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From: dct@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu (David C. Tuttle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: HyperCard & DeskWriter don't mix
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Date: 19 Feb 91 19:02:00 GMT
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I had a strange experience trying to print HyperCard cards on my 
DeskWriter, and I wonder if anyone has a clue as to what's going on.

The configuration:  SE/30, 2 Meg RAM, SuperLaserSpool and some other INITs,
                    DeskWriter (non-AppleTalk).

I wanted to print cards at full (9" screen) size, two to a page.  What I 
got was every *fifth* page printed with four blank pages in between them.  
The pages that did print looked fine, but it was only 20% of what I 
wanted, and a lot of blank output!  Enabling/disabling SuperLaserSpool 
made no difference.

Now, this stack was created and previously used on a Mac IIcx (and before 
that, a Plus) and printed just fine on a LaserWriter.  This was the first 
time the stack had been run on the SE/30.  In fact, I had to borrow a copy 
of Hypercard 2.0 from the IIcx to run the stack on the SE/30.

Anyone got any clues?  I suspect the DeskWriter driver (I've had it about 
a year now) just isn't up to the job.  Is there a newer driver I can get? 

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David C. Tuttle                           dct@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu
Software Systems Specialist               Department of Biomathematics
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center         Houston, Texas