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Mac Forum / General / General / July 2008How do I turn off the printer’s test page?
I have a Apple Personal Laser 320 printer. How do I stop the test page that is printed every time I turn the unit on? I once had stopped it with using some utility. And does it matter if the computer is booted up before I turn (plug in) the printer on. It has no on and off switch and I hardly every print with it so to save energy I unplug it. > I have a Apple Personal Laser 320 printer. How do I stop the test page > that is printed every time I turn the unit on? I once had stopped it > with using some utility. And does it matter if the computer is booted > up before I turn (plug in) the printer on. It has no on and off switch > and I hardly every print with it so to save energy I unplug it. With systems before mas OS X a soft "laser printer utility" offers this choice, with mac OS X, I dont know. Find an older mac with an older system and force this choice, it remains in the printer memory. Alain > > I have a Apple Personal Laser 320 printer. How do I stop the test page > > that is printed every time I turn the unit on? I once had stopped it [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Find an older mac with an older system and force this choice, it remains > in the printer memory. I had a LW 360 that couldn't be stopped from printing that page. In the process of attempting to get it to stop, I tried a lot of things, including a snippet of Postscript that was supposed to stop it -- but did not. I have long since lost that snippet, but you might be able to google for it. Isaac > In article <1ikk44j.wsbrcy1oiemn9N%al...@alussinan.org>, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Isaac Not quite sure what you mean by a snippet? And how the printer gets it. Is it a one-time thing? What words should I search google with? In article <f19d2b4a-40b2-46e0-ba6f-87bb53f58a5d@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, > > In article <1ikk44j.wsbrcy1oiemn9N%al...@alussinan.org>, > > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Not quite sure what you mean by a snippet? And how the printer gets > it. Is it a one-time thing? What words should I search google with? A few lines -- maybe three or four. It will start with the Postscript identifier "%!" (without the quotes), and you can't just print it; you have to use an app that will send a Postscript file. On older Mac systems, I would use BBEdit, which had a "Send Postscript" command. Again using pre-OS X systems, the Apple Laserwriter Utility (may not be the correct name) had a command for turning the test page on and off. And as a last resort, you can probably do what we finally started doing with that LW 360 -- pull the paper tray out whenever you turn the printer on. After three or four minutes, it won't print the test page when you shove it in again. Isaac > > I have a Apple Personal Laser 320 printer. How do I stop the test page > > that is printed every time I turn the unit on? I once had stopped it [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Alain Right now I am hooked to OS 8.6 but soon I will be using it on an OS10.3.9 with 9.2 both on the hard disk. So I can set it using 8.6 or 9. Like I said I know I had stopped the page before but forgot with what utility. Off hand do you have a name of a utilityfor me to look for to download? Does apple have one or can I use a HP 4-m laser utility I already have on another older Mac computer with a HP Laser printer? > > > I have a Apple Personal Laser 320 printer. How do I stop the test page > > > that is printed every time I turn the unit on? I once had stopped it [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > download? Does apple have one or can I use a HP 4-m laser utility I > already have on another older Mac computer with a HP Laser printer? The best is you use the soft named "Apple Printer Utility" (about 1Mo) and wich is in the folder "Compléments CD" of the CD install mac OS 8.6. I give parts of the file "read me" wich is in the same folder, the last line is for you. Alain ++++ Apple Printer Utility This document contains important information about the Apple Printer Utility Software for Mac OS-based computers. You may want to print this document and keep it for future reference. Apple Printer Utility Version 2.2 The Apple Printer Utility is a program that allows the configuration and administration of PostScript printers. Printer Support The Apple Printer Utility 2.2 program works with all Apple PostScript Level 1, PostScript Level 2, and PostScript 3 printers. If this software is used with a non-Apple printer, a set of generic features will be available. The generic feature set consists of options that are common to most PostScript printers. The use of this utility with these printers is not supported by Apple Computer, Inc. Questions regarding non-Apple printers should be directed to manufacturer of the printer. System Requirements The Apple Printer Utility 2.2 program requires System 7.1.1 or later of the Mac OS. Features The Apple Printer Utility allows the user to configure and administer their PostScript Printer. It allows the ability to: - Manage a Printer's network capabilities Set the AppleTalk name. Set the EtherTalk zone. Set the printer's IP address. View the Ethernet address. Configure the communication settings. - Manage a Printer's fonts Print a sample of the fonts stored within a printer. Download fonts to a printer. Remove previously downloaded fonts from a printer. - Control the Printer's hardware capabilities Enable / disable FinePrint. Enable / disable PhotoGrade. Set printer density. Set paper handling options. Control the energy mode activation delay. - Control miscellaneous features Enable / disable the start-up demo page. Restart the printer. Print a configuration page. Enable / disable the complete print job extended status reporting. ++++ In article <b2f097b0-5bbc-4fd3-827d-11d148b9892f@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, > Off hand do you have a name of a utilityfor me to look for to > download? DJW- I have three old Apple programs: Apple Printer Utility version 2.1.1, Desktop Printer Utility version 1.3 and LaserWriter Utility version 7.6.2. I do not recall which one can turn off the startup page, but suspect it was the LaserWriter Utility. (I don't have a working OS 7 or 8 machine to try it on right now.) Fred |
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