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From: heacock@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Doug Heacock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Printing problems
Message-ID: <22181.25d1544c@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 8 Feb 90 17:13:16 GMT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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I've asked about this before (with no response), but the problem
persists, so here we go again:

I'm using a Mac SE (20MB disk, 2.5M RAM) with MS-Word 4.0 to print
medium-length documents (5-20 pages) that frequently contain small
bitmapped graphic images (mostly portions of screen dumps, sometimes
MacDraw images) on a LaserWriter Plus over an AppleTalk network.  I'm
running System 6.0.3, and the LaserWriter printing resources are
version 5.2.  The problem is that about half the time one of the
following problems surfaces:

	1. I can't print the document at all--the printer just hangs
	   with no error message, or

	2. I can print part of the document, but the printer hangs
	   after a few pages, or

	3. I can print the document, but some of the graphic images
	   may not print at all.

I have tried removing all INITs and cdevs, reinstalling all the system
software and printing resources, all to no avail.  The problem appears
to be intermittent, because documents that didn't print one time
sometimes print normally at another time, with no changes made.

I realize there isn't much you can tell me with no more than this to
go on, but it would console me to know if anyone else out there has
experienced similar problems.  If so, what (if anything) have you
been able to do about it?  
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