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- Organization: Washington University, St. Louis
- Message-ID: <92358.104819C09630GK@wuvmd.wustl.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 10:48:23 CST
- From: Gary Kronk <C09630GK@WUVMD>
- To: NETNEWS@WUVMD
- Subject: Laser IIg Problems?
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Lines: 35
-
- Our university PR department is operating a LaserWriter IIg on an
- ethernet network and appleshare. The computers printing to it are
- Macintosh IIcx's, IIsi's, and LCII's. We have noticed two glaring
- problems.
-
- First, both QuarkExpress and PageMaker 4.2 can not print correctly
- to the IIg when large test is being manually kerned. The kerning
- fails miserably, with some letters touching and others much further
- apart than they should be.
-
- Second, we have used PageMaker to access the Photogray capabilities
- of the IIg. It works great except for a 10% photogray. It does not
- print that at all.
-
- We have tried several things. First, we took the files we were
- having trouble with to another department with a IIg and had the
- same kerning problems and 10% photogray problems with PageMaker.
- Second, we tried the photogray problem out on a IIf as a test and
- had no problem at all. Third, we have sent the manually kerned
- text to a IINTX, and a Personal LaserWriter NT and it printed
- perfectly.
-
- What are our solutions to this problem? Both IIg have been on
- ethernet networks. Are these ports defective? We are planning
- to test this out during the holidays by connecting the IIg to
- another computer using only localtalk. Could the drivers for
- PageMaker and QuarkExpress not be properly written for the IIg
- (including Apple's own driver)?
-
- Any suggestions would be appreciated!
-
- Sincerely,
- Gary W. Kronk
- Washington University
- St. Louis, Missouri
-