Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!psuvm!cxt105 Organization: Penn State University Date: Monday, 13 May 1991 12:21:12 EDT From: Christopher Tate Message-ID: <91133.122112CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: LaserWriter 6.0.2 problem? We recently started using LaserWriter driver version 6.0.2, and I'm having some trouble creating PostScript files. Once upon a time, if you elected to create a PostScript file on disk rather than printing to the actual printer, you didn't need to have a printer connected to the machine; you just selected the "Disk File" box (or held "k", or whatever) and there you were. Now, however, it seems that the LaserWriter driver *requires* that you have a LaserWriter physically connected to the machine, and selected in the Chooser, rather than just requiring that the LaserWriter driver be selected. I'd very much like to be able to create PostScript output on machines that do *not* have laser printers attached; does the new version of the driver really disallow this? The error dialog that it pops up (*after* showing the message "Creating PostScript file" in the print message box) says that it can't find the printer (which seems to imply that it wants a real printer out there for some reason). Help! ------- Christopher Tate | | In space, no one can cxt105@psuvm.psu.edu | hear you sneeze. {...}!psuvax1!psuvm.bitnet!cxt105 | cxt105@psuvm.bitnet |