Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ll-xn!oberon!bbn!metasoft!alan From: alan@metasoft.UUCP (Alan Epstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: PrintMgr Bug? (YES!!) Message-ID: <373@metasoft.UUCP> Date: 14 May 88 22:40:11 GMT Organization: Meta Software Corporation, Cambridge MA Lines: 42 it appears there really is a bug in the LW driver. the complaint was when printing polygons, random lines would be drawn across the paper. apple's reply follows: ------------------------------------------ > scott douglass writes: > I've got an answer. Unfortunately the problem stems from a scamble > bug in the LW driver. The problem can occur anytime the LW is drawing > a QD polygon and it has to dump its PostScript buffer. In spite of the > indications you saw, this bug is not related to spooling and can happen > even when priting direct although printing under PrintMonitor may > aggravate the problem. The bug has been in the LW since about > version 3.3. It is NOT fixed in the lastest driver (5.2, I believe) > that just shipped with System 6.0. This bug should be fixed in the > next version of the LW with System 7.0, which is due out in the fall. > One way to work around this problem would be to use the PicComment > polygon feature of the LW instead of normal QD polygons. This is > described in the LW ref manual and the technote on LW piccomments. > This does not, however, work on the ImageWriter. You would have to > special case the LW in your print code. > I'm sorry that the news isn't better. Thanks for bringing the bug > to our attention. ------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- Alan Epstein Meta Software Corp UUCP: ...bbn!metasoft!alan 150 Cambridgepark Dr Internet/ARPA: alan%metasoft@bbn.com Cambridge, MA 02140 USA -----------------------------