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- From: winders@aux.support.apple.com (Scott Winders)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Installer doesn't install "LaserWriter Prep". Why?
- Message-ID: <winders-280892175605@macwinders.support.apple.com>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 01:04:35 GMT
- References: <1992Aug28.184230.13792@bernina.ethz.ch>
- Sender: daemon@Apple.COM
- Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
- Lines: 52
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- In article <1992Aug28.184230.13792@bernina.ethz.ch>, czychi@bernina.ethz.ch
- (Gary Czychi) wrote:
- >
- > Hi.
- >
- > Today, I installed new printer drivers on the Macs in our network. I used
- > the installer on the "Printing" disk, and noticed, that it didn't install
- > the LaserWriter Prep file. After a bit of testing, I figured out that it is
- > absolutely not necessary.
- >
- > But why did Apple include this file in the first place? What happens for
- > instance, when I want to print to a Linotronic instead of to a LaserWriter?
- > Will I need it there?
- >
- > PLease help.
- >
-
- The Laser Prep 7.0 file is include on the System 7 Group Update CD and
- the "Printing" disk so that an AppleShare Print Server 2.0 may be upgraded
- to support the LaserWriter 7.0 driver. The AppleShare Print Server 2.0 has
- it's own LaserWriter driver built in and all it needs to print is a Laser
- Prep file. In fact, the AppleShare Print Server completely ignores any
- LaserWriter driver that may be installed into the System Folder of the
- server.
-
- Page 49 of the "System 7 Group Upgrade Guide" states the following
- procedure for upgrading an AppleShare Print Server 2.0 to support the
- System 7 LaserWriter drivers:
-
- 1. Shutdown the print server software.
-
- 2. Install the printer driver update as described in the previous
- section.
-
- 3. Drag the LaserPrep icon from the Printer Update folder to the
- Server
- Folder of the print server Macintosh.
-
- 4. Restart the print server Macintosh and the AppleShare Print Server
- software.
-
- In actuality, the "System 7 Group Upgrade Guide" adds an extra step,
- step number 2, that is unnecessary. Installing the printer driver update
- will have no effect on the AppleShare Print Server software.
-
- Note: AppleShare Print Server 3.0 uses the LaserWriter installed on the
- system it is running on.
-
- Scott Winders
- winders@aux.support.apple.com
-
- "My opinions are my own, not my employer's"
-