Macintosh system crashes Macintosh font problems PostScript problems PCL problems Front panel messages Clearing paper jams Poor quality output Chooser problems If there is no Chooser under the Apple menu 10 5 If you are using System 6 0 x or lower use A
150. n this computer You can override them from the Print dialog box Select Use Printer Halftoning Halftoning controls the screen frequency and screen angle for your documents We recommend that you select Use Printer Halftoning to use the printer s default screen frequency Note that you can change the screen fre quency by using the Default Screens submenu in the printer s control panel see the section of the CD ROM that deals with control panel menus 6 5 4 Click OK You ll see the Print Manager window now showing an icon for the newly created printer You are now ready to print Most users will not need to make any further changes You may have special print requirements or you may need to install PPD files for those applica tions that need them You can change any of the settings by clicking once on the printers icon then choosing Properties from the Print Manager s File menu This section of the CD ROM deals only with those parts of the Properties that are specific to GCC printers For more general information see the Windows NT documentation Selecting Page Setup and Print options GCC printers are designed to work with all applications compatible with Windows NT version 3 51 or later The printing software provides commonly used printing options along with some others e g paper sizes and paper trays that are specific to your GCC printer model Printing options may be selected from within an application through the Print S
151. nd paper sizes that correspond to the standard Apple LaserWriter Therefore when this driver is used you will not be able to select the paper sizes and sources supported by your GCC printer However you can regain access to your GCC printer s paper sizes and sources by causing QuickDraw GX to substitute either the customized LaserWriter 7 1 2 printer driver that comes with your GCC printer software or LaserWriter 8 which enables you to use the PPD file for your GCC printer Substituting Laser 7 1 2 You can force QuickDraw GX to use the custom version of Laser 7 1 2 by renaming it To rename the printer driver 1 Open the Extensions folder 2 Locate the printer driver that corresponds to your GCC printer s name 3 Rename the printer driver Because of the method alphabetical search QuickDraw GX uses to substitute a driver we recommend that you add either an A or a space to the beginning of the printer driver s name For example the printer driver that comes with all ER eoe Elite XL printers is named Elite XL To force it to substitute for LaserWriter tewon 7 2 change the name to AElite XL Pee inet j Utilities k E cocto Adi Substituting LaserWriter 8 E control rane FA Jigsaw Puzzle The automatic substitution procedure used by QuickDraw GX always seeks Bowers Recent Applications to use a version of LaserWriter 7 x x whenever possible Therefore you Recent Documents gt j Recent Servers
152. ng the Printer s Default options you can save your settings by clicking the Save Settings button Your saved settings will carry over to any application that uses these LaserWriter 8 menus Manual feed printing The LaserWriter 8 driver supports manual feed printing When you want to manually feed paper envelopes or transparencies into the printer 1 Choose Print from the computer s File menu 2 Choose Manual Feed from the Paper Source pop up menu 3 Click the Print button The message Manual Feed appears in the printer s control panel display to indicate that the printer is ready for you to insert the paper The control panel display also indicates the paper size and orientation 4 On the printer open and extend the multipurpose feeder 5 Adjust the paper guides on the multipurpose feeder for the size of the paper that you are using 6 Insert the paper into the multipurpose feeder Insert letterhead face up with the top of the page entering the printer first Insert envelopes with the flap down and the top edge on the right as you face the front of the printer 7 Press the Manual Feed key on the control panel Note If you realize that you want to use paper in the internal paper tray do not insert paper into the multipurpose feeder and press the Form Feed Continue key on the control panel If you insert paper into the Multipurpose feeder and you do not press the Manual Feed key within the Manual Feed Timeout period
153. nge the position of the image on the page If you choose vertical or Portrait this prints the image upright on the page If you choose horizontal or Landscape this prints the image sideways on the page The default is Portrait Note If you create a document and specify in the application s page setup that it should be vertical then if you choose Landscape in this dialog box the image will be cut off at the bottom Copies If you want to print more than one copy enter the figure here The maximum number of copies is 999 Options To make further changes click on the Options button You ll see the Setup Options dialog box Print to If you choose Print To Encapsulated PostScript File the document is not printed but is saved in the location you specify as an EPS file You may need to do this if you send files to a service bureau or want to make a page into a graphics file Scaling 96 If you change the Scaling figure from the default 100 percent the image is reduced or enlarged on a page If you select 50 percent the image prints at half size if you select 200 percent the image prints at double size Note We recommend that you use the application s Scaling option and leave the figure in the Print Options dialog box at 100 percent unless an application does not support scaling If you set both this dialog box and the application s Print dialog box to scaling percentages other than 100 percent you ll get unpredictable
154. ngs page oe e eae a a t om wees cc eom cui eve 7 5 Updating the printer drivel essent oe aetuEDI Ree Ur TRIN 7 6 Other general items in the Device Settings 7 7 Other GCC specific items in the Device Settings 7 7 The Document Defaults dialog box sees 7 7 Opening the Document Defaults dialog box 7 7 GCC spece WRENS a a dese OUT EE UE CK mE NUM E TU 7 8 Other items in the Advanced page eeeseeeeeneeeeee 7 8 Installing printer description files eren rUrE Et EUER 7 9 Installing printer description files using Windows Explorer 7 9 Installing printer description files using MS DOS window 7 11 Printing from Windows 4 0 applications 7 12 Selecting DIME ODMONS Morse MEE NE UE 7 13 The PrintPruopertiesdialogiboxe ee 7 13 Using DOS Overview of setup and printing from a DOS application 8 1 Overview and setup and printing from DOS command line 8 1 Port corntiguration DOS toe eee ere ene eee ee 8 2 Selecting a printer GIVER scout eI IMEEM 8 3 Using the Copy command ee ee a TRUEEEIMEREE 8 4 9 Fonts IribrodHctlonmeene te UM 9 1 Resident PostScript fonts cccccesseccceseeeccssseecceseeeecaseeesauseeseeaeeeees 9 1 PEL resident tontcatalog eee 9 4 EO Mit ompatibihity trace eae tcr M IMEIM L 9 5 Downloading
155. ning toner the cartridge is placed in the printer to supply toner during the printing process Toner cartridges often also contain an imaging drum TrueType A file format for fonts which can be scaled to any size Supporting software is built in to Windows and Macintosh system software One of the two major font file for mats the other is Adobe Type 1 vector images Images that are described in computer memory using a series of instruc tions on how to draw each part Because there s no reference to the quality of the printer or other output device vector images can be easily scaled up or down Eventually the instruc tions are converted to a bitmap image or rasterized in the printer when the image is printed PostScript or EPS format files are an example of vector images WebAdmin GCC s program for remotely configuring printers on a network using a web browser Printers can be configured from anywhere in the world using the World Wide Web Windows A name for a series of Microsoft operating systems Windows 3 0 and 3 1 do not have built in networking Windows for Workgroups Windows 95 and Windows NT 3 51 and 4 0 can be networked without additional software wizard A series of dialog boxes used in Windows systems to carry out complicated tasks step by step Often used to configure items like printers x as in Windows 3 x or System 7 x A character representing any number or num bers Therefore System 7 x refers t
156. nt E prit then press the FO 4 FEED DATA PR SENT button to eject the final page or send the me ge appears Form feed coae decimal e Paper doesn t meet specification use recommended paper Light or faded vertical bands running through print 10 11 e Toner distributed unevenly remove the cartridge and rock it back and forth a few times e Toner cartridge is damaged replace toner cartridge The entire page is black or partially black e Toner cartridge is damaged replace toner cartridge e Mechanical malfunction call for service The entire page is blank e The toner cartridge seal is still in place remove the cartridge and remove the seal e Multiple sheets were fed fan the paper in the cassette e The toner cartridge is low on toner replace toner cartridge e The toner cartridge is damaged replace the toner cartridge e Mechanical malfunction call for service Print rubs off or smears e Moisture in paper load fresh dry paper e Paper doesn t meet specification use recommended paper e The printer access door isn t fully closed make sure it s fully closed and latched If your problem wasn t covered by these examples or the solutions don t solve your problem contact GCC Technical Support Solving problems by turning the printer off and on again Data se it to printer Press tl 3 OI LINE bu on to take the doe not print but printer f lin then pre ss the FORM EEI DATA PF S
157. nt Speed 12 pages per minute Maximum time until first page printed 30 seconds plus processing time Height 8 98 in 228 mm Width 16 57 in 421 mm Depth 16 34 in 415 mm Weight 27 2 lbs 12 2 kg Power requirements 120 VAC min 108 VAC max 132 VAC 50 60 Hz maximum 5 5 amp during printing or 230 VAC min 198 VAC max 264 VAC 50 60 Hz maximum 3 amp during printing Temperature during operation 40 F 95 F 5 C 35 C Humidity during operation 15 85 relative humidity non condensing Altitude during operation 0 8 200 feet 0 2 500 meters Noise level during operation Less than 51 db Noise level in standby Less than 32 db Toner Cartridge life 6 000 pages letter size with 5 coverage Engine life minimum life expectancy 300 000 pages 5 years Maximum number of pages printed per month 20 000 Certifications UL CSA FCC VDE Energy Star A 1 Font Formats supported Adobe Type 1 Type 3 TrueType Bitstream Speedo AGFA Intellifont Universal tray 250 sheet capacity Letter Legal Legal 13 Executive A4 B5 Transparencies Letter A4 50 sheets maximum Label stock Letter A4 50 sheets maximum Multipurpose feeder Sizes as above with 80 sheets of paper 40 transparencies and 40 sheets of label stock maximum capacity The multipurpose tray can also be used with the following envelope sizes 10 envelopes maximum Commercial 10 Monarch DL C5 You can also use the multipurpose tray
158. nu c Locate the Aldus folder in the left pane you may have to click on the plus sign next to a drive letter d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane then double click on the Usenglsh folder e Double click on the Ppds folder f Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the ppd files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed Macromedia FreeHand 5 0 a Select all files that end in ppd b Choose Copy from the Edit menu c Locate the Fh5 folder in the left pane you may have to click on the plus sign next to a drive letter d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane then double click on the Usenglsh folder e Double click on the Ppd folder e Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the ppd files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed QuarkXPress a Select all files that end in pdf b Choose Copy from the Edit menu c Locate the Xpress folder in the left pane you may have to click on the plus sign next to a drive letter d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane e Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the pdf files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed Installing printer description files using an MS DOS window 1 2 3 Insert the Elite 12ppm CD ROM into your CD ROM drive Click on the Start button and choose P
