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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Bug in Laserwriter 6.0?
Message-ID: <70500020@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 10 Sep 90 05:25:00 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Sep 10 00:25:00 1990


I often run into a bug in the 6.05i print driver from apple.com.
It produces a command "x y z setrgbcolor" at the beginning of my
postscript file.  This causes my fonts to show up in a light shade of
grey, especially on the first page.

If I delete this command from the postscript file, my job prints
normally.  This erroneous color-setting command shows up with many
applications (Canvas, MS-Word), on our SE/030.  We can't even select
colors on this SE/030, and the problem still occurs.  I just
reinstalled the laserwriter icon, but this did not help.

Is Apple aware of this bug in the driver?  Will it be fixed in the
next release of the printing tools?


Don W. Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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