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From: price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price)
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Subject: Re: Multispool - Does it work with Appletalk Deskwriter v2.1????
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Date: 2 May 91 16:13:42 GMT
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In article <597@wjh12.harvard.edu>, kik@wjh12.harvard.edu (Ken Kreshtool) writes:
>For what it's worth, MultiSpool works great for me (IIsi printing serially to a
>DeskWriter, DW 2.1 driver).

>Only "problems" are trivial.  
>...And it seems only to recognize printers attached to
>the printer port.  

	Not true.  My printer is attached to the modem port (I use a Plus, 
DW2.1, serially connected, & system 6.0.5).

>And FofP includes a gizmo called FPSpooler
>that needs the printer attached to the modem port because of the way it and the
>Mac deal with AppleTalk being on while printing non-AppleTalkedly.  

	This sounds more like a conflict between Multispool and FoP.  As I 
say, using the modem port is not a problem.

           John Price * * * * price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu
           Where there is no solution, there is no problem.