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From: jay@wanda.princeton.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: 7.0 - Printing Woes!
Message-ID: <10145@idunno.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 28 May 91 21:32:14 GMT
References: <1991May28.180659.3252@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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In article <1991May28.180659.3252@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
ack@wings.dartmouth.edu (Andy J. Williams) writes:
>...
>2) Users in a mixed system office report that printer driver 7.0 does NOT
>   allow background printing under the 6.0.x versions. The buttons in the
>   Chooser are grayed out. Why is this so? Is this intentional or is there
>   some easy fix we are missing. We have been encouraging offices with mixed
>   versions to upgrade to the 7.0 drivers. If background printing doesn't work
>   for these people then this is a major problem. Will this be fixed in 6.0.8?
>...

Perhaps you only upgraded LaserWriter and LaserPrep, and didn't upgrade
Backgrounder and PrintMonitor.  I have System 6.07 and LaserWriter, etc. 7.0
running fine right now.

--Jay Lieske
Department of Geology, Princeton University
jay@wanda.princeton.edu