Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

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Printer Configuration and Printing

Synopsis

Configure a printer?

Printer Setup Utility (/Applications/Utilities)→click on the Add button in the Printer List window, or select Printers→Add Printer from the menu bar. Select how the printer is connected using the pull-down menu (AppleTalk, Bluetooth, IP Printing, Open Directory, Rendezvous, USB, or Windows Printing).

• If you select AppleTalk, select the zone (if any) using the second pull-down menu, choose the printer in the lower pane, and then click the Add button.

• If you select IP Printing, you need to know and fill in the IP address of the printer; select the printer model, and click the Add button.

• If you select Open Directory, you can choose a printer listed in the NetInfo Network. Select the printer name, and then click the Add button.

• If you select Rendezvous, USB, or Windows, choose the name of the printer and the printer model, and then click the Add button.

View the jobs in the print queue?

Printer Setup Utility→double-click on the name of the printer to see the print queue

Cancel a print job?

Printer Setup Utility→double-click on the printer name→click on the name of the print job→click on the Delete button

Halt a print job?

Printer Setup Utility→double-click on the printer name→click on the name of the print job→click on the Hold button. (Click on the Resume button to start the job where it left off.)

Share the printer that’s connected to my Mac with another user?

System Preferences→Sharing→Services→click on the checkbox next to ...