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1. Connecting to an Apple LocalTalk Network Optional If you have a Windows DOS computer see Connecting the Printer Directly to a Windows DOS Computer later in this chapter 1 Make sure the computer is turned off 2 Plug the cable into the round port on the printer You can use the serial cable that came with your printer a Ts Some Macintosh computers have a combined serial port with two icons Connect this end of the cable to either the printer port or the modem port which are labeled with these icons 3 Plug the other end of the cable into one of the ports on your computer If the modem port is available plug the serial cable into that port Otherwise plug the cable into the printer port 4 If your computer has a combined modem and printer port amp use it Remember which port on the computer you use Later you must tell the printer software where to look for the printer Setting Up Your Printer 13 14 Some PowerBook computers may require special settings For details see Special Information for PowerBook Owners in the section Using a Color Style Writer 6500 on a LocalTalk Network in Chapter 2 Connecting to an Apple LocalTalk network optional Chapter 1 If you want to connect your printer directly to your computer for personal use see the previous section Connecting the Printer Directly to a Mac OS Computer If yo
2. If your computer system does cause interference to radio or television reception 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 computer to one side or the other of the television or radio Move the computer farther away from the television or radio Plug the computer into an outlet that is on a different circuit from the television or radio That is make certain the computer and the television or radio are on circuits controlled by different circuit breakers or fuses If necessary consult an Apple authorized service provider or Apple See the service and support information that came with your Apple product Or consult an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions IMPORTANT Changes or modifications to this product not authorized by Apple Computer Inc could void the FCC Certification and negate your authority to operate the product Communications Regulation Information Industry Canada statement This Class B device meets all requirements of the Canadian interference causing equipment regulations Cet appareil num rique de la Class B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada VCCI Class 2 statement AURRE SEARES BEM ACD COREL SANTEE EEBU Z OREL PLL BOC SSN ANPBERD CEASE CO ALIRMEED Ie HANS Lii SRE LP ALUN LL ERULIRE VCCI IMEI
3. After a few moments the Installer begins to install the printer software A status box keeps you informed of progress during installation Install CSW 6000 Series Easy Install T Click Install to copy Apple Color tyleWriter 6000 Series printer software onto the selected disk When you see a message reporting that installation was successful click Restart The Installer restarts your computer After you restart you may notice a new icon on your desktop that represents a printer It s called a desktop printer and it looks like this a e CSW 6000 Series For information about desktop printers see Desktop Printing later in this chapter Installation troubleshooting If the Installer can t complete the installation it will issue a warning message Here are some ways to fix common problems You may not have the correct hardware or system software for this printer If so the Installer will tell you what youre missing You may have forgotten to turn off your virus detection software as described in the section Using the Apple Printer Software Collection CD ROM disc earlier in this chapter You may have some corrupted fonts on your hard disk To solve this problem see Installation Is Unsuccessful in Chapter 6 More information about the Installer program In the procedure just described the Installer copies all the software you need to your hard disk In rare circumstances you m
4. Why do sometimes get Geneva or Courier in my printed documents when have specified other fonts Geneva sometimes appears when youre trying to use a TrueType font but dont have enough memory for scaling to operate properly Substitute fonts can also appear in a document composed on one computer that has a particular set of fonts but printed on another Macintosh that doesn t have those fonts Why does a document written entirely in Times look different on different Mac OS computers Times an extremely popular font is manufactured and sold by more than one company Such fonts usually have small differences even though they have the same name For example the Times font manufactured by Adobe Systems Incorporated has different letterspacing than does the Times font from Apple Computer Inc What is font substitution Font Substitution which isn t available for your Color StyleWriter 6500 printer is an option in the Page Setup dialog box for certain PostScript printers When font substitution is turned on these printers will use their built in equivalents for three bitmapped fonts Times for New York Helvetica for Geneva and Courier for Monaco Using Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 6500 e 99 100 Appendix B What s a downloadable font A downloadable font is a TrueType or PostScript font sent to some kinds of printers such as most PostScript Laser printers by your system software The printer then uses the fo
5. Color StyleWriter 6500 Color ink jet printer for Mac OS and Windows users Apple Computer Inc 1997 Apple Computer Inc All rights reserved Under the copyright laws this manual may not be copied in whole or in part without the written consent of Apple Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries Use of the keyboard Apple logo Option Shift K for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of Apple may constitute trademark infringement and unfair competition in violation of federal and state laws Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate Apple is not responsible for printing or clerical errors Apple Computer Inc 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino CA 95014 2084 408 996 1010 http www apple com Apple the Apple logo AppleTalk Chicago ColorSync the ColorSync logo EtherTalk Extensions Manager LaserWriter LocalTalk Mac Macintosh Macintosh Quadra Monaco New York PowerBook Power Macintosh QuickDraw StyleWriter TrueType and Zeal are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries Finder Geneva and OneScanner are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Adobe Adobe Illustrator Adobe Type Manager and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated or its subsidiaries and may
6. 104 paper custom sizes 39 41 60 61 feeding improperly 70 jam 69 loading into paper tray 10 11 nothing prints on page 71 quality of 65 71 recommendations for 84 87 sizes of 31 39 41 84 specifications for 84 watermarks on Mac OS computers 31 32 42 43 paper adjusters for custom size paper 60 61 loading paper 10 11 printing envelope stack 57 58 printing labels 60 printing transparencies 59 print materials feeding improperly 70 for stacking cards 61 paper backed transparencies 59 paper tray capacity of 10 loading custom size paper 61 loading envelopes 56 58 loading labels 60 loading paper into 10 11 70 loading standard paper 10 11 loading transparencies 59 specifications for 84 stacking cards in 61 paper type quality settings Mac OS computers 34 paper types coated paper 64 65 71 glossy 64 65 71 72 index cards 61 64 labels 60 64 loading standard 10 11 plain paper 63 64 postcards 61 standard size in United States 30 55 Paper Type setting Windows computers 53 parallel port Windows DOS computers 17 part numbers product 86 Photographic color setting Mac OS computers 36 PICT and PICT2 files Mac OS computers ColorSync and 102 graphic images and 80 watermarks and 42 43 plain icon 45 Index 115 116 Index plain paper cleaning ink cartridges 73 recommendations for 71 special instructions 64 tips 63 platen cleaning 73 plugging in the printer 5 portrait page orientation in st
7. 422 A a EEE 1284 bidirectional parallel port Fonts m TrueType font support a 64 TrueType fonts including the fonts provided on your Mac OS computer a 42 TrueType fonts for a Windows DOS computer Adobe PostScript font support provided on your Mac OS computer when used with Adobe Type Manager software sold separately by Adobe Systems Incorporated Paper tray Holds up to 150 sheets of 20 pound 75 grams meter paper 15 envelopes up to 30 cards up to 50 transparencies up to 25 sheets of paper labels Printing materials Plain paper Use 16 pound 60 g m to 36 pound 135 g m a Envelopes Use C6 DL A2 or 10 envelopes 20 to 24 pound 75 to 90 g m a Labels Accepts paper labels designed for ink jet printers a Cards Use 110 pound index maximum 8 5 pt maximum 110 to 200 g m m Apple recommends transparency film premium coated paper and glossy paper especially designed for the Color StyleWriter 6500 printer See your Apple authorized dealer for more details Paper sizes in inches and millimeters mm a US Letter 8 5 x 11 215 9 mm x 2794 mm a US Legal 8 5 x 14 215 9 mm x 355 6 mm a Executive 7 25 x 10 5 184 15 mm x 266 7 mm a A4 8 3 x 11 7 210 mm x 297 mm m AS 5 8 x 8 3 148 5 mm x 210 mm a BS JIS 7 2 x 10 1 182 mm x 257 mm a US 10 envelopes 95 x 4125 241 3 mm x 104 8 mm a US 6 3 4 envelopes 6 5 x 3 625 92 1 mm x 165 1 mm m A2 env
8. 96 paper 31 39 41 60 61 software See also application programs Adobe Type Manager software 92 93 94 incompatibility of QuickDraw GX software Mac OS computers 19 installing printer software Mac OS computers 19 23 installing printer software Windows computers 49 52 space requirements for printer software x virus detection software 21 23 50 51 75 software license agreement 21 51 52 specifications 83 86 speed of printing 66 78 83 spills on printer 2 Stains ink 67 stopped icon 45 storage environment 85 styled fonts 97 StyleWriter EtherTalk Adapter II 16 87 suitcases font Mac OS computers 95 96 Super Clean option Mac OS computers 73 support provider 67 87 switching between printers Mac OS computers 45 System Folder fonts stored in Mac OS computers 94 95 System Profile setting for ColorSync Mac OS computers 104 105 system requirements x y TeachText application Mac OS computers 78 technical information 83 87 text jagged 78 80 90 91 TIFF files Mac OS computers 80 102 Toolbox application Windows computers 53 54 cleaning ink cartridges with 74 troubleshooting and 54 81 transparencies Apple Color Ink Jet Transparency Film 84 87 printing 59 64 troubleshooting 67 81 See also Apple authorized service providers safety precautions blinking lights 69 color quality 72 computer failure Mac OS computers 76 corrupted fonts Mac OS computers 75 d
9. Caps desk accessory Mac OS computers 90 L labels printing 60 64 specifications for 84 layout settings Mac OS computers 35 length adjuster 10 57 light bold font 97 lights indicating problems 68 69 power light 6 27 69 resume light 7 9 12 27 69 Index 113 114 Index lines alignment and Mac OS computers 28 29 unwanted horizontal 73 loading print materials 55 61 coated paper 64 65 71 custom size 60 61 envelopes 56 58 64 glossy paper 64 65 71 72 index cards 61 64 labels 60 64 into paper tray 10 11 plain paper 10 11 63 64 postcards 61 special instructions 64 transparencies 59 64 LocalTalk network Mac OS computers connecting the printer to 14 15 connection kits 14 87 using printer connected to 25 Macintosh IIfx computers printer speed and 78 Macintosh PowerBook computers internal modem serial port setting 77 printing problems 77 78 setup information for 26 Macintosh Quadra 900 and 950 computers printer speed and 78 Mac OS computers cleaning ink cartridge 73 74 connecting printer to 13 14 77 83 installing printer software for 19 23 monitor settings for 65 printing from 19 48 system requirements for printer x troubleshooting 75 81 Make Alias command Mac OS computers 44 marking engine 83 media See paper types memory downloadable fonts and 100 Grayscale option and Mac OS computers 79 problems Mac OS computers 78 79 90 RAM requirements x virtual memory Mac O
10. Installation 12 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the driver software installation Onscreen messages report the progress of installation and alert you to select folders for additional disks on the CD The pathnames for these folders are E PRINTERS WINDOWS DISK2 E PRINTERS WINDOWS DISK3 Note To switch folders click to the right of the pathname delete the numeral at the end of the pathname and type the numeral of the disk requested on the screen then click OK 13 Inthe fonts window that appears select the set of fonts you want and click Install Fonts You may need to change the disk numeral at the end of the pathname if a message asks you to switch disks The pathnames for the two folders that represent disks containing fonts are E PRINTERS WINDOWS DISK3 E PRINTERS WINDOWS DISK4 where E is the letter of the CD ROM drive 14 When installation of fonts is complete restart Windows Selecting your printer as the default printer Windows 95 1 Click Start and then select Printers from the Settings menu 2 Click the icon for your Color StyleWriter 6500 to select it 3 From the File menu select Set As Default then close the window 52 Chapter 3 Selecting your printer as the default printer Windows 3 1 1 In the Program Manager double click Main 2 Double click Control Panel to open it then double click Printer 3 Select your Color StyleWriter 6500 from the Installed Printers list and
11. L CBO ET LOL RRR IVA FEV ay SRC RL T CMI RSL SHiMBOMN tC ZAILA ET ARKo TIER LIRR ELT FAY Communications Regulation Information vii Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of the Apple Color StyleWriter 6500 printer This manual describes how to set up the printer and how to use it Main features of the Color StyleWriter 6500 printer The Color StyleWriter 6500 works with Mac OS and Windows DOS computers The Color StyleWriter 6500 prints high quality color graphics and text on a variety of materials including plain paper The Color StyleWriter 6500 prints up to eight pages per minute in black four pages per minute in color As an Energy Star Partner Apple Computer has determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency The paper input tray holds up to 150 sheets of paper 15 envelopes 30 cards and 25 sheets of labels Desktop printing on a Mac OS computer makes it easy to switch printers and monitor your print requests The printer offers 64 available TrueType outline fonts for a Mac OS computer and 42 for a Windows DOS computer that print smoothly in a variety of sizes X System requirements for a Mac OS computer To install the printer software and use the Color Style Writer 6500 printer with your Mac OS computer you need a a Mac OS computer with a 68020 or higher central processing unit CPU any Macintosh except a Macintosh Plus SE Classic Portable or
12. PowerBook 100 Macintosh Operating System Mac OS version 7 1 or later a atleast 4 megabytes MB of random access memory RAM for a non Power Macintosh if you have a Power Macintosh 8 MB of RAM is the minimum requirement and 16 MB is recommended a at least 8 MB of space available on your hard disk The Installer program that comes with the Color Style Writer 6500 automatically checks whether your computer meets these requirements Chapter 2 explains how to use the Installer program System requirements for a Windows computer Welcome To install the printer software and use the Color Style Writer 6500 printer with a Windows computer you need a computer with one of the following combinations of hardware and operating systems m Windows 95 version LO or later 486 or greater processor 8 MB of RAM m Windows 3 1 or a later version DOS 3 3 or later 386 or greater processor 4 MB of RAM The installation program that comes with the printer automatically checks whether your computer meets these requirements Chapter 3 explains how to install the printer software on a Windows DOS computer Setting Up Your Printer This chapter introduces the Apple Color StyleWriter 6500 printer and explains how to set it up After you follow the instructions in this chapter you Il be ready to print Important safety instructions Always take the following precautions Keep the printer cover closed when printing m Always turn off
13. Simple Clean Clean Use more ink O Super Clean Use only as last resort O Align ink cartridges before printing ee ready click Print When you ve selected the settings you want click Print The printer cleans the ink cartridge and print head printing a page in the process On a Windows DOS computer You use the Color StyleWriter 6000 Series Toolbox to clean the ink cartridge If youre using DOS launch Windows 3 1 or Windows 95 to use the Toolbox Windows 95 and Windows 3 1 Open the Color StyleWriter 6000 Series Toolbox and click the Printer Services tab Click Clean Ink Cartridges and then follow the instructions on your computer screen Note Do not clean the ink cartridge unnecessarily DOS See the Read Me file for the Color StyleWriter 6500 for instructions on using the DOS control panel The file is located on the CD that came with your printer and is also copied on your hard disk when you install the printer software solutions specific to a Mac OS computer The Chooser doesn t show the CSW 6000 Series icon If you open the Chooser and don t see the CSW 6000 Series icon you probably need to install the appropriate printer software For instructions see Installing the Mac OS Printer Software in Chapter 2 Also make sure the QuickDraw GX software is turned off You can remove it from the Extensions folder or use the Extensions Manager to turn it off Installation is unsuccessful If a m
14. Special Information for PowerBook Owners in Chapter 2 The printer seems slow See the suggestions under Speed in Chapter 5 If you have a Macintosh IIfx Macintosh Quadra 900 or Macintosh Quadra 950 computer check the Serial Switch control panel Make sure it is set to Compatible The Color StyleWriter 6500 won t print a particular document If you attempt to print a document and no page is printed not even a blank one try the following Your computer may be low on memory See the next section Memory Is Low m Turn the printer off then on again This resets the printer Repeat the printing process Sometimes problems disappear when you try to print your document again Printing problems can often be caused by errors in your applications If you can print from the SimpleText or TeachText application but not from another application it s probably a problem with that application Contact the publisher of that application for help Restart your computer Memory is low Once in a while your computer may be temporarily low on random access memory RAM Symptoms that indicate a memory problem Some documents do not print a Characters look jagged An out of memory message appears on your screen lf you have a memory problem try the following Run only one program at a time quit the ones youre not using Try quitting all open applications then reopen just the one youre