159. o click on the plus sign next to a drive letter d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane then double click on the Usenglsh folder e Double click on the Ppd folder e Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the ppd files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed QuarkXPress a Select all files that end in pdf b Choose Copy from the Edit menu c Locate the Xpress folder in the left pane you may have to click on the plus sign next to a drive letter d Click on this folder to show its contents in the right pane e Choose Paste from the Edit menu You ll see the pdf files in the window you may have to scroll to see them The files are installed Installing printer description files using an MS DOS window 1 2 3 Insert the Elite 12ppm CD ROM into your CD ROM drive Click on the Start button and choose Programs from the Start menu You ll see the programs installed on this machine click on MS DOS prompt and a DOS Window opens Type the following command and path name for the application you are using and press the Enter key These examples assume that your CD ROM is drive D and your application is on drive C If your CD ROM uses another drive letter or your application is not on drive C change the drive letters accordingly for example if your CD ROM is drive E and Adobe Illustrator is on drive D the first example should read copy e ppd
160. o one computer and so forth To plug in LocalTalk cables Terminator 1 Switch off the printer fe 2 Connect one LocalTalk connector box to the LocalTalk port on the printer 3 Connect one LocalTalk connector box to Cable the printer port identified by a printer icon on the back of the Macintosh 4 Connect the LocalTalk boxes together with one of the LocalTalk cables You will only need one of the LocalTalk cables for one Macintosh and one printer 5 Insert resistors Depending on the type of cables you are using terminating resistors may be needed Please refer to the documentation included with your cable kit for instructions 6 Switch on the printer 7 Verify the printer s LocalTalk setting The 8 pin serial submenu accessed from the printer s control panel should be set to LocalTalk LocalTalk is the factory default so you should not need to change the setting Bi directional parallel connection The bi directional parallel connection between the printer and a PC requires a standard 36 pin bi directional cable to IEEE 1284 standards The length of a bi directional cable can be up to 10 meters or 30 feet This interface offers the fastest communication between a PC and the printer unless the PC and printer support Ethernet Serial connections You can connect a PC to the printer by using the RS 422 connection and the computer s serial port In general this is not recommended because data is transm
161. o variations of the Macintosh system software includ ing 7 1 and 7 5 5 and all other variations beginning with System 7 Appendix K Warranties and Licenses Software License Agreement OPENING THE BAG CONTAINING THE SOFTWARE the Software WHICH ACCOMPANIES THIS MANUAL INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT APPLY TO YOU AS THE ORIGINAL LICENSEE OF THE SOFTWARE AND THE RELATED USER DOCUMENTATION the Documentation AND TO ANY SUBSEQUENT LICENSEE THEREOF IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT OR AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT YOU MAY RETURN THE PRODUCT WITH DATED PROOF OF PURCHASE OF THE PRODUCT TO YOUR DEALER WITHIN 10 DAYS FOR A FULL REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE THEREOF ALL RETURNED SOFTWARE MUST BE UNUSED AND IN THE UNOPENED PLASTIC BAG LICENSE In return for payment of the purchase price of your GCC Technologies Product the Product you have been granted a limited non exclusive license License to use the Software and the Documentation on the terms set forth in this License Agreement GCC Technologies Inc GCC retains ownership of these copies of the Software and the Documentation These copies of the Software and the Documentation are licensed to you according to the following terms PERMITTED USES YOU MAY 1 Use the Software with any appropriate GCC product 2 Copy the Software onto a single hard disk drive 3 Transfer
162. of the bookmarks so that you can see all the text in a bookmark Depending on the size of your computer s screen you may need to magnify the page You can choose the magnification you want by clicking on the magnification box in the status bar at the bottom center of the screen Fit Page shows the entire height of the page Fit Width shows the entire width of the page You won t be able to see some of the top or bottom of the page Fit Visible is similar to Fit Width but shows the width of the page between margins You can also choose percentage views from the list or choose Other to create a specific percentage view You can also use the magnifying glass button in the toolbar to drag over an area of the page you want to enlarge When you change the magnification it remains at that setting for all pages until you change it again Moving Through Pages You can move forward and backward through the sections of the Elite 12ppm manual by dragging the vertical scroll bar When you do this you ll see a window telling you which page you re selecting If you click in the background area of the vertical scroll bar you ll move one page at a time If the magnification you ve chosen shows less than a full page you ll see the top part of each page followed by the bottom part You can also use the toolbar buttons to move from page to page This manual has a table of contents with underlined entries in red click on these to go to that sec
163. ome cases you may want to save a file in a form that can be copied from DOS directly to the printer This process is called Printing to file or Printing to disk Overview of setup and printing from a DOS application You cannot configure DOS once for every application like Windows You have to config ure every DOS application individually with a printer driver and port setting information However you must configure the port once in every DOS session You can do this either in the command line at the prompt or include a line in your AUTOEXEC BAT file to do this automatically See the Port Configuration section When you print the printer driver formats your file so that the Elite 12ppm knows whether to use PostScript or PCL When you want to configure DOS printing from an application 1 Select an emulation mode on the printer s control panel When you print your print job will be formatted for either PostScript or PCL set the PS PCL Sensing submenu to either PostScript Only PCL Only or Auto Switch 2 Select a printer driver from within the DOS application DOS applications typi cally give you a choice of printer drivers Select the LaserWriter Il NTX for PostScript printing or the LaserJet III for PCL printing If the LaserWriter II NTX driver isn t offered by your DOS application choose LaserWriter II or LaserWriter If the LaserJet III driver isn t offered by your DOS application choose LaserJet Il or LaserJet 3 Check the
164. on submenu You may have a computer on a network that is used for work which can be printed at lower resolutions than the maximum For instance spreadsheets and internal docu ments can usually be printed satisfactorily at 300 dots per inch You can set the resolu tion in the Advanced Options dialog box and override this as necessary in an application s Page Setup or Print dialog boxes You need to change the Virtual Memory setting when you add RAM to the printer or if you routinely download fonts to the printer s memory The figure sets the amount of virtual memory that will be available for printing The amount of memory that can be allocated depends on the amount of RAM installed in the printer Full instructions on how to change this MEER figure are included in the Adding RAM LPT1 Local Port i ocal Fort section of the Elite 12ppm CD ROM Local Port Not Present Local Port Timeouts seconds Device Not Selected Port assignment Windows 3 1 Transmission Retry You may need to change the port used by your dle Udi PC your PC s LPT1 may be used by another 4 5 device or you may wish to use a serial port GCC recommends that you use one of the LPT parallel ports because they are considerably faster than a serial port If you want to change the port assignment 1 4 6 In the Printers dialog box select the GCC Elite 12ppm printer driver in the Installed Printers list box if it is not already selected
165. ons send the necessary commands specifying font character pitch point size etc the Elite 12ppm front panel can be used to set many PCL print characteristics The PCL 5 printer language was developed by Hewlett Packard For more information about commands supported by PCL 5 see the HP PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Refer ence Manual Manual Part No 5961 0509 Using the Copy command If you printed to a file from a DOS application you must use the DOS COPY command to make the printer print the file The following command is a typical example COPY B myfile prn LPT1 This sends the file myfile prn to the parallel port LPT1 and to the device connected to that port The binary mode switch B is needed so that all control characters are sent to the printer as data Note GCC recommends that you don t use the DOS PRINT command Although this command can produce faster print times you can t use binary mode This can cause printing problems with complex files However if you are sending simple text files the PRINT command may work 8 4 9 Fonts Introduction The Elite 12ppm supports a wide range of font types and formats for both the PostScript and PCL environment For PostScript users the Elite 12ppm comes with 11 high quality PostScript font families built into its internal hardware These fonts are in the Bitstream Speedo format and are designed to match the corresponding Adobe Type 1 fonts The Elite 12ppm can also
166. ont substitution replaces certain common fonts on Windows systems such as Arial with the PostScript equivalents on the printer Helvetica replaces Arial We recom mend that you keep the default settings PS timeout values control how long the computer will attempt to print to a port before reporting that it is unable to print The default setting of zero actually means that there is no limit We recommend that you keep these settings Other GCC specific items in Device Settings Additional paper trays lets you tell the computer that you have installed any addi tional paper trays These trays then appear as an option in the Print dialog boxes of applications Paper size lets you choose the default paper size You can override this in an application s Page Setup dialog box The Document Defaults dialog box You can set additional defaults in this Elite 12ppm Default Document Properties dialog box These defaults will apply to Page Setup Advanced every application running on this com Paper Size E Letter puter only and can be overridden in an i Paper Source s Automatically Select application s Page Setup and Print dialog boxes Copy Count i ES Copy 1 388 Orientation Portrait C Landscape Rotated Opening the Document Defaults dialog box If the Document Defaults dialog box is not already open follow these steps 1 On the Start Menu choose Set tings and then choose Printers
167. optional sheet feeder and cassette 1s installed W If you choose MPFeeder paper is drawn from the multipurpose feeder W If you choose Manual Feed this bypasses the normal paper sources of the printer so that you can place a single sheet of special paper or other media e g transparency film into the multipurpose feeder for printing Destination The Destination pop up menu lets you to send your document to the printer or save it to a file Background Printing This allows you to choose whether your documents print in the foreground or background Foreground printing means that your Mac cannot be used until the last page is printed 8 4 2 Printer Albion amp Engineering v Destination Background Printing v Print in Foreground no spool file Background Print Time Urgent amp Normal Print at 10 16 RM Put Document on Hold Background printing recommended stores the print file on your hard disk and sends it from there to the printer This method is slightly slower than foreground printing but it lets you use your computer before printing is completed You can also control the time when your job is printed Cover Page If several people share your printer on a network you may find that printing a cover page lets you identify the beginning and end of your print job from a stack of jobs in the output tray If you select Cover Page an extra page identifying the document is p
