Mac OS X's desktop printers feature enables you to create an icon for a printer you use frequently. Then, when you want to print a document on that printer, simply drag the document icon onto the printer icon.
1. | Open Printer Setup Utility and display the Printer list. |
2. | Select the printer you want to create a desktop printer icon for (Figure 72 ). Figure 72. Select the printer you want to create an icon for in the Printer List window.Figure 5 ), or press |
4. | Use the Save As dialog that appears (Figure 73 ) to enter a name and choose a location for the desktop printer icon. Figure 73. Use this dialog to name and save the printer icon. |
5. | Click Save. An alias for the printer appears in the location you specified (Figure 74 ). Figure 74. Here's an example of a printer icon on the desktop. |
Although Desktop is the default location in the Save As dialog (Figure 73 ), you can save a desktop printer anywhere on disk.
1. | Drag the icon for the document you want to print onto the printer icon (Figure 75 ). Figure 75. To print, simply drag the document icon onto the printer icon. |
2. | When you release the mouse button, the document is sent to the print queue and prints. |
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