15. click the Print button If background printing is turned on you can continue working while the document is printing You can also monitor and control the documents that are waiting to print See Monitoring and Controlling Background Printing later in this chapter Creating throwing away and manipulating desktop printer icons To create a desktop printer select the printer in the Chooser After you close the Chooser the icon appears on your desktop You can also do the following with desktop printer icons a Throw away the icon Drag the icon to the Trash You can t throw away a desktop printer icon while the printer is printing a document Note You must always have at least one printer icon on your desktop If you throw away the last icon it will immediately be created again Rename the icon Rename the icon as you would any other Finder icon Click the name to highlight it then type the new name This changes the name of the icon not the name of the printer Move the icon You can drag the icon anywhere you like Create an alias for the icon You can create an alias for a desktop printer as you would for any Finder icon by selecting the icon and choosing Make Alias from the File menu You can move the alias anywhere on or off the desktop Determining the status of a printer by looking at its icon You can tell the status of a printer by looking at its desktop icon Plain icon indicates a printer Stoppe
16. define a new upper left corner If you don t want the dot to be visible in your printed document make the dot white Dot N I N N T Watermark file Printed with Printed with Printed with Align Top Left Centered option Stretch to Fit option option 2 Save the PICT file inside the Printing Prefs folder To find the Printing Prefs folder open the System Folder on your hard disk then open the Preferences folder The name you save your file as will be the name that appears in the Watermark dialog box Note If you send the watermark to someone they also need any fonts that it uses Desktop printing Use one of the two methods described here to print documents without leaving the Finder Desktop printing is particularly efficient when you have a number of documents you want to print at once or when you have a document that you have already formatted a Drag the icons of the documents you want to print to the desktop icon of the printer you want to use Document CSW 6000 Series Printing From a Mac OS Computer 43 44 Chapter 2 Select the icons of the documents you want to print and then choose Print from the File menu The documents will be printed on the default printer See Switching Between Printers later 1n this chapter In either case the computer will show you the Print dialog box so you can choose printing options Make your choices then
17. hand or you will damage the printer 1 To turn on your printer press the power button The green power light comes on 2 Open the front cover The resume light flashes when the power is on and you open the cover ZZ The carrier moves to the center automatically Do not slide the carrier by hand Note If the carrier does not move automatically to the center try closing the cover and turning the power off Then repeat steps 1 and 2 Setting Up Your Printer 7 8 Chapter 1 WARNING Use only ink designed for use with the Color StyleWriter 6500 Lift both of the ink cartridge latches Ink cartridge latches Grasp each ink cartridge by its sides and carefully remove the tape from the cartridge s print head You may safely touch the the black plastic but be careful not to touch any other part Make sure you remove the tape from both cartridges Slide the ink cartridges down into the carrier and then close the latch over each cartridge Press firmly to snap each latch into place Color ink cartridge Black ink cartridge D ai Ne For the printer to work you must install both ink cartridges MME lt D When you close the cover you can hear the carrier move to the right IMPORTANT lf the orange resume light blinks after you close the cover the ink cartridges are not installed properly Turn the printer off then repeat steps 1
18. in this chapter solves it consult the service and support information that came with the printer for instructions on how to contact an Apple authorized service provider or Apple for assistance If you attempt to repair the Color StyleWriter 6500 yourself any damage you may cause to the printer will not be covered by the limited warranty on your printer Contact an Apple authorized dealer or service provider for additional information about this or any other warranty question Safety precautions To prevent damage to the Color StyleWriter 6500 printer and harm to yourself and other users follow these safety tips Dont touch anything inside the printer except as described in the instructions in this manual Otherwise you may damage delicate mechanical parts m Dont shake ink cartridges Ink can leak out and cause stains 67 m Dont touch the ink opening on an ink cartridge m Dont oil the inside of the printer m Dont attempt to disassemble the printer m Before you unplug the printer make sure it is turned off The green power light should be off Turning the power off ensures that the carrier has returned securely to its home position and the cartridges have been capped m Dont use alcohol to clean the printer General problems and solutions The information that follows should be helpful whether you are using a Mac OS computer or a Windows DOS computer For additional information see Solutions Specific to a Mac OS Com
19. message that appears and click Continue This operation will help you Align the color and black print cartridges with each other We recommend that you align the ink cartridges each time you change one of the cartridges 11 Examine the patterns that appear on the printed page From among the sets of parallel lines choose the horizontal set and the vertical set for which the black and magenta lines are most closely aligned IMPORTANT If you cannot see black lines make sure you have removed the tape from the black ink cartridge If you cannot see magenta lines remove the tape from the color ink cartridge 28 Chapter 2 12 13 14 Choose the number and letter of the best aligned horizontal and vertical lines and click OK Your printer has printed horizontal and vertical Choose the number from alignment patterns Select the best aligned pattern the Horizontal pop up menu Choose the letter from the vertical pop up menu Horizontal Vertical Then click OK The printer prints a second page containing patterns you can use to verify that the alignment is acceptable If the patterns on the second printed page are acceptable click Proceed Your printer has printed a square and a cross Examine each pattern and verify that the black and magenta segments line up If 0 click Proceed and your document will print If the patterns are not aligned click Align Again If the printed patterns are properly al
20. or your ink cartridge is running out of ink Stains appear on printed pages Stains on the backs or tops of printed pages may mean that ink has spilled inside the printer If so the ink can transfer to the rollers and from there to the paper Turn the printer off and unplug it Then open the printer and carefully clean the rollers and platen with a soft dry cloth Ink cartridges run out of ink too quickly To extend the life of your ink cartridges try the following m Select Draft print quality in the Print dialog box whenever you can Dont clean the print head unless necessary m Dont print solid background colors unless necessary Dont print the sample page unless necessary Cleaning the ink cartridges To clean the ink cartridges load plain paper in the paper tray and make sure the printer is turned on Note Do not clean the ink cartridge unnecessarily On a Mac OS computer 1 Choose Print from the File menu 2 Inthe dialog box that appears choose Background Printing from the pop up menu 3 Click the Foreground button if it is not already selected You cannot clean the ink cartridges unless foreground printing is selected Troubleshooting 73 14 4 Click to put an X in this checkbox Try Simple Clean first If the problem persists try one of the other options Chapter 6 Choose Services from the main pop up menu Color tyleWriter 6000 Series J Clean ink cartridges before printing
21. the printer before unplugging it Keep the ink cartridges away from children Keep the printer away from sources of liquid such as washbasins bathtubs and shower stalls m Protect the printer from dampness or wet weather such as rain and snow Read all the installation instructions carefully before you plug the printer into a wall socket Keep these instructions handy for reference by you and others m Follow all instructions and warnings dealing with your computer system Dont use devices that produce open flames such as Bunsen burners near the printer 2 Chapter 1 Don t use alcohol based or ammonia based cleaners on or around the printer Always unplug the printer before cleaning it Clean the outside of the printer with a damp cloth and if necessary a mild soap or detergent Be careful not to get liquid into the printer or the power cord receptacle Watch for these situations and if one occurs pull the plug the power cord or plug becomes frayed or otherwise damaged you spill something into the printer the printer is exposed to rain or any other excess moisture the printer has been dropped or otherwise damaged you suspect that your printer needs service or repair WARNING Electrical equipment may be hazardous if misused Operation of this product or similar products must always be supervised by an adult Do not allow children access to the interior of any electrical product and do not permit th
22. the setting open the PowerBook PowerBook Setup or Express Modem control panel If you have another kind of internal modem you may have a different control panel The control panel and the setting you use depend on which PowerBook you have and which internal modem you have If you have a PowerBook Express Modem it is best to leave the serial port setting as Normal or External unless the modem programs you use require another setting for compatibility reasons IMPORTANT In the Chooser select the combined printer modem port Also make sure AppleTalk is inactive PowerBook computers with two serial ports Even when a PowerBook has two serial ports if it also has an internal modem the modem port may look available but actually be in use If the printer port E is available connect the Color StyleWriter 6500 to it If the printer port is unavailable and you must use the modem port make sure the modem serial port setting is Normal or External To check the setting open the PowerBook PowerBook Setup or Express Modem control panel If you have another kind of internal modem you may have a different control panel The control panel and the setting you use depend on which modem and system software version you have If you have a PowerBook Express Modem it is best to leave the serial port setting as Normal or External For more information see the instructions that came with your PowerBook Aligning the ink cartridges Choose Se
23. through 5 Be sure to press both ink cartridges firmly into place in the carrier Setting Up Your Printer 9 Loading paper into the paper tray The paper tray holds up to 150 sheets of 20 pound paper and feeds the paper automatically into the printer You can load many sizes of paper and other media into the sheet feeder as described in Chapter 4 but to print the sample page as described in the next section use U S letter size or A4 paper To load paper into the sheet feeder follow these steps 1 Slide the paper adjusters out as far as you can Width adjuster Length adjuster 2 Make sure the edges are even on all sides before inserting a stack of paper 10 Chapter 1 Load the paper into the lower tray print side down The wrapper that the paper comes in usually tells which side to print first Slide the paper lengthwise into the tray print side down Setting Up Your Printer 11 12 Printing the sample page To see what your printer can do print the sample page 1 Make sure the printer is turned on 2 With the printer s power light on press and hold the resume button until the orange light goes out The printer prints the sample page your first full color document from your Color Style Writer 6500 Chapter 1 Connecting the printer directly to a Mac OS computer If you want to add the printer to a LocalTalk network see the next section
24. using Increase the amount of memory you give to the program youre printing from by using the Get Info command as explained in the instructions that came with your computer Turn off background printing Stop the print queue Quit all open applications and then start the print queue again In the Page Setup dialog box choose Portrait normal orientation instead of Landscape sideways orientation Print color documents using Grayscale in the Image pop up menu in the Color panel of the Print dialog box Printing in grayscale takes less memory Turn on virtual memory in the Memory control panel Virtual memory is described in the instructions that came with your computer Note Using virtual memory may slow down your computer Obtain additional RAM for your computer This can solve some of these problems and improve printing speed Restart your computer Some software applications retain memory resources even after you have quit the application The only way to recover this memory is to restart Documents did not print as expected If the quality of printing is OK not smeared or incomplete but the result is not as you expected you may have made a mistake in using the printer software For example another user might have previously saved their settings see the Print dialog box and those settings have been applied to your document If you are not getting the results you expect when you print click Revert to Def
25. with three main kinds of fonts TrueType bitmapped and PostScript fonts Two kinds of fonts come with your computer and the Color StyleWriter 6500 printer TrueType and bitmapped However your system can use PostScript fonts as well when it has the proper software installed TrueType fonts A TrueType font is scalable describing a typeface without rigidly specifying a size So it looks good whatever size you choose TrueType fonts provide sharp text at any size on screen or on paper You can mix and match TrueType fonts from various font vendors 89 90 Appendix B TrueType fonts store individual text characters as mathematical descriptions of lines and curves rather than as groups of pixels a bitmap When a program asks for a character in a particular size such as 33 points the computer uses mathematical calculations to enlarge the character s outline to 33 points and fill in the dots for the monitor or printer output Sometimes you ll still get jagged edges when you print a document even when you use a TrueType font In nearly all cases this is because there isn t enough memory available to scale the font properly for printing This may happen for example when youre running several programs at the same time Because you don t need a separate font for each character size in order for your printing to look good as you do with bitmapped fonts TrueType font names don t have numbers in them How does a font look To
26. 10 Index C cables connecting printer to Mac OS computer 13 77 83 connecting printer to Windows computer 17 81 83 connector cables 83 86 LocalTalk cables Mac OS computers 14 15 loose cables Mac OS computers 77 loose cables Windows computers 81 canceling print jobs Mac OS computers 47 77 cards Apple Color Ink Jet Greeting Card Kit 87 printing 61 specifications for 84 carrier for ink cartridges 7 9 cartridges See ink cartridges Chooser Mac OS computers creating desktop printers with 44 46 CSW 6000 Series icon doesn t appear in 75 PowerBook computers and 26 selecting printer in LocalTalk network 25 selecting printer in serial cable connection 24 selecting wrong port in 71 77 choosing print materials 63 64 CIE color standard 103 cleaning the ink cartridges Mac OS computers 73 74 Windows computers 74 cleaning the printer 2 Clean Ink Cartridges command Windows computers 74 Clean option Mac OS computers 73 closing the printer cover 9 CMYK system 101 coated paper 64 65 71 87 color ink cartridge aligning Mac OS computers 27 29 installing 7 9 part number 86 colors best Mac OS computers 65 CIE color standard 103 CMYK system 101 consistency 101 107 look wrong 72 RGB color 101 color settings Mac OS computers 36 37 Color StyleWriter EtherTalk Adapter II 16 87 Color StyleWriter 6000 Series Toolbox See Toolbox application Windows computers Color StyleWriter 6500 printer S
27. 68 69 main features of 1x network name EtherTalk network 16 placement of 4 plugging in 5 ports 13 24 26 preventing damage to 7 resetting 77 78 safety precautions for 1 2 67 68 selecting default printer Mac OS computers 24 26 45 46 selecting default printer Windows computers 52 53 setting up 1 17 sharing Mac OS computers 14 16 slow Mac OS computers 78 specifications for 83 86 spills on 2 status of Mac OS computers 45 turning on and off 6 unpacking 3 4 unplugging 2 weight 85 printer drivers for DOS applications 54 printer icons See desktop printer icons printer port 13 Printer Services tab Windows computers 53 printer settings Mac OS computers 31 38 Windows computers 53 54 printer software downloading from Apple s Web site Mac OS computers 20 installing for Mac OS computers 19 23 installing for Windows computers 49 52 problems with Mac OS computers 76 77 problems with Windows computers 81 reinstalling after system software upgrade Mac OS computers 19 space required for x print head cleaning 73 74 drying out 6 preventing damage to 7 removing tape 8 printing background printing Mac OS computers 47 48 borders Mac OS computers 35 custom size paper 39 41 60 61 deleting print jobs Mac OS computers 47 77 desktop printing Mac OS computers 43 46 documents do not print as expected Mac OS computers 79 81 from DOS applications 54 envelopes 56 58 64 failur
