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From: nmm2@quads.uchicago.edu (nathaniel marinus mccully)
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Subject: Re: kanji talk
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Date: 12 Feb 91 20:07:13 GMT
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Actually, the LaserWriter and LaserPrep files (both English and Japanese
versions) are the same.  The only difference is that all the dialogs and 
names of checkboxes and the like have been localized (i.e. translated) into 
Japanese for Japan.  It is true that if your print spooler has been using
the English versions, it will crash when you try tp print a document from
a Mac with the Japanese versions installed on it.  Likewise, if the Laser
Writer has been initialized with either English or Japanese LaserPrep and
LaserWriter drivers, and you try to print using the other one, it will have
to re-initialize the printer before running the job with the new driver.
That is why it is highly recommended to have installed the *same* editions
and versions of LaserPrep etc. on all the Macs that access the printer.

As far as the LaserWriter-J having any connection to the LaserWriter IINTX-J
printer, it doesn't.  The differences exist between the IINTX and IINTX-J
printer themselves.  A IINTX-J upgrade to a standard LaserWriter II printer
engine means they change the logic board, ROM, add a 40 Meg Hard Disk with
the two PostScript Kanji fonts on it, and stuff like that.  You still can
use your English LaserPrep with it, so the options come out in English on
your screen.

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