Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!spies!austin From: austin@spies.sf-bay.org (Glenn Austin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Printing problems with IISi Message-ID: <1991Feb6.063140.22797@spies.sf-bay.org> Date: 6 Feb 91 06:31:40 GMT References: <73745@bu.edu.bu.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Spies in the wire (408) 867-7400 Lines: 21 In article md2x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mohanish Deshmukh) writes: >I have a IISi 80/5 with a NUBUS card connected to a laser writer IINT. >Sometimes it prints just fine but very often it seems to do either of >the following: > > - the screen freezes while the laser writer continues to "blink" as >if its about to print, but it never does. > - the system crashes and rebooting both the computer and the >printer dosent seem to help. If you ask the print moniter to continue >printing, it crashes again. Did you install the system software using the Installer, or did you just copy the files onto the hard drive? I believe that starting with 6.0.5, you must use the installer to get a complete system -- the System Tools disk contains enough of a system to just get the machines up and running. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Glenn L. Austin | "Turn too soon, run out of room, | | Auto Racing Enthusiast and | Turn too late, much better fate" | | Macintosh Wizard | - Jim Russell Racing School Instructors |