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Connecting to a Printer, Monitoring Printing

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Connecting to a Printer Follow the instructions that came with your printer to install any required software and to connect the printer. The drivers for most printers are built into Mac OS X. You can connect many printers with a USB cable; others require a network connection, such as Ethernet. If you have an AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base Station, you can connect a USB printer to the base station (instead of connecting it to your computer) and print wirelessly. After you connect a USB or FireWire printer, your computer usually detects it automatically and adds it to the list of available printers. You may need to know the network name or address of printers connected to a network before you can print to them. To set up a printer: 1 Open System Preferences and click the Print & Fax icon. 2 Click Printing and then click the Add button (+) to add a printer. 3 Select the printer you want to use, and then click Add. 4 Use the Add button (+) and the Remove button (-) to choose the printers that appear in the printer list. Monitoring Printing After you send a document to a printer, you can monitor printing, including halting your print job or putting it temporarily on hold. To monitor printing, click the printer icon in the Dock to open the printer window. You can now see the print jobs in the print queue and work with them. For more information, open Mac Help and search for "printing." 18 Chapter 2 Getting to Know Your iMac G5

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Chapter 2
Getting to Know Your iMac G5
Connecting to a Printer
Follow the instructions that came with your printer to install any required software and
to connect the printer. The drivers for most printers are built into Mac OS X.
You can connect many printers with a USB cable; others require a network connection,
such as Ethernet. If you have an AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base Station, you
can connect a USB printer to the base station (instead of connecting it to your
computer) and print wirelessly.
After you connect a USB or FireWire printer, your computer usually detects it
automatically and adds it to the list of available printers. You may need to know the
network name or address of printers connected to a network before you can print to
them.
To set up a printer:
1
Open System Preferences and click the Print & Fax icon.
2
Click Printing and then click the Add button (+) to add a printer.
3
Select the printer you want to use, and then click Add.
4
Use the Add button (+) and the Remove button (–) to choose the printers that appear
in the printer list.
Monitoring Printing
After you send a document to a printer, you can monitor printing, including halting
your print job or putting it temporarily on hold. To monitor printing, click the printer
icon in the Dock to open the printer window. You can now see the print jobs in the
print queue and work with them.
For more information, open Mac Help and search for “printing.”