FARGO electronic 76503 - Manual (Page 53)

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A. Introduction to
Background
Printing Printing documents with the FARGO driver
normally takes place in the Òforeground;Ó
therefore, the computer cannot do any other work
until the print is complete. Processing the print in
the Òbackground,Ó allows the computer to do other
work for you at the same time in the foreground.
The FARGO driver provides a background printing
facility via the FARGO Backgrounder. The FARGO
Backgrounder is an application program which is
included on your PrimeraPro driver diskette. Once
the Backgrounder is installed, it enables you to
process print jobs in the background while you
continue with other work in the foreground. If you
print several documents at a time, Backgrounder
queues them up and processes them in order. The
number of print jobs running within Backgrounder
is limited only by the available space on your hard
disk.
FARGO Backgrounder System Requirements
The FARGO Backgrounder has the same System
requirements as the FARGO driver. In addition,
however:
■ To print documents in the background, the
Macintosh must be using MultiFinder or
System 7. FARGO Backgrounder can also be used
for batch printing, which does not require
MultiFinder. Refer to page 57 in this manual for
more information about batch printing.
■ Your System may require more memory when
using MultiFinder, depending on which
applications you use.
■ More hard disk space may be needed to hold
documents that are waiting to be processed by
Backgrounder.
B. Installing The
FARGO
Backgrounder
The Backgrounder is installed by selecting the
Install Backgrounder
option from within the
printer driverÕs installer program. This option is
pre-selected when you first install the printer
driver. Therefore, if you did not deselect the
Backgrounder option when installing the printer
driver, it is most likely already installed. The
Backgrounder installs into the Extensions folder of
your startup drive. If you cannot locate
Backgrounder, simply go through the printer driver
installation procedure described in Section 7-B
making sure that the Install Backgrounder option
is selected. Once installed, Backgrounder will
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Using The
FARGO
Backgrounder
For Macintosh