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From: hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: LaserWriter 6.0 Crashes Print Monitor 1.2
Message-ID: <1990Feb27.202443.4345@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 90 20:24:43 GMT
References: <1990Feb26.142644.15448@arnor.uucp>
Reply-To: hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen)
Organization: Personal Publishing Magazine
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>For months, I'd been unable to get Background Printing to work; jobs
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>Finally, I replaced LaserWriter and Laser Prep versions 6.0 with the 5.2
>versions.  Immediately, background printing worked fine and has now been
>solid for a week.  Thanks to the person at the Computer Edge, Mt. Kisco,
>NY, who told me that the versions of LW, LP, Print Monitor, and
>Backgrounder must all be compatible.
>Is this a known problem with LW/LP 6.0?  Is it fixed yet? 

You need to make sure that the versions of the LaserWriter, Laser Prep, and
PrintMonitor are compatible. In the case of LaserWriter and Laser Prep 6.0,
you need to have PrintMonitor 1.3. (the version of Backgrounder is not
important). 

How did you get LaserWriter 6.0? If your dealer gave you a copy, he was the
one that erred in not giving you PrintMonitor. If you've got the Color Disk,
and didn't install PrintMonitor 1.3, then you made the error.

<climbing on soapbox> I really wish that LaserWriter 6.0 would ship as a
"real" release (ie, included in new System Software releases) and not be
buried on an obscure "Color Disk" that 98% of the Apple dealers know 
nothing about. LW 6.0 offers so many significant bug-fixes and enhancements
over 5.2 that it deserves to be a "general" release.