V2071A@TEMPLEVM.BITNET ("George A. Piotrowski Jr.") (08/23/89)
I had mentioned in a message I sent last week that I was having problems printing to an Apple LaserWriter from Appleworks GS. My original config was my Apple // SCSI card is slot 2 and the Localtalk box connect to the modem port. I kept a switch box on that port to switch between my Zoom 2400 modem and the AppleTalk box. (I had mentioned about problems with Proterm but I am not worried about that right now.) I tried to print to the laser and would most of the time get only 1 page printed before I get a dialog box saying the document could not be printer. Sometimes I would get 2 or 3, but that would be the most. The Network is presently setup with 3 Mac+, 6 Mac SE's, 3 Mac II's, and 3 Apple ][gs's including the computer I am talking about. I have not tried printing on one of the other ][gs, but will try tomorrow. When that configuration didn't work, I switched the Appletalk Box to the Printer Port and put the switch box on that to switch between the LaserWriter+ and the Imagewriter II. When I tried to print, got the same results. When I booted up System 4.0 from floppy and ran the copy of AWGS off the HD, I printed a 23 page document with no hitches. I get interrupted using 4.0 by the Mac traffic on the Laser, but the document did print completely. Also, my HD is an 85M Seagate ST-296-N. It works like a charm, but I am having problems with the power switch. I would probably recommend that anyone building their own HD should avoid the Tulin case until they do something about the power switch. Does anyone at Claris have any answers?? I will try a few more things tomorrow with the other computers and with different fonts to see if I get any results. FYI I am setting up the documents in Courier 10pt with a Zapf Chancery Header and a Courier Footer containing the Page number. Can having Possible screwed up fonts cause this Problem?? Thanks in advance!!! ________________________________________________________________________ George A. Piotrowski Bitnet: V2071A@TEMPLEVM Coordinator, Educational Computing Cntr Genie: G.PIOTROWSKI Temple University CompuServe: 74046,1304 Philadelphia, PA 19122 (215) 787-6228 The opinions expressed are my own and do not have anything to do with Temple University. (well, not much) ________________________________________________________________________
jazzman@claris.com (Sydney R. Polk) (08/25/89)
From article <8908222115.aa10491@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, by V2071A@TEMPLEVM.BITNET ("George A. Piotrowski Jr."):
> I get interrupted using 4.0 by the Mac traffic on the Laser, but the
> document did print completely.
>
> Also, my HD is an 85M Seagate ST-296-N. It works like a charm, but I
> am having problems with the power switch. I would probably recommend
> that anyone building their own HD should avoid the Tulin case until
> they do something about the power switch.
>
> Does anyone at Claris have any answers?? I will try a few more things
> tomorrow with the other computers and with different fonts to see if
> I get any results. FYI I am setting up the documents in Courier 10pt
> with a Zapf Chancery Header and a Courier Footer containing the Page
> number.
What module are you trying to print from? How much memory do you have? Are
you running AppleShare?
Right now we know of several problems with AWGS 1.0 and 1.0v2 with
System 5.0, not the least of which is the increased memory requirements
of system 5.0, esp. with AppleShare. My advice is to just use system
4.0 to print if you can't get it to work with 5.0.
I really don't think the fonts you are using have anything to do with it.
System 5.0 cleaned up the problems with those.
If you would like to discuss this in detail, please continue with email.
Thanks.
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