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From: gpw@lanl.gov (Geoff Walsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Gotchas with LaserWriter 6.1
Summary: Works OK with System 6.0.5, but won't work with TOPS Spool
Message-ID: <19850@lanl.gov>
Date: 1 Apr 91 23:19:08 GMT
References: <DAN.91Mar28215745@s3sol.scubed>
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Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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dan@s3sol.scubed (Dan Peterka @ S-CUBED, A Division of Maxwell Labs; San Diego CA)
wrote about the new Apple LaserWriter 6.1 driver and said:
... stuff deleted
> We haven't gotten around to seeing if Backgrounder
> 1.3 is compatible with Systems prior to 6.0.7. Has anyone else?

I've been using the new LaserWriter 6.1 driver with system 6.0.5 on both 
a IIx and a IIci without any problems.  The files I've found I need are:
	LaserWriter ver 6.1
	Backgrounder ver 1.3
	PrintMonitor ver 6.1.
 
The LaserPrep file is no longer needed.
 
I haven't had any problems with the system crashing or anything.  The 
nice things about the new driver are that the Black and White or 
Color/Grayscale option is sticky - the driver remembers the setting.  It 
also generates PostScript files which you can name with a standard file 
save dialog box.  The PostScript files can be moved as is to a Unix 
system with a color laser printer, such as the inexpensive new Sun color 
laser printers, and printed.
 
A nice surprise is that the new LaserWriter Font Utility program 
has an option to turn off the printer start page with the Start Page 
Option in the Utilities menu.
 
Here's a question for the experts on the net:  I sometimes run with the 
regular (non-Multi) Finder so that I can use all the memory on my machine 
for one program.  I'm using TOPS Spool version 3.0, and it doesn't seem 
to work with the LaserWriter 6.1 driver.  The driver bypasses TOPS Spool 
and prints directly.  If I go back to the old LaserWriter driver (ver
6.0.2), LaserPrep (ver 6.0.1) and PrintMonitor (ver 1.3), TOPS Spool
works just fine.  Is anyone  out there using the LaserWriter 6.1  
driver successfully with TOPS Spool?  If so, what is your configuration 
and did you have to do anything special to get it to work?  Is there a 
newer version that does work, or is the software new enough and different 
enough that it won't work with the TOPS Spool software?
 
Post or EMAIL, and I will summarize for the net if there is any interest.
 
Geoff Walsh
R & D Associates
(213) 645-1122 ext 363
gpw@lanl.gov