28. D ROM drive skip to the next section Using the Apple Printer Software Collection CD ROM Disc If you do not have a CD ROM drive the Color Style Writer 6000 Series Minimal Printer Software floppy disk that came with your printer contains minimal software that lets you start printing now For instructions on installing the software see the Read Me file you ll find on the floppy disk It is recommended however that you obtain the complete set of software Here are two ways to get the software m Download the complete printer software but not the fonts from Apple s Web site at http www apple com If you have access to a computer with a CD ROM drive the Apple Printer Software Collection CD ROM disc contains special files of the complete set of floppy disks The CD ROM disc also contains a disk duplication application you can use to create your own set of floppy disks from those files See the instructions that accompany the application You cannot simply copy the files to floppy disks you must use the disk duplication application to transfer the information to the floppy disks Note Any software applications or extra fonts from companies other than Apple are available only on the CD ROM disc In addition if you use minimal software you won t be able to use features of the printer software such as watermarks ColorSync color matching and fonts other than those already installed with your system software or in your applicati
29. If you later print the image even using a different computer ColorSync looks at the profile to learn about the capabilities of the scanner you used and automatically picks closely matching colors that your printer can reproduce The profile contains information ColorSync needs to perform color matching such as the lightest and darkest possible tones white point and black point that the device can produce and the maximum supported densities for red green blue cyan magenta and yellow Together these characteristics describe the color gamut or range that a device is capable of capturing displaying or reproducing To take advantage of ColorSync each of the imaging devices you use needs to have its own ColorSync profile When you create images using these devices information from the profile will automatically become part of the image file ensuring that colors are consistent throughout the entire creative process Because ColorSync information becomes part of your output files you don t have to worry about losing the profile or using the wrong profile with the wrong image Additionally ColorSync profiles are in the standard International Color Consortium ICC format recognized by Microsoft Windows Mac OS and other systems When you work with an image that has an embedded ColorSync or CC profile ColorSync identifies the colors that your monitor or printer can reproduce by examining their ColorSync profile It compares their cap
30. ON onen Marie s Test Printer Halftime if i Randy s Color Hardware Test Lab ea i Sue s World Printer Imaging ead i Instructional Products Japan Bal Rename Montana Hed A cf apptetak Active First click to make ieee Inactive AppleTalk active If you want to change the name click Rename In the dialog box that appears type a new name and click Rename Note Anyone on the network can change the name hse Rename Color StyleWriter 6000 Series Current Name Color StyleWriter 6000 Neu Name ikal in Type a new name then click Rename or press Return Printing From a Mac OS Computer 25 26 Chapter 2 Special information for PowerBook owners PowerBook computers may require special setups What you do depends on whether the PowerBook has one or two serial ports on its back panel Note This information is for PowerBook users who connect the printer directly to their computer with a serial cable PowerBook computers with one serial port Some PowerBook computers have a single serial port identified by a combination printer modem icon amp If an internal modem is installed on one of these PowerBook computers the serial port may be in use even though it looks available When you plug in the Color StyleWriter 6500 the PowerBook may not be able to communicate with the printer To make the port available for printing make sure the serial port setting 1s Normal or External To check
31. OneScanner select the Use ColorSync option in the ColorSync Preferences dialog box of the OneScanner Dispatcher software This tells the scanning software to embed information about the Color OneScanner in scanned images Refer to the instructions that came with your application or device to determine if it supports similar options If there s an option to specify a profile or to activate ColorSync be sure to use it Using ColorSync 105 106 Tips for best results Appendix C After you ve made sure ColorSync is installed set the System Profile and set any necessary ColorSync options for your applications you re ready to begin taking advantage of ColorSync Just scan create and print your images or documents as you normally would ColorSync works behind the scenes to ensure consistent color matching The following settings and strategies will help you get the best color results from your system Not all of these tips will apply to the software and devices you may be using but be sure to take advantage of those tips that do Set the gamma curve for your monitor to 1 8 Standard to have the monitor more closely match printed results a Use the ColorSync System Profile control panel in the Apple menu to select the D50 profile for your monitor or Apple Multiple Scan 17 D50 if you can t find a D50 profile for your monitor If you calibrate your monitor you can create a custom profile and select it as the system profi
32. S computers 23 79 Memory control panel Mac OS computers 79 messages error messages Mac OS computers 76 garbled or incorrect messages Windows computers 81 out of memory messages Mac OS computers 78 printer problems and 71 wrong port messages 71 Minimal Printer Software floppy disk Mac OS computers 20 modems port 13 24 26 serial port setting for internal modem 26 77 monitors matching colors Mac OS computers 65 101 105 moving desktop printer icons Mac OS computers 44 moving the ink cartridge carrier 7 multiscan monitor Mac OS computers 65 104 106 N networks connecting the printer to an EtherTalk network Mac OS computers 16 connecting the printer to a LocalTalk network Mac OS computers 14 15 printing problems and Mac OS computers 77 normal printing Mac OS computers 34 O oblique font 97 opening the printer cover 7 operating environment 85 Ordered Printing setting Windows computers 54 orientation page setup for Mac OS computers 30 31 P packing material 3 4 page breaks unexpected Mac OS computers 80 page orientation page setup for Mac OS computers 30 31 pages failing to print Mac OS computers 78 feeding improperly 70 off center printing Mac OS computers 80 range of printing Mac OS computers 33 sample 12 stained 72 Page Setup command Mac OS computers 31 39 page setup dialog box Mac OS computers 31 Page White Gamma option Mac OS computers 65
33. a EEOAE ETAETA a The shinier side should face down Transparencies Use only transparencies designed for this printer a The transparency may have a paper backing or a paper tape on one edge The paper or the tape should face up going into the printer The edge where the paper and transparency are joined or the taped edge of the transparency should go into the paper tray first Envelopes a Make sure the envelope flap is folded down flat The print side should face down withe the flap on top and to the right Labels a T0 prevent misfeeds put about 5 sheets of plain paper under the stack of labels you insert Put the labels in the tray face down a Use the printer software to identify Plain as the paper type For more information about paper sizes and specifications see Appendix A 64 Chapter 5 Quality For highest quality printing use your printer software to choose best quality and print on coated or glossy paper or transparencies Best quality takes longer to print but you get better quality even on plain paper If you have a Mac OS computer ColorSync color matching is turned on by default in the Color StyleWriter 6500 printer software because it gives the best quality If you turned ColorSync color matching off turn it back on for best quality If you have a Windows DOS computer ICM color matching technology is built into your printer driver Color matching will happen automatically Monitor settin
34. a message on the screen tells you a system error has occurred or the mouse and keyboard act as if they re disconnected the computer has crashed If your computer often crashes after you tell it to print a document your printing software may have become corrupted Reinstall the printer software by following the instructions in Installing the Mac OS Printer Software in Chapter 2 The computer doesn t recognize the Color StyleWriter 6500 If you have selected the CSW 6000 Series icon in the Chooser but nothing prints or you get a message that the computer is unable to choose a printer one of the conditions in the list that follows may be the cause Note Before you try to solve the problem double click your desktop printer icon to see if there are any error messages and to check how many print requests are waiting If you repeatedly tried to print a document there may be multiple copies waiting to print You can delete anything you dont want by selecting its title and then clicking the Cancel Printing button See Monitoring and Controlling Background Printing in Chapter 2 a A plug may be loose To make sure that all cables are securely connected turn off the computer and the printer then unplug each end of each cable you want to test and plug it back in For connection instructions see Chapter 1 You may have indicated the wrong port in the Chooser Open the Chooser and change the port selection Look at the back o
35. abilities with those of the system used to create the image as described in the embedded profile and then picks appropriate matching colors For example your monitor may be able to display a vivid red but your printer inks may not be able to produce that color ColorSync determines the next best color for your printer to use ColorSync performs color matching by comparing each profile to an independent color standard ColorSync uses the CIE color standard which describes colors in terms of how they are perceived by the human eye under specific lighting conditions CIE stands for the Commission International de l Eclairage the International Commission on Illumination which created the standard in 1931 Setting up ColorSync To take advantage of ColorSync you need to obtain profiles for each of your imaging devices such as your monitor scanner and color printer ColorSync profiles are usually automatically installed when you install the software for a ColorSync supported device Profiles are stored in the ColorSync Profiles folder inside the Preferences folder in the System Folder If you need to obtain a ColorSync profile contact the manufacturer of your device Ask for either a ColorSync or ICC profile for the specific model of monitor printer or scanner youre using You also need to set a ColorSync System Profile for the Mac OS The ColorSync System Profile is used by ColorSync to determine the color range of your monito
36. andard document Mac OS computers 30 ports connecting printer and Mac OS computer 13 connecting printer and Windows DOS computer 17 81 modem port 24 26 printer port 24 26 selecting wrong port in Chooser Mac OS computers 71 77 serial ports in PowerBook 26 77 postcards printing 61 64 specifications for 84 PostScript fonts compatibility with TrueType fonts 94 description of 91 92 icons 92 specifications 84 PostScript language Mac OS computers 80 91 power disconnecting 5 PowerBook computers internal modem serial port setting 77 printing problems 77 78 setup information for 26 PowerBook Express Modem 26 power button 6 power consumption 86 power cord damaged 2 plugging into printer 5 requirements 86 unplugging 2 5 6 power light 6 27 69 Power Macintosh computers RAM requirements for x virtual memory and 23 precautions safety 1 2 67 68 printable area portrait orientation 85 Print command Mac OS computers 30 33 44 Print dialog box Mac OS computers 31 38 printer Apple supplies and accessories 86 87 changing settings for Windows computers 53 54 cleaning 2 connecting to EtherTalk network Mac OS computers 16 connecting to LocalTalk network Mac OS computers 14 15 connecting to Mac OS computer 13 14 connecting to Windows DOS computer 17 cover 1 7 9 dimensions 85 doesn t appear in list of printers Windows computers 81 failure Mac OS computers 76 77 fonts and 89 100 lights on
37. arlier in this chapter Take the paper out of the paper tray and check it Make sure none of the sheets is curled bent or dog eared Make sure the edges of the stack line up evenly Make sure the paper adjusters arent too snug or too loose The stack should lie flat not bowed Load either envelopes or paper not both into the paper tray Make sure you have inserted envelopes correctly The flaps should lie flat against the envelope the edges should be smoothed flat and no air should be trapped in the envelopes The print side should be down with the flap on the right When loading transparencies the side with the tape or the paper backing should face up The taped edge or the edge where the paper and the transparency are joined should go into the paper tray first Be sure the entire output tray is firmly installed in the printer The printer acts as if its working but nothing is printed on the page If your printer takes the paper but doesn t actually print anything try the following a If the ink cartridge is new make sure that you removed the tape from its print head a Make sure the ink cartridges are correctly installed For instructions see Installing the Ink Cartridges in Chapter 1 The printer may be out of ink or the cartridges need to be cleaned You can check by seeing whether the sample page prints See Printing the Sample Page in Chapter 1 For instructions on cleaning the cartridges se
38. aults Make sure the settings in the Page Setup and Print dialog boxes are what you want and then try printing again For additional help read the subsections that follow Troubleshooting 80 Chapter 6 Text prints jagged Some rotated text may print jagged if you apply a style that has not been defined for the font Try applying plain style to the text Graphic images don t print or they appear jagged Some advanced page layout and art applications use the PostScript page description language a language that the Color StyleWriter 6500 does not understand As long as your applications have a PICT preview option you can print the file on a Color StyleWriter 6500 but the image may appear jagged Also images saved as encapsulated PostScript EPS may appear jagged on all non PostScript printers Whenever possible use a TIFF or PICT version of the image Page breaks change unexpectedly Most applications determine where to break pages by evaluating the information you provide in the Page Setup dialog box Also different types of printers space text in slightly different ways The following actions can cause page breaks to change changing from one type of printer to another changing the paper size in the Page Setup dialog box scaling the document in the Page Setup dialog box changing the orientation in the Page Setup dialog box It s best to choose the printer you want and the Page Setup options you nee
39. ay want to copy only a subset of the software In that case choose Custom Install from the pop up menu in the Installer When a list of choices appears select the items you wish to install then click the Install button Click the letter 7 to the right of any of the choices for information Power Macintosh users and virtual memory If you are using a Power Macintosh computer you may want to turn on virtual memory before you try to print on the Color StyleWriter 6500 Then choose a setting that s at least 1 MB higher than your Available built in memory You can set it higher without any ill effects With this setting you will avoid some potential printing problems Turning on virtual memory also reduces the amount of memory needed by many applications For instructions on turning on virtual memory see the documentation that came with your computer Printing From a Mac OS Computer 23 Using a directly connected Color StyleWriter 6500 First click this icon If necessary use the scroll bar and arrows to find it 4 5 24 Chapter 2 If your printer is connected directly to your computer with a serial cable follow these instructions for selecting it in the Chooser If your printer is connected to a LocalTalk network see the next section Using a Color StyleWriter 6500 on a LocalTalk Network Make sure the printer is turned on Choose Chooser from the Apple menu In the Chooser dialog box click t
40. be registered in certain jurisdictions Classic is a registered trademark licensed to Apple Computer Inc Helvetica Palatino and Times are registered trademarks of Linotype Hell AG and or its subsidiaries ITC Avant Garde ITC Bookman ITC Garamond ITC Lubalin Graph ITC Machine ITC Zapf Chancery and ITC Zapf Dingbats are registered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation Simultaneously published in the United States and Canada Other company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies Mention of third party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance or use of these products Contents Communications regulation information vi Welcome ix 1 Setting Up Your Printer 1 Important safety instructions 1 Unpacking the printer 3 Plugging inthe printer 5 Turning the printer on and off 6 Installing the ink cartridges 7 Loading paper into the paper tray 10 Printing the sample page 12 Connecting the printer directly toa Mac OS computer 13 Connecting to an Apple LocalTalk network optional 14 Connecting the printer to an EtherTalk network 16 Connecting the printer directly to a Windows DOS computer 17 Contents 2 Printing From a Mac OS Computer 19 Installing the Mac OS printer software 19 Power Macintosh users and virtual memory 23 Using a directly connected C
41. d before working on your page breaks A page prints off center This problem may result from one of the following conditions You have selected the wrong paper size in the Page Setup dialog box The margins are set incorrectly in the document you are printing Paper is not placed properly in the paper tray See Paper or Envelopes Feed Improperly earlier in this chapter Text lines up in columns on the screen but not when it prints You may have used spaces rather than tabs to line up the text Because printers and the screen interpret spaces differently the text may fail to line up when you print it Try replacing the spaces with tabs You can also make columns by using spaces with a monospace font such as Courier or Monaco instead of tabs A monospace font is one in which every character has the same width Solutions specific to a Windows DOS computer The onscreen instructions in the Color StyleWriter 6000 Series Toolbox provide step by step solutions for common printing problems If you re using DOS launch either Windows 95 or Windows 3 1 to use the Toolbox The Toolbox is located with the Utilities programs in Windows 95 and Windows 3 1 See Chapter 3 for more information about the Toolbox The list of printers doesn t show the Color StyleWriter 6500 If the printers name doesn t appear in the list of printers the cable connection to the printer may not be working correctly or the printer softwar