168. or all printers using Windows 95 so this section of this installation guide only covers the options provided by GCC If you want information on options for all Windows 95 printers please refer to the Windows 95 on line help system and Windows 95 documentation The changes you make in the Properties dialog box affect all applications but on this computer only If you don t already have the Properties dialog box displayed 1 Click on the Start button You ll see the Start menu 2 Choose Settings then choose Printers from the submenu that appears 3 You ll see the Printers window Use the right mouse button to click on the Elite 12ppm icon and choose Properties from the pop up menu The Properties dialog box has tabs across the top Click on the tabs to see other pages Each page has options to configure your printer If you configured your printer as a local printer you ll see a tab called Sharing If you configured your printer as a network printer the Sharing tab 1s replaced by a Capture Settings tab Otherwise the tabs are the same You use Sharing if you want to share your printer and files over a network This page of the dialog box is the same on all Windows 95 comput Saam ME ers further details can be found in the Windows 95 on Sisal Se line help and documentation ee um g Cu va y If you configured the printer for a network you ve al Smoothing Disabled z ready made the necessary changes to th
169. ose Input Tray from the Printing menu again A new dialog appears specific to your printer It should display the paper sources available from your printer and provide a paper size pop up menu listing all sup ported sizes for each source Select the types of paper you have loaded into your SelectPress 1200 6 Choose a paper size for each paper source Although QuickDraw GX enables you to specify a paper size for each paper source it is recommended that you leave the pop up menus set to Unknown This is recom mended because the internal software of GCC printers is able to direct print jobs to the paper tray containing the correct size paper 7 Click OK Selecting printer extensions The QuickDraw GX software is extensible meaning that Apple or third party developers can add new capabilities e g watermarks to it These extended capabilities are called printer extensions The Extension Setup selection in the Printing menu enables you to choose which printer extensions to use with a desktop printer and the order in which they are to be applied during printing Refer to the Macintosh Guide and the documentation accompanying third party printer extensions for more information Configuring printer extensions Some printer extensions can be configured from the Printing menu These printing exten sions will be added to the bottom of the Printing menu QuickDraw GX Page Setup dialog box GX aware applications The
170. ou can load sheets of US Letter A4 Legal 13 and Legal 14 paper You can select this tray from your computer using an application s Print dialog box The 500 sheet feeder 1s supplied with one 500 sheet paper tray An envelope tray You ll need to install the 500 sheet feeder to add the envelope tray You can select this tray from your computer using an application s Print dialog box A face up output tray This fits on the rear of the printer to catch paper You ll need this tray 1f you select the Rear face up option in an application s Print dialog box Because you can select the 500 sheet paper tray and the envelope tray from your computer you ll need to change the printer driver software also See the section Updating your computer s software You may want to make the 500 sheet paper tray your default paper tray This is covered in the section of this appendix Setting default paper trays through the control panel Installing the 500 sheet feeder and paper tray If you carry out the installation by yourself you ll need enough space to put the printer alongside the 500 sheet feeder If you have someone to help you that person can position the 500 sheet feeder while you hold the printer When the installation is complete the printer will be five inches higher Make sure that there will be enough space above the printer to open the top cover 1 Turn off the printer and disconnect the power and interface cables 2 Remove
171. ou have installed extra memory you must update the LaserWriter 8 driver configu ration on every Macintosh that uses the printer 1 2 3 Switch the printer on Select the Chooser from the Apple menu Click the LaserWriter 8 icon in the upper left area of the Chooser You ll see the name of your Elite 12ppm in the upper right area of the Chooser below Select a PostScript printer If the name is not highlighted click on it to highlight it Click on the Setup button You ll see the Setup dialog box 5 Click on the Auto Setup button You ll see a message box telling you that the computer is communicating with the printer After a few seconds you ll see the Setup dialog box again Click the OK button to return to the Chooser and then close the Chooser 7 Repeat the preceding six steps on every Macintosh that will use the printer Updating Windows drivers all versions After you have installed extra memory you must update the Windows printer driver on every Windows computer that will use the printer You need to carry out the next four steps once This method works for all versions of Windows 1 Switch the printer on 2 Open a DOS Window You can use the MS DOS prompt icon on the Windows 95 or NT 4 0 Start menu or the MS DOS Prompt icon in the Windows 3 1 or NT 3 51 Main Window 3 Assuming that your printer is on LPT1 and that Windows is installed on the C drive type the following copy c Nwindows N
172. our Available printer memory even if you have not added any extra memory to the printer Download your normal font set and then update the memory If you want to update the printer driver you first have to copy a file to the printer using a DOS window do not use Windows NT 4 0 s Print command This prints a page that tells you the maximum suggested virtual memory for the printer You then enter the figure in this dialog box 1 Copy the file TESTPS TXT to the printer This file is included with Windows NT 4 0 Click on the Start button then choose Programs from the Start menu Click on MS DOS Prompt in the program list you ll see a DOS window The following example assumes that your printer is connected to your computer through the LPTI port Type copy c NwindowsNsystemNtestps txt lptl Press the Enter key type exit and press the Enter key again to close the DOS win dow The printer will produce a page which shows the maximum available virtual memory and the maximum suggested virtual memory Use the suggested value Max Suggested VM 7 6 2 Enter the new suggested value into the Device Settings page in the box labeled Available printer memory in KB 3 Update the new RAM value by clicking on Memory Configuration and choosing a new value equal to the amount of memory in your printer Other general items in Device Settings The form to tray assignment sets defaults for the paper size for each paper tray F
173. panel before you carry out the software updates on computers If you decide to change the settings on the printer after you ve updated the software on the computers you ll have to update the software again Updating your computer s software You have to update your printer driver so that the new paper tray will be shown as an option in the list of available paper trays How you do this varies between operating sys tems Abbreviated instructions are given below Full instructions are included in the rel evant sections of this CD ROM These changes must be made to every computer that will use the printer Macintosh You make your Macintosh aware of changes to the printer by selecting the LaserWriter 8 icon in the Chooser and clicking on the name of printer from the list Then click Setup and then click Auto Setup The printer sends information to the computer which updates the printer information in the computer Windows 3 1 and Windows NT 3 5 and NT 3 51 All versions of Windows before Windows 95 and NT 4 0 let you select any one of the complete range of standard and optional paper sources even if you haven t installed those paper sources If you choose a paper source that isn t installed the printer uses the main paper tray There s no need to configure your software as the printer will now use the correct paper source when you select it D 8 Appendix E QuickDraw GX Introduction QuickDraw GX is Apple Computer s printing and ty
174. pf Chancery and ITC Zapf Dingbats are registered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation New Century Schoolbook is a registered trademark of Kingsley ATF Type Corp Helvetica Palatino and Times are registered trademarks of Linotype Hell AG Corporation Tyvek is a registered trademark of Dupont Chemical Corp PhoneNET is a registered trademark of Farallon Corp Cheapernet is a registered trademark of National Semiconductor CHAMP is a trademark of Amp Inc Canvas is a trademark of Deneba Systems Quark and QuarkXpress are trademarks of Quark Inc Ready Set Go is a registered trademark of Manhattan Graphics Corp PCL is a registered trademark of Hewlett Packard Company NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell Corp Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners K 2 Limited Hardware Warranty GCC Technologies Inc GCC warrants for the limited period of one year from the date of original purchase the Elite 12ppm sold by GCC and any accompanying media on which GCC software is recorded the Product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship During the warranty period GCC or its authorized representative will at its option repair replace or refund the purchase price of any defective product at no additional cost provided you return it during the warranty period transportation charges prepaid to GCC or an authorized GCC dealer or representative You must attach your name address and telephone number a
175. pographic system software This appendix is a brief introduction to the printing features provided with QuickDraw GX and to the specific printing interface provided by GCC QuickDraw GX PostScript printer drivers Note Additional information about QuickDraw GX printing can be obtained through Macintosh Guide the online help system installed with System 7 5 or later To access the information click the question mark icon 2 on the right side of the menu bar and select Macintosh Guide When the main Macintosh Guide dialog box appears click Printer amp Fonts from the Topics scroll box on the left Installing QuickDraw GX is a separate procedure included with System 7 5 or later Please refer to your Apple System documentation for installation instructions Note For the purposes of this appendix the GCC SelectPress 1200 is used as an example to detail QuickDraw GX functions and features Your GCC printer s supported paper sizes paper sources and features may differ QuickDraw GX compatibility QuickDraw GX requires Macintosh System 7 5 or later Your applications must support QuickDraw GX There are three levels of QuickDraw GX compatibility Unadopted Applications that do not support QuickDraw GX will display Page Setup and Print dialog boxes that are variants of the standard QuickDraw GX dialog boxes QuickDraw GX can be disabled in unadoptive applications via the Turn Desk top printing On Off option in the Apple Menu Turning off des
176. port Select the GCC Elite 12ppm printer driver in the Installed Printers list box and click Set As Default Printer The Elite 12ppm is now set as the default printer and will appear in the Default Printer area of the Printer dialog box Aid gt gt gt lt Use Print Manager List of Printers Choose Use Print Manager to enable print spooling With print spooling you have the full use of your computer after you press the Print button rather than waiting until the print job is completed This option allows your documents to print in the back ground Background printing is useful when printing large or multiple documents but documents do not print quite as fast 12 Click Close unless you want to change printer options see the next section Setting Windows 3 1 Printer Options You can now print from your computer to the Elite 12ppm You may also need to install printer description files if you use certain applications that require them Go to the section Installing printer description files 4 2 Setting Windows 3 1 printing options Now you have installed the printer software in Windows there are a number of settings that you may need to change if you have special printing requirements Most users do not need to change these settings If you want to change print options 1 Click Setup in the Printers dialog box You ll see the Setup dialog box GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 on LPT1 Paper Source Auto
