Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!lakesys!macak
From: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Need a good ImageWriter Spooler
Message-ID: <388@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jan 88 16:31:53 GMT
References: <1560033@acf8.UUCP>
Reply-To: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)
Distribution: na
Organization: Lake Systems, Milwaukee, WI
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Keywords: spooler
Summary: Beware of Super(Laser)Spool

In article <1560033@acf8.UUCP> perkins@acf8.UUCP (Mark E. Perkins) writes:
>
>    Has anyone had any (good) experience with ImageWriter spoolers?
>...
>    Can anyone tell me anything about the spooler from SuperMac?
>Judging from the enthusiasm about DiskFit, my guess would be that
>stuff from SuperMac is pretty solid, no?
>

Mark,

In my office we have 5 Mac Pluses used for word processing, linked with TOPS
and including 3 ImageWriter IIs.  We bought SuperLaserSpool for spooling (not
because we needed the LaserWriter spooling but because SuperSpool did not work
on a network) in hopes that it would work as advertised.  (SuperMac claims SLS
works for both Imagewriters and LaserWriters.

Unfortunately, our word processor in the office is Word 3.01, and
SuperLaserSpool does not spool worth a darn when used with Word.  If you spool
a document and then return to Word to type another, the spooled doc stops
printing while you are typing!  Even if you stop typing and leave the cursor
at the end of where you were working, the spooling remains paused.  Move the
cursor to previously typed text and spooled printing starts again.

I called SuperMac about this and they blamed it on Word, saying Word 3.01 is
too much of a CPU hog.  They were working on a fix to be out "real soon...".
(I called several months ago.)  No word on a fix yet!

I am not sure if any of this is pertinent to SuperSpool, or even to your
situation if you do not use Word 3.01.  However, in any situation, I would
insist on testing SuperSpool (on your system) before buying it!

Jim     --->USENET:     macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)
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