On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:45:40 -0400, Little Sir Echo wrote
(in article <UnzUi.544$mv.406@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> Paul Bruneau wrote:
>> On Oct 25, 6:59 pm, Don Bruder <dak...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <Pine.SOC.4.64.0710251823500.18...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> Michael L Kankiewicz <micha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I put together an old Performa 61XX system for some nursing home
>>>> residents to use. Someone gave me a LaserWriter Select 360 to go
with it.
>>>> Well I hooked it up and everything works fine, except that the
printer
>>>> name in the chooser ****t window is a cute ***y slang word. I did a
>>>> complete initialization and installation of 7.6 and it's still there.
I'm
>>>> just curious, is it somethiong the previous printer owner did, and
how?
>>>> And how can I get it back to normal? Thanks.
>>> Unless I mis-remember, you're going to need to go into the Chooser,
>>> select the printer, and a dialog should appear with a "setup" or maybe
>>> "options" button for you to hit. Hit it and you should be able to
rename
>>> the printer to something a bit more "senior friendly".
>>>
>>> (The printer stores its own name, among other things, in on-board
NVRAM)
>>
>> You won't find it in the chooser, and I don't know for sure the name
>> of the utility anymore and I no longer have a computer old enough to
>> look it up for you, but there will be a program called either
>> "Laserwriter utility" or something similar to that.
>>
>> You choose the printer in the chooser, run this program, then you can
>> read and set all kinds of settings that live on the printer such as
>> its postscript name.
>>
>> The 360 is a very nice printer btw.
>>
> I have a Apple Printer Utility 2.2 on my hard drive and the Read Me
> indicates that it will, among other things, rename a printer. Here is
> part of the Read Me:
>
>
> Apple Printer Utility Version 2.2
>
> The Apple Printer Utility is a program that allows the configuration and
> administration of PostScript printers.
>
> Printer Sup****t
>
> The Apple Printer Utility 2.2 program works with all Apple PostScript
> Level 1, PostScript Level 2, and PostScript 3 printers...
>
>
> You might find this application on the Apple Sup****t Site, but if not,
> I'll be pleased to provide you with a copy.
It's available here:
<http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Sup****t_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Engl
ish-North_American/Macintosh/Printing/LaserWriter/>
I'm given to understand that it works in Classic.
>
> It works with System 7.1.1 or later which means, I suppose, that it
> should be run under Classic or an OS previous to OS X.
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