You know that background printing is under way when you see the printing
status box disappear. You may notice an occasional pause as you continue your
work; the pause means that the Macintosh is processing the document for
printing.
Managing printing jobs
You can control background printing with PrintMonitor, a resource supplied
with the system software.
Along with the appropriate printer driver, PrintMonitor must be in the System
Folder of your startup disk. (You can either copy it by dragging it into your
System Folder from the System Startup disk or use the Installer.)
PrintMonitor lets you
- monitor the status of printing
- cancel the current print job or one waiting to print
- set printing time (date, hour) or postpone a job indefinitely
- monitor paper supply (PrintMonitor's icon -- depicting a printer -- blinks
over the Apple logo at the left of the menu bar when the printer is out of
paper)
- know when you need to feed paper manually (PrintMonitor's icon blinks over
the Apple logo when you need to select it to confirm that you are ready to
begin)
Follow these steps to use PrintMonitor:
1. With background printing activated, print one or more documents as usual.
2. While printing is under way, choose PrintMonitor from the Apple menu.
The PrintMonitor window appears.
3. Select the option you want, then click the close box.
You can cancel printing of the current document or select one of the
documents waiting to print. (The Cancel Printing button changes to Remove
from List when a waiting document is selected.) You can set a time and date
for printing a selected document by clicking the Set Print Time button and
entering the time and date in the dialog box that appears.
PrintMonitor shortcut: You can also open the PrintMonitor window by clicking
the active-application icon at the right side of the menu bar until
PrintMonitor's icon (a printer) appears.
• "Managing Multiple Programs Using MultiFinder" in Chapter 11
USING YOUR CLASSIC-CHAPTER 13
Preparing and Using Hard Disks and Floppy Disks
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