Panasonic KX-P8420 Manual

The following chapter describes setting up PostScript printing from 
Macintosh using the Adobe PostScript printer driver 8.5.1 provided on the 
KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM. This driver has been customized to 
provide additional print options specific to your KX-P8420 printer. 
Custom print options available from PostScript printer driver are described 
in “Macintosh print options” on 

Once you have installed the PostScript printer driver, you can print to the 
KX-P8420 just as you would print to any other printer. Simply specify the 
KX-P8420 as the current printer by clicking on its icon in the Chooser desk 
accessory. You will need to select the Page Setup dialog box from your 
application’s file menu to set general printing options for your printer. 
Additional print options can then be specified from your application’s Print 
dialog box.

Select Chooser from the Apple menu.

Ensure AppleTalk is active.

Click the 

printer icon.

Select the correct AppleTalk zone if necessary.

Select the name of your KX-P8420.

If an icon is not displayed on the left of the printer name you 
selected, click Create to set up the printer. See “Installing Macintosh 
printing software” in the 

Setup Manual or Operating Instructions.

Close the Chooser.

If your printer has a hard disk drive and 32 MB SDRAM installed, 
KX-P8420_Direct, KX-P8420_Print, and KX-P8420_Hold print 
connections automatically appear in the Chooser. Select 
KX-P8420_Direct to print to the Direct connection, KX-P8420_Print 
to print to the Print queue, or KX-P8420_Hold to print to the Hold 
queue from the printers list.

If your printer does not have a hard disk drive installed, only the 
KX-P8420_Direct connection appears in the list.

The first time you select the Direct connection, Print queue, or Hold 
queue, you will be prompted to select a PPD.