stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger) (05/27/91)
In article <1441@mephisto.edu>, ashwin@gatech.edu (Ashwin Ram) writes: > Given that system 7 has "multitasking" and the "new print architecture", I > would expect to be able to print in the background. After all, printing is > just another task like anything else, right? Even without a spooler, I would > expect to be able to put the application that is printing into the background > and work on something else, just like I can do with any other task. > [ etc etc ] Well, you *can* do copying in the background. Just set the copy going, then switch to another application *using the MultiFinder menu*. You can't switch by just clicking, which is annoying, but you *can* use the menu to switch. Formatting doesn't appear to background at all, which is a real bitch when you want to format 20 HD floppies :-( I haven't tried printing yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if it worked similarly to copying. PrintMonitor is still there, it wouldn't be if you couldn't background print. -- See ya Nigel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel Stanger, Internet: stanger@otago.ac.nz c/o University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Phone: +64 3 479-8179 Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND. Fax: +64 3 479-8311 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If I had a quote, I'd be wearing it." -- Bob Dylan ----------------------------------------------------------------------