42. d icon indicates you have that is not currently chosen Stopped the print queue for printing Default icon indicates the printer Error icon indicates there is an you have currently chosen to a error on this printer Double click print on at the icon to see a message Printing icon indicates a document is printing on this printer Disabled icon indicates this desktop printer is not available ut Switching between printers If you have more than one printer available you must select which printer you want to use The printer you select is called the default printer A bold outline around a desktop printer icon indicates that it is the default printer where all your documents will print until you indicate otherwise A plain outline around a desktop printer icon indicates that it is not the default printer LW You can change the default printer in one of three ways Select the printer by using the Chooser a Drag the document you want to print to a desktop printer icon Select the printer by using its desktop printer icon These are described in the next section If you switch printers you should check your document before you print it to see whether the formatting changed Printing From a Mac OS Computer 45 46 Chapter 2 Select the printer by using the Chooser If you don t have a desktop printer icon for the printer you want to use you must select the printer by using the Chooser The Chooser
43. ders on the CD ending with Disk3 and click OK If your CD ROM drive s letter is E the pathname is E PRINTERS WINDOWS DISK3 When a message asks for the next disk change the disk numeral from 3 to 4 and click OK If your CD ROM drive s letter is E the pathname is E PRINTERS WINDOWS DISK4 Click OK when a message reports that installation is complete For a computer using Windows 3 1 Turn on the printer and computer Be sure to turn on the printer before you turn on the computer otherwise you will not see onscreen installation instructions Turn off disable any screen savers or automatic virus detection applications and close any software applications that are running on your computer Insert the Apple Printer Software Collection CD ROM disc into your CD ROM drive Double click the Program Manager if it is not already open Choose Run from the File menu Click the Browse button At the bottom of the Open window select the CD ROM drive from the Drives menu Printing From a Windows DOS Computer 51 8 Double click the folders named printers windows and disk1 in the Folders list 9 Click OK when the Run window appears with the command line E PRINTERS WINDOWS DISK1 SETUP EXE In this example E is the letter of the CD ROM drive Use the letter for your drive if you type a pathname 10 Click the file named Setup EXE and click OK 11 When the software license appears read it and click Continue
44. e Cleaning the Ink Cartridges later in this chapter Messages appear on your computer screen Most messages that appear on your screen are self explanatory For example they may tell you that the printer is out of paper or that the paper is jammed These messages usually mean what they say Occasionally they appear when you have the wrong port indicated If you have a Mac OS computer see Using a Directly Connected Color StyleWriter 6500 Using a Color Style Writer 6500 on a LocalTalk Network and Special Information for PowerBook Owners in Chapter 2 Print quality is poor Most image problems are caused by problems with an ink cartridge or with your choice of paper Don t use the following types of paper damaged wrinkled or stapled paper multipart forms carbonless carbons glossy paper unless it s especially designed for StyleWriter printers For best print quality use coated or glossy paper If you use plain paper use 16 to 36 pound copier paper 20 pound paper is recommended Plain papers can vary widely If you re not happy with one kind of paper try a different brand Troubleshooting 71 72 Chapter 6 The image is too light or too dark If printing looks fuzzy because it s too light or too dark try the following Clean the cartridges See Cleaning the Ink Cartridges later in this chapter If this doesn t help replace one or both ink cartridges See Instal
45. e fy Merriiqu PostSeript font Mobile font suitcase Monaco font suitcase MT Extra font suitcase MTExt FostScript font Mew York font suitcase Palatina font suitcase San Francisco font suitcase Symbol font suitcase Times font suitcase Eii TimesBol FostScript font IMPORTANT Fonts installed in other folders or in the top level of the System Folder may not work correctly Additionally bitmapped and TrueType fonts stored outside of suitcases may not work correctly Suitcases A font suitcase is a special folder for collections of fonts Courier Suitcases provide a convenient way to organize fonts in the same font family For example it s a good idea to use a single suitcase called Courier for all fonts in the Courier font family all Courier roman fonts as well as fonts with names like Courier Bold and Courier Oblique Using Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 6500 95 96 Appendix B Courier Kind Bl Courier BoldObligue 18 Bl Courier BoldOblique 24 Courier Courier F Courier bold Courier 10 Courier 12 Courier 14 Courier 18 Courier 24 Courier Oblique 10 Courier Oblique 12 Combining suitcases To merge all the fonts from one suitcase with another drag one suitcase on top of the other All the fonts from the dragged suitcase will go into the other and the dragged suitcase will disappear Note To avoid confusion rename a font suitcase whenever you put more fonts into it For exam
46. e Mac OS computers 76 77 index cards 61 64 instructions Mac OS computers 30 38 labels 60 64 from Mac OS computer 19 48 monitoring activity Mac OS computers 47 48 page setup for Mac OS computers 31 poor quality 71 73 postcards 61 quality of Mac OS computers 34 65 quality of Windows computers 54 65 range of pages Mac OS computers 33 return address 56 sample pages 12 speed of 66 83 speed of Mac OS computers 78 switching between printers Mac OS computers 45 transparencies 59 64 troubleshooting 54 67 81 watermarks Mac OS computers 31 32 from Windows DOS computer 49 54 printing icon 45 print materials Apple 84 87 choosing 63 64 cost of 66 loading 55 61 loading into paper tray 10 11 quality of 65 71 recommendations for 84 specifications for 84 Print Quality setting Windows computers 54 print requests monitoring activity of Mac OS computers 47 48 Print Settings dialog box Windows computers 53 54 Index 117 118 Index print settings Mac OS computers 33 34 problems See troubleshooting programs See application programs software Q quality printing 34 54 65 QuickDraw GX software Mac OS computers incompatibility of 19 R RAM See memory range of pages printing Mac OS computers 33 renaming desktop printer icons Mac OS computers 44 renaming network printers Mac OS computers 25 resetting the printer 77 78 resolu
47. e Manager software installed it may have different spacing kerning and so on when opened on a system that doesn t have TrueType fonts or Adobe Type Manager software Keeping two font versions available If you have a TrueType version of a font you don t need a bitmapped version However although keeping both versions of a font takes up more disk space there are several advantages to doing so Bitmapped fonts are hand designed a graphic artist planned each character in each font to look good on a screen TrueType fonts are scaled by the computer to match what you request At smaller point sizes the bitmaps may appear sharper on the screen Additionally scaling fonts takes time sometimes up to several seconds in slower Mac OS based computers but all Mac OS based computers can display a bitmapped font instantly Using Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 6500 e 93 94 TrueType and PostScript fonts PostScript fonts were designed as fonts for PostScript printers The Color Style Writer 6500 wasn t designed to use PostScript However if you have Adobe Type Manager software installed your computer can both display and print PostScript fonts Use different names To avoid confusing the printer software be sure that you don t install both TrueType and PostScript versions of the same font For example do not have a PostScript font file called Times and a TrueType font file called Times installed in your system at the same
48. e computer looks for fonts 94 Where fonts are stored 94 Styled fonts 97 Common questions about fonts 98 Using ColorSync 101 The problem that ColorSync solves 101 How ColorSyne works 102 Setting up ColorSynce 103 Tips for best results 106 For more information 107 Index 109 Contents V vi Communications regulation information FCC statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC rules See instructions if interference to radio or television reception is suspected Radio and television interference The equipment described in this manual generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy If it is not installed and used properly that is in strict accordance with Apple s instructions it may cause interference with radio and television reception This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC rules These specifications are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation You can determine whether your computer system is causing interference by turning it off If the interference stops it was probably caused by the computer or one of the peripheral devices
49. e connector end of the power cord into the printer and then plug the other end into a grounded outlet n IMPORTANT The only way to disconnect power completely is to unplug the power cord Make sure that at least one end of the power cord is within easy reach so that you can unplug the printer in an emergency Setting Up Your Printer 5 Turning the printer on and off To turn on the printer press the power button The green power light glows To turn the printer off press the power button again The power light goes out WARNING Except in an emergency make sure the printer is turned off before you unplug it When the power light is off the power is off If the printer is plugged into a power strip never turn off the power strip unless youve already turned the printer off When you turn off the printer it moves the ink cartridges to the right where it caps the nozzles to keep the ink cartridges from drying out If you unplug the printer or discontinue power before turning it off the printer cant position the cartridges in the capped position the print head may dry out and you ll have to replace the cartridges Chapter 1 Installing the ink cartridges Each ink cartridge contains a print head which sprays the ink onto the paper Treat it gently so you don t damage it WARNING The carrier holds the ink cartridges and moves them back and forth when you are printing a document Dont slide the carrier by
50. e may be damaged or not installed To correct this problem try the following as Make certain that the printer is turned on m Check the cable connections to the printer m Reinstall the printer software following the instructions in Chapter 3 Error messages appear that are garbled or incorrect When your printer is connected to a Windows computer with a bidirectional cable be sure the cable is an IEEE 1284 compliant parallel cable Also check the computer s documentation to see that the parallel port supports bidirectional communication and is set up correctly Troubleshooting 81 Appendix A Technical Information General specifications Marking engine Four color thermal ink jet engine Resolution The resolution differs according to the quality of printing you select It is expressed in horizontal by vertical dots per inch dpi Best Black 600 x 600 dpi Best Color 300 x 300 dpi on glossy paper or on transparencies 600 x 300 dpi on plain paper or coated Normal Black 300 x 300 dpi Normal Color 300 x 300 dpi Draft Black 300 x 300 dpi Draft Color 300 x 300 dpi Actual printing speed Up to 8 pages per minute for black and white Up to 4 pages per minute for color Connector cable Apple System Peripheral 8 cable for a Mac OS computer High quality bidirectional parallel printer cable for a Windows DOS computer 83 84 Appendix A Interface LocalTalk High speed serial RS
51. e settings for printing future documents click here Note The 13 monitor uses the default system profile If you are using a different monitor you should open the ColorSync control panel and select the correct system profile for your monitor or PowerBook display For the best color you need to choose a specific profile for your monitor In the ColorSync control panel choose the D50 profile for your monitor If there is no D50 profile available for your monitor choose Apple Multiple Scan 17 D50 The D50 profile gives you better colors For more information on ColorSync see Appendix C Background printing settings in the Print dialog box With background printing on you can continue to work on your computer while printing on the Color StyleWriter 6500 For more information see Monitoring and Controlling Background Printing later in this chapter Color tyleWriter 6000 Series Background Printing Printin O Foreground Background Print Time gt Urgent O Normal w Print at 2 25 97 5 31 PM Put document on hold Save Settings Revert to Defaults To return to the default printer settings click here If you choose Foreground Printing your computer will only print your job you won t be able to work on other tasks until the printing is complete If you choose Background Printing you can work on other tasks while your computer prints Printing From a Mac OS Computer 37 38 Service
52. e the paper adjusters out as far as you can Put a stack of up to 15 envelopes in the printer If the envelopes are thick reduce the number in the stack Load the envelopes print side down with the flap against the Si of the printer Loading Paper and Other Materials 57 If you are using an application that includes settings for printing envelopes follow the application s instructions for setting up the address and placing the envelope in the printer 4 Slide the paper adjusters in so they touch the edges of the stack of envelopes 5 Use your printer software to start printing 58 Chapter 4 Printing transparencies For best results use Apple Color Ink Jet Transparency Film or transparencies designed for ink jet printers 1 Use the printer software on your computer to choose transparency as the paper type 2 Insert the transparencies into the paper tray shiny side down with the joined edge into the paper tray first lf the transparency has a paper tape Strip load that end first with the tape side up lf the transparency has a paper backing load it paper side up The edge where the paper and transparency are joined should go into the printer first Single layer transparency Paper backed transparency 3 Slide the paper adjusters in so they touch the edges of the stack 4 Use your printer software to start printing In printing transparencies
53. ed PostScript EPS files Mac OS computers 80 envelopes feeding improperly 70 loading 56 58 printing single 56 64 printing stack of 57 58 specifications for 84 EPS encapsulated PostScript files Mac OS computers 80 error icon 45 error messages See messages EtherTalk network Mac OS computers 16 87 extra bold font 97 F Flip Horizontal setting Windows computers 54 fonts Mac OS computers Apple classic 98 99 bitmapped 90 91 92 93 common questions about 98 100 corrupted 75 downloading 99 families in suitcases 95 96 missing 98 mixing 94 names of 94 PostScript 91 92 94 printer and 89 100 problems 75 purchasing 98 search order on computers 94 specifications for 84 storage of 94 96 stored in System Folder 94 95 styled fonts 97 substitution 99 supported 89 Times variations 99 TrueType 89 90 92 94 types of 89 92 watermarks and 43 font suitcases Mac OS computers 95 96 foreground printing Mac OS computers 37 73 frequency specifications 86 front cover closing 9 opening 7 G Get Info command Mac OS computers 79 glossy paper Apple Color Ink Jet Glossy paper 87 avoiding ink smears on 72 print quality 65 71 84 special instructions 64 graphic images problems printing Mac OS computers 80 Grayscale option Mac OS computers 36 79 Grayscale Printing setting Windows computers 53 H hard disk space requirements x hardware requirements x horizo
54. ed information on printing specific kinds of documents such as envelopes index cards and transparencies see Chapter 4 Installing the Windows printer software Before you can print your documents you need to install the printer software on your computer The Apple Printer Software Collection CD ROM disc that comes with the Color StyleWriter 6500 contains this printer software Follow the procedures below to install the new printing software you need plus the fonts that come with the printer For a computer using Windows 95 1 Turn on the printer and computer Be sure to turn on the printer before you turn on the computer otherwise you will not see onscreen installation instructions 49 50 Chapter 3 Turn off disable any screen savers or automatic virus detection applications and close any software applications that are running on your computer Insert the Apple Printer Software Collection CD ROM disc into your CD ROM drive Click Start and then click Settings Choose Printers from the Settings menu Double click Add Printer Click Next until you see a list of manufacturers and printer models Click the Have Disk button Click the Browse button At the bottom of the Open window select the CD ROM drive from the Drives menu Double click the folders named printers windows and disk1 in the Folders list IMPORTANT Be sure to make a note of the path to the correct folder on your computer You must ty
