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Customer Telephone Support

To resolve problems with your printer use the suggestions provided in the If You Have a Printing Problem section in this user’s guide.

From a touch tone phone, you can reach our automated, 24hour fax retrieval service that allows you to request information on HP Products by calling:

HP FIRST Fax...............................................(800) 333-1917

To reach 24-hour access to pre-recorded messages for common printer problems, call:

HP Audio Tips .............................................(800) 333-1917

If you continue to have problems call the HP Customer Support Center to speak with someone for technical assistance or for repair information. This service is free during the hardware warranty of your printer; however, you are charged a toll for the phone call. If your printer is out of warranty, see the If You Have

a Printing Problem section of this user’s guide.

Note

HP Customer Support Center .................. (208) 323-2551

(Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 7 am to 6 pm [MST]) (Wednesday 7 am to 4 pm [MST]; Saturday 9 am to 3 pm [MST])

Place any telephone call to the HP Customer Support Center from a telephone located near your printer and computer. This helps your support representative quickly diagnose any printer problems.

Before calling, ﬁll in the following information so that you will have it ready to help your Customer Support Center representative:

What is the serial number of your printer? (The serial number label is on the

back of the printer.)

What model of printer do you have? HP DeskWriter 600

What is the model of your Macintosh computer?

What is the version of software you are using, and what driver have you selected in the Chooser?

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Apple, the Apple logo, AppleTalk, ImageWriter, LaserWriter, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

Apple Desktop Bus, TrueType, Finder, LocalTalk, MultiFinder, and QuickDraw are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

Adobe and Adobe Type Manager are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

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Times® is under license from The Monotype Typography Ltd.

Milestones™ is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation.

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PL is a trademark of Photoletting Inc.

Graphite is a trademark of David Siegel.

ITC Avant Garde Gothic, ITC Bookman, ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic and ITC Zapf Dingbats are under license from and registered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation.

Scalable type outlines are licensed from Agfa Division of Miles Inc.

Helvetica™ is a trademark of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries.

Apple Computer, Inc. makes no warranties, either express or implied, regarding the enclosed computer software package, its merchantability or its ﬁtness for any particular purpose. The exclusion of implied warranties is not permitted by some states. The above exclusion may not apply to you. This warranty provides you with speciﬁc legal rights. There may be other rights that you may have which vary from state to state.

Apple software shall not be copied onto another diskette (except for archival purposes) or into memory unless as part of the execution of HP DeskWriter 600 printer installation software. When the HP DeskWriter 600 printer installation software has completed execution, Apple software shall not be used by any other program.

The HP DeskWriter 600 printer driver was developed by Hewlett-Packard Company using the Palomar Imaging Kernel developed by Palomar Software, Inc. The HP Background Startup, HP Background, and HP PrintMonitor are copyrighted programs of Palomar Software, Inc. They are licensed to Hewlett-Packard Company to distribute for use in combination with the HP DeskWriter 600 printer.

NOTICE

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The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.

Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and ﬁtness for a particular purpose.

Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett-Packard Company.

PRINTING HISTORY

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1

FIRST TIME SETUP

Unpacking Your Printer............................................ 2

Identifying the Parts of Your Printer ...................... 4

What the Buttons and Lights Do ............................. 5

Connecting the Printer Cable .................................. 6

Connecting the Power Module ................................ 8

Loading Standard Size Paper .................................. 9

Installing the Print Cartridge ................................ 11

Verifying the Printer is Working ........................... 13

Installing the Printer Software .............................. 14

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SECTION 4

USING THE PRINTER SOFTWARE

The Software Provided for Your Printer ............... 19

Printing Features ................................................... 20

Other Printing Options .......................................... 21

Using the HP PrintMonitor .................................... 22

Using the Online Help ............................................ 23

Updating the Printer Software .............................. 23

USING PAPER, CARDS, ENVELOPES, LABELS, AND TRANSPARENCIES

Determining the Print Side of Paper .................... 25

Guidelines for Using Paper .................................... 26

Selecting and Storing Paper, Envelopes,

Cards, Labels, and Transparencies ....................... 27

Using Standard Size Paper .................................... 29

Using Index Cards and Postcards ......................... 31

Using Envelopes ..................................................... 33

Using Avery Paper Labels ...................................... 37

Tip: Using Non-Standard Size Paper .................... 39

Adding Paper, Envelopes, Cards, or

Transparencies ....................................................... 42

Removing Paper, Envelopes, Cards, or

Transparencies ....................................................... 42

USING PRINT CARTRIDGES

Storing and Using Print Cartridges ....................... 43

Removing the Print Cartridge ............................... 44

Cleaning the Print Cartridge ................................. 45

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IF YOU HAVE A PRINTING PROBLEM

