Xerox 7655, 7665, 7675, 2530 User Manual

Printer Drivers Guide

For Macintosh

Release 6.3

February 1, 2006

Xerox Corporation

Global Knowledge and Language Services

800 Phillips Road, Bldg. 0845-17S

Webster, New York 14580

USA

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Other product names and images used in this guide may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged.

Table of

Contents

Chapter 1 CentreWare Printer Drivers for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Supported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

CentreWare Printer Drivers and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

OS X Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

OS 9 PPDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Xerox Font Management Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Macintosh Printer Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Obtaining CentreWare Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

CentreWare Print and Fax Services CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Downloading from the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Printer Drivers Guide for Macintosh (This Guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Internet Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Telephone Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Additional Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Chapter 2 Installing and Configuring Printer Drivers in OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Installing Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Setting Up Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Adding Printers with the Printer Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Configuring Installable Options for Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Removing Custom Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Chapter 3 About OS X Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Custom Driver Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Paper/Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Special Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Image Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Watermark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Driver Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

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Chapter 4 Installing and Configuring PPDs in OS 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Workstation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Installing Generic PPDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Configuring Generic PPDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Configuring LPR Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Removing Generic PPDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Chapter 5 Macintosh OS 9 Printer Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Workstation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Installing the Macintosh Printer Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Using the Macintosh Printer Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Removing the Macintosh Printer Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Chapter 6 Problem Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Troubleshooting a Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Known Issues for OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Unable to Use Bitmap Watermarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Cover Page (After Document) Not Printing with Generic PPD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Reset Page Setup after Changing Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index-I

CentreWare Printer Drivers for Macintosh

CentreWare is software that brings the power of your Xerox systems right to your desktop. With these interactive drivers, printing from the Macintosh is simple. Printing options are easy to find, select, and use.

This guide introduces you to the CentreWare printer drivers and helps you to install and set up the Xerox system for use. Once installed, you can begin using the numerous and robust printing options of the Xerox system.

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Supported Features

The CentreWare 6.3 release provides support for Xerox WorkCentre 7665/7655 printers. The following list highlights the latest features for these Xerox systems:

 Source RGB and CMYK color space selection.

 Pantone spot color matching.

 Print on tabs.

 Variable 2/3 hole and 2/4 hole punch capability.

 Four-position stapling (Letter LEF, A4 LEF, Ledger SEF, and A3 SEF).

 Finishing options include stapling, hole punching, booklet making, booklet folding, and

offsetting. These options vary based on the finishing unit.

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CentreWare Printer Drivers and Applications

Printer drivers for Macintosh OS X, PPDs for OS 9, the Xerox Font Management Utility, and Macintosh Printer Utility are available with this CentreWare release.

OS X Printer Drivers

Custom printer drivers are available for OS X (10.3.9 and above). The printer drivers consist of a disk image file (.DMG) that includes the following components:

 Custom PostScript Printer Description files (PPDs)

 Filters

 Plug-ins (Printer Dialog Extension/PDEs)

OS 9 PPDs

There are no custom printer drivers available for OS 9 (and earlier versions) in this release. Generic Printer Description files (PPDs) are provided for OS 8.6 - 9.x which can be used with Adobe PostScript

8.x and Apple LaserWriter 8.x printer drivers.

Xerox Font Management Utility

The Xerox Font Management Utility is a tool for managing fonts and printer lists. Using this utility, fonts may be viewed, printed, or downloaded to printers, and downloaded (non-resident) fonts exported to a file. Printers can be added or deleted from a printer list which is used for adding and deleting fonts from one or multiple printers.

Macintosh Printer Utility

The Macintosh Printer Utility (provided for OS 8.6 - 9.x) is an application that enables network administrators to:

 Rename and rezone Xerox systems that are configured for AppleTalk connectivity.

 Query the characteristics of a printer.

 Print a list of fonts installed on a printer.

 Send PostScript files or portions of PostScript code to a printer.

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Obtaining CentreWare Printer Drivers

CentreWare Print and Fax Services CD

The installation .DMG files (OS X) and generic PPDs (OS 9) for the Xerox system printer drivers are available in the Mac folder on the CentreWare Print and Fax Services CD. The following illustration shows a sample driver folder’s structure and content.

Figure 1-1: Sample Printer Driver Folder Structure

Downloading from the Web

CentreWare printer drivers can be downloaded from the Xerox Web site (www.Xerox.com). From the Xerox home page, click Support & Drivers. Follow the instructions on the Web page to locate the appropriate driver for your Xerox system.

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Documentation

The CentreWare printer drivers include the following documentation, designed to get you up and running quickly and easily.

Printer Drivers Guide for Macintosh (This Guide)

The guide is intended for administrators who install and configure printer drivers. It is available on the CentreWare

Help

OS X has a fully-featured help system that is accessed by clicking the help button on the CentreWare printer driver dialogs or by choosing Help from the Macintosh Help menu. Included in the help system are feature descriptions, step-by-step procedures, Xerox system information, and support information.

Print and Fax Services CD in electronic (PDF) format.

Figure 1-2: Help System

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Support

Support for your CentreWare printer drivers is available both online and by telephone.

Internet Support

Please visit the Xerox Web site (www.Xerox.com) for product support information, product overviews, updates, and links to specific product sites. Printer drivers and PPDs can also be downloaded from the Support & Drivers area.

Telephone Support

For additional assistance, you may contact the Xerox Welcome Center by telephone to speak with a Product Support Analyst. Locate your product’s serial number, and record it in the space below for future reference before you make your call.

Xerox System Serial Number

The Xerox Welcome Center telephone numbers are listed in the following table. If the Welcome Center telephone number for your country is not listed, it will be provided to you when your Xerox system is installed. For future reference, please record the telephone number in the space provided below.

Welcome Center Telephone Numbers

UNITED STATES 800-821-2797

UNITED STATES (TTY) 800-855-2880

CANADA 800-939-3769 (800-93-XEROX)

Additional Tips

Additional tips and technical information for printer drivers are available at the Xerox Web site. Click Support & Drivers, identify your product, and click the Documentation link.The documents listed in this section cover specific issues that may require special procedures or application notes regarding the operation and configuration of your Xerox system.

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