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From: V2071A@TEMPLEVM.BITNET ("George A. Piotrowski Jr.")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Problems printing from AWGS to Laser
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Date: 23 Aug 89 00:54:38 GMT
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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!!!

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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)
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