How You Can Find the Solution .............................47

If Nothing Prints .....................................................48

If Paper, Envelopes, Cards, Labels, or Transparencies

Don’t Pass Through the Printer .............................52

If You Get a Message at the Computer ..................55

Printing the Self-Test Pattern ................................57

If Print Quality is Poor ............................................58

If Margins are Printed Wrong .................................60

If Text or Pictures are Printed Wrong ...................63

Contacting Customer Support ...............................65

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REFERENCE, SPECIFICATIONS, AND ORDERING INFORMATION

Maintaining Your Printer ........................................67

Increasing Printer Performance .............................68

Ink Drying Times ....................................................70

The Printable Area ..................................................71

Specifications ..........................................................73

Regulatory Notices .................................................75

Available Supplies and Accessories .......................77

Ordering Information ..............................................79

USING THE HP COLOR KIT

How to Print in Color ..............................................81

How to Resume Printing in Black ..........................81

About Composite Black ..........................................82

About ColorSmart ...................................................82

Using Grayscale for Draft Copies ...........................82

Storing the Unused Print Cartridge .......................83

If Colors are Printed Wrong ...................................84

INDEX

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FIRST TIME SETUP

Congratulations on the purchase of your new HP DeskWriter 600 printer!

First Time Setup includes all the information you need to get

your printer set up and ready to print. Setting up your HP DeskWriter 600 printer includes the following steps:

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Unpacking your printer

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Connecting your printer to your computer

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Loading paper in your printer

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Installing a print cartridge

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Verifying the printer is working

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Installing the printer software

The remainder of this User’s Guide includes important information on using and maintaining your HP DeskWriter 600 printer.

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Unpacking Your Printer

Unpack the accessories, packing material, and printer from the

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carton. Set the printer on a ﬂat, stable surface.

Make sure the following items were shipped with your printer. If

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any of these items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer from whom you purchased your printer.

Printer

Power Module

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Print Cartridge

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Save the carton and packing material so you can use it to move or ship your printer later.

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Remove the packing tape securing the left side of the top cover,

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securing both sides of the OUT tray packing material, and securing the paper length adjuster to the printer.

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Remove the packing material.

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Open the top cover and remove the tape securing the packing

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material inside the printer.

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Top Cover

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Power Button

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Identifying the Parts of Your Printer

Print Cartridge

Single Envelope

Cradle

Card Guide

Paper Width

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OUT Tray

IN Tray

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Paper Length

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What the Buttons and Lights Do

The resume and power buttons and lights are on the front of the printer. In general, the lights indicate when the printer is operating correctly and when it needs attention from you; the buttons are used to control the printer.

Resume Light

and Button

Power Light

and Button

This table summarizes what the lights indicate:

When the Lights are... You Need to...

Turned off and Turned off

Press the power button to turn on the printer.

Steadily lit and Turned off

Steadily lit and Blinking

Blinking and

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Blinking

Send a document to the printer. The printer is in the ready-toprint state.

If you just installed a print cartridge, make sure the print cartridge is securely snapped into the printer with the arrow aligned with the dot on the top of the print cartridge cradle.

Close the top cover of the printer if it is open. Check the IN tray to be sure it contains paper and that the

paper is correctly loaded in the tray. Press the resume button to clear the error condition. Then

check your computer screen for any reported error message and corrective action instructions.

No action required. This indicates that either the computer is sending a document to the printer or that the printer is currently busy printing a document.

Press the power button to turn off the printer. At the computer, cancel any documents awaiting printing. Then press the power button again to turn the printer back on. If the lights continue to blink alternately, see the troubleshooting information in

Section 5 of this User’s Guide.

See the troubleshooting information in Section 5 of this User’s Guide.

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Connecting the Printer Cable

A shielded network connector kit or a shielded serial printer cable are not supplied with your printer, allowing you to purchase the kit or cable of your choice. If you use PhoneNET connectors in your network, you’ll need to purchase an AppleTalk Connector kit; if you use LocalTalk connectors in your network, you’ll need to purchase an Apple LocalTalk Locking Connector kit. If you connect your printer directly to your Macintosh computer, you’ll need to purchase a serial printer cable. See your local computer dealer or Available

Supplies and Accessories on page 77 for details.

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Position the printer with the back toward you.

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Perform the steps in either the procedure Connecting

Directly to a Macintosh Computer (below) or in the

procedure Connecting to an AppleTalk Network (on page 7).

Connecting Directly to a Macintosh Computer

Connect one end of the serial printer cable ﬁrmly to the printer’s

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interface port.

