RE: [WinMac] NT/Mac print problems

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 16:27:44 -0400

        Dear Daniel,

        I keep combining messages to keep the thread together! :)

        Here's the scoop:

        1) Adding more memory to the LWSelect 360 will speed it up, and make it
more stable. This is true for any PostScript printer. Period.

        2) If you desire to use NT's print spooler, then you set the ASCII
transmission preferences on the Macs themselves in their Print Dialog boxes;

        3) If memory serves me correctly (it's been >2 years since I've opened a
360!) you do indeed need to pull the two screws by the ports to get to the
printer logic board. But *please* use an anti-static wrist band! Anyway, the
logic board is under the top plastic cover, so be careful not to break the
plastic side tabs.

        Give the 16 MB SIMM a try -- Plug it in and see what happens!

        Yours truly,
        Dan Schwartz

At 12:32 PM 8/17/98 -0700, Daniel Danker wrote:
>> Here's the rub: With a 4 MB SIMM installed in a LaserWriter
>> 360, it will
>> recognize all 7 MB (3 MB soldered + 4 MB installed). With a 16 MB SIMM
>> installed, the 3 MB soldered in will be ignored, i.e. only 16 MB will be
>> reported.
>
>It's time to get the 16MB Simm in that baby!!! Now tell me, what
>improvements will I see with the additional printer RAM?
>
>> This will allow the Macs to print in their own language;
>> and PC's to print
>> through the NT Spooler. Since System 7.1, the MacOS has its own built-in
>> spooler; and in >98% of the cases it works better than going
>> through an NT
>> spooler. There ARE exceptions, but concentrate on the norm, not the
>> exception: If you are using a(n) LW360, then most likely you don't really
>> NEED NT's spooler.
>
>OK, so let's say