Service Manual
3-1
Chapter
3
Verifying the Printer and
Host Connections
In this chapter, you verify that the host computer can send files to the printer.
This chapter assumes that the printer and the printer drivers have been properly
installed as explained in the previous chapter “Installing the Printer and
Drivers.”
Printing from a Macintosh
Selecting the printer via the Chooser
This procedure applies to both operating system version 6.0.7 and system 7.0
(and higher).
Note
If the Mac is served by an Ethernet network or both a LocalTalk and
Ethernet network, ensure that the Mac's proper network port is
enabled. Click on the
Apple
menu (in the upper-left corner of the
screen) and select the item
Control Panels
. Click on the control
panel item
Network
. From its dialog box select the appropriate
network port.
1.
Turn on the printer and the Macintosh, if they are turned off.
2.
With the mouse, click and hold on the Macintosh's
Apple
menu (in the
upper-left corner of the screen). Select the
Chooser
from the Apple's
pull-down menu.
3.
The Chooser dialog box is now displayed on the screen. On the left
side of the dialog box are icons representing the printer drivers
installed on the Macintosh. Select the driver icon
Phaser 480
by
clicking on it once. If the host and the printer are a part of a zone, you
should first select the printer driver and then pick the zone the printer
resides in.
4.
Displayed on the right side of the dialog box are a list of printers that
the selected driver will print to. Select the newly installed printer
Phaser 480
. (If, for example, a Phaser 480 is already on the network
with the name Phaser 480, then the newly installed printer will be
named Phaser 4801.)