Apple Macintosh LC - Manual (Page 91)

Using background printing
With MultiFinder in effect, you use the Chooser to turn on background
printing.
1. Select Chooser from the Apple menu.
The Chooser window appears.
2. Click the LaserWriter icon in the box on the upper left.
3. If necessary, click the On button in the middle area of the window to
turn on background printing.
A LaserWriter must be selected in the Chooser for the Background Printing
option to be displayed.
4. Click the Chooser's close box.
5. Print one or more documents as usual.
Select the icons of documents on the desktop, or display a document as the
active window of a program, and then choose the Print command from the File
menu.
The Print dialog box appears; select the options you want and click OK.
You know that background printing is under way when you see the printing
status box disappear. You may notice an occasional pause as you continue your
work; the pause means that the Macintosh is processing the document for
printing.
Managing printing jobs
You can control background printing with PrintMonitor, a resource supplied
with the system software.
Along with the appropriate printer driver, PrintMonitor must be in the System
Folder of your startup disk. (You can either copy it by dragging it into your
System Folder from the System Startup disk or use the Installer.)
PrintMonitor lets you
- monitor the status of printing
- cancel the current print job or one waiting to print
- set printing time (date, hour) or postpone a job indefinitely
- monitor paper supply (PrintMonitor's icon -- depicting a printer -- blinks
over the Apple logo at the left of the menu bar when the printer is out of
paper)
- know when you need to feed paper manually (PrintMonitor's icon blinks over
the Apple logo when you need to select it to confirm that you are ready to
begin)