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LaserWriter Utility Q&As

Technote QD 525 October 1990

Revised by: Developer Support Center September 1993
Written by: Developer Support Center October 1990

This Technical Note contains a collection of archived Q&As relating to a specific topic--questions sent the Developer Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. Current Q&A's can be found on the Macintosh Technical Q&A's web site.

SCSI drive format for LaserWriter II NTX with Rev. 3 ROMs

Date Written: 5/3/91

Last reviewed: 6/26/91

What could be causing intermittent PostScript errors from a LaserWriter II NTX with an SCSI hard disk mounted after installing the Rev 3 ROM upgrade?

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The LaserWriter II NTX with Rev 3 ROMs does not work properly with a hard disk formatted with the LaserWriter Font Utility 1.x. You need to reformat the disk and copy the fonts back onto the hard disk using the LaserWriter Font Utility 2.0.2. Unfortunately, there is no way to make this procedure easier.

LaserWriter Font Utility copies Postscript file to printer

Date Written: 9/23/91

Last reviewed: 10/8/91

Is there a utility that will send a PostScript file from disk to the LaserWriter?

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The LaserWriter Font Utility handles this job and is part of the System 7 disk set. On the System 7 Golden Master CD, the path is System 7.0: System Software 7.0: Installer Version: Tidbits folder.

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