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using printer software with Mac OS 8.6, 9.x, and X Classic

3. Click

hp deskjet printer

in the right side of the Chooser dialog box.

4. Do one of the following, depending on how the computer and the printer are connected:

USB: Go to step 5.

AppleTalk: Click the

Setup

button, then select the correct printer type.

5. Close the Chooser.

selecting a default printer

After setting up the printer with the Chooser, use one of the following methods to select it as the default

printer:

Click the menu bar printer icon at the top of the screen, then select the printer name.

Click the control strip printer icon, then select the printer name.

Click the desktop printer icon, then choose

Set Default Printer

from the Printing menu.

printing from the computer's desktop

Desktop printing is useful when you want to print a number of documents at once or print a document

that is formatted for a particular printer.

Use one of the following methods to print from the desktop:

Drag the icons of the documents you want to print to the printer icon on the desktop.

Select the icons of the documents you want to print, then select

File

>

Print

. Select the options

you want from the Print dialog box, then click the

OK

button.

Desktop printing is not supported in Mac OS X Classic.

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