Printer’s Interface

Port

NOTE

A serial printer cable resembles a “switch box” extension cable; however, do not

use a switch box extension cable because it will not work properly.

Connect the other end of the printer cable to either the modem

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port or printer port (whichever is available) on the back of the computer.

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Connecting to an AppleTalk Network

Use the following steps to connect your printer to the computer using an AppleTalk network. (If your computer is already connected to a network, refer to the documentation provided with your network for appropriate connection procedures.)

Connect a connector box ﬁrmly to the printer’s interface port.

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Port

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Connect a second connector box to the printer port on the

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back of the computer. Do not connect to the modem (phone) port.

Connect the two connector boxes with a network interface

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cable. You may use either connector on the connector box.

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If necessary, terminate the AppleTalk network as described in the documentation provided with the connector boxes.

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Connecting the Power Module

Be sure the electrical outlet you intend to use to power your printer is located near the equipment and is easily accessible.

Plug the power module connector ﬁrmly into the printer’s power socket

Plug the other end of the power module cord into an electrical

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Place the power module at least 1 inch (approximately 3 cm) away from your

computer, disk drive, or hard disk to avoid magnetic interference.

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Loading Standard Size Paper

The HP DeskWriter 600 printer prints on plain, premium, and glossy paper; envelopes; cards; transparencies; and Avery paper labels. Most bond paper yields good results. Use this procedure to load standard size paper into the printer. See Section 3 for more information on using paper, envelopes, cards, transparencies, and Avery paper labels.

Slide the paper width adjuster to its leftmost position.

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Pull out the paper length adjuster.

Paper Width

Adjuster

Paper Length

Adjuster

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Remove up to a

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Insert the paper evenly into the IN tray, print side down, until it stops. (For plain paper, the print side is identiﬁed by a word or symbol on the paper’s packaging. See Determining the Print

Side of Paper on page 25 for more details.) Align the right edge

of the stack with the right edge of the IN tray.

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Push the paper length adjuster in toward the paper until it stops.

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Installing the Print Cartridge

Turn on the computer, then turn on the printer by pressing and

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releasing the power button.

The very ﬁrst time you turn on the printer, the printer

performs a startup procedure.

Open the top cover of the printer. In a few moments the empty

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print cartridge cradle automatically moves to the center of the printer and the resume light ﬂashes.

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Open the print cartridge packaging. Grasp the print cartridge by

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the top and remove the cartridge from the package.

NOTE

Be careful not to touch the ink nozzles or the copper contacts.

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Remove both pieces of tape covering the ink nozzles and the vent hole on the print cartridge.

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Drop the print cartridge into the cradle, making sure that the print cartridge is in front of the movable cartridge guide. Align the arrow on the cartridge top with the dot on top of the cradle.

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Print Cartridge

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Print Cartridge

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“home” position on the right side of the printer and the resume light turns off.

NOTE

If the resume light continues to blink and if the cradle does not move back to

the right side of the printer, remove and reinstall the print cartridge. Make sure the print cartridge is pressed down into the cradle before you snap it forward into position. Also be sure the cartridge guide is behind the black print cartridge.

FOR COLOR KIT USERS

A color kit is available for use with your HP DeskWriter 600 printer. See Using the HP Color Kit on page 81 for more information.

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FIRST TIME SETUP

Verifying the Printer is Working

Before installing the printer software, make sure your printer is set up and working properly by performing a printer self-test.

1. To print a one-page self-test pattern, with the computer turned

on and printer’s power light lit, press and hold down the resume button for a few seconds.

2. When the printer begins to print, release the resume button.

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NOTE

The self-test pattern may vary slightly from the example shown. If you cannot print

a self-test pattern, see the troubleshooting information in Section 5.

To fully use all the features of your HP DeskWriter 600 printer, install the printer software supplied with the printer by following the instructions given next.

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Installing the Printer Software

Unless you install the software supplied with your printer, you will not be able to print to your new HP DeskWriter 600 printer. For more information about the software provided with your printer, see Section 2.

System Requirements

To install your HP DeskWriter Series printer software, you need:

• A computer with a 68020 (or faster) processor with a hard disk drive with at least 7.5 MB of free disk space (1.5 MB for the printer drivers and 6.0 MB for the fonts). If you have less than

7.5 MB of free disk space, your software may not install properly.

• Macintosh system software version 7 or later.

• At least 4 MB of system memory.

NOTE

The standard printer software supplied with the HP DeskWriter 600 printer is

QuickDraw compatible, but not compatible with QuickDraw GX. However, in some countries, HP provides additional printer software for use with QuickDraw GX. Check the software diskettes shipped with your printer to see if the QuickDraw GX printer software is provided. If the QuickDraw GX printer software is not provided with your printer, see the information card enclosed with your printer for instructions on how to obtain printer software for use with QuickDraw GX.

