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From: scasterg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stuart M Castergine)
Subject: Re: Macdraw Problem with HP LJIIID
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.041039.3067@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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In article <1991Jun12.005757.4385@mprgate.mpr.ca> nakamoto@joplin.mpr.ca (Alan Nakamoto) writes:
>
>I was curious to see if anyone else is experiencing this problem and
>whether a solution is out there. 
>
>Currently, we are using a HP Laserjet IIID with HP's postscript cartridge,
>HP's Appletalk Interface and 5 Mbs of RAm on a mixed localtalk network 
>consisting of mostly Mac SE's and the printer is served by a Mac running 
>Apple's print server software. 
>
>The printer has performed well with every program that we have except
>Macdraw II vers 1.1B. WHen a file is sent to the laserjet it essentially
>hangs up. The printer continually displays "Processing Data" on the
>front panel and will remain that way until the offending file being sent
>to it gets removed from the queue and the printer reset. The strange
>thing is that nothing like this occurs under the same situation for MS
>Word, Excel, Filemaker II, Quickmail, or superpaint.
>
>Software-wise, all macs are running system 6.0.5 and using laser prep
>version 6.0 with laserjet IIID chooser document version 1.1.
>
>Any thoughts welcome,

I'm surprised I have seen this question more often.

MacDraw II, one of the archetypal Mac Programs, the grandpa of all
later and snazzier drawing programs, does not work reliably with any
LaserWriter driver later than 5.2

This is an _old_ bug. It has been around every since LaserWriter 6.0
was released, which is what -- two, three years?

You'd think that having such a close working relationship with Apple,
Claris would have had the ability to fix this bug, that they would
have released a bug fix.

No, instead they make us wait for MacDraw Pro, which _still_ is not
out.

Canvas can print MacDraw II documents just fine. It is embarrassing
that MacDraw II can't.

Since I work for a newspaper, and most Associated Press Graphics
arrive in MacDraw format, this has been a real problem for us. We have
other applications (color RIPS and the like) that don't even support
LaserWriter 5.2. 

>
>Thanks,
>
>Alan Nakamoto
>Pacific Microelectronics Centre
>(604)-293-6052
>
>email : nakamoto@eric.mpr.ca
>OR      uunet!ubc-cs!mpre!nakamoto


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scasterg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu	Stuart M Castergine
"Step by step they were led to practices which disposed to vice -- the
lounge, the bath, the elegant banquet. All this in their ignorance
they called civilisation, when it was but part of their servitude."