Before Setting up the Printer

Install the printer driver on each network computer that will use the printer.

For information on installation, refer to the Quick Start Guide .

 Printer Setup

To use the printer on a network, first set up the print server, then set up each client machine.

Print server setup procedure

1 Select Chooser in the Apple menu.

2 Select Active in AppleTalk.

3 Select the i550 icon, then select the printer name in Connected to:.

4 Click Share.

5 Confirm that i550 server is selected in Enter new print server name: then click Send.

6 Confirm that the new print server name has been added to Current print servers then click Close.

7 Click the close box to close the Chooser.

Client setup procedure

1 Select Chooser in the Apple menu.

2 Select Active in AppleTalk.

3 Select the i550 (Server) icon, then select the printer server in Connected to:.

4 Click the close box to close the Chooser.

 Checking Print Status

Checking print status from the print server

To check the status of a print job from the print server, start the BJ Print Monitor.

Select BJ Print Monitor in the Application menu.

To close the BJ Print Monitor, select Close Status Window in the File menu.

Checking print status from a client

To check the status of a print job from a client, start the BJ Status Monitor. Click the BJ Status Monitor icon in the BJ Extras folder.

To close the BJ Status Monitor, select Quit in the File menu.

The BJ Print Monitor and BJ Status Monitor

The BJ Print Monitor and the BJ Status Monitor both display a list of information concerning documents queued for printing. This information includes the document name, number of pages, number of copies and the time when the print job was accepted. The total number of queued documents is also displayed.

The BJ Print Monitor allows you to change the print order of the queued documents.

See BJ Printer Monitor Functions

 BJ Status Monitor Functions

 

 

.... Click to pause printing of the specified document.

.... Click to resume printing.

.... Click to cancel printing of the specified document.

Note

You can determine the owner of a computer by selecting the File Sharing control panel and checking the Owner Name item.  If you are using two or more printer servers, you can switch between the BJ Status Monitor displays. Select Print Server in the File menu, then select the desired print server and click OK.