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From: t-jacobs@ced.utah.edu
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Subject: Re: Sys 6/7 & Laserwriter Driver
Message-ID: <1991Jun15.204701.25035@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
Date: 15 Jun 91 20:47:01 GMT
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In article <43257@cup.portal.com> MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan -
Somogyi) writes:
>t-jacobs@ced.utah.edu writes:
> 
>[the context is LW 6.0.x vs. LW 7.0]
> 
>>We have confirmed that this is a problem and a REAL HASTLE to us
>>because only a few people are switched over to system 7 so far. This
>>seems like a bug to me in the new driver. Can anyone at APPLE comment
>>on this and if a fix is at hand.
> 
stuff ommited
> 
>The trick is to declare spurious LaserWriter resetting a shooting
>offence, thereby making all the non-upgrade-niks come out of the
>woodwork. I don't know if this is feasible at your site.
> 

This is not feasable. People have to be able to restart a printer if a job
hangs.

>Otherwise, declare certain printers LW 7.0 printers and others LW
>6.0.x printers. This worked for us in the period of 7.0b1 until 7.0GM.
> 
>Finally, don't forget that once everyone is running LW 7.0, the whole
>printer reset hell issue will be a thing of the past.
> 

Thats fine when that happens, but it won't happen here real fast. In the
mean time there are some who must continue to use their new 7.0

>______________________________________________________________________
>Stephan Somogyi                   net.nerd                     MacUser
>

As it appears so far, I believe the problem to be that the 6.0x must be a
6.05 or greater. We have some 6.02s, 03s, and 04s besides a lot of 6.05s.
I performed a test by upgrading one user to 6.05 and the problem appears to
have gone away for him. I think Apple only tested it for 6.07.

Tony Jacobs
Center for Engineering Design
University of Utah
t-jacobs@ced.utah.edu