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Selecting an Alternate PPD, Close the Print Center.

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Note Selecting an Alternate PPD Mac OS 8.6 to Mac OS 9.2 1 Open the Chooser from the Apple menu. 2 Click the LaserWriter icon. 3 If you are on a network with multiple zones, select the zone in the AppleTalk Zones box where the printer is located. 4 Click the printer name you want to use in the Select a PostScript Printer box. (Double-clicking will immediately generate the next few steps.) 5 Click Setup... (This button might read Create for first-time setup.) 6 Click Select PPD.... 7 Find the desired PPD in the list and click Select. If the desired PPD is not listed, choose one of the following options: • Select a PPD for a printer with similar features. • Select a PPD from another folder. • Select the generic PPD by clicking Use Generic. The generic PPD allows you to print, but limits your access to printer features. 8 In the Setup dialog box, click Select, and then click OK to return to the Chooser. If you manually select a PPD, an icon might not appear next to the selected printer in the Select a PostScript Printer box. In the Chooser, click Setup, click Printer Info, and then click Update Info to bring up the icon. 9 Close the Chooser. Mac OS X 1 Open the Print Center, and then click Add Printer.... (The Print Center is located in the Utilities folder, which is in the Applications folder of the hard disk.) 2 In the Printer Model pop-up menu, select a printer name. If the printer name that you want to use is not listed, choose one of the following options: • Select a PPD for a printer with similar features. • Click Other and select a PPD from another folder. • Select the generic PPD by clicking Generic. The generic PPD allows you to print, but limits your access to printer features. 3 Click Add. 4 Close the Print Center. 102 Chapter 4: Problem Solving ENWW

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102
Chapter 4:
Problem Solving
ENWW
Selecting an Alternate PPD
Mac OS 8.6 to Mac OS 9.2
1
Open the
Chooser
from the
Apple
menu.
2
Click the
LaserWriter
icon.
3
If you are on a network with multiple zones, select the zone in the
AppleTalk Zones
box where the printer is located.
4
Click the printer name you want to use in the
Select a PostScript
Printer
box. (Double-clicking will immediately generate the next
few steps.)
5
Click
Setup...
(This button might read
Create
for first-time setup.)
6
Click
Select PPD...
.
7
Find the desired PPD in the list and click
Select
. If the desired
PPD is not listed, choose one of the following options:
•
Select a PPD for a printer with similar features.
•
Select a PPD from another folder.
•
Select the generic PPD by clicking
Use Generic
. The generic
PPD allows you to print, but limits your access to printer
features.
8
In the
Setup
dialog box, click
Select
, and then click
OK
to return
to the
Chooser
.
Note
If you manually select a PPD, an icon might not appear next to the
selected printer in the
Select a PostScript Printer
box. In the
Chooser
, click
Setup
, click
Printer Info
, and then click
Update Info
to bring up the icon.
9
Close the
Chooser
.
Mac OS X
1
Open the Print Center, and then click
Add Printer...
. (The Print
Center is located in the
Utilities
folder, which is in the
Applications
folder of the hard disk.)
2
In the
Printer Model
pop-up menu, select a printer name.
If the printer name that you want to use is not listed, choose one
of the following options:
•
Select a PPD for a printer with similar features.
•
Click
Other
and select a PPD from another folder.
•
Select the generic PPD by clicking
Generic
. The generic PPD
allows you to print, but limits your access to printer features.
3
Click
Add
.
4
Close the Print Center.