177. ppear and you are confident that you have installed the ROM card and SIMM correctly call GCC technical support at 781 276 8620 U S only or your local GCC dealer or service center 14 15 If the printer is ready tighten the thumbscrews at the rear of the side cover by hand Make certain that the printer is switched off Reinstall the interface cables if you are using the parallel port insert the plug for this first Turn the printer on again If the ready message appears on the control panel the physical installation was successful You now have to confirm the installa tion and update the printer driver on all computers that use this printer Confirming the installation These steps confirm that printer recognizes the additional memory 1 2 Switch on the printer Press the On Line button on the control panel you ll see the message Off Line in the display panel 3 Press the Menu key four times you ll see Printer Info in the display panel Press the Enter key you ll see the total amount of RAM that the printer recog nizes If this is the same as the new total of RAM press the On Line key and the printer goes back on line If this figure is not the same as the total amount of RAM turn the printer off and remove the side cover Now carry on from step 13 in the previous set of steps beginning with the paragraph If the ready message doesn t appear Updating LaserWriter 8 printer driver After y
178. pple s Font DA Mover toinstallthe Chooserinto the System file ofyour startup disk This deskaccessoryis partofyour Apple System Software f you are running System 7 0 x or higher the Chooser needs to be in the Apple Menu Items folder in the System Folder A copy of the Chooser 1s located on the system floppy disks that came with your Macintosh See Apple s documentation if you need assistance in reinstalling the Chooser If the LaserWriter 8 icon does not appear in the Chooser try the following 1 2 3 Insert the Elite 12ppm CD ROM Run the Elite 12ppm Installer From the lower portion of the file installation area highlight LaserWriter 8 and click Install Turn off QuickDraw GX If the name of your Elite 12ppm does not appear in the Select a LaserWriter scroll box after selecting the LaserWriter 8 icon Check the On Line status LED on the printer s control panel it should be solid Check the control panel display window for an error message Check LocalTalk or Ethernet 1f available network cables and connections Set the printer s control panel 8 pin Serial submenu item to LocalTalk In the Chooser make sure that the LaserWriter 8 icon is highlighted in the left scroll box and verify that AppleTalk is Active If there are zones in your AppleTalk network make sure the zone you select in the Chooser is the zone where the printer is located If no zone names appear in the Chooser there may be a network proble
179. ppm are connected through either a parallel or RS 422 serial interface Parallel Port To set up the parallel port for communication between the Elite 12ppm and the PC type the following MS DOS command before printing MODE LPT1 P This command allows the Centronics busy signal to be active for extended periods of time so that the computer does not abort long print jobs If you are printing through a parallel port other than LPT1 substitute that port s number in the above MODE command Serial Port To set up the RS 422 serial port for communication between the Elite 12ppm and the PC type the following MS DOS command before printing MODE COM1 9600 N 8 1 The above MODE command configures the PC serial port for a baud rate of 9600 no parity 8 data bits 1 stop bit and for XON XOFF flow control These settings match the Elite 12ppm s RS 422 front panel factory default settings XON XOFF flow control is widely used but check your application s documentation to see if that handles this proto col It is important that the application support XON XOFF because standard DOS com mands such as PRINT and COPY cannot However we recommend that instead of XON XOFF flow control you use DTR flow control DTR flow control is preferred because DOS has better support for it as it matches the flow control preferred by Windows and thus provides more reliable communication 8 2 when sending PCL jobs to the printer To use DTR flow control type th
180. printer icon the Printing menu will appear in the Macintosh menu bar next to the Special menu The Printing menu contains selections for the following functions Background printing In QuickDraw GX background printing is always on The Printing menu contains the following options for controlling background printing Start Print Queue Stop Print Queue Hold Print Request Resume on Page One Resume on Page Set Print Time For information about the above commands and the background printing operation in general open Macintosh Guide and click Look For When the search window appears type background printing into the entry box and click Search Double click the manage printing jobs phrase to access the information Setting default printer If you have more than one desktop printer use this option to designate one of them as the default printer Printing Note Each time you create a new desktop printer it becomes the od adi op Print Queue default printer Hou Print squesst Hesums on Page Gne Resume gn Pase soi Prini Pine To set a default printer 1 Click the desktop printer icon of the printer that you eet iataiit Hinter want to make the default ennn mn 2 Choose Set Default Printer from the Printing menu PostScript File Options N Up Printing Options The default printer is now set Notice that the default desktop printer icon now has a dark border around it All print jobs will now
181. r Windows version 5 0 QuarkXPress for Windows Aldus FreeHand for Macintosh versions 3 0 and 3 1 Aldus PageMaker for Macintosh version 4 2 Adobe Separator for Macintosh versions up to 3 2 1 3 Deneba Canvas for Macintosh versions 3 0 and later QuarkXPress for Macintosh versions 3 1 and later Ready Set Go for Macintosh versions 5 0 or later You may need to install these files for certain other applications If this is the case you ll find details in your application s manuals Instructions on how to install these files are in the sections for Macintosh or Windows Configuring the control panel printer driver and ports Your Elite 12ppm printer has numerous settings you can adjust to make it meet your printing needs However many users are satisfied with the settings as supplied The sections of this manual on Macintosh and Windows list the steps you must take to configure the computer to print The rest of each section covers the optional changes you can make If you re not aware of any special circumstances in your printing it s unlikely that you ll need to make any optional changes However if you need to make changes there are three ways you can do this Using the printer s control panel menus or GCC s WebAdmin tool Using the Printer Setup dialog box on your computer n the Page Setup and Print dialog boxes of many applications The place where you make changes affects how widespread tho
182. r cartridge This area has a yellow warning label It s unlikely that you would touch this area when changing a toner cartridge but you may want to leave the cover open for a few minutes to let the area cool down 1 Press the release button on the top of the printer to open it 2 Lift open the printer cover 1 7 Z 3 Move the yellow plastic slider from left to right a few times to remove dust and toner from any previous cartridges 4 If you are replacing a cartridge remove the old cartridge by lifting it up and out of the printer otherwise go to the next step 5 Take the new toner cartridge out of its box and wrappings 6 Distribute the toner evenly by gently rocking the cartridge a few times 1 8 7 Pull the seal on the cartridge gently but firmly to remove it completely Do not tug sharply or pull the seal at an angle 8 There is an arrow on the left side of the cartridge There is a similar arrow on the left side of the printer Align these two arrows and insert the cartridge down and into the printer completely 9 Close the top cover so that it latches If the top cover does not close and latch you may not have fully inserted the toner cartridge Open the cover and carry out step 8 again If you have replaced a used toner cartridge you can resume printing when the printer warms up 1 9 Connecting power to the Elite 12ppm Plug the
183. reeHand 5 0 Type copy d ppd c fh5 usenglsh ppd to install the PPD file QuarkXPress Type copyd pdf c xpress to install the PDF file Printing from Windows 3 1 applications The Elite 12ppm is designed to work with all Windows 3 1 or higher compatible applica tions The GCC Windows driver provides commonly used printing options along with options specific to the Elite 12ppm The location of printing options can vary among Windows applications and certain options may be accessible from more than one dialog box Options may also have different names than those in the Printers control panel e g print quality vs resolution Refer to the application s documentation for more information 4 7 Selecting Print Setup options The Print Setup option is usually located under the File menu The following Print Setup dialog box example is taken from Microsoft Write E Printer Default Printer GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 an LPT1 Print Range C tp athens been C Pages Eom r 1o Print Qualiy 12004 E Copies i Print to File EJ Collate Copies Note Applications use different terminology to refer to the Print Setup dialog box For example Microsoft Word uses Print Setup and Adobe PageMaker uses Target Printer or Print depending on the version These commands are usually found on an application s File menu for more information refer to the documentation provided with the application you are using Select
184. registered trademarks of GCC Technologies Inc Elite 12ppm is a trademark of GCC Technologies Inc Apple AppleTalk LocalTalk LaserWriter EtherTalk Macintosh and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Finder and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated Adobe and Illustrator are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Adobe Type Manager ATM and Separator are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated PageMaker is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated MacPaint and MacWrite are registered trademarks of Claris Corp LetraSet is a registered trademark of Esselte Pendaflex Corp DesignStudio is a trademark of Esselte Pendaflex Corp IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp Helvetica Palatino and Times are registered trademarks of Linotype Hell AG Corp Phoenix Technologies PhoenixPage and Multi grey are registered trademarks of Phoenix Technologies Centronics is a registered trademark of Centronics Data Computer Corp Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corp Microsoft and Word are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp Windows and Windows 95 are trademarks of Microsoft Corp Bitstream is a registered trademark of Bitstream Inc Speedo Bitstream Dutch Bitstream Swiss Bitstream Swiss Narrow and Bitstream Zapf Calligraphic are trademarks of Bitstream Inc ITC Avant Garde ITC Bookman ITC Za
185. results Margins If you choose Default Margins certain applications will be limited to placing page elements 1 e text and graphics within the page s margins This is only important if you are using Letter Small or A4 Small paper sizes since the other sizes are all edge to edge and thus have no margins Letter Small and A4 Small have margins of 35 inches 9 mm all around 4 4 If you select Default the printer will tell your applications that these margins exist on Letter Small and A4 Small If you select None your applications will be told that there are no margins However the printer will not reproduce any text or graphics in the margin area Send Header If you choose Send Header a PostScript header will be sent at the beginning of each print job you send to the printer This is especially useful if you are printing to a networked printer Smoothing Select either printer s default enabled or disabled If you select the printer s default option the Elite 1212 default either enabled or disabled will be used If you enable smoothing here Windows 3 1 will smooth text and graphics Advanced Options To make more changes click Advanced to see the Advanced Options dialog box You can set a default resolution for this computer by choosing the output resolution in dots per inch from the Resolution menu The resolution you select overrides the resolution selected in the printer s front panel Default Resoluti