55. ee printer ColorSync Mac OS computers 101 107 color matching system 36 37 65 101 103 profiles of imaging devices 104 106 publications and Internet resources for 107 setting up 103 105 tips for using 106 troubleshooting 72 turning on 36 ColorSync System Profile control panel 104 105 106 commands Mac OS computers Default Printer command Printing menu 46 Get Info command File menu 79 Make Alias command File menu 44 Page Setup command File menu 31 39 Print command File menu 30 33 44 computer connecting printer to Mac OS computers 13 14 connecting printer to Windows DOS computers 17 crashing Mac OS computers 76 failure to recognize printer Mac OS computers 76 77 messages appearing on Mac OS computers 71 messages appearing on Windows computers 71 81 restarting to solve problems Mac OS computers 78 79 search order for fonts Mac OS computers 94 connecting the printer to an EtherTalk network Mac OS computers 16 to a LocalTalk network Mac OS computers 14 15 toa Mac OS computer 13 14 to a Windows DOS computer 17 connector box LocalTalk 14 15 connector cable part number 86 specifications for 83 copies print settings for Mac OS computers 33 corrupted fonts removing Mac OS computers 75 costs ink 66 printing materials 116 cover closing 9 opening 7 safety instructions 1 CSW 6000 Series icon 22 75 Custom Install Mac OS computers 23 custom size paper printing on 60 61 p
56. elopes 4 375 x 5 75 111 mm x 146 mm a US Monarch envelopes 3 885 x 7 5 984 mm x 190 05 mm DL envelopes 4 33 x 8 66 220 mm x 110 mm a US Card 4x6 4 x 6 101 61 mm x 152 4 mm a US Card 5x8 5 x 8 127 mm x 203 2 mm m A6 card 41 x 5 83 105 mm x 148 5 mm a Hagaki card 39 x 5 8 100 mm x 148 mm Printable area in inches and millimeters mm Maximum printable line in portrait normal orientation 8 203 2 mm Dimensions in inches and millimeters mm a Height 8 9 226 mm a Width 17 5 444 mm a Depth 15 6 396 mm Weight m Approximately 14 3 pounds 6 5 kilograms Operating environment Temperature a 5 to 40 C 41 to 104 F Altitude a 10 000 feet Storage environment Temperature a 40 to 60 C 40 to 140 F Altitude a 10 000 feet Technical Information e 85 86 Power consumption Operating 10 watts maximum when off a 5 5 watts maximum nonprinting a 48 watts maximum when printing Electrical specifications a Input voltage 100 VAC to 240 or 10 a Frequency 50 60 Hertz Hz or 3 Hz Power requirements for AC power cord The electrical requirements vary depending on the country for which your model was manufactured Apple printer supplies and accessories Appendix A If you have trouble finding any of the following products the part numbers may help you describe them to the dealer Note however that part numbers someti
57. em Profile To set the System Profile follow these steps Make sure the profile you want to use is located in the ColorSync Profiles folder This folder is located in the Preferences folder in your System Folder Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu and open the ColorSync System Profile control panel The ColorSync System Profile control panel appears Colorsync System Profile Set Profile Apple 13 RGE Standard Click Set Profile A dialog box appears with a list of ColorSync profiles installed on your computer 4 Click the profile you want to use Select New System Profile Colorsync Profiles Y ac HD 80 Apple Multiple Scan 15 ar Apple Multiple Scan 17 93500 2 Apple Multiple Scan 17 D50 Apple Multiple can 17 065 Apple Multiple Scan 1705 F Apple Multiple Scan 20 9300 Apple Multiple Scan 20 050 gt Apple Multiple can 17 050 Select the D50 profile for your monitor or Apple Multiple Scan 17 D50 if you cant find a D50 profile for your monitor Click Select ColorSync automatically references the profile you selected and uses it to define the color capabilities of your monitor Close the ColorSync System Profile control panel Setting other ColorSync profiles Some programs and printer software might require that you do something special such as turning on an option in order to take advantage of ColorSync For example to use ColorSync with the Apple Color
58. em to handle any cables Unpacking the printer 1 Remove everything from the shipping box but leave the ink cartridges in their packages Floppy disk Cs CD ROM disc Color cartridge Black cartridge 2 Remove the tape and packing material from the outside of the printer Setting Up Your Printer e 3 3 Open the printer s cover and remove the packing material from the inside of the printer There are three white plastic pieces inserted inside of the printer Remove the two large pieces that are across the top of the carriage Then follow the next step to remove the third smaller piece 4 Slide the carrier to the right and remove the white plastic carrier restraint First slide the carrier to the right Then remove the packing material Save the carton and the packing material in case you ever need to ship the printer 5 Close the printer s cover 6 Place the printer in your work area Choose a location near your computer that has an electrical outlet and good ventilation is out of direct sunlight never gets damp or very hot or very cold and is away from devices that could cause electromagnetic interference such as stereo speakers or cordless telephone transmitters Do not place the printer on a slanted surface See Appendix A Technical Information for specific information about the physical requirements of your printer 4 Chapter 1 Plugging in the printer Plug th
59. er 2 Traditionally a watermark is a translucent image impressed on a piece of paper that you can see only by holding the paper up to the light The Color Style Writer 6500 can t do that but it can put an image on each page of your document creating the illusion of a watermark The Color StyleWriter 6500 comes with a number of watermarks already installed and you can create more You can use any program that can save PICT or PICT2 format files to create your own watermarks For example you can create a watermark with your company s logo on it Create the file with a drawing program or any program that can save PICT or PICT2 files Here are some tips for making effective watermarks m Make the watermark with saturated colors When you print a document you can use the Density control to make the watermark lighter As you draw the image keep in mind how the watermark scaling options affect the placement of the image when it is printed N N N BS Watermark file Printed with Printed with Printed with Align Top Left Centered option Stretch to Fit option option a The printing software determines the placement of the watermark based on where it calculates the upper left and lower right corners of the image are If you want to have more control over the placement you can use your drawing program to place a dot above and to the left of the image in the watermark file to
60. essage tells you that installation was not successful check to make sure you turned off virus detection software If that doesn t work try removing corrupted fonts described in the next subsection Removing items from your Fonts folder to solve installation problems Items in your current Fonts folder can interfere with successful installation of the printer software To correct the problem follow these steps 1 Quit all programs you are currently running 2 Open the Fonts folder inside the System Folder on your computer 3 Drag the following files out of the Fonts folder You may not have all these files in your Fonts folder Take out only the files with exactly these names a Avant Garde m Bookman m Delphian a Garamond Narrow Helvetica Black and Helvetica Compressed a Lubalin Graph Lucida Bright Machine a N Helvetica Narrow Troubleshooting 75 76 Chapter 6 a Nadianne New Century Schlbk a Old English Text a Onyx a Oxford m Swing a Zapf Chancery m Zapf Dingbats a Zeal You can put the fonts temporarily into a new folder and drag the folder to your desktop Then after you install the Color StyleWriter 6500 software including these fonts you can drag the temporary folder to the Trash Repeat the software installation procedure in Chapter 2 For more details about fonts see Appendix B The computer crashes while attempting to print When a computer suddenly stops working either
61. est a bitmapped character your computer looks for an installed bitmapped font in the size you specified See How the Computer Looks for Fonts later in this appendix If it can t find that font your computer tries to construct one by scaling a size that it does find In most cases scaled bitmapped fonts don t look nearly as good as preinstalled ones Such scaling is one reason for the jagged edges sometimes called Jaggies you ll see on your screen or in a printed document when you request an uninstalled size for example 17 point Geneva Bitmapped fonts are designed on grids of 72 dots per inch dpi the standard Mac OS based computer screen resolution Because of their correspondence to the standard screen resolution bitmapped fonts in preinstalled sizes always look great on your display When you print a bitmapped font it prints at a resolution of 72 dpi Because most modern printers can print at resolutions far better than this your Color StyleWriter 6500 prints at 300 dpi or better printed bitmapped fonts almost always have jagged edges or stairstep sides Fortunately the computer can use bitmapped fonts in combination with other font formats reserving bitmaps for the screen and other kinds of fonts for the printer PostScript fonts PostScript is a page description language that defines the characters symbols and images that appear on each page of a document A PostScript font comes as a pair of fonts a
62. ew Custom Paper Size List Paper Sizes To create a custom paper size click New Modify Printing From a Mac OS Computer 39 40 Type a name for the custom paper here Choose the unit of measure you want and then type the dimensions Chapter 2 In the Custom Paper Size Info dialog box enter the settings you want The minimum paper size you can use is 3 93 by 5 7 100 mm by 144 mm The maximum paper size is 8 5 by 14 216 mm by 356 mm Custom Paper Size Info Units ZL E Height ft etter nvelope Choose the appropriate setting from the Kind pop up menu When you ve made the selections you want click Save In the Custom Paper Size List dialog box click Done Custom Paper Size List Paper Sizes My Personal Envelopes Dimensions 6 5 by 11 To change a custom size select its name and click Modify To delete a custom size select its name and click Remove 6 Before you print a document on the custom paper you have specified be sure you also choose the appropriate setting from the Paper Type pop up menu Color tyleWriter 6000 Series Paper Type Quality Y Paper Type Plain Premium Coated Print Quality Transparency T Shirt Transfer Glossy To get to the Paper Type pop up menu choose Print from the File menu and then choose Paper Type Quality from the main pop up menu Printing From a Mac OS Computer 41 42 Creating your own watermarks Chapt
63. f DOS applications supply printer drivers The table below lists some commonly used DOS applications and their recommended printer drivers If you don t use these applications contact the manufacturer of the application you are using to obtain a compatible printer driver DOS application Version Recommended printer driver WordPerfect 5 1 5 14 6x HP DeskJet 600 660C or 850C pE N PREA 0 EAE RS o boda 0 EE AS EEA Lows w ee a 7 E EEIE ee PEEL T E EAT ENE us r 7 i a en a EEOAE o hes eerie If you have trouble printing Chapter 3 If you have problems printing a document refer to the Color Style Writer 6000 Series Toolbox which is installed automatically with your other printer software The Toolbox contains instructions for the primary printing tasks as well as step by step help for a number of problems that might occur when printing If you re using DOS launch either Windows 3 1 or Windows 95 to use the Toolbox Loading Paper and Other Materials This chapter explains how to load the paper or other materials you want for printing on your Color StyleWriter 6500 If you haven t yet connected your printer to your computer see Chapter 1 For instructions on printing from a Mac OS computer see Chapter 2 For instructions on printing from a Windows DOS computer see Chapter 3 The key areas that affect page layout are paper size type and orientation When youve finished setting your options click the OK button to
64. f the computer to see whether you plugged the printer into the computer s printer port E or modem port If your computer is not connected to a network turn off AppleTalk in the Chooser If you are trying to use a printer on a network and the printer name isn t listed in the Chooser make sure that the printer is turned on and connected to the network Then try again to select the printer in the Chooser a If the printer is on a LocalTalk network someone may have given it a new name You may be using the wrong printer software Make sure you installed the software as described in Chapter 2 Also be sure you have selected the printer as described in Using a Directly Connected Color Style Writer 6500 or Using a Color StyleWriter 6500 on a LocalTalk Network also in Chapter 2 m If youre using a PowerBook computer with an internal modem change the serial port setting to Normal or External For additional information see Special Information for PowerBook Owners in Chapter 2 The printer may need to be reset Turn the printer off count to five then turn it back on If you still can t resolve the problem the printer may not be working properly See the information about service and support that came with your printer Troubleshooting T1 78 Chapter 6 A PowerBook has trouble printing to the Color StyleWriter 6500 Some PowerBook computers have special requirements for printing See
65. gs for a Mac OS computer For the best color you need to choose a specific profile for your monitor In the ColorSync control panel choose the D50 profile for your monitor If there is no D50 available for your monitor choose Apple Multiple Scan 17 D50 The D50 profile gives you better colors For the best visual match between the colors on your monitor and printed colors select the Page White Gamma option in the Monitors control panel or in the Monitors and Sound control panel On a multiscan monitor make sure that the color temperature or intensity is set to 9300 K the default setting See the monitor manual for instructions If you select the Page White Gamma option with a color temperature other than 9300 K your monitor colors could look too red or too blue compared to printed colors Tips on Paper Quality Speed and Cost 65 66 Speed Cost Chapter 5 For faster printing choose Paper Type Quality from the main pop up menu in the Print dialog box Then select draft quality Color printing takes longer than black only printing To reduce the amount of ink you use choose Paper Type Quality from the main pop up menu in the Print dialog box Then select draft quality Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to some problems that you may encounter while using your Color StyleWriter 6500 printer WARNING If you have a problem with your Color Style Writer 6500 printer and nothing presented
66. he appropriate items to select them S S Chooser Then click one of these icons to indicate which port you connected the printer to the printer port E or the modem port s If your computer is a PowerBook see Special Information for PowerBook Owners later in this chapter Hacsz3 CSW 6000 Series Laser Writer Rename Ca Active jm Inactive AppleTalk Close the Chooser by clicking the close box in its upper left corner Notice the new desktop printer icon for the Color StyleWriter 6500 After you close the Chooser a desktop printer icon for the Color StyleWriter 6500 appears on the desktop CSW 6000 Series Using a Color StyleWriter 6500 on a LocalTalk network Second click this icon If necessary use the scroll bar and arrows to find it 4 If your printer is connected to a LocalTalk network follow these instructions to select it in the Chooser and to rename it Make sure the printer is turned on Select Chooser from the Apple menu In the Chooser dialog box click the appropriate items to select them Once the printer is on the network its name appears in the Chooser just like the names of other network printers Chooser Select a Stylewriter To m AppleShare CSW 4000 Series BA Carol s Color Printer Third click the name of your printer on this list CSW on Network i Diane s Office Printer Elizabeth s CSW Eric s Department Printer Jim s Private CSW ARET
67. igned click Proceed To repeat the process click Align Again Click OK in the remaining dialog boxes You have finished aligning the ink cartridges in your printer Printing From a Mac OS Computer 29 30 Quick instructions for printing standard documents Chapter 2 Follow the instructions in this section to print a standard document standard paper size 8 5 by 11 in the United States plain paper portrait page orientation so when you look at the printed page it is longer than it is wide no special effects and normal print quality Assuming you have already selected the printer in the Chooser as described earlier in this chapter and that the printer is filled with standard paper you need only follow these steps While the document is in an active window choose Print from the File menu The Print dialog box opens on your screen Click the Print button After a few moments the document starts to print If background printing is turned on you can continue working while the document is printing You can also monitor and control the documents that are waiting to print See Monitoring and Controlling Background Printing later in this chapter Detailed instructions for printing documents If you want a watermark on every page choose Watermark from this pop up menu To take advantage of the special features of the Color StyleWriter 6500 follow these steps If you haven t already selec
68. immed The ColorSync color matching system makes sure that colors look as consistent as possible no matter what device you use to view them monitor or printer In addition ColorSync helps give you the best possible colors when you export the image to another Mac OS based computer with ColorSync installed or print it on another color printer With ColorSync turned on and the Automatic matching method selected the computer chooses the best matching method for the contents of the document you are printing With Automatic matching the matching method varies from object to object on each page to ensure the best matching for each object If you are not satisfied with the results you can choose the option you want from the Matching Method pop up menu Most of the time however the Automatic setting is best ROM ee AUT Oma tic Photographic Business Graphics If you have obtained additional printer profiles from other software companies you can use the Printer Profile pop up menu to choose the one you want The additional profiles should come with instructions telling you how to choose the appropriate one Automatic lets the computer choose the best color matching method for your document Printer Profile If you don t have additional printer profiles leave this set to Automatic Choose to print this document in the foreground or background Unless you save the setting it applies to this document only To save thes
