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- From: wilhelm@michelotti.ae.ge.com (Roland K. Wilhelm)
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- Subject: Re: Laser Prep - is it still needed with 6.0.7
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- Date: 21 Aug 92 18:32:04 GMT
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- In-Reply-To: kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov's message of 20 Aug 92 21:49:00 GMT
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- # In message <20AUG199216490207@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
- # kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX
- susan> (301)513-1673) writes: News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS
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- susan> In article <1992Aug19.170343.25451@sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu>, pjl@sparc10.cs.uiuc.edu (Paul Lucas) writes...
- >In <78012@ut-emx.uucp> charlieb@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Nihil) writes:
- >
- >>We are adding system seven machines to our network.
- >>We have about 200 se's and pluses that we are going to bring up
- >> to system 6.0.7 so as to utilize the same laserdrivers that our
- >> quadras and ci's and si's are using.
- >>The latest version, the version we are installing, is laser driver 7.1.1.
- >> We know that we do not need to have the laser prep on the system seven
- >> machines. But what about the 6.0.7 machines? Do we need the 6.0.7
- >> laser prep file in addition to the 7.1.1 driver on the 6.0.7 machines?
- >>Are there any weird things to expect? Anything problems people have had
- >> with this setup?
- >
- >*****> Huh? The LaserPrep file *is* required under System 7.
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- susan> No, this is wrong. The Laser Prep file is built into
- susan> the LaserWriter Driver in System 7, just as the
- susan> original poster thought. I think you don't need the
- susan> prep file with system 6.0.x if you are using the 7.1.1
- susan> driver, but it is easy to try printing on one machine
- susan> and confirm this. We've got mixed systems here, with
- susan> everyone using the latest driver, and everything works.
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- susan> Use the Install feature on the Printing disk that comes
- susan> with the System 7 software to upgrade the 6.0.x's to
- susan> the latest driver. That should give you what you need
- susan> and get rid of the rest, "automatically".
-
- susan> Susan Kayser NCF::KAYSER or kayser%nssdca.span@star.stanford.edu
- susan> Hughes/STX at NASA/GSFC/NSSDC
- susan> Greenbelt, MD
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- I'm not sure where I read it, but I seem to remember that the
- prep file is only required for file server with print spooler;
- otherwise, the prep file is not needed.
-