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Installing quickdraw gx utilities – Apple Macintosh System 7.5 User Manual

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Installing QuickDraw GX Utilities

Once you’ve installed QuickDraw GX using Easy Install, you can add
additional capabilities by installing the QuickDraw GX utilities. The
QuickDraw GX utilities provide additional capabilities for working with
printers and fonts. These utilities are:
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LaserWriter Utility

is an updated version of a utility that comes with Apple

LaserWriters.

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Paper Type Editor

allows you to create and edit the paper type for Apple

printers.

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QuickDraw GX Helper

(when it is installed in your Extensions Folder) allows

you to temporarily turn off QuickDraw GX printing for an application
program.

To turn off QuickDraw GX printing, launch the application program. Then
open the Apple (K) menu and choose “Turn desktop printing off.” You can
still use the desktop printer icons to print, but documents print using a
non-GX printer driver. To turn QuickDraw GX printing back on, choose
“Turn desktop printing on.”

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Type 1 Enabler

makes your Type 1 fonts work with QuickDraw GX. For

instructions, see “Using Type 1 Fonts With QuickDraw GX” next.

To install the QuickDraw GX utilities, you must do a Custom Install. Follow
these steps:

1

Quit any open application programs or desk accessories.

2

Insert the

Install QuickDraw GX disk into a floppy disk drive.

If you are installing from a CD, open the System Software Installers folder.

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