Before you install the printer software:

1. Make a copy of the Installation Disks. Use the copy for

installation and keep the original disks in a safe place.

2. Turn off any virus protection applications.

3. Quit any open applications.

NOTE

If the printer software is damaged or missing from the package, contact your

authorized Hewlett-Packard dealer as described under Contacting Customer Support on page 65.

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FIRST TIME SETUP

Installing the printer software:

The driver installer provides two options: Easy Install and Customize. Use the Easy Install option to install all of the printer software in the correct locations on your hard disk. Use the Customize option to install only selected portions of the printer software as described in the ReadMe ﬁle on the Driver Installation disk.

1. Make sure your computer is turned on.

2. Insert the Driver Installation disk and double-click the Installer

icon.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

NOTE

If the Installer ﬁnds a ﬁle that has the same name as one it is installing, it replaces

that ﬁle with the most current version.

4. Optionally, perform the steps in the procedure Installing the

TrueType fonts (given below) if you want to use the TrueType

fonts in your printed documents.

5. You must select your printer in the Chooser as described in the

procedure Choosing Your Printer (on page 16) before you can start printing.

Installing the TrueType fonts:

Perform this optional procedure only if you want to use the TrueType fonts provided with your printer in your printed documents. To install all of the TrueType fonts in the correct locations on your hard disk:

1. Insert the Fonts Installation disk and double-click the Installer

icon.

2. Follow the instructions on the screen.

NOTE

If you need more detailed instructions for installing fonts on your system, see the

ReadMe ﬁle on the Fonts Installation disk.

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Setting the Disk Cache

To enhance the performance of your printer, you need to set the disk cache of the computer.

1. From the Finder’s Control Panels, double-click to open the

Memory control panel.

2. Set the size of the Disk Cache to at least 256K by clicking on the

up-arrow of the Disk Size box.

3. Close the Memory control panel by clicking on the close box in

the upper left corner.

Choosing your printer:

Use the Chooser to select the printer driver, printer, and port.

When your printer is connected directly to your computer with a serial printer cable, follow these steps to

choose a printer:

1. Select the Chooser from the Apple menu.

2. Select the DW 600 Series icon (on the left side of the Chooser).

3. Then select either the printer or modem port on the right side of

the Chooser. If you select the printer port and if your computer is also connected to an EtherTalk network, make AppleTalk inactive by clicking the

Inactive button.

The driver automatically selects the model of printer you are using. However, to verify that the correct printer has been selected, click the Setup button and check that

DeskWriter 600 is highlighted in the pop-up menu.

4. If you want to print in background mode, select Background

Printing by clicking the On button.

NOTE

If the Background Printing buttons are grayed out, background printing is unavail-

able. See If You Get a Message at the Computer on page 55.

5. Close the Chooser by clicking the close box in the upper left

corner. You are alerted that you have changed printers.

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FIRST TIME SETUP

When your printer is connected to an AppleTalk network, follow these steps to choose a printer:

1. Select the Chooser from the Apple menu.

2. Make AppleTalk active by clicking the Active button.

3. Select Restart from the Finder’s Special menu to activate

AppleTalk. Then reselect the Chooser from the Apple menu.

4. Select the DW 600 Series (AT) icon (on the left of the Chooser).

5. If you are on a large network, select your AppleTalk zone from

the window in the lower left corner.

6. Select your printer from the window on the right.

The driver automatically selects the model of printer you are using. However, to verify that the correct printer has been selected, click the Setup button and check that

DeskWriter 600 is highlighted in the pop-up menu.

7. If you want to print in background mode, select Background

Printing by clicking the On button.

NOTE

If the Background Printing buttons are grayed out, background printing is unavail-

able. See If You Get a Message at the Computer on page 55.

8. Close the Chooser by clicking the close box in the upper left

corner. You are alerted that you have changed printers.

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Naming Your Printer

If your DeskWriter Series printer is connected to an AppleTalk network that has multiple HP DeskWriter series printers connected to it, you may want to name your printer to distinguish it from other printers listed in the Chooser. This ensures that you can select the desired printer on the network.

Before you name your printer, make sure the printer is turned on and connected to the network. Then follow these steps:

1. Select the Chooser from the Apple menu.

2. Select the DW 600 Series (AT) icon (on the left of the Chooser).

3. If you are on a large network, select your AppleTalk zone from

the window in the lower left corner.

4. Select your printer from the window on the right, then click

Setup. (By default, the unnamed printer is named DeskWriter 600 in the list of printers.)

