AppleColor StyleWriter 2400

Language: QuickDraw (Full-page Bitmap)

Speed: Depends on printed image

Memory: None

Graphics: 360, 180 dpi

Autorotate: N/A

Duplex: Not Available

RET: Not Available

 

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Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 Fonts

Internal Fonts

The Color StyleWriter 2400 uses bitmap (or TrueType) fonts. The Macintosh sends a bitmap of each page through the serial connection to the printer. A bitmap is a dot-by-dot "guide" to each letter or image on the page. It is created in QuickDraw, the Macintosh's internal language.

The following TrueType are shipped with the Color StyleWriter 2400:

Typeface Size Variation Symbol Set
       
ITC Avant Garde® Scalable plain, italic, bold, and bold-italic Adobe PS
ITC Bookman® Scalable plain, italic, bold, and bold-italic Adobe PS
Delphian Scalable plain Adobe PS
ITC Garamond® Narrow Scalable plain, italic, bold, and bold-italic Adobe PS
Helvetica® Black Scalable plain and italic Adobe PS
Helvetica Compressed Scalable plain and italic Adobe PS
Helvetica Narrow Scalable plain, italic, bold, and bold-italic Adobe PS
ITC Lubalin Graph® Scalable plain, italic, bold, and bold-italic Adobe PS
Lucida Bright Scalable plain, italic, bold, and bold-italic Adobe PS
ITC Machine® Scalable plain Adobe PS
Nadianne Scalable plain and bold Adobe PS
Old English Text Scalable plain Old English Text
Onyx Scalable plain Adobe PS
Oxford® Scalable plain Adobe PS
Palatino® Scalable plain, italic, bold, and bold-italic Adobe PS
Swing Scalable plain Adobe PS
ITC Zapf Chancery® Scalable plain Zapf Chancery
ITC Zapf Dingbats® Scalable plain Dingbats
Zeal Scalable plain Zeal

Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 Paper Handling

Unprintable Region

Letter:

Left: .2 in. Top: .1 in.

Right: .2 in. Bottom: .3 in.

Legal:

Left: .2 in. Top: .1 in.

Right: .2 in. Bottom: .3 in.

Note: Actual imageable area may vary depending on the application program and/or printer driver.

Continuous Feeding

Standard Tray: Automatic 50-sheet paper feeder which can handle a variety of stock including transparencies and envelopes.

Optional Trays: There are no optional trays available for the Color StyleWriter 2400

Manual Feeding

When feeding envelopes or transparencies, it may be necessary to change the setting of the Internal Paper Selector.

Print Material Maximum Special Instructions
     
Plain Paper 100 sheets · Use 16- to 24-pound paper.
Premium coated paper 20 sheets · Use only those designed for this printer.
Glossy paper 20 sheets · Use only those designed for this printer

· Put one sheet of plain paper at the bottom of the stack to prevent misfeeds.

· Specify Transparency paper type in the Print dialog box.

Envelopes 15 · Make sure the envelope flap is well creased.
Transparencies 20 · Use only those designed for this printer

· The shiny side should be toward you.

· The edge where the paper and transparency are joined should be at the bottom.

Black Print Film 20 sheets · Use only those designed for this printer

· Put one sheet of plain paper at the bottom of the stack to prevent misfeeds.

· The chalky side should be toward you.

Labels 20 sheets · Put one sheet of plain paper at the bottom of the stack to prevent misfeeds.

· The labels should be toward you.

· Specify Plain as the paper type in the Print dialog box.

Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 Messages

The lights indicate a problem

· Both lights are off. To conserve energy, the printer turns itself off if it's left idle for some time (usually about 5 minutes). If you suspect a problem, press the power button. If the lights remain off, check to make sure the power cord is plugged in properly and the outlet has power. If you can't turn the printer lights on, see the information about service and support that comes with this printer.

· The error light grows steadily. Either the printer is out of paper or the paper has misfed. Check your Macintosh screen and the printer's control panel display for messages.
· The error light blinks. The ink cartridge may not be seated properly. Open the printer's cover. Make sure the cartridge is inserted properly, and that the bright blue lever is firmly lowered to secure the cartridge in place.

Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 Interfaces

The serial connection is located directly in the center of the base on the back side.

Serial

Availability: Standard

Connection: High-speed Serial; Apple System/Peripheral-8 cable
Optional LocalTalk interface

Activation: Default

Sharing your printer with other users

If your computer is connected to other computers over an AppleTalk network, you can allow other users on the network to print on your Color StyleWriter 2400. The technology that lets you do this is called ColorShare.

To share the printer with other users, follow these steps:

1. Select Chooser from the Apple menu.

2. In the Chooser dialog box, make the following changes:


First, click on the Color SW 2400 icon, then select the port that the printer is connected to under "Connect to:"

Click the Setup button

3. In the sharing setup dialog box, make the changes you want.

To share your printer, click to place an X in the Share this Printer box.

Type a name for your printer in the Name box. To avoid confusion, give it a unique name.

To make your printer available only to people you choose, type the password in the Password box. To use your printer, others must type the password exactly as you have, so remember how you typed the word, including where you used uppercase and lowercase letters or spaces before or after the word.

4. To keep a record of what's printed on your printer, click the "Keep Log of Printer Usage" checkbox to put an X in it.

You can open and print the log with SimpleText or TeachText, or another word-processing program. To find the log file, open your System Folder; then open the Preferences folder, and open the Printing Prefs folder.

Note: You can keep a log even if your printer is not shared.

5. Click OK to close the sharing setup dialog box.

Sharing works only if background printing is turned on. If it is not turned on, ColorShare turns it on.

6. Close the Chooser (click the close box in the upper-left corner).

If Color StyleWriter 2400 software has been installed on their Macintosh computers, other users connected to the network can now use your Color StyleWriter 2400.

Important: For others to be able to use the shared Color StyleWriter 2400 printer, your Macintosh must be turned on.

Connecting a Color StyleWriter 2400 to a LocalTalk network

If you have the optional Color StyleWriter 2400 LocalTalk Module, you can connect a Color StyleWriter 2400 printer to a LocalTalk network.

To attach the LocalTalk Module and connect your Color StyleWriter 2400 to the network, follow the instructions that come with the module. Once the printer is on the network, its name appears in the Chooser just like other network printers.