69. in pop up menu Color tyleWriter 6000 Series General Paper Typer Quality Layout Color Background Printing Services J te J Print Quality Normal Paper Type Plain Pages per Sheet Image gt Color ColorSyne Automatic Print In Background To return to the default printer settings click here Note Clicking the Save Settings or Revert to Default buttons in any of the Print Dialog panels saves or reverts to default the settings for all the panels You cannot save copies page ranges cartridge cleaning options or alignment options Settings from within an application will not be saved Printing From a Mac OS Computer 33 6 When you have chosen the printer settings you want click Print For your convenience the Print button is available in any dialog box you use On the next few pages of this manual you ll find explanations of the options available from the Print dialog box Paper Type Quality Layout Color Background Printing and Services Paper Type Quality settings in the Print dialog box Color tyleWriter 6000 Series Paper Type Quality For highest quality printing choose Best ss one I For faster printing choose Draft Normal or Draft Draft is faster than Normal Paper Type Look here to see the effects of the quality Option you choose Save Settings Revert to Defaults Color S tyleWriter 6000 Series te Paper Type Quality Paper Type Plain Premi
70. int job for a job select its icon select its icon and and click the clock click the Trash icon qs color StyleWriter 6000 Series SEE 1 item Default Printer Fage 1 of 1 Copies 1 The document currently printing Print Time test 3 print Normal i Documents test 4 print Normal waiting to print Decide what you d like to do To delete a print job select its title or icon by clicking it then click the Trash icon You can also drag the icon for the document to the Trash on your desktop Note that these methods delete only the print job not the document itself To puta print request on hold select its title or icon by clicking it then click the pause button The print request will stay on hold until you select its title again and click the resume button You can also put the print request that s currently printing on hold by dragging it to the list of documents waiting to print Printing From a Mac OS Computer 47 48 Chapter 2 To indicate that a print request is urgent select its title or icon by clicking it then click the small clock In the dialog box that appears click Urgent This moves the print request to the top of your list To indicate that a print request should not print until a future time select its title or icon by clicking it then click the small clock In the dialog box that appears click At Time then set the time and date you want To sort the list of items waiting to print clic
71. k do not come with defined styles If you open the Chicago font suitcase you see only one file _ gt Chicago z i item S84MBindisk 166 A m Chicago You can apply a style to a font like this by making a choice from the appropriate menu Fonts Style Format or some similar menu depending on the application program A font predesigned with a given style nearly always looks better than a font with a computer generated derived style About style names Predesigned styled fonts sometimes have names you may not be familiar with For example roman refers to a font without styling or plain Oblique is similar to italic Light demi and extra are different kinds of bold Using Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 6500 97 98 Common questions about fonts Appendix B Here are some questions that often come up about fonts What kind of fonts should buy Using a font that has both bitmapped and TrueType versions works best The bitmapped version looks great on the screen and the TrueType fonts print beautifully on the Color Style Writer 6500 Avoid bitmapped fonts that don t have TrueType versions because they print with jagged edges on the Color StyleWriter 6500 By contrast TrueType fonts work well even if you don t have a bitmapped version If you have a PostScript printer or Adobe Type Manager PostScript fonts look great on paper The Color StyleWriter 6500 is not a PostScript printer Why don t all
72. k the title of the column you want to sort by For example to sort by the name of the document click Document Name You can also sort by choosing the commands in the View menu The column title you sorted by is underlined Sorting the items does not change the order in which they will print To see and change that order sort by Print Time To change the order of the items waiting to print click the words Print Time and then change the items place in the list by dragging their titles To temporarily stop all your items from printing on this printer choose Stop Print Queue from the Printing menu To resume using the printer choose Start Print Queue from the Printing menu If youre using a PowerBook this can be a good way to save print requests while youre on the road until you get back to your printer To move a print request from one printer to another printer of the same type drag the icon for the print request to the icon of the printer where you want to move it If you re not sure whether the two printers are of the same type try moving the print request anyway the printer software won t let you move a print request to an incompatible printer Printing From a Windows DOS Computer This chapter explains how to install the Color StyleWriter 6000 Series printer software and start printing If you haven t yet connected your printer to your computer see Chapter 1 If you have a Mac OS computer see Chapter 2 For detail
73. lation in work area 4 virtual memory memory problems and Mac OS computers 79 Power Macintosh computers and 23 virus detection software turning off Mac OS computers 21 23 75 Windows computers 50 51 voltage specifications 86 W X Y Z warranty 67 watermarks Mac OS computers creating 42 43 printing 31 32 Web site See Apple Web site width adjuster 10 57 Windows DOS computers cleaning ink cartridge 74 connecting the printer to 17 82 83 error messages garbled or incorrect 81 ICM color matching technology and 65 installing printer software for 49 52 printer doesn t appear in list of printers 81 printing from 49 54 selecting default printer 52 53 system requirements for printer x Toolbox application for 53 54 troubleshooting 54 81 Windows 95 operating system installing printer software for 49 51 running the Toolbox application 53 selecting default printer 52 Windows 3 1 operating system installing printer software for 51 52 running the Toolbox application 53 selecting default printer 53 work area locating printer in 4 The Apple Publishing System This Apple manual was written edited and produced on a desktop publishing system using Apple Macintosh computers and QuarkXPress Technical illustrations were drawn in Adobe Illustrator screen shots were created and modified with system software ExposurePro and Adobe Photoshop Final pages were output using PostScript technology Text type is Time
74. le instead See Monitors amp Sound Guide or the Monitors amp Sound doc pdf file for more information on creating custom ColorSync profiles m When printing in color be sure to select the ColorSync option In the Page Setup dialog box click the Options button and select ColorSync from the Color Matching pop up menu If your scanning program has a ColorSync option use it This embeds a ColorSync profile within the scanned image file and ColorSync will be better able to reproduce the original colors on your monitor and printer m Dont try to use two color matching systems at once on your computer Some applications install other color matching systems These should either be removed or disabled if you want to use ColorSync For more information To learn more about ColorSync or color matching and color technology in general refer to these publications and resources Publications Advanced Color Imaging on the Mac OS Apple Computer Inc Addison Wesley Developers Press ISBN 0 201 48949 X ColorSync 2 0 White Paper at gopher info apple com Internet resources Apple Imaging Web site at http imaging apple com Apple Technical Information Library at http til info apple com International Color Consortium at http www color org ColorSync plug ins for use with Adobe Photoshop Macintosh Utilities section of the Apple Software Updates page on the Apple Support and Information Web site at http www info apple com Using C
75. ling the Ink Cartridges in Chapter 1 for instructions Make sure you ve chosen the correct paper type in the Print dialog box Try printing on a different kind of paper Try choosing Best print quality in the Print dialog box The ink smears when rubbed Don t handle pages before the printer drops them into the output tray If you are printing one page on glossy paper or on transparency film then wait several minutes before handling it If you are printing several documents on glossy paper or on transparency film carefully remove each sheet by the edges as it is printed and let it dry for a few minutes Colors don t look right on the printed page Try the following Print a sample page to see if you ve run out of ink For instructions see Printing a Sample Page in Chapter 1 Clean the cartridges See Cleaning the Ink Cartridges later in this chapter If this doesn t help replace one or both ink cartridges See Installing the Ink Cartridges in Chapter for instructions If you re using a Mac OS computer be sure that ColorSync is turned on See Appendix C for more information Use a different type of paper Make sure you ve selected the paper youre printing on from the Paper Type pop up menu in the Page Setup dialog box Unwanted horizontal white lines or stripes appear Problems with print quality especially horizontal white lines in your document may mean a nozzle on the print head is clogged
76. mapped fonts Mac OS computers running System 7 come with both bitmapped screen fonts and TrueType fonts installed This maintains consistency with documents created on Mac OS systems that don t have TrueType fonts Courier Bitmapped fonts look better displayed on the monitor while TrueType fonts look better on a high resolution printer such as the Color StyleWriter 6500 So if you have both versions of the font available your computer uses the bitmapped version when displaying the font on the screen provided that the size youre using is available and the TrueType version when printing the font on the Color StyleWriter 6500 To force the computer to use only TrueType fonts everywhere you must remove the bitmapped fonts For example if a document uses 12 point Times available in that size as a bitmapped font and as a TrueType font the system uses the bitmapped font on the screen and the TrueType font on the printer If a document uses 4 point Times the system scales the TrueType font to that size for both the screen and the printer because a bitmapped version isnt available Using only TrueType fonts produces a closer match between the appearance of type on the screen and on paper However a document youve already created with bitmapped fonts will be reformatted with the corresponding TrueType fonts and line breaks in the document may change Similarly if a document is created on a system that has TrueType fonts or Adobe Typ
77. mes change as products are enhanced Ink cartridges a Color ink cartridge M5659G A a Black ink cartridge M5658G A Connector cable a Apple System Peripheral 8 cable MQ197LL Printing materials Apple offers a complete line of high quality specialty ink jet papers for use in your printer These papers are specially designed to make your output look sharper brighter and more vibrant Look for them at an Apple authorized dealer Apple Color Ink Jet Transparency Film Apple Color Ink Jet Premium Coated Paper m Apple Color Ink Jet Glossy Paper m Apple Color Ink Jet Greeting Card Kit Available Options a LocalTalk connecting kit M1657Z A a LocalTalk connecting kit M2068LL B a StyleWriter EtherTalk Adapter IT M6089LL A Where can you obtain these supplies and accessories See any Apple authorized dealer In the U S call 1 800 538 9696 for the location of the dealer nearest to you Technical Information 87 Kinds of fonts Appendix B Using Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 6500 A font is a collection of letters numbers and symbols in a distinctive typographic design Your Mac OS computer and Color StyleWriter 6500 printer come with a variety of fonts that look great both on your monitor and on paper Fonts come in such a variety of formats that problems can sometimes arise This appendix provides the information you need to avoid such problems and to solve them if they come up The Mac OS computer works
78. n outline font for the printer and a corresponding bitmapped font for displaying type on your screen No bitmapped font no menu entry If your system doesn t have the bitmapped font the PostScript font name won t appear in your font menu Using Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 6500 91 92 Certain printers are designed specifically to work with PostScript fonts While your Color StyleWriter 6500 is not a PostScript printer it can use PostScript fonts if you have Adobe Type Manager software installed Adobe Type Manager uses printer fonts to generate clean looking screen text at any size This software is included with some installations of system software 7 5 It is available from your local Apple authorized dealer for version 7 1 IMPORTANT Adobe Type Manager is not an Apple product It is made and supported by Adobe Systems Incorporated Only the version that comes with Apple Macintosh system software version 7 5 is supported by Apple PostScript printer fonts have no numbers associated with their names because a single font can be scaled to any size Many companies make PostScript fonts the following illustration shows icons for Adobe Bitstream and Fontek PostScript fonts plus a generic PostScript font icon amp ll e How TrueType fonts work with other kinds of fonts Appendix B Although TrueType fonts offer distinct advantages your Color StyleWriter 6500 printer can also use other kinds of fonts TrueType and bit
79. ns see Installing the Ink Cartridges in Chapter 1 m The front cover may be open Make sure it is closed There may be no paper in the lower paper tray Load paper and press the resume button m The printer may need to be reset Press and release the resume button Paper is jammed Occasionally a piece of paper may get stuck inside the printer during the printing process To clear a paper jam follow these steps If necessary open the front cover to see where the jam is Gently pull the paper free To advance any remaining paper press and release the resume button Turn off the printer then turn it on again Troubleshooting 69 70 Chapter 6 Paper or envelopes feed improperly If paper tears gets skewed or comes through the printer crumpled it may not be entering the printer properly Try the following Make sure you have loaded the paper correctly paying special attention to both paper adjusters For instructions on loading plain paper see Loading Paper Into the Paper Tray in Chapter 1 For instructions on loading other materials see Chapter 4 Do not overload the paper tray If you use heavier paper fewer sheets will fit in the paper tray Keep at least a 1 4 inch 6 mm stack of paper in the paper tray Too few sheets can cause paper to feed improperly Do not force paper into the paper tray Try to remove any torn or damaged pieces of paper from the printer See Paper Is Jammed e
80. nt to print your document If a printer has sufficient memory it can hold more than one downloaded font otherwise it must request the fonts it needs as necessary This can be a time consuming process Some printers have hard disks attached to them for holding downloaded fonts A printer can get the fonts from its hard disk more quickly than it can download them from the computer s hard disk Your Color StyleWriter 6500 printer cannot receive downloaded fonts Instead your computer composes the entire image and then sends it to your Color Style Writer 6500 for printing Appendix C Using ColorSync Mac OS computers use ColorSync to help make sure that the colors you see on your monitor closely match the colors you get on your printers scanners and other devices Because ColorSync works behind the scenes you don t have to know anything about it All you need to do is initially set it up This appendix describes how ColorSync works and how to configure your monitor and computer to take advantage of it The problem that ColorSync solves Providing consistent color with desktop computers is a technical challenge because different color devices use different methods for representing color and they produce different ranges of colors For example the colored light on your monitor is very different from the colored inks your printer uses Different color devices also create color using different methods Monitors and most scanners p
81. ntal lines print quality problems 73 How Do I tab Windows computers 53 ICM color matching technology Windows computers 65 icons Mac OS computers bitmapped font icon 91 CSW 6000 Series icon 22 75 default icon 45 desktop printer icon 43 48 determining status of printer with 45 disabled icon 45 document icon 43 44 46 error icon 45 modem port icon 13 26 plain icon 45 PostScript icon 92 printer port icon 13 26 printing icon 45 stopped icon 45 TrueType icon 92 images fuzzy 72 index cards printing 61 64 ink preventing stains 67 reducing amount of ink used 66 smearing 72 transparencies and 59 type of 8 ink cartridges aligning Mac OS computers 27 29 cleaning Mac OS computers 73 74 cleaning Windows DOS computers 74 conserving ink 66 drying out 6 extending life of 73 installing 7 9 part numbers 86 preventing damage to 7 printing problems 69 71 72 73 safety instructions 1 67 68 tape on print head 8 unpacking 3 Ink Jet print materials 59 87 installation ink cartridges 7 9 printer software Mac OS computers 19 23 printer software Windows computers 49 52 troubleshooting Mac OS computers 23 75 76 Installer program Mac OS computers 21 23 interface specifications 84 interference electromagnetic 4 internal modem serial port setting for 26 77 Internet resources for ColorSyne 107 italic font 97 J K jagged text and graphics Mac OS computers 78 80 90 91 jam paper 69 Key