5. Type in a new name for your printer. Click Rename, then click

OK.

6. Close the Chooser by clicking the close box in the upper left

corner. You are alerted that you have changed printers.

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SOFTWARE

The Software Provided for Your Printer

The features provided with your printer software include:

• Laser-quality text and graphics printing in portrait and landscape orientations

• A printer driver for the HP DeskWriter 600 printer

• TrueType and Adobe Type Manager scalable typeface support

• Many TrueType fonts

• ColorSmart technology

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Printing Features

After installing the printer software and choosing the HP DeskWriter 600 printer as described in Section 1 , you are ready to start printing from your software applications.

You select general print settings, such as the paper size and type, the page orientation, and so forth, from within the software application by choosing menu to display the Page Setup dialog box.

You select speciﬁc print settings, such as intensity, halftoning patterns, and color matching, from within the software application by choosing

Options

the Print dialog box to display the Options dialog box. Typically, you will want to leave these Options settings at ColorSmart to provide the best printing of your ﬁles.

You can print documents in either of the following two ways:

• From within a software application — Choose the File menu.

• From the Finder — Select the document(s) you want to print by clicking on the document icon(s) and choosing File menu.

You can select multiple documents for printing in succession. These documents need not have the same speciﬁcations nor do they need to have been created with the same software application. The printing speciﬁcations for each document are used when that document is printed. However, the printer does not notify you if the documents require different sizes or types of paper.

Page Setup

from the File

from either the Page Setup or

Auto

, allowing

Print

from

Print

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USING THE PRINTER SOFTWARE

Other Printing Options

Printing in the Background

Background Printing allows you to work on other documents while printing. When Background Printing is on, the information needed to print the document is saved in the PrintMonitor Documents folder, a temporary folder in the System Folder on your hard disk. This copy of the document is then sent to the printer. Because processing a document to disk takes signiﬁcantly less time than printing a document, you regain control of your computer sooner. However, the actual printing of the document is slower.

If you send several documents to the printer, the spooled copies are placed in the PrintMonitor Documents folder. Each document is printed in the order in which it was received.

To use Background Printing, select the Chooser from the Apple menu, select the DeskWriter 600 printer, and click the button under Background Printing.

Printing Back to Front

Click the

Print Back to Front

box in the Print dialog box to print your document in reverse order so that the document is in the correct order in the printer’s OUT tray when printing is complete.

If your software application offers the option of printing back to front and you select both back to front options, the document prints from front to back.

Previewing a Document

Click the

Preview

button in the Print dialog box to see how your

document will be positioned on the page when printed.

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Using the HP PrintMonitor

You can use the HP PrintMonitor during Background Printing to:

• See which ﬁle is currently printing

• View and re-arrange the order of ﬁles waiting to be printed

• Cancel a ﬁle from printing

• Remove a ﬁle from the print queue

• Establish preferences for the level of notiﬁcation used when the printer needs attention

However, you cannot directly print a ﬁle from the HP PrintMonitor. The HP PrintMonitor prints in the background until the PrintMonitor Documents folder is empty.

To open the HP PrintMonitor during Background Printing, select HP PrintMonitor from the Application menu in

the upper-right corner of the menu bar.

To open the HP PrintMonitor when the printer is inactive, double-click on the HP PrintMonitor icon in the

Extensions folder.

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By default, the HP PrintMonitor is not displayed during printing. To automatically display the HP PrintMonitor during printing, change the setting in the Preferences dialog box.

To change your preferences settings for the HP PrintMonitor: Once the HP PrintMonitor is displayed,

choose

Preferences

from the File menu. Make the desired

changes in the Preferences dialog box.

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USING THE PRINTER SOFTWARE

Using the Online Help

The HP DeskWriter Series printer software offers online Balloon help. Use the Balloon Help to get information about options in the dialog boxes.

Choose corner of the menu bar. If menu, Balloon Help is already on. Balloon Help provides pop-up help when you move the mouse cursor over certain parts of the screen. To turn off Balloon Help, choose Help menu.

Using the ReadMe Files

There are two ReadMe ﬁles that came with your printer software: one on the Driver Installation disk, and one on the Fonts Installation disk. See these ﬁles to get late breaking information on your printer software and for more detailed information that is not included in this booklet. These ﬁles can be printed.

Show Balloons

from the Help menu in the upper right

Show Balloons

is not an option in the

Hide Balloons

from the

Updating the Printer Software

HP periodically provides updates of the printer software. These updates may include enhancements that improve the performance of your printer. See Contacting Customer

Support on page 65 for detailed instructions on obtaining

updated printer software.

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