news@massey.ac.nz (USENET News System) (04/18/91)
This is an old problem I've been having but it has only just assumed some significance, and I have only just got hooked into the net. Any help would be most appreciated. The problem is this. I can't persuade SuperPaint 2.0 to print from the draw layer to a LaserWriter (Plus or IINT). It prints bitmaps just fine. Occasionally it tells me that the LaserWriter driver has thrown an error, but more often it just gives me the starting job box, the box disappears, the drive rattles and that is it. No output. I'm using an SE/30, 5MB of RAM, System 6.0.5 and driver 6.0.1, and the problem is there whether I have all my INITs installed or none of them. It prints OK with driver 5.2, but nobody else on our local network uses 5.2. Has anyone else had the problem, and if so what is the cure? Also I tried SuperPaint 2.0 on a colleague's IIsi and it crashed the machine with the error message "unable to find co-processor" - one is installed. Since I could find myself working on a IIsi in a month, I wonder if this has happened to anyone else? Our New Zealand distributor has no answers. Please e-mail replies. I will post a summary. Thanks Rod Lambert R.Lambert@massey.ac.nz
psych@watserv1.waterloo.edu (R. Crispin - Psychology) (04/18/91)
We have never been able to print using Superpaint 2.0 and any of the 6.x laser printer drivers. There is some sort of inherent incompatibility there. I talked to the people at Silicon Beach about this and was told that 2.0 works fine with these print drivers. They insist that there is something else wrong. I don't believe them. We have used several versions of 6.x drivers on several different laser printers. All of the applications we have worked fine except Superpaint 2.0. We have even moved the superpaint files into MacDraw or MacDraft and printed them and they worked fine. If anyone can be helpful on this, I would appreciate any info. Richard Crispin Phone: (519)888-4781 Dept. of Psychology EMail: psych@watdcs.uwaterloo.ca University of Waterloo psych@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca Waterloo, Ont. Canada N2L 3G1
hoepfner@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick Hoepfner) (04/19/91)
psych@watserv1.waterloo.edu (R. Crispin - Psychology) writes: >We have never been able to print using Superpaint 2.0 and any of >the 6.x laser printer drivers. There is some sort of inherent >incompatibility there. I talked to the people at Silicon Beach about >this and was told that 2.0 works fine with these print drivers. They >insist that there is something else wrong. I don't believe them. We >have used several versions of 6.x drivers on several different laser >printers. All of the applications we have worked fine except >Superpaint 2.0. We have even moved the superpaint files into MacDraw >or MacDraft and printed them and they worked fine. We called Silicon Beach and got a free update to version 2.0a. You should call and see if you can get the upgrade also. It now works fine! +--------------------------+---------------------------------------+ / Patrick Hoepfner | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center \ / America Online: PatrickH9 | Internet: hoepfner@heasfs.gsfc.nasa.gov \ +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+