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Connecting a printer, Monitoring printing – Apple Mac mini computer User Manual

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Chapter 2

Getting to Know Your Mac mini

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Connecting a Printer

You can connect most printers using a USB cable; others may require a network

connection, such as Ethernet. If you have an AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base

Station, you can connect a USB printer to the base station (instead of connecting it to

your computer) and print wirelessly. Follow the instructions that came with your printer

to install any required software and connect the printer. The drivers for most printers

are built into Mac OS X.

When you connect a printer, your Mac mini usually detects it automatically and adds it

to the list of available printers. You may need to know the network name or address of

a printer connected to a network before you can print to it.

To set up a printer:

1

Open System Preferences and click the Print & Fax icon.

2

Click Printing and then click the Add (+) button to add a printer.

3

Select the printer you want to use, and then click Add.

4

Use the Add (+) and Remove (–) buttons to choose which printers

appear in the printer list.

Monitoring Printing

After you send a document to a printer, you can monitor printing, including halting

your print job or putting it temporarily on hold. To monitor printing, click the printer

icon in the Dock to open the printer window. You can now see the print jobs in the

print queue and work with them.

For more information, open Mac Help and search for “printing.”

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