186. rint jobs print incorrectly check the following Make sure the correct printer driver is chosen for Windows choose Elite 12ppm for Macintosh choose LaserWriter 8 Be sure the PS PCL Sensing menu in the front panel is set to either PostScript Only or Auto Switch Depending on the application and the complexity of the print job you may need to increase the Wait timeout value in the front panel If the wait timeout is too short Jobs may print either partially or not at all If you are printing from a Macintosh try printing with Background Printing turned off Try restarting the printer PCL problems If your PCL print jobs print incorrectly check the following Be sure the PS PCL Sensing menu in the front panel is set to either PCL or Auto switch Make sure that the LaserJet III driver is installed and selected in your application If the print jobs do not print at all or only partially try setting the Wait Timeout setting higher Each line of text repeats on the same line 10 10 Change the Line Termination submenu item to CR CRLF The next line of text starts below the end of the previous line stairstep effect e Change the Line Termination submenu item to LF CRLF FF CRFF Diagnosing errors from print output Recommended paper in these examples is 20 pound 75 g m copier type paper The print is light or faded e Moisture in paper load fresh dry paper e Print density is incorrectly set adjust the print
187. rinted The cover page contains the user name as specified in the Chooser the name of the document if 3 9 8 4 2 Printer Albion Engineering v Destination Print Cover Page None Before Document After Document there is one and the date and time the document was printed If you choose the None option no cover page is printed If you choose either Before or After Document a cover page will print in the appropriate position Color Matching The Color Matching pop up menu allows you to specify grayscale or black and white printing 8 4 2 Printer Albion Engineering v Destination D Color Matching udi RR Print Color Color Grayscale v Save Settings W If you choose Black and White you get black and white output no shades of gray Darker areas are converted to black and lighter areas are converted to white w If you choose Color Grayscale you get grayscale output Color images have colors substituted by gray shades W If you choose Color Matching you get grayscale output that uses the advanced color matching capabilities of ColorSync or PostScript Level 2 to match the color and gray tones on the computer screen as closely as possible 8 4 2 Printer Albion Engineering v Destination Layout Direction 1 2 Layout This option lets you print 1 2 4 6 9 or 16 pages on a sheet and resizes the images to fit It also lets you choose a border to use between pa
188. rived from screen fonts Smooth Graphics smooths the edges of bitmapped graphics Precision Bitmap Alignment allows you to print bitmaps with less distortion but the document will print at a slightly smaller size 1 to 4 depending on the printing resolution O If you check Unlimited Downloadable Fonts in a Document you can use as many downloadable fonts as you need in a document but it may take longer to print Selecting Print options When you select Print from the File menu you see a dialog box offering you printing options You ll also see the name of the printer at the top of the dialog box When you click Print you send the document to the Elite 12ppm Clicking Cancel cancels the print job If you make changes in the Print dialog box some of these changes stay in effect until you change them again Others revert to the default settings the next time you print 3 7 8 4 2 Printer Albion Engineering ww Destination Beneral 9 w 0 0 Jo Copies mm Pages o All Omm e Paper Source All pages from Auto Select ww OFirst page from mau v Save Settings The pop up menu named General gives you other options for printing INE Copies Use the Copies option to specify the number of copies of the document to print from 1 to 999 The default is 1 copy To change the number of copies click in the box and type the number of copies you want to print amp Pages The Pages
189. rmally clear this If problems persist contact GCC Technical Support 10 13 Service and Support You can contact GCC for technical assistance in several ways Technical Support phones 781 276 8620 s Fax 781 275 1115 GCC s World Wide Web site www gcctech com Internet email support gcctech com CompuServe GO MACBVEN D12 CompuServe email GCCTech compuserve com GCC s World Wide Web site GCC s Web site offers a wealth of information The full manual for the Elite 12ppm series of printers is here along with technical bulletins that deal with any problems that arise over the life of your printer Check www gcctech com to see if your problem has a solution Dealer and Service Center support GCC offers worldwide services from its dealers and service centers Dealers and service centers are supported by training technical documentation and technical support Extended warranties GCC offers extended warranty programs for all its products These extend the limited warranty and cover all parts of the printer except consumables like the toner cartridge You can purchase an extended warranty during the limited warranty period and renew it year after year Software upgrades You can download software upgrades from GCC s web site or from its section on CompuServe Transporting your printer Full instructions on packing the printer for transport are on page 10 2 in this section Always remove the toner cartridge f
190. rning the printer to GCC or its dealers or distributors for any reason first contact GCC technical support at 781 276 8620 U S only or your local GCC dealer or distribu tor Q AS SN K Always use the original shipping box and packing when you need to move or return your printer If you don t have the box you can get another from GCC AN WV y Warning Always remove the toner cartridge before packing the printer A a Ui 1 Unplug the power cord and interface cables Ai and remove any optional accessories 2 Remove the toner cartridge put it into a plastic bag seal it well and then place it into the box it came in 3 Wrap the printer in the original plastic bag 4 Place the printer into the styrofoam cutouts in the bottom of the original shipping box 5 Place the interface cables and the power cord on top of the printer and tape them to it 6 Place the remaining packing materials on top of the printer 7 Tape the box shut Printing Problems Paper Jams When a paper jam happens the red service LED on the printer s control panel flashes and one of three messages appears in the display The messages are Paper feed jam Paper path jam Paper exit jam You must clear the jam and open and close the printer s top cover to reset the printer and resume printing 10 2 Paper feed jam This usually happens when paper is misfed from the paper tray If you remove the
191. rograms from the Start menu You ll see the programs installed on this machine click on Command Prompt and a DOS Window opens Type the following command and path name for the application you are using and press the Enter key These examples assume that your CD ROM is drive D and your application is on drive C If your CD ROM uses another drive letter or 7 11 J your application is not on drive C change the drive letters accordingly for example if your CD ROM is drive E and Adobe Illustrator is on drive D the first example should read copy e ppd d ai4 ppd Adobe Illustrator 4 0 or 4 1 Type copy d ppd c ai4 ppd to install the PPD file Adobe PageMaker 6 0 Type copy d ppd c pm6 rsrc usenglsh ppd4 to install the PPD file Aldus FreeHand 4 0 or PageMaker 5 0 Type copy d ppd c aldus usenglsh ppd4 to install the PPD file Aldus FreeHand 3 1 and earlier Type copy d ppd3 c aldus usenglsh ppds to install the PPD and PDX files Macromedia FreeHand 5 0 Type copy d ppd c fh5 usenglsh ppd to install the PPD file QuarkXPress Type copy d pdf c xpress to install the PDF file Type Exit and press the Enter key to close the DOS window Printing from Windows NT 4 0 applications GCC printers are designed to work with all Windows NT 4 0 compatible applications The Print dialog box varies among applications but all variations provide the common print commands along with others that are av
192. rol setting on the Elite 12ppm control panel Click OK to save the settings and return to the Connect dialog box Click OK to close the Connect dialog box Click Close to close the Printers dialog box Choose Close from the Control menu to close the Control Panel window Choose Close from the Control menu to close the Main window Installing printer description files Printer description files file names with the following extensions PDF PDX or PPD are files that allow you to use Elite 12ppm specific features from within specific applica tions Please refer to the documentation included with the application for more informa tion on where to copy these files and how to use them To install printer description files 1 Insert the Elite 12ppm CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 At the root directory CV type the following command and path name for the application you are using and press the Enter key Note Depending on where you have installed any of these applications the path names may be different Adobe Illustrator 4 0 or 4 1 Type copy d ppd c ai4 ppd to install the PPD file Adobe PageMaker 6 0 Type copy d ppd c pm6 rsrc usenglsh ppd4 to install the PPD file Aldus FreeHand 4 0 or PageMaker 5 0 Type copy d ppd c aldus usenglsh ppd4 to install the PPD file Aldus FreeHand 3 1 and earlier Type copy d ppd3 c aldus usenglsh ppds to install the PPD and PDX files Macromedia F
193. rom the printer before transporting it Consumables accessories and upgrades You can purchase consumables such as toner cartridges accessories and upgrades from GCC dealers or direct from GCC itself by calling 800 422 7777 U S only A list of consumables and accessories is in appendix I 10 14 11 Adobe Acrobat The installation guide has details of how to set up Adobe Acrobat on your computer s hard disk or on a network Your computer has been configured for Acrobat otherwise you wouldn t be able to read this Installation information is repeated here in case you want to configure the CD ROM on another computer and cannot find the Quick Installation guide the paper manual This CD ROM contains full information about your printer in Adobe Acrobat format files Part of this information is in the Quick Installation guide but this CD ROM has all the information about the printer including all the information in the Quick Installation guide This CD ROM comes with Macintosh and Windows versions of the Adobe Acrobat Reader program you can install this program on a computer and read the documents on this CD ROM Providing that you have sufficient free hard disk space about 50 MB you can copy the data files to a computer and be able to use the manual without the CD ROM The Acrobat reader can read a file and display it on your Macintosh or Windows computer You do not have to have any of the fonts used in Acrobat documents instal
194. se changes will be f you change settings in the Elite 12ppm s control panel this sets the default for all computers using the printer If you don t make any control panel changes the factory defaults will be the default settings If you make changes with GCC s WebAdmin utility this has the same effect as if you made them at the printer s control panel If you change settings in the Printer Setup dialog boxes on a computer the new settings are now the defaults for all applications on the computer If you change something from Printer s Default this overrides the printer control panel defaults for this computer only If you change settings in the Page Setup or Print dialog boxes in an application this overrides any other settings for that feature 1 Some changes that you make revert to the defaults as soon as you ve printed the document 1 Other changes become the defaults every time you print that document 1 Some will become the defaults every time you print from that application 1 4 Different applications treat these changes in different ways GCC recommends that you make changes in the application s Page Setup or Print dialog boxes If you find that you are making the same changes for every print job use the Printer Setup dialog boxes or the Elite 12ppm control panel menus to make these settings the default You ll find instructions on changing the settings through the control panel menus or GCC s WebAdmin tool el
