General things to check for

• Open the Chooser and select a supported driver, such as the LaserWriter 8.x, and your printer.
  • If the driver isn't installed or properly set up with your printer, refer to for instructions.

  • Make sure that Background Printing is turned off.

  • Close the Chooser and try printing again.

• If you are having trouble printing from the Finder in System 7.1, for example if the driver's dialog boxes are not opening, it may be because the Finder doesn't have enough allocated memory. Reinstall a supported driver to automatically allocate enough memory for printing from the Finder.

• For PCI-based PowerMacs, you should be using the latest version of Open Transport, available from Apple Computer.

• Check to make sure that you have configured the communications ports and the Handshake option correctly. Refer to Printing the help pages for information on printing a configuration page.

• Make sure that you are using the correct cables for your computer and printer. See Interface cables and adapters for cable information.

• Make sure that your printer is connected to the port you selected in the driver's Printers/Connect dialog box.

• Check the Options dialog box to make sure Printer, not Encapsulated PostScript File, is selected in the driver's
  Print To box.

• If the error message Windows Header has not been downloaded to the printer appears on your computer screen, click the Job Control tab and click one of the options for PostScript Header. Refer to Using the Adobe PostScript driver for Windows 3.1 for details on the Job Control tab.

• Make sure that your printer is connected to the port you selected in the driver's Details tab.

• Make sure that the correct port is selected in the driver's Details tab.

• If the error message Windows Header has not been downloaded to the printer appears on your computer screen, click the PostScript tab and click one of the options for PostScript Header. Refer to for details on the PostScript tab.

• If you are using PC/NFS

1. From the Main window, double-click the Print Manager icon.

2. From the Options menu in the Print Manager, select Network Settings.

3. In the Network Options dialog box, uncheck the Print Net Jobs Direct box.

4. Click OK.

If you can't print from Windows to an LPT port

Check the printer's language mode