82. o start printing Printing index cards and postcards You can use the Color StyleWriter 6500 to print on index cards and postcards 1 Use your printer software to choose the appropriate paper size for the card you are using 2 Place a stack of up to 30 cards in the paper tray short end first 3 Slide the paper adjusters in so they touch the edges of the stack 4 Use your printer software to start printing Loading Paper and Other Materials 61 Tips on Paper Quality Speed and Cost This chapter explains how to use different materials and printing options to meet your needs Choosing print materials Here are some tips on when and how to use different print materials Plain paper a Print quality may vary depending on the manufacturer of the paper If you re not happy with one kind of paper try a different brand For consistent results use one of the special papers designed for the Color StyleWriter 6500 printer You can use any plain paper including plain copier paper Paper weight can range from 16 to 36 pounds though 20 pound paper is recommended Dont use erasable typing paper damaged or wrinkled paper stapled paper or multipart forms carbonless carbons 63 Materials you can print on Print material Special instructions Plain paper a Use 16 to 36 pound paper panes eee _ eee odes sred 7 ores Be eee ee eee ee The whiter side should face down ee aaa e a T Pee E a A a a IEEE Bo e coe a a
83. ocuments do not print as expected Mac OS computers 79 81 error messages garbled or incorrect Windows computers 81 font problems Mac OS computers 75 general problems and solutions 68 73 ink cartridges 69 71 72 73 installation Mac OS computers 23 75 76 jagged text and graphics 78 80 90 91 lights on printer and 68 69 Mac OS computers 75 81 memory problems Mac OS 78 79 network printer Mac OS computers 77 nothing prints on page 71 off center printing Mac OS computers 80 pages not printing Mac OS computers 76 paper jams 69 paper or envelopes feed improperly 70 PostScript language and Mac OS computers 80 PowerBook printing 77 78 Index 119 120 Index printer name doesn t appear in list Windows computers 81 printer software Mac OS computers 76 77 printer software Windows computers 81 print quality 71 73 restarting computer to solve problems Mac OS computers 78 79 slow printing Mac OS computers 78 Toolbox and Windows computers 54 81 unaligned columns Mac OS computers 81 Windows DOS computers 53 54 81 Troubleshooting tab Windows computers 53 TrueType fonts description of 89 90 icon 92 specifications 84 using with bitmapped fonts 92 93 using with PostScript fonts 94 turning on and off the printer 6 Two Sided Printing setting Windows computers 54 U unpacking the printer 3 4 unplugging the printer 2 5 6 U S letter size paper 30 55 V venti
84. of my fonts appear in the Fonts menu You may not have all of your fonts placed correctly All the fonts should be installed in the Fonts folder in the System Folder Additionally some application programs let the user decide which fonts should appear in the Fonts menu Check the manuals that came with your programs Why can t see my Monaco 9 Geneva 9 and 12 and Chicago 12 bitmapped fonts These fonts are used by your Mac OS based computer to display information Because the computer needs these fonts the Finder makes them invisible to prevent users from removing them What does the term Apple classic fonts mean The Apple classic fonts are the original ten bitmapped fonts that came with the first Macintosh in 1984 These fonts which all have city names include Athens Cairo a picture font Chicago Geneva London Los Angeles Monaco New York San Francisco and Venice Several of the fonts Athens Cairo London and San Francisco come in only one size 18 points This is a sample of Athens HO dan Gow f wl OL a Cir This is a sample of Chicago This is a sample of Geneva This is a sample of London This is a sample af Los Angeles This is a sample of Monaco This is a sample of New York Thi i a ample of San Franeiico This is a sample of Venice Chicago Geneva Monaco and New York are currently available in TrueType versions The other classic fonts are still only available in bitmapped versions
85. olor StyleWriter 6500 24 Using a Color StyleWriter 6500 on a LocalTalk network 25 Aligning the ink cartridges 27 Quick instructions for printing standard documents 30 Detailed instructions for printing documents 31 Using custom paper sizes 39 Creating your own watermarks 42 Desktop printing 43 Monitoring and controlling background printing 47 Printing From a Windows DOS Computer 49 Installing the Windows printer software 49 Selecting your printer as the default printer Windows 95 52 Selecting your printer as the default printer Windows 3 1 53 Using the Toolbox 53 Printing from DOS software applications 54 If you have trouble printing 54 Loading Paper and Other Materials 55 Printing on standard paper 55 Printing envelopes 56 Printing transparencies 59 Printing labels 60 Printing on your own custom paper sizes 60 Printing index cards and postcards 6l Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Tips on Paper Quality Speed and Cost 63 Choosing print materials 63 Quality 65 Speed 66 Cost 66 Troubleshooting 67 Safety precautions 6 7 General problems and solutions 68 Cleaning the ink cartridges 73 Solutions specific toa Mac OS computer 75 Solutions specific to a Windows DOS computer 81 Technical Information 83 General specifications 83 Apple printer supplies and accessories 86 Using Fonts With the Color StyleWriter 6500 89 Kinds of fonts 89 How TrueType fonts work with other kinds of fonts 92 How th
86. olorSync 107 Index A AC power cord requirements 86 address return 56 Adobe Type Manager software 92 93 94 aliases making for desktop printer icons Mac OS computers 44 aligning ink cartridges Mac OS computers 27 29 Apple authorized service providers 67 87 Apple classic fonts 98 99 Apple Color Ink Jet print materials 59 87 Apple Printer Software Collection CD ROM disc Mac OS computers 19 20 21 22 Windows computers 49 Apple printer supplies and accessories 86 87 Apple Web site downloading software from 20 application programs See also software printing from DOS applications 54 SimpleText application Mac OS computers 78 TeachText application Mac OS computers 78 Toolbox application Windows computers 53 54 Automatic color setting Mac OS computers 36 background printing Mac OS computers cleaning ink cartridges and 73 controlling and monitoring 47 48 delays 47 48 memory problems and 79 settings for 37 38 turning on and off 37 best printing Mac OS computers 34 bitmapped fonts description of 90 91 icon 91 using with TrueType fonts 92 93 Black amp White setting Mac OS computers 36 black ink cartridge aligning Mac OS computers 27 installing 7 9 part number 86 blinking lights indicating problems 69 bold font 97 borders printing Mac OS computers 35 Business Graphics color setting Mac OS computers 36 business size envelopes printing 56 58 buttons on printer 6 109 1
87. ons Using the Apple Printer Software Collection CD ROM disc Turn off any automatic virus detection applications you have on your Mac OS computer If you don t problems may occur during the installation After installation is complete you can turn the virus detection programs back on See the instructions that came with your virus detection application for how to turn off detection Insert the Apple Printer Software Collection CD ROM disc into your CD ROM drive Double click the CD icon Open the Printer Software folder Open the Macintosh folder Open the Installer folder To start the Installer program double click its icon In the Welcome dialog box that appears click Continue IMPORTANT The Installer determines whether you have the correct system software and enough memory and hard disk space to use this printer If you don t the Installer displays a message telling you what you need You won t be able to install the printer software until you correct the system software or memory problem If the message reports a problem you can purchase new system software or memory from an Apple authorized dealer or make space available on your hard disk by throwing away files you don t need Read the software license agreement and click Agree If you are unwilling to accept the terms of the agreement click Disagree Printing From a Mac OS Computer 21 22 Chapter 2 9 10 In the Installer dialog box click Install
88. pe the exact path later in the installation process Make sure that the file whose name ends with inf is selected in the list on the left and click OK Click OK in the Install From Disk window The pathname for the software to be installed is displayed in the Install From Disk window For example if your CD ROM drive s letter is E the pathname is E PRINTERS WINDOWS DISK1 Most computers use D or E for the CD ROM drive Use the letter for your drive if you need to type the pathname Click Next when the driver s name Color StyleWriter 6000 Series is selected in the Printers list Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation of driver software Onscreen messages report the progress of installation and alert you to select the folders for Disk2 and Disk3 on the CD The pathnames for these folders are E PRINTERS WINDOWS DISK2 E PRINTERS WINDOWS DISK3 16 17 18 19 20 Note To switch folders click to the right of the pathname delete the numeral at the end of the pathname and type the numeral of the disk requested on the screen then click OK When the software license appears on screen read it and click Continue Installation If the printer is not turned on you ll see a message that the computer can t communicate with the printer Click Skip to finish the software installation Click Install Fonts Type the exact pathname for your CD ROM drive and the nested fol
89. ple if you decide to merge Helvetica Helvetica Black and Helvetica Compressed name the suitcase something like Helvetica Regular Black Condensed A suitcase can also contain fonts from different font families although you should keep all fonts of the same family in the same suitcase All the fonts will still appear in menus with their proper names You treat a suitcase as you would a folder To open a suitcase you double click it To add a font you drag the font s icon to the suitcase and drop it in To remove a font you drag its icon out of the suitcase To create a font suitcase duplicate an existing one and throw away its contents Then rename the suitcase as appropriate and drag whatever fonts you want into it You cannot have more than 128 font suitcases in the Fonts folder Size limits for suitcases No matter how many fonts you have in a single suitcase the Fonts folder counts the suitcase as a single unit There s no limit to the number of fonts in a single suitcase but the suitcase cannot be larger than 16 megabytes Styled fonts Most fonts that come with your Color StyleWriter 6500 printer have defined styles For example if you open the Bookman font contained in a suitcase in the Fonts folder which is inside your System Folder you see files for bold and italic versions of the font Bookman 71 4 items cal Bookman Bookman Citalic But fonts such as Chicago Geneva Monaco and New Yor
90. pop up menu and then adjust the density and scaling Color StyleWriter 6000 Series Page Setup Watermark Confidential Confidential Color Contract 2 Contract Color Do Not Copy Do Not Copy Color Draft Draft Color Final Final Color Look here to see l n the watermark 2 you choose Bea SE fu Scaling For Your Information For Your Information Color Personal Personal Color Proposal Proposal Color Color tyleWriter 6000 Series Page Setup Move this slider to Watermark Fervour Imrormation 7 adict how dark the Density C E watermark should print Look here to see the rL ee Centered i effects of the scaling Align Top Left Use this pop up option you choose i Stretch to Fit menu to position the watermark Chapter 2 You can specify the number of copies and a range of pages to print Summary of current settings from the Print Dialog panels To change specific settings for your document use this pop up menu To save these settings for printing future documents click here Choose Print from the File menu and make adjustments in the dialog box that opens Color tyleWriter 6000 Series Copies ji Pages All O From To Print Quality Mormal Paper Type Plain Pages per Sheet Image gt Color ColorSyne Automatic Print In Background When you are ready click Print For more options use the ma
91. puter or Solutions Specific to a Windows DOS Computer later in this chapter The lights indicate a problem Sometimes the lights on the printer signal a problem Both lights are off m The printer is turned off Press the power button If you still don t see the glowing green light make sure the printer is plugged into a power outlet and that the outlet has power 68 e Chapter 6 Both lights blink Paper may be jammed in the printer Open the front cover and remove any jammed paper To advance paper that is part way through the printer press the resume button Close the front cover and turn the printer off then on again a The ink cartridge carrier may be jammed Close the front cover turn the printer off then on again The power light blinks and the resume light is off a This is normal behavior when the printer is receiving data printing or waiting for ink to dry The power light glows steadily and the resume light blinks m One or both of the ink cartridges may not be seated properly or you may have forgotten to remove the tape from a new cartridge Open the front cover Remove both cartridges Holding the black plastic sides of the cartridge check to be sure the tape has been removed from the print head Then replace the cartridges in the carrier Make sure each cartridge is pressed all the way into the carrier If a cartridge feels at all loose it is not properly seated For instructio
92. r ColorSync compares this information with the profiles of your other devices to make sure that colors are consistent with what you see on your monitor Additionally the System Profile is used as a default profile if a document you are working on doesn t have any ColorSync information saved within it This can occur if the document was created without ColorSync installed By using the System Profile as a default ColorSync ensures that colors are consistent with what you currently see on your monitor Using ColorSync 103 104 Appendix C For the best color on your Color StyleWriter 6500 printer you need to choose a specific profile for your monitor In the ColorSync control panel choose the D50 profile for your monitor If there is no D50 available for your monitor choose Apple Multiple Scan 17 D50 The D50 profile gives you better warm colors For the best visual match between the colors on your monitor and printed colors select the Page White Gamma option in the Monitors control panel or in the Monitors and Sound control panel that comes with most newer Mac OS computers On a multiscan monitor make sure that the color temperature or intensity 1s set to 9300 K the default setting See the monitor manual for instructions If you select the Page White Gamma option with a color temperature other than 9300 K your monitor colors could look too red or too blue compared to printed colors Setting the ColorSync Syst
93. return to your document You can now format it as you like Since you ve already set your printing options the document will print as you see it on your screen Printing on standard paper If youre printing on a standard paper size 8 5 by 11 in the United States see Loading Paper Into the Paper Tray in Chapter 1 99 56 Printing envelopes Chapter 4 3 To print a single envelope use the single envelope slot and leave the paper in the paper tray If youre printing a stack of envelopes use the paper tray IMPORTANT The Color StyleWriter 6500 cannot print the return address flush with the corner of the envelope so return addresses may print closer to the center than you like To avoid this use envelopes preprinted with your return address or put the address on a label or a rubber stamp Single business size envelopes Use the printer software on your computer to choose the appropriate envelope size Slide an envelope into the single envelope slot until it stops Slide the envelope slot all the way to the right Load the envelope print side down with the flap against the right side of the printer Use your printer software to start printing If you are using an application that includes settings for printing envelopes follow the application s instructions for setting up the address A stack of envelopes Use the printer software on your computer to choose the appropriate envelope size Slid
94. rinting on Mac OS computers 39 41 D damage to power cord 2 preventing 7 67 68 default icon 45 default printer selecting Mac OS computers 45 46 selecting Windows computers 52 53 default print settings Mac OS computers 33 deleting desktop printer icons Mac OS computers 44 deleting print jobs Mac OS computers 47 77 demi bold font 97 density watermarks and Mac OS computers 32 desktop printer icons Mac OS computers aliases for 44 creating 44 deleting 44 determining printer status with 45 dragging documents to 46 installed with printer software 23 renaming 44 selecting printer with 46 working with 43 48 desktop printing Mac OS computers 43 48 disabled icon 45 disconnecting power 5 document icons 43 44 46 documents dragging to desktop printer icon Mac OS computers 46 printing documents Mac OS computers 31 38 printing standard documents Mac OS computers 30 problems printing pages Mac OS computers 78 unexpected results Mac OS computers 79 81 Index 111 112 Index DOS computers See also Windows DOS computers cleaning ink cartridge 74 connecting the printer to 17 printing from DOS applications 54 troubleshooting 54 DOS control panel 74 downloading fonts 100 draft printing 66 73 draft printing Mac OS computers 34 dragging documents to desktop printer icon Mac OS computers 46 E electrical hazards 2 electrical specification 86 electromagnetic interference 4 encapsulat
95. roduce colors by mixing red green and blue light called RGB color Most printers produce colors by mixing cyan a shade of blue magenta a bright pink yellow and black ink This color system is called CMYK Since monitors printers and scanners each have different color capabilities they cannot reproduce each other s colors exactly Further compounding the problem is that no two monitors or printers produce exactly the same colors For example you can see differences in color ability among monitors in the TV department of a consumer electronics store 101 102 ColorSync is a system extension that provides color conversion capabilities and improves color consistency ColorSync translates the colors used on one device so that they more closely match the colors displayed or printed on another device ColorSync color conversion is a central part of Mac OS computing ensuring that applications monitors printers scanners and digital cameras can use the same scheme for color conversion This means you can scan an image display it on your monitor and print it with visually matching colors every step of the way How ColorSync works Appendix C When you create a TIFF or PICT file using a program that supports ColorSync a profile describing the color capabilities of your equipment is saved with the image For example when you scan a photograph a profile describing the scanner is saved inside the image file
