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From: lau@dsl.cis.upenn.edu (Yan Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: No PostScript support for non-Apple LW's
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Date: 17 Feb 88 14:58:56 GMT
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In article <3a51a852.d5b2@apollo.uucp> oj@apollo.UUCP (Ellis Oliver Jones) writes:
>In article <12373971183.60.BEC.SHAPIN@ECLA.USC.EDU> BEC.SHAPIN@ECLA.USC.EDU (Ted Shapin) writes:
>>Apollo's postscript support queries the printer to see if the product name is (LaserWriter) !
>>How about a fix, Apollo?
>
>Fixed in SR9.6.


I have a similar problem with a DEC LN03R Postscript printer we have hooked
up.  Seems that the server is unable to download the error handler.  We're
running version 9.6 of the operating system.  I suspect this is because a
password is required to do that and the LN03 has a string for a password
while the Laserwriter has an integer. I could be wrong though.  This makes
it difficult to debug raw postscript code.  The workaround I found was to
kill the server and start it in a window so the printer messages come back.
Since the LN03R is not a "supported" printer and since the problem didn't
warrant more costs, I didn't get a solution from Apollo.
Any solution to this problem?

Yan.

lau@wharton.upenn.edu
lau@dsl.cis.upenn.edu