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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Could Not Print MacDraw Document
Message-ID: <4281@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 17:57:56 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 17:57:56 1986
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Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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> A couple of weeks ago I posted a problem:  I couldnt print a 
> document with an apparently perfectly good MacDraw application.
> Instead the error reply was "The print was not successful", or some
> equally enlightening message.
> 
> One of you out there in netland replied with the right solution -
> there wasnt enough space on the disk to make a copy of the 
> document (in postscript, I think).  Thanks. 
> 
> Apple
> Are you listening?  I love your product, but this error message
> needs more DETAIL.  BTW, you guys owe me a diskette with MacDraw, since I
> trashed the one that was giving me the message.  Just send it to the
> address below.  From the dept of wishful thinking: 
> 
> Arthur Goldberg

Hell, while you're at it, how about my favourite annoying error message
from MacWrite:  "MacWrite is unable to print this document."

I've had people come to me panic stricken about how they've just spent
long hours typing this in and MacWrite can't print it and they're going
to punt the machine across campus.  The reason it can't is because (a)
they dinged the printer resource (b) they left the cover off the printer
(c) the laserwriter is not yet available.

I have a theory as to why, though.  Both applications are trying to work
in 128K.  Something has to be sacrificed.
--
"A penny for your thoughts, my dear..."              Peter Merchant