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Apple LaserWriter 12/640 PS User Manual

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troubleshooting

IBM PC or compatible computers

307–308

message on screen says the printer

can’t print 307

nothing is printed; no paper comes

out of the printer 307–308

printing first page takes longer than

expected 308

printing is garbled or displays

unwanted characters 308

jagged edges (“jaggies”) 330
Mac OS computers

Chooser does not appear in the

Apple menu 301

desktop printer icon has an X

drawn through it 306

desktop printer icon reappears after

you drag it to the Trash 305

desktop printer icons appear as

folders 305

desktop printing software needs

more memory on the
computer 306

LaserWriter 8 icon does not appear

in the Chooser 302

manual feed message, turning on or

off 306

message on screen says the printer

can’t print 305

nothing is printed; no paper comes

out of the printer 304

“out of memory” message appears

on screen when you try to
print 303

printer appears more than once in

the Chooser 303

printer is not listed in the Chooser

302–303

printer-specific options don’t

appear in the Print dialog
box 304

printing the first page takes longer

than expected 305

NetWare 308–309
paper jams 290–296

in duplex printing unit 295
in 500-sheet cassette and

feeder 294

in printer 291–293

printing documents 297–300

black and white images appear

although document is in color or
grayscale 298

blotchy areas or ghost images

appear on the page 300

faded areas or white voids appear

on the page 300

grayscale art quality could be

better 297

image is too dark 298
image is too light 298
image is wavy or distorted 299
images are out of place 297
nothing is printed on the paper 298
paper curls when you print on

it 297

paper prints solid black 299
paper wrinkles 296
printer isn’t printing from the

correct paper tray 300

printer prints on only part of the

paper 297

printer prints simplex even though

duplex printing is specified 299

printing is off-center 297
toner does not stay fixed on the

paper 297

toner smudges appear on front or

back of paper 299

unwanted lines or stripes

appear 299

UNIX 310–311

banner page generates PostScript

errors 310

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