96. rvices Each time you install a new ink cartridge you need to follow these steps If necessary turn on the printer The green power light should be on IMPORTANT If the orange resume light blinks the ink cartridges are not installed properly Turn the printer off Then follow the steps in Installing the Ink Cartridges in Chapter 1 Make sure there is plain paper in the paper tray Open the Read Me file that was installed with your printer software Choose Print from the File menu In the dialog box that appears choose Background Printing from the pop up menu Click the Foreground button if it is not already selected You cannot align the ink cartridges unless foreground printing is selected Choose Services from the pop up menu Color tyleWriter 6000 Series General Paper Type Quality Layout Color Background Printing a Jw To SimpleText Print Quality Normal Paper Type Plain Pages per Sheet Image Color ColorSyne Automatic Print In Background Printing From a Mac OS Computer 27 8 Inthe Services panel that appears click the checkbox next to Align ink cartridges before printing Color tyleWriter 6000 Series Cl Clean ink cartridges before printing Simple Clean O Clean Use more ink gt Super Clean Use only as last resort Click here to make an X appear in the checkbox Align ink cartridges before printing 9 Inthe Services panel click Print 10 Read the
97. s display type is Helvetica Narrow and cover type is Apple Garamond Apple s corporate font Ornaments are custom symbols designed for Apple Computer Some elements such as computer voice are set in Courier a fixed width font PostScript the LaserWriter page description language was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated
98. s in the Print dialog box Color tyleWriter 6000 Series Cl Clean ink cartridges before printing Simple Clean To align new ink Clean Use more ink cartridges click to put Super Clean Use only as last resort an X in this checkbox FJ Align ink cartridges before printing Color tyleWriter 6000 Series Services Y For details about Hd Clean ink cartridges before printing cleaning ink Simple Clean cartridges see O Clean Use more ink Chapter 6 gt Super Clean Use only as last resort O Align ink cartridges before printing To save these setings HC save settings for printing future documents click here To return to the default printer settings click here Chapter 2 Using custom paper sizes 3 If you have a special size of paper to print on you can define its size and characteristics and add it to the Paper Size pop up menu in the Page Setup dialog box Choose Page Setup from the File menu In the dialog box that appears choose Edit Custom Paper Sizes from the Paper Size pop up menu Color tyleWriter 6000 Series Page Setup General U S Letter U S Leaal U S Executive Scaling 100 Orientation i U S 10 Envelope U S 6 3 4 Envelope U S Monarch Envelope A2 Envelope DL Envelope Dimensions 3 5 by 11 U S 44 6 Card U S 3 4 8 Card A Card Hagaki Postcard pees e Paper Sizes In the Custom Paper Size List dialog box click N
99. see what a TrueType or bitmapped font looks like on your screen double click the font s icon to open it A sample of that font appears in three sizes for TrueType fonts and in the size you opened for bitmapped fonts Pala tino E Palatino 12 9 point Minuman ein ein eee de en ee eee ee eee a ee ee aa pv Sample ie ei ni een en en ee eee eee a ee a How a D O La ae How razorback jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts 2 point cncenee een eeeeeneeneeeeeneenceeeenennsemeeuenneemeneennenmaneenceneanennaeeanneneeneanes l How rasorback jumping frogs can level six piqued oyminasts 1 5 point Wei ai EAEE een seein A eee sie cee een ee cee eee eee ee E i How razorback jumping frogs can level six piqued E vmNas ts To use this font drag it onto your System Folder To use this font drag it onto your System Folder You can also use the Key Caps desk accessory to examine fonts See the documentation that came with your computer for instructions Bitmapped fonts Bitmapped fonts consist of pictures of a typeface at specific sizes For example you might have bitmapped fonts at 10 12 and 18 point sizes installed in your computer For best results you need a separate font file for each size of character you want to use The icon of a bitmapped font also called a fixed size font or screen font has the single letter A on it The font s point size appears at the end of its name A Monaco 12 When you requ
100. ted the Color StyleWriter 6500 in the Chooser do so now You should have selected the Color StyleWriter 6500 earlier in this chapter and if it s the only printer you ever use you won t need to do it again If you do need to switch see Switching Between Printers later in this chapter Load the paper envelopes or other materials into the printer as described in Chapter 4 While the document is active on your screen choose Page Setup from the File menu and make adjustments in the dialog box that opens To indicate the size of paper in the paper tray use this pop up menu You can type a number Color StyleWriter 6000 Series Page Setup from 5 to 999 Numbers smaller than 100 reduce General the image numbers greater than 100 enlarge Paper Size U S Letter it Changing the size may change the pagination Dimensions 3 5 by 11 Choose the settings you want then click OK IMPORTANT Make sure you correctly indicate the size of the paper envelopes or other material you have in the paper tray If you change the paper size in this dialog box you might also want to look over your document to see if any of the page breaks have changed For information on non standard sizes see Using Custom Paper Sizes later in this chapter Printing From a Mac OS Computer 31 32 4 If you d like to print with a watermark open the General pop up menu and choose Watermark Choose the watermark you want from the
101. the printer uses more ink puts it on the transparency surface more slowly and allows more time for inks to dry between sheets For these reasons transparencies take a while to print As an added precaution give the ink additional time to dry Loading Paper and Other Materials 59 Printing labels For best results use labels designed for ink jet printers 1 Use your printer software to choose the paper size appropriate for the label sheet 2 Fan the edges of the label sheets to make sure they are separated 3 Insert into the paper tray sheets of labels face down on top of about 5 sheets of plain paper that s the same size Labels face down Plain paper 5 sheets 4 Slide the paper adjusters in so they touch the edges of the stack 5 Use your printer software to start printing Printing on your own custom paper sizes Occasionally you may want to print on paper whose size does not appear in the Paper Size pop up menu on the Page Setup dialog box If the size of the paper falls within these ranges you can use it Minimum size 3 93 by 5 7 100 mm by 144 mm Maximum size 8 5 by 14 216 mm by 356 mm 60 Chapter 4 To print on the nonstandard paper follow these steps 1 Put the paper lengthwise into the paper tray 2 Slide the paper adjusters in so they touch the edges of the stack 3 Use your printer software to choose the appropriate custom paper size 4 Use your printer software t
102. then click Set As Default Printer 4 Click Close and exit the Control Panel Using the Toolbox The Color StyleWriter 6000 Series Toolbox is an application you can use for the following purposes How Dol tab Tours of common printing tasks Troubleshooting tab Step by step solutions to some problems Printer Services tab Printer status and simple service procedures To run the Toolbox Windows 95 1 Click Start and then click Programs 2 Choose StyleWriter Utilities 3 Choose Color StyleWriter 6000 Series Toolbox 4 Click the appropriate tab and then click the button for the task you want to perform To run the Toolbox Windows 3 1 Double click the Toolbox icon in the Utilities program group Printing From a Windows DOS Computer e 53 54 Changing printer settings Most of the time the settings you need have been selected within the applications you use Those settings include the number of copies and paper size and orientation You can use the Print Settings dialog box to specify these settings Paper Type Print on premium coated or glossy paper or transparencies a Grayscale Printing Print color documents in shades of gray Flip Horizontal Reverse the printed image Ordered Printing Change the order of your document in the print queue Two Sided Printing Print on both sides of a sheet of paper a Print Quality Select the print quality you want Printing from DOS software applications The manufacturers o
103. then makes it the default printer Select the Chooser from the Apple menu Select the printer you want by clicking its icon Close the Chooser by clicking the close box in its upper left corner When you close the Chooser it creates a desktop printer icon for the printer you selected Drag the document you want to print to a desktop printer icon You can switch to a new default printer by dragging the icon of any document you want to print to the icon of the printer you want to use See Desktop Printing earlier in this chapter Select the printer by using its desktop printer icon Follow these steps to select a new default printer without immediately printing anything on it Click the icon of the desktop printer you want to use A Printing menu appears on the menu bar at the top of the screen Choose Set Default Printer from the Printing menu Until you choose another printer the Print command will send your documents to this printer Monitoring and controlling background printing To put a job on hold select its icon and click pause To make it active again select it and click the arrow If you are using background printing you can use the desktop printer features to monitor and control your print requests Double click the desktop printer icon you re interested in CSW 6000 Series A window opens listing the documents that are printing or waiting to print To schedule a print time To cancel a pr
104. time How the computer looks for fonts Here s the search order your computer uses to determine which font to display on your screen when you choose a specific size l an installed bitmapped font in that size if one exists 2 a scaled TrueType font if no bitmapped font exists 3 an Adobe Type Manager ATM version of a PostScript font if ATM is installed and if no TrueType version exists 4 a scaled bitmap if no AIM font exists Here s the search order it uses to determine which font to print on your Color StyleWriter 6500 printer l a scaled TrueType font if one exists 2 an ATM version of a PostScript font if ATM is installed and if no TrueType version exists 3 a scaled 72 dpi bitmap if no ATM font exists Where fonts are stored Appendix B All fonts for your Color StyleWriter 6500 printer reside in special places within the System Folder To install fonts you drag them to the System Folder Your Mac OS computer will automatically put them where they belong in the Fonts folder within the System Folder The Fonts folder can contain a total of 128 font suitcases described in the next section plus any number of PostScript fonts up to the available storage capacity of your hard disk Mame Size Kind Fa PAE RETE E TIS ii N NEA a HelveNardbl PostSeript font Helvetica font suitcase HyperCharacters briap font suitcase London font suitcase Los Angeles font suitcase MerrionSquare brmap font suitcas
105. tion 83 restarting computer to solve problems Mac OS computers 78 79 resume button 6 resume light 6 7 9 12 27 return address 56 Revert to Defaults button Mac OS computers 33 79 RGB color 101 rollers cleaning 73 roman font 97 S safety precautions 1 2 67 68 sample pages printing 12 Save Settings button Mac OS computers 33 scaling page setup Mac OS computers 31 watermarks Mac OS computers 32 scanners ColorSync and 105 106 serial ports 13 26 Serial Switch control panel Mac OS computers 78 service provider 67 87 Set Default Printer command Mac OS computers 46 settings printer Mac OS computers 31 38 Windows computers 53 54 setting up aligning ink cartridges Mac OS computers 27 29 ColorSync 103 105 connecting printer to computer Mac OS computers 13 16 connecting printer to computer Windows DOS computers 17 directly connected printer Mac OS computers 24 ink cartridges 7 9 loading paper 10 11 on LocalTalk network Mac OS computers 25 PowerBook computers special setup 26 printer 1 17 printer software Mac OS computers 19 23 printer software Windows computers 49 52 printing sample pages 12 safety precautions 1 2 turning printer on and off 6 unpacking the printer 3 4 setup page See page setup sheet feeder See paper tray Simple Clean option Mac OS computers 74 SimpleText application Mac OS computers 78 single layer transparencies 59 size font suitcases
106. to the appropriate port parallel port on the printer on your computer 3 Plug the other end of the cable into the appropriate port on your computer If your connector has thumbscrews be sure to tighten them to ensure a reliable connection Remember which port on the computer you use Later you must tell the printer software where to look for the printer Setting Up Your Printer 17 Printing From a Mac OS Computer This chapter explains how to install the Color StyleWriter 6000 Series printer software and start printing If you have a Windows DOS computer see Chapter 3 For detailed information on printing specific kinds of documents such as envelopes index cards and transparencies see Chapter 4 Installing the Mac OS printer software Before you can print your documents you need to install the printer software on your computer The Apple Printer Software Collection CD ROM disc that comes with the Color StyleWriter 6500 contains the printer software and an Installer program The Installer installs the new printing software you need plus the fonts that come with the printer If you have been using Apple s QuickDraw GX software turn it off now The Color StyleWriter 6500 software is not compatible with QuickDraw GX Note If you ever upgrade your system software you must reinstall the Color Style Writer 6000 Series printer software 20 Chapter 2 Using the Minimal Printer Software floppy disk If you have a C
107. u have a Windows DOS computer see the section Connecting the Printer Directly to a Windows DOS Computer later in this chapter If you have an existing LocalTalk network and you want to share your printer with other Mac OS computers on the network follow the steps below Obtain a LocalTalk Connection Kit LocalTalk cable LocalTalk Connection Kits come in many varieties A kit usually contains one connector box and one LocalTalk cable Two different LocalTalk connecting kits are available from Apple For information about these kits see Apple Printer Supplies and Accessories in Appendix A Make sure the computer is turned off Plug the connector box into the round port on the printer 4 Connect the printer to the network in one of these two ways a To connect the printer to the end of a LocalTalk network use the LocalTalk cable to connect the unused socket of the nearest device s connector box to the printer s connector box Note The printer s connector box may need a terminator placed in the unused socket for the LocalTalk network to work properly Check the instructions that come with your LocalTalk Connection Kit for further information a T connect the printer between two devices on a LocalTalk network disconnect one LocalTalk cable from the connector box or the device immediately to the left or right of the printer and plug it into the new printer s connector box Then use the ne
108. um Coated Print Quality f Transparency Choose the type of T Shirt Transfer paper you have in the pigess paper tray To save these settings for printing future documents click here To return to the default printer settings click here 34 Chapter 2 Layout settings in the Print dialog box Color S tyleWriter 6000 Series m Pages per Sheet 1 Choose 2 or 4 Cl Print Berders pages per sheet from this pop up menu G Color tyleWriter 6000 Series po Look here to see the Pages per Sheet oc effects of the layout EJ Print Borders To print a border separating the pages in a 2 or 4 page layout click to put an Xin this checkbox options you choose To save these settings for printing future documents click here La To return to the default printer settings click here Printing From a Mac OS Computer 35 36 To turn on color matching click to put an X in this checkbox Look here to see the effects of the color options you choose To save these settings for printing future documents click here Chapter 2 Color settings in the Print dialog box Color StyleWriter 6000 Series You can choose Color Grayscale or Black amp White from this pop up menu Use ColorSync for better color output Matching Method If you choose Printer Profile Black amp White or Grayscale from the 3 Image pop up menu _ these options are d
109. w LocalTalk cable to connect the free socket on the printer s connector box to the socket you freed on the other device s connector box Setting Up Your Printer 15 16 Connecting the printer to an EtherTalk network Chapter 1 If you have the optional Color StyleWriter EtherTalk Adapter II you can connect a Color StyleWriter 6500 printer directly to an EtherTalk network To attach the EtherTalk Adapter and connect your Color StyleWriter 6500 to the network follow the instructions that came with the adapter Once the printer is on the network its name appears in the Chooser just like the names of other network printers If you want to change the name click Rename In the dialog box that appears type a new name for the Color StyleWriter 6500 printer Note Anyone on the network can change the name Connecting the printer directly to a Windows DOS computer Note You should not use the printer with a Mac OS computer and a Windows DOS computer connected at the same time 1 Make sure the computer is turned off 2 Plug the cable into the parallel port on the printer Be sure to clip the connector in place to assure a reliable connection Use a high quality bidirectional parallel printer cable If you need to purchase a cable most consumer electronics stores carry them ro rns Connect this Connect the other end end of the cable to the

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