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- From: bauer@informatik.uni-ulm.de (Christian Bauer)
- Subject: Re: Laser IIg Problems?
- Message-ID: <bauer-291292105021@134.60.68.23>
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- Organization: University of Ulm
- References: <92358.104819C09630GK@wuvmd.wustl.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 09:47:13 GMT
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- In article <92358.104819C09630GK@wuvmd.wustl.edu>, you wrote:
- >
- > 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)?
-
- 7.11 Laserwriter minimizes problems with IIg, but there must be
- an error in the ROM's because some really heavy kerning problems
- occur - try forced block set (excuse by bad english) - you can see
- the letters fly really randomly along the line!!! Hey PM 4.2 don't uses
- much code from the LaserWriter driver, the most of the dictionaries
- it uses are placed in the aldus prep.
-
- BTW in Quark this problem I havn't seen that, only in PM 4.2
- in PM 4.01 the problem is not so heavy - why?
-
- Christian Bauer
-
- bauer@informatik.uni-ulm.de
-