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From: pa1743@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Jethro Bodean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Printing Questions -  LaserW NT, backgrounding w/ multifinder, more
Keywords: NT -> NTX, spooling, grayscales, driver 6.0, multifinder
Message-ID: <9324@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 90 18:29:42 GMT
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Howdy - doo!  I have a couple a questions, but first the requisite
set - up info...
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Mac II (no chaser), LaserW NT, 5 meg, 100meg hd, single 800K, no
PMMU (more on this later), 19" Radius color monitor (8 bit card)
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	I've recently started running multifinder and have some
questions about background printing.  I have backgrounder in my SYS
folder and it seems to background SOME - but I still have to wait
while it processes - which TIFF files in Pagemaker is a long time.
Is this avoidable at all?!?  I hear there are spoolers that return
control faster to you...any recommendations?? (I don't care how long
it takes to print out - as long as I don't have to wait to use my
mac....)
	I've also run into files that my NT won't print out.  They
are Pagemaker files with scanned in grayscale pics inserted - it
processes for half and hour and I get zippo.. I think my print
driver is 5.2 is there a 6.0? Does it fix this or am I SOL w/o and
NTX + megs?  Is there anything less expensive than the NTX upgrade
that will help? (For gods sake the HP laserjet 3 is less than the
upgrade and it rotates and scales type to .001 increemnts...)

	Answers to any or all of these would greatly appreciatted!!!
		thanks in advance...
			-Tod Kuykendall  pa1743%sdcc13@ucsd.edu

PS I'm new to laserwriting (obviously) any place where this info is
laid out that I should look into???????