195. server peripheral device Any device used to input output or exchange data See device pixel The smallest area of a computer screen that can be controlled by software programs Screen resolution is measured in either the number of pixels visible across the entire screen for example 640 x 480 or in pixels per inch Screen resolution is usually less than printer resolution so you can t guarantee that what you see is exactly what will print platform A type of computer standard Windows Mac OS DOS etc which covers all computers that conform to that standard including clones J 5 port A communication connection often located on the back of computers and peripheral devices usually in the form of a socket PostScript A high level page description language PostScript commands describe the text and graphic images in a document PostScript printer A printer equipped with circuitry that changes PostScript information into a bitmapped image for printing print server A computer on a network that takes print jobs from other computers and sends them to the printer This means that other computers on the network can return to processing almost immediately while the print server communicates with the printer See also NEST printer description files Files that allow certain applications to use printer specific fea tures printer driver The software that creates a page description when you want to print a document This
196. sewhere in the manual The instructions for changing the set tings in the Printer Setup dialog boxes are in the sections on each type of computer or operating system Page Setup and Print dialog boxes vary from application to application You ll find details in your application s manuals Setting up the Elite 12ppm Choosing a location for the printer Place the printer on a flat level surface in a well ventilated area away from direct sunlight and areas where the air temperature and humidity can vary Do not obstruct the fan vent on the right side of the printer and make sure that the fan vent does not blow air directly onto someone s face Use the diagram below to determine where to put your printer 21 8 inches 12 4 inches 545mm 310mm with Duplex without Duplex 7 2 inches 180mm 8 inches 200mm l minimum overhead 10 8 inches clearance 270mm 1 5 Removing the printer from the shipping box Warning The printer weighs about 30 pounds about 14 kilograms Note Save the packing materials inside the shipping box and put the box in a safe place you will be able to repack the printer should you need to move it again 1 Take the printer out of the of the box and remove the packing material 2 Take the printer out of the plastic bag 3 Take the documentation and CD ROM out of the plastic bag 4 Check that you have all of the following Toner cartridge in box Installation g
197. sh the cover gently toward that side Pull the tab to slide out the extension When the extension is fully extended lift the tab up and toward you so that the folding part of the extension is in place 4 Insert paper or other Note The Elite 12ppm does not check the size of the media you insert in the multipurpose feeder unlike the paper trays Make sure you re using the media If necessary slide the paper guide so that it lies against the edge of the paper Insert letterhead face up with the top toward the printer and envelopes face up with the flap down and to the right paper size you specified in your application Note If you are using legal size paper you may need to support the stack to help it feed properly When you close the multipurpose feeder first move the paper guide back to the right side Then fold the extension and slide it back into the main part of the feeder Now close the cover this lifts the feeder back to the upright position Optional paper handling accessories Optional on the Elite 12ppm is a face up paper tray that attaches to the rear of the printer This gives you a straight through paper path which you may need for thicker media in conjunction with the multipurpose feeder Other optional units include a 500 sheet feeder and paper tray and a 50 envelope tray that fits inside the 500 sheet feeder Elite 12ppm interface connections The
198. systemNtestps txt lptl If your printer is connected to another port or Windows is installed on a drive other than C change the references Do not use any Windows print commands you must execute this command in DOS 4 Type EXIT and press the Return key to return to Windows The printer will have printed a page which shows Max Suggested VM KB This is the maximum suggested Virtual Memory for the printer in kilobytes You need to enter this figure in the Printers section of Windows Control Panel on every Windows computer that uses the printer The way you do this varies between versions of Windows Windows 3 1 1 Open the Main Window in Program Manager and double click on the Control Panel icon Double click on the Printers icon Click on the Setup button Click on the Advanced button Enter the suggested virtual memory value into the Virtual Memory KB box Click the OK button until you ve returned to Program Manager ee cm X JM Repeat the preceding six steps on every Windows 3 1 computer that will use the printer Windows 95 1 2 Choose Settings from the Start menu and choose Printers from the submenu You ll see the Printers window use the right mouse button to click on the Elite 12ppm icon 3 You ll see a menu choose Properties from this list You ll see the Properties tabbed dialog box click on the Device Options tab 5 At the top of the dialog box is a section marked Available printer memory
199. t the LaserWriter 8 driver makes a copy of the document before sending it to the Elite 12ppm This copy is temporarily saved onto the Startup disk If the Startup disk does not contain free space equal to the size of the document you will get an error Selecting Page Setup options Most applications have a Page Setup menu command This allows you to control how a page will look There is a pop up menu at the top left of the dialog box which lets you change various items to do with page setup 3 5 Page Attributes Paper You select paper sizes in the Paper pop up menu The default paper size is US Letter Edge to Edge To change the paper size click the Paper pop up menu drag the pointer to the paper size you want and release the mouse button If you click on the menu again you ll see a check mark next to the current paper size If you choose a paper size that is not edge to edge anything closer than 35 inches 8 9 mm from the edge of the paper will not print LaserWriter 8 Page Setup r Page Attributes ww Format for Albion amp Engineering w Paper US Letter Edge to Edge Y If you click on the Dogcow icon at the left of the dialog box the icon will change to a list of paper and margin dimensions in inches Click again to see the dimensions in centime ters Edge to edge printing You can print edge to edge with all supported paper sizes Print quality is not guaranteed within 4mm 0 16 inches of each edge Ori
200. t fonts Therefore the TrueType fonts will still be downloaded from the PC at print time Using an external hard disk with the Elite 12ppm 1200 dpi model only The Elite 1212 provides a SCSI port for connecting up to seven external SCSI hard disks These disks are used to store additional PostScript and TrueType fonts Using an external disk for font storage is faster than downloading from the computer and it leaves more available memory which improves performance Fonts can be downloaded from Macintosh and Windows systems 9 9 You use a SCSI 1 or SCSI 2 hard drive The size of this drive doesn t have to be large Fonts typically require around 50 Kb each so a 20MB drive would be able to hold hundreds of fonts There are several guidelines that must be followed when using the SCSI cable system with the Elite 12ppm When connecting the SCSI devices make sure all devices are switched off The SCSI system can only have a maximum of two terminators If you are connecting one hard disk to the printer you will need one terminator for the hard disk unless it is internally terminated If two or more hard disks are to be connected to the printer connect a termina tor to the first and last hard disks in the chain unless they are internally terminated Use a PowerBook HDI 30 to SCSI cable to connect the first external hard disk to the Elite 12ppm If you have trouble purchasing this cable you can get it direct from GCC f yo
201. t for different paper sizes in a different way 1 2 Remove the paper tray from the feeder If you need to adjust the paper size guides follow the next four steps If not go to step 6 Turn the paper tray so that the front is away from you The length guide has two indentations at left and right Put your thumb in one and push up gently When this releases that side push up the other side Slide the guide forward or backward so that the colored tabs on the base of the paper tray align with the position for the paper size you ll be using Press down on the guide to lock it into place Turn the paper tray around so that the front is toward you Squeeze the width guide lever toward its brace and then pull the guide lever to the right D 3 7 Add paper to the tray by sliding it under the guides at the rear of the paper tray and then pushing down on the paper at the front of the tray until it fits under the metal brackets The paper tray may lock in the down position but when you insert the paper tray into the feeder it will release Squeeze the width guide lever toward its brace and then move it so that it lies next to the paper Do not fit the width guide tightly against the paper because this may cause paper jams 9 Replace the paper tray into the feeder You re now ready to print If you re printing on letterhead place sheets so that the letterhead is face down and toward the front of the tray I
202. ta Strobe In to Printer 2 D1 Data Bit 1 In 3 D2 Data Bit 2 In 4 D3 Data Bit 3 In 5 D4 Data Bit 4 In 6 D5 Data Bit 5 In 7 D6 Data Bit 6 In 8 D7 Data Bit 7 In 9 D8 Data Bit 8 In 10 ACK Acknowledge Out from Printer 11 BUSY Busy Out 12 PERROR Paper Empty Out 13 SELECT Select Out Out 14 AUTOFD Not Used In 15 NC Not Used 16 GND Signal Ground G 1 17 CGND 18 NC 19 30 GND 31 ANIT 32 FAULT 33 NC 34 NC 35 NC 36 SELECTIN Chassis Ground Not Used Signal Ground Initialize In Printer Fault Out Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Bi directional Parallel nibble mode PIN SIGNAL 1 STROBE 2 D1 3 D2 4 D3 5 D4 6 D5 7 D6 8 D7 9 D8 10 ACK 11 BUSY 12 PERROR 13 SELECT 14 AUTOFD 15 NC 16 GND 17 CGND 18 NC 19 30 GND G 2 DESCRIPTION DIRECTION Data Strobe In to Printer Data Bit 1 In Data Bit 2 In Data Bit 3 In Data Bit 4 In Data Bit 5 In Data Bit 6 In Data Bit 7 In Data Bit 8 In Acknowledge Out from Printer Busy Out Paper Empty Out Select Out Out Autofeed In Not Used Signal Ground Chassis Ground Not Used Signal Ground 31 32 33 34 35 36 ANIT FAULT NC NC NC SELECTIN Ethernet UTP PIN SIGNAL COON DU A WN TX TX RX NC NC RX NC NC LocalTalk PIN SIGNAL CON DD uUi A WN HSKO HSKI TXD SIG GND RXD TXD NC RXD Initialize Printer Fault Not Used Not Used Not Used Select In DESCRIPTION Transmit Trans
203. tallation is complete Have your Windows 95 CD or disks a ready and click Finish lt Back Cancel The software installation will now commence At one point a dialog box will ask you to insert either the Windows 95 CD ROM or the Windows 95 floppy disk that con tains the printer driver The kind of disk you need depends on whether Windows 95 was originally installed with a CD or floppy disks If you are prompted to insert a CD remove the Elite 12ppm CD ROM insert the Windows 95 CD and click OK If you are prompted to insert a floppy disk insert the appropriate Windows 95 floppy disk into the drive and click OK If you do not have Windows 95 on disk or the installation process halts because a file cannot be found go to the section Solutions to possible software installation prob lems immediately after these numbered steps 16 When the installation is complete you ll see the Printers folder including an icon for the newly installed printer Using the right mouse button click on the printer s icon Select Properties from the pop up menu Graphics Fonts Device Options PostScript General Details Capture Settings Paper 17 You ll see the printer s Properties dialog box The next steps are for network printers only If you Capture connected your printer using the parallel port go to aa ee Timeout o zi seconds step 2 l End capture if disconnec
