[comp.sys.mac] Problems printing bitmap figures with WriteNow 2.0

cordy@qucis.queensu.CA (Jim Cordy) (08/25/89)

I've recently run into a problem printing a WriteNow 2.0
document using background printing.  I'm running System Software
version 6.0.3 and WriteNow 2.0 on a 2.5Mb SE with Radius 25
Accelerator.

The problem is that a document containing a half-page bitmap
prints just fine from WriteNow in Finder without background
printing, but will not print in MultiFinder using background
printing.  I've tried it with both a LaserWriter I and a
LaserWriter II NT with the same result - the document prints up
to the point where the bitmap appears, then silently quits
without any error messages or anything.

Is this a known problem?  How do I get around it?  Switching to
using Finder just to print this document seems awful silly to me.

Thanks
Jim
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Prof. Dr. James R. Cordy			cordy@qucis.queensu.ca
Dept. of Computing and Information Science	James.R.Cordy@QueensU.CA
Queen's University at Kingston			cordy@qucis.bitnet
Kingston, Canada K7L 3N6			utcsri!qucis!cordy

cordy@qucis.queensu.CA (Jim Cordy) (08/29/89)

My problem seems to be entirely in the Backgrounder, and has nothing
to do with WriteNow.  WriteNow can print the document fine, Multifinder
or not, as long as the Backgrounder is turned off, and cannot print it
properly if the Backgrounder is on.

I presume this is some kind of memory limitation in the Backgrounder.
Has anyone else seen this behavior?  Can some memory size be tweaked
in the Backgrounder or something?  It seems to have no SIZE resource.

Thanks
Jim
-- 
Prof. Dr. James R. Cordy			cordy@qucis.queensu.ca
Dept. of Computing and Information Science	James.R.Cordy@QueensU.CA
Queen's University at Kingston			cordy@qucis.bitnet
Kingston, Canada K7L 3N6			utcsri!qucis!cordy