eer36024@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Erik Reuter) (12/02/90)
Software (on my computer at home):
SendPS v2.0 (c)1986 (obtained from sumex-aim.stanford.edu)
LaserFix v2.0 (obtained from sumex)
LaserPrep v5.2, System Software 6.0.5
Laserwriter printer driver v5.2, System Software 6.0.5
I have been printing postscript files to disk for several weeks now, at home,
from various programs including Microsoft Word, MacDraw, and Mathematica.
I then take the postscript files to one of several Mac labs here on campus
and (try) to print the files on Laserwriter+'s or Laserwriter II's using
SendPS. Sometimes it works, but usually it doesn't. If it works, everything
functions normally. If it doesn't work, SendPS does something for a few
seconds, the Laserwriter flashes busy for a few seconds, then SendPS says
something like "flushing buffer...skipping rest of file". And nothing
ever comes out of the Laserwriter.
I have tried printing the files with and without LaserPrep prepended.
I try rebooting the Mac and the Laserwriter. Sometimes this fiddling gets
it to print. Sometimes not. If it matters, I think that the Macs I am
using to print have the same version of LaserPrep I do, but I need to check
some of them (at least one of the Macs I tried to print on had LaserPrep 5.2).
In case you are wondering, the reason I don't print directly from
the apps is that the Macs for printing often can't run the app I need
due to lack of memory or HD space (especially with Mathematica), and besides,
I don't want to carry my apps around if I can avoid it.
I would appreciate any help, suggestions, observations, clarification
questions, or anything you have to say. Thanks.
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Erik Reuter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Internet: e-reuter@uiuc.edu UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!e-reuter