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From: feb@pokey.dsd.trw.com (Frank Bien)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: pagemaker question
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Date: 7 Mar 91 20:48:11 GMT
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Reply-To: feb@pokey.dsd.trw.com (Frank Bien)
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In article <91066.135550AMELMN02@ysub.ysu.edu>, AMELMN02@ysub.ysu.edu writes:

|> We have ver3 and ver4 of pagemaker. If you try to print a ver 3
|> doc it prints fine if someone after tries to print a ver 4 doc
|> you must turn off the laser printer and turn it on again..

|> regards,
|> jim chapman

I remembered reading about the problem in Aldus Magazine. . . so I looked
through back issues under "Aldus PageMaker Q&A".  Sure enough, Aldus Mag--
Volume 1, No. 6 Sept./Oct. 1990 page 46 had this to say:

(Paraphrased)

Whenever you print with PM, PM checks to see if Aldus Prep has already
been downloaded to your printer. If not, PM initializes the printer by
downloading Aldus Prep. PM 4.0's prep is fully compatible with version
3.0, but 3.0 is not compatible with 4.0. If your printer contains PM 3.0's
Prep, you have to shut off the printer to clear it before printing a 4.0 doc.

To eliminate this problem on a network, etc., make sure Aldus Prep 4.0
is the only version available. 

Hope this helps,

Frank E. Bien
feb@gumby.dsd.trw.com