204. ted 18 Click the Capture Settings tab at the top of the Fom Type fo z dialog box 19 You ll see the Capture Settings panel Deselect all z the checkboxes as shown Expand Tabs e spaces 20 Click Apply Form feed after job Cancel GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 Properties 21x 21 Click on the General tab at the top of the dialog a a UE b OX General Details Paper Graphics GCC Elite 1212 v3 1 22 Click Print Test Page The test page will be formatted and a message box will ed appear asking you if the test page printed successfully If O O the test page printed this may take a minute click Yes If the test page does not print check that the printer is turned on and does not show an error message in its control panel Make sure there is paper in the printer and all cables are properly connected If there is still a prob Pint Test Page lem click No in the message box Windows 95 will display troubleshooting steps If your page printed correctly you ve completed the normal installation process You may need to install printer description files if your applications need them Read the section Installing printer description files later in this chapter A few users may have special printing requirements for instance they may have added extra paper trays or more memory to their printer or want the default resolution or paper 5 6 size to be different from the factory default sett
205. ted and aligned but not in the same place Measured at the mid point of the side or top of the paper Within 2 0 mm 0 079 inch horizontal or vertical either way Magnification The amount by which a line can be greater or smaller than its nominal length Measured with a 240 mm 9 45 inch vertical line and a 190 mm 7 48 inch hori zontal line These lines are centered on the page to avoid measuring parallelism errors Within 0 8 percent longer or shorter than its nominal length Parallelism The amount by which the ends of two vertical and two horizontal lines can be greater or farther apart than the other ends Measured with vertical lines of 234 mm 9 21 inch and horizontal lines 190 mm 7 48 inch These lines are arranged to form a rectangle on the page Within 1 44 mm 0 057 inch horizontal or vertical either way Linearity The amount that three straight lines horizontal vertical and diagonal can vary from being truly straight One end of each of the horizontal and vertical lines meet at a corner the diagonal line is at 45 degrees to the other two lines and passes close to the center of the paper The horizontal line is 190 mm 7 48 inch the vertical line is 234 mm 9 21 inch and the diagonal line is 269 mm 10 6 inch The amount is measured by the distance a line can vary from the position of a true straight line Within 0 5 mm 0 02 inch either side horizontal and vertical lines A 3 Within 1 2 mm 0 05 inch either
206. th two options Initialize all disks and Initialize some disks If you click the button next to Initialize all disks the boxes next to the SCSI ID numbers are dimmed A This option will initialize all hard disks attached to the printer s SCSI chain If you click the button next to Initialize some disks the check boxes representing the SCSI ID numbers of any hard disks connected to the Elite 12ppm are highlighted B shows an external hard disk at SCSI ID 1 A Printer Hard Disk Initialization LaserWriter BobaFett O Eig B oh Saisie all disks O s iP E488 i Initialize some disks 5 5 O a LI Sts 3 5 8 Initialize Hard disks attached to a LaserWriter must be initialized before they can be used Select the printer to which the hard disk s are attached with the Chooser desk accessory Printer Hard Disk Initialization LaserWriter BnbaFett O E OUE O Initialize all disks cs 32 e nta some disks 523i 2 O E 3 BEH 3 EJs iniaizo Hard disks attached to a LaserWriter must be initialized before they can be used Select the printer to which the hard disk s are attached with the Chooser desk accessory If you are attaching more than one hard disk to the printer we recommend that you always use the Initialize some disks option and that you initialize each hard disk separately before chaining them together 4 Click the button labeled Initialize some disks 5 Click
207. the Software to another party if the other party agrees to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement and completes and returns a Registration Card to GCC The Registration Card may be obtained by writing to GCC s Customer Service department at the address set forth below If you transfer the Software to any other party you must transfer all copies and the Documentation to such party 4 Make a single copy of the Software on another diskette for backup purposes only PROHIBITED USES THE LICENSE OF THE SOFTWARE AND THE DOCUMENTATION GRANTED TO YOU IS LIMITED AND YOU MAY NOT 1 Make copies of any of the Documentation or make copies of the Software other than as expressly set forth above 2 Alter modify or adapt the Software or the Documentation including translating decompiling disassembling creating derivative works or merging the Software with other software 3 Use any backup diskette you have made or allow someone else to use any backup diskette unless the Software on the original diskette is defective 4 Rent sublicense assign or otherwise transfer any interest in any of the Software or the Documentation except as set forth above 5 Modify or erase any copyright trademark or proprietary rights notice on any medium containing the Software or the Documentation or copy or reproduce any of the Software or the Documentation without all of GCC s copyright trademark and proprietary rights notices The License is effective until
208. the Start Page option in the display window on the front panel will be set to Disabled The Elite 12ppm s default is Enabled Get Page Count to display the total number of pages printed by the Elite 12ppm Download PostScript File to send a PostScript file directly to the printer Restart Printer to restart the printer between print jobs This is useful for clearing down loaded fonts from the printer s memory and is preferable to switching the printer off and on again as it will not interrupt another print job Downloading fonts from Windows B Type 1 fonts Type 1 fonts are automatically downloaded to the Elite 12ppm These fonts are deleted from the printer s RAM when the print job is complete However you may want to keep downloaded fonts in the printer s RAM for successive print jobs To maintain Type 1 fonts in the printer s RAM manually download the fonts using the font downloading utility included with your Type 1 font package Manually downloaded fonts remain in the printer s RAM until you switch off the Elite 12ppm Note If your normal routine is to download several fonts to the printer it is a good idea to adjust the Windows printer driver s virtual memory setting so that it can better process your documents Perform the procedure after you have downloaded your normal set of fonts to the printer B TrueType fonts While you can download TrueType fonts to the Elite 12ppm Windows does not recognize TrueType fonts as residen
209. the job will be canceled The default Manual Feed Timeout period is five minutes and you can change this through the printer s control panel menus to be in the range from 30 seconds to ten minutes Naming the Elite 12ppm You must assign each printer a unique name if there is more than one Elite 12ppm on the network If you don t assign a unique name to each printer a number is automatically added to duplicate names to distinguish the printers from one another Note If you change the name of a printer on the network system every user on the net work system must select the new printer name in the Chooser If you want to name the Elite 12ppm 1 Select the Elite 12ppm in the Chooser Click the LaserWriter 8 icon in the left scroll box and click the name of the printer in the Select a LaserWriter scroll box 2 Double click the LaserWriter Utility icon The LaserWriter Utility is located on the startup disk in the Elite 12ppm Folder You ll see the LaserWriter Utility with four menus in the menu bar 3 Choose Name Printer from the Utilities menu The Rename the chosen printer dialog box appears displaying the current name of the printer 3 13 Type the new name of the printer in the space provided Names must be at least two characters in length but no more than 31 characters Names cannot contain a colon an asterisk or parentheses Click Rename Choose Quit from the File menu 4 Using Windows 3 1
210. through a network Select Network only if your printer is not attached directly to your com puter If you selected Local click Next and go to step 7 If you selected Network click Next and go to the next step 5 You ll see the network path dialog Type in the path or queue name of the printer You can click Browse to display a visual representation of your site s network and the printer s location on it Click the Yes radio button if you print from MS DOS based programs If you selected No for the MS DOS print ing question click Next and go to step 7 If you selected Yes click Next and go to the next step 5 2 How is this printer attached to your computer IF it iz directly attached to your computer click Local Printer If it is attached to another computer click Network Printer Network printer Back Cancel Type the network path or the queue name of your printer If you don t know its name click Browse to view available network printers Network path or queue name Browse Dio you print from M5 005 based programs Yes fe No Back Cancel 6 You ll see a dialog box that lets you print from MS DOS applications to a network printer Click the Capture Printer Port button and select an appropriate LPT port and print queue Click OK Click Next Add Printer Wizard 7 You ll see the manufacturer model selection dialog box This dia
211. tion of the manual 11 2 Finding Text Just as you can think of the bookmarks as a table of contents the Find tool takes the place of an index If you want to find a word 1 Click on the Find button in the toolbar 2 You ll see the Find dialog box Enter the word s you want to find 3 Click OK the program takes you to the next place the word appears 4 If you don t find the information you re looking for press Command G Macintosh or Control G Windows to go to the next place the word appears What s on this CD ROM This CD ROM contains important information please take the time to look at the various sections These include Using PostScript and PCL fonts A detailed troubleshooting guide The control panel menu system Networking guide e GCC s WebAdmin tool for configuring printers remotely nstalling and using optional equipment Detailed printer specifications Keep this CD ROM in a safe place You can buy further copies from GCC Appendix A Printer Specifications Print Engine Fuji Xerox P893 Mario Print Method Dry type laser printing Languages PostScript Level 2 compatible Xionics PS PLI PCL5 with HP GL 2 Xionics FIVE PLI Processor 50MHz AMD 29040 RISC Memory Standard memory differs with model All models upgradeable to 64 MB Interfaces LocalTalk RS 422 Centronics parallel HDI 30 SCSI 1200 dpi model only Ethernet IOBASE 2 1200 dpi model only and 10BASE T Letter Pri
212. tion still does not continue you ll see the Copying Files dialog box again Make sure that you have the Win dows 95 CD ROM in the drive and a4 continue the installation 1 Click on the Browse button at the bottom right of the Copying Files dialog box Copying Files The file APPLE 38D SPD on windows 95 CO ROM could nat be found Cancel Insert Windows 85 CO ROM into the drive selected below and click OF Skip File i Details Copy files from Details z Browse NEN NEIN mE Ee In the Open dialog box scroll down the list of folders in the center pane until you see a folder called win95 3 Click on the folder name win95 Click OK to accept this folder You ll see a file name similar to win95 15 cab Open El File name Folders APPLE 38D SPD win38 15 di Cancel Network E drivers funstuff _ help _ other _ sampler Drives Da Click OK again to accept this file name 6 Click OK in the Copying Files dialog box 7 The installation will continue Go back to step 16 in the installation instructions Exploring the Properties dialog box Now that you have installed the printing software in Windows 95 there are a number of settings that you may need to change if you have special printing requirements Most users will not need to make any changes here Most of the Properties dialog box contains options that are the same f
213. tworks Normally a Novell network requires you to dedicate a computer as a print server NEST allows the printer itself to fill that function NetWare Network software from Novell that enables computers to communicate with other computers and peripherals such as printers network A group of computers and peripheral devices such as printers that are intercon nected so they can communicate with each other A network also includes the hardware such as cables that connect the devices and the software that allows them to communicate OK button A button often found in a dialog box which closes the dialog box and makes any changes that were specified See Cancel button Close button and Apply button on screen preview representation of a vector image as a screen bitmap This allows you to edit the image in graphics programs your changes are also applied to the vector image Windows previews are BMP format Macintoshes are PICT If you transfer a vector image from Mac to PC or vice versa you ll usually lose the on screen preview option button A circular section of a dialog box when clicked causes the center part of the circle to turn black This indicates the feature or choice mentioned in the accompanying caption has been selected Option button are used in groups and selecting one button deselects all the others See also Check box outline fonts Fonts whose characters are vector images built using mathematical represen tations
214. u are connecting multiple hard disks to the Elite 12ppm make sure that each hard disk has a unique SCSI ID and that the SCSI ID is not 7 Note The SCSI IDs of hard disks connected to the printer do not affect the SCSI IDs of any SCSI devices connected to a Macintosh or PC To connect an external hard disk to the printer 1 Switch off both the hard disk and the Elite 12ppm 2 Connect the HDI 30 end of the SCSI cable to the SCSI port on the Elite 12ppm which is located on the back of the printer 3 Connect one terminator to the SCSI port on the back of the hard disk if it does not have built in termination and fasten the clips 4 Connect the 50 pin end of the SCSI cable to the SCSI port on the back of the hard disk and fasten the clips 5 Switch on the hard disk first wait 15 seconds and then switch on the printer When a hard drive is attached to the printer make sure that the drive is powered on before powering on the printer Otherwise either the hard drive will not be recognized or the printer will not initialize Note Some hard drives issue a Unit Attention UA message when they are first accessed by the printer The UA message conflicts with the Elite 12ppm s startup procedures caus ing the drive not to be recognized To eliminate this problem switch the printer off and back on again with the drive still powered on This procedure will need to be used each time the hard drive is switched off and then on again
215. uide Elite 12ppm CD ROM Universal paper tray If any of these items are missing contact your dealer or GCC Technical Support 781 276 8620 immediately You will need to provide a cable to connect your computer or network to the printer Warning If you use the parallel port interface the cable you use must be suitable for bi directional transmission IEEE 1284 Standard unidirectional parallel cables can cause errors in printing Removing additional packing 1 Remove the tape from the printer s top cover 1 6 2 Press the release button on the top right of the printer 3 Lift open the printer cover 4 Remove the plastic foam block Save it with the other packing materials The Elite 12ppm Configuration Page Each Elite 12ppm package includes a configuration page It was printed on your printer at GCC s manufacturing facility The page shows the hardware and software versions of the printer factory default settings and the hardware configuration of your Elite 12ppm Installing or replacing the toner cartridge The toner cartridge contains a microfine plastic powder that is fused to paper during the print process If your pages have an average of five percent coverage you should expect to print about 6 000 pages with each toner cartridge if you print graphics images you should expect to change the cartridge more often Warning Do not touch the area toward the back of the inside of the printer behind the tone
216. utput Macintosh If you are using a TrueType font that is equivalent to an Elite 12ppm resident font the Elite 12ppm automatically uses the resident font rather than downloading the TrueType font If you are using a TrueType font that is not equivalent to an Elite 12ppm resident font the TrueType font is automatically downloaded 9 5 Windows TrueType fonts are automatically installed with Windows and are set to automatically download by default Refer to the Windows documentation for more information Downloading fonts from a Macintosh 9 6 In addition to the fonts that come with the Elite 12ppm you can purchase more fonts both TrueType and Adobe Type 1 and download them to the Elite 12ppm A downloaded font is a printer font that is sent by the Macintosh to the RAM located in the Elite 12ppm There are two methods for downloading fonts automatic and manual Downloading fonts automatically If a font being used is not one of the printer s resident fonts i e nonresident font it is automatically downloaded to the printer s RAM during each print job After printing is complete the font is removed from the printer s RAM This method of downloading fonts is useful if you are printing a variety of fonts within several print jobs However if you are printing the same font repeatedly this method is inefficient because the font must be downloaded for every print job Downloading fonts manually If you frequently use the same nonres
217. will accept either PostScript or PCL documents without you having to change settings Your printer will work more efficiently if you change Settings Auto switch PostScript only or PCL only Auto switch PostScript only or PCL only Auto switch PostScript only or PCL only Auto switch PostScript only or PCL only Auto switch PostScript only or PCL only Auto switch PostScript only or PCL only Auto switch PostScript only or PCL only Auto switch PostScript only or PCL only only the ports that actually need Auto Switch This 2 8 Notes To print PCL jobs the factory setting PostScript only must be changed to either Auto switch or PCL only See the note below this table The Port Emulations submenu only appears when PS PCL sensing is set to Auto switch See note below See note below See note below See note below See note below This option will only appear if it is configured See note below This option will only appear if it is configured See note below This option will only appear if it is configured means that any other ports that only need to accept a single standard will not examine each print job to see whether it s PostScript or PCL However if you choose Auto Switch for any port or the entire printer you ll use more printer RAM than if you choose PostScript only or PCL only Emulations continued Submenu PostScript 5 submenus Default
218. y to access the Emulations submenus These menus contain additional submenus Submenu PS PCL Sensing Whether the printer will automatically switch between PostScript and PCL emulations or print only PostScript or only PCL jobs Port Emulations 5 submenus Parallel Whether the parallel port will automatically switch between PostScript and PCL emulations or print only PostScript or only PCL jobs RS422 Whether the RS422 port will automatically switch between PostScript and PCL emulations or print only PostScript or only PCL jobs LocalTalk Whether the LocalTalk port will automatically switch between PostScript and PCL emulations or print only PostScript or only PCL jobs EtherTalk Whether the EtherTalk port will automatically switch between PostScript and PCL emulations or print only PostScript or only PCL jobs Lpd Whether the Lpd port will automatically switch between PostScript and PCL emula tions or print only PostScript or only PCL jobs TCP direct Whether TCP will automatically switch between PostScript and PCL emula tions or print only PostScript or only PCL jobs NEST 1200 dpi model only Whether NEST will automatically switch between PostScript and PCL emulations or print only PostScript or only PCL jobs Note Your printer and each individual port can be set to accept jobs in PostScript only PCL only or to switch automatically between the two If you set the printer to Auto Switch it
219. you do not have a grounding wrist strap touch the perforated metal chassis of the printer see step 9 following Installing the RAM into the Elite 12ppm 1 C 2 Unplug the interface cables If necessary move the printer so Remove the paper tray Reach inside the case Pull the Place both hands on the top Switch off the printer Do not unplug the power cord from the AC outlet from the back of the printer that you have clear access to its left side Open the top cover by pressing the release button on the top right of the printer Y You need to remove the side cover Unscrew the two thumbscrews at the rear of the printer labelled A in the bottom picture If these are tight you may need to use a 2 AJ gt Phillips screwdriver edge of the cover B toward you then move the cover away from the rest of the printer to prevent it from latching again of the side cover C Lift the edge of the cover next to the top cover this unlatches the cover and you should be able to slide the cover away from the printer 10 IMPORTANT Attach a grounding wrist strap to the perforated metal chassis or touch the chassis regularly to dissipate static electricity from your body The ROM and RAM cards are at the right of the controller board Remove the ROM card to get better access to the
220. ypefaces plain bold italic bold italic Avant Garde Bookman New Century Schoolbook Zapf Chancery Zapf Dingbats ITC Avant Garde Gothic ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12345678 90 Typefaces book bold italic bold italic Bookman ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456789 O Typefaces light bold light italic bold italic New Century Schoolbook ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqarstuvwxyz123450678 90 Typefaces roman bold italic bold italic ITC Zapf Chancery ABCDEFGHIIKLMNOPQRSTUVWKXYZ abcdefghijKlmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 Typeface medium italic ITC Zapf Dingbats XX f oge de 409 lt gt we ox Ok OK o OH OK vx KOK OK OK OK OK KE HK KA g m WD wr cde OK KER RK KR EK KOORLUO UD AVOSDILESC HVA KRXXE Typeface plain 9 3 PCL resident font catalog The Elite 12ppm includes 2 PCL outline font families Times and Univers and 2 bitmap fonts Courier and Line Printer Times Bitstream Dutch ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 Typefaces plain bold italic bold italic Univers Bitstream Zurich ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890 Typefaces plain bold italic bold italic Courier Courier A B CclLD sr GISI TILak LbHMN OIrFZOINLSJSIZOJUTYVIWSIZXI X 2 a b c de fg xigxdlgzuogtr s tuv sxvyz L 2 94 9576 7 90 Typefaces 10 pt 10 pt bold 10 pt italic 12 pt 12 pt bo
221. yte memory expansion Kit sssusss AC16313 Elite 12ppm 32 Megabyte memory expansion Kit sess AC16315 Farallon PhoneNET Connector Kit eese AC13270 Mic Kc AF E AC13369 d Sri AC10060 Unidirectional Parallel aDle e ea cono ir ep urbt kot a arenose AC15282 OSDIDDINO DOK AMG A Ogi Lacones edmaud mamie descente brem enu EE 102 16349 Elite 12 ppm CD ROM with software and documentation 101 16317 e Quick Installation guide T 030 16319 Appendix J Glossary 5 percent page A page of text used to provide a standard for the number of pages that can be printed using one toner cartridge So named because the toner covers five percent of the page Adobe Type 1 One of the two common file formats for fonts the other is TrueType Requires a PostScript printer or Adobe Type Manager for fonts to print correctly Fonts can be scaled to any size Adobe Type Manager A program which allows you to use Adobe Type 1 format fonts on a non PostScript printer Also improves the on screen display of fonts AppleTalk A network communication protocol for connecting Apple computers and other devices to share information When used with an EtherNet network interface this is known as EtherTalk Apply button A button usually found in a dialog box which makes any changes specified in the dialog box Unlike the OK button it does not close

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