GCC Technologies Elite 1212 Guide

Using GCC Printers with Mac OS X

This document is provided to assist with the installation, selection and use of GCC’s

PostScript laser printers with Apple’s Mac OS X operating system.

The installation portion of this document requires GCC’s “OS X PPD Installer” software.This

software can be downloaded from GCC’s web site.

Contents:

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Part One - Installing PPD Files and Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Part Two - Selecting your GCC Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Part Three - Printing from Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Part Four - Additional OS X Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Information Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Introduction

The GCC OS X PPD Installer software will install PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files

for GCC’s PostScript printers onto your Mac OS X system.The installer will also install

screen fonts onto the system that will allow the resident fonts within your printer to be used.

Please note that this installer is compatible with Mac OS X only and will not operate with

previous versions of the Mac OS. Software downloads for use with older Mac OS versions are

available from GCC’s web site.

Listing of Supported Printers

The list of printers supported by this installer includes:

•Elite 21 SE •Elite XL 1208S

•Elite 21 DN •Elite XL 1208

•Elite 21 N •Elite XL 808

•Elite XL 20/1200 •Elite XL 608

•Elite XL 20/800 •Elite XL 616

•Elite XL 20/600 •Elite XL 408

•Elite 12/1200N •Elite 600

•Elite 12/600N

•Elite 12/600 USB

•Elite 12/600

•Elite 1212

The following PPDs are also installed, but have not been tested and are not supported by

GCC under OS X:

•SelectPress 1200 •BLP Elite

•SelectPress 600 •BLP IIS

•BLP Eclipse 8 •BLP II

•BLP Eclipse 4

PPDs are installed into the /Library/Printers/PPDs folder of OS X. Files relating to printer

models not in use on your system can be safely deleted after the installation.

Steps for performing the PPD installation are found beginning on the next page.

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Part One - Installing PPD Files and Fonts

1. Make sure you have a copy of GCC’s OS X

PPD Installer software.This software is

available for download from GCC’s web

site.

Double-click the “GCC OS X PPD

Installer”icon.An introductory window

will appear. Click “Continue.”

2. A ReadMe window will open, displaying the

Release Notes for the installer. Read these

notes, then click “Continue”to proceed.

3. The Software License Agreement will be

displayed. Read the contents of the

agreement, then click “Agree”to proceed.

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4. The PPD Installer window will appear.The

default setting is “Easy Install,”which installs

all the PPD files and screen fonts included

in the installer. Click “Install”to proceed, or

click on “Easy Install”and pull down to

“Custom Install”to customize installation

options.

Once all options are selected, click “Install”

to proceed.

5. A status window will appear, showing the

progress of the installation.

6. When installation is complete, a window

will appear informing you that the

installation was successful. Click “Quit.”

The PPD files and/or fonts for your GCC

printer are now installed.

Proceed to Part Two on the next page to

select your printer within the OS X

environment.

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1. Install the GCC OS X software onto the

Macintosh following the steps in Part One

of this document (“Installing PPD Files and

Fonts.”)

2. After the installation is complete, open

the Print Center utility. Print Center is

found in the Utilities folder, within the

Applications folder of your OS X system.

3. When Print Center opens, a window

titled Printer List will appear.This gives a

listing of all currently installed printers on

the computer. Click the “Add Printer...”

button to add a new printer.

Mac OS X does not use the traditional Chooser or Desktop Printer Utility in order to select and manage

printers. Instead, OS X ships with a utility called Print Center which serves these functions.This section of

the document will outline the printer selection process using Print Center.

Part Two - Selecting your GCC Printer

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4. Clicking Add Printer will open a new

window, featuring a pull-down menu at the

top. Click on this menu to bring up a list

of printer connection methods (AppleTalk,

LPR Printers using IP, or USB.) Select the

connection method being used for your

GCC printer.

USB Connections: Proceed to Step 5

LPR Connections: Skip to Step 6

AppleTalk Connections: Skip to Step 7

5. If USB is selected, make sure the printer is

plugged into the computer via USB and

turned on.A list of available USB printers

will appear. Click on the name of your

printer and click “Add.”Proceed to Step 8.

6. If LPR Printers using IP is selected, make

sure the printer is turned on, connected

to the network and has been assigned an

IP address. Fill in the IP address under the

“LPR Printer’s Address”field. Select your

specific GCC printer model from the

Printer Model pull-down menu. Click

“Add.”Proceed to Step 8.

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7. If AppleTalk is selected, make sure the

printer is turned on and connected to the

network.A list of available AppleTalk

printers will appear. Click on the name of

your printer from the list. Click “Add.”

Note:AppleTalk is disabled by default

within OS X. Make sure that “Make

AppleTalk Active”is selected in your

Network Settings (under System

Preferences) before attempting to access

AppleTalk devices on the network.

8. Once the printer has been added, you will

be returned to the Printer List window,

where the printer will now appear as an

option.

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This section is intended as a brief overview of printing from Mac OS X. For more detailed

information regarding printing and Mac OS X, consult the Mac OS X documentation or the

documentation for the application you are using.

As with previous Mac OS versions, most printing options within a Macintosh application are

found within the Page Setup or Print dialog boxes, under the application’s File menu. Options

found within each of these categories are discussed in this section.

The Page Setup dialog box

Selecting Page Setup within your application will bring up a dialog box similar to this:

The “Page Attributes”settings allow the user to select which printer to format the job for

(from the list of installed printers in the Print Center utility), the Paper Size being used, the

Orientation of the job and the Scale for the output. Clicking on “Page Attributes”and pulling

down to “Summary”will display a summary listing of the current settings for all these options.

Make any necessary changes to these options in this window and click OK to return to the

document.

Part Three - Printing from Mac OS X

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The Print dialog box

Selecting Print from within the application will bring up a dialog box similar to this:

The “Printer”pull-down menu allows the user to specify which printer to send the job to

(from the list of installed printers in the Print Center utility.)

The “Saved Settings”pull-down menu allows the user to select a set of previously defined

printing settings.

Other printing options are set through a series of windows, selected by clicking on the pull-

down menu shown above.The functions of these windows are as follows:

Copies and Pages - This is the default window for the Print dialog box. It allows the user to select the

number of copies to be printed, select whether or not copies are to be collated and define a page range to

be printed if desired.

Layout - Allows for the number of pages on a sheet, the layout direction for multiple pages on a sheet and a

border type to be set.

Output Options - Allows the job to be saved as a PDF file rather than sent to a printer.

Duplex - Allows duplex printing to be enabled and the duplex binding mode to be selected.This option only

appears on printers which have duplex printing available as an option

Paper Feed - Allows the paper feed source on the printer for the job to be selected.

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Error Handling - Determines how PostScript Errors and Tray Switching are handled.

Summary - Displays a summary listing of all the current settings for the other options in the Print dialog.

Save Custom Setting - Allows a set of printer options to be saved and added to the “Saved Settings”pull-down

menu for future use.

Each of these windows also has three buttons at the bottom.The “Preview”window allows

the print job to be previewed before sending it to the printer.The “Cancel”button cancels the

printing process and returns to the document.The “Print”button sends the job to the printer.

Once all options in the Page Setup and Print dialogs are set as desired, click the “Print”button

to print the job.

Note: Some applications may bring up custom Page Setup and/or Print dialog boxes or list

additional functions not shown here. Consult your application’s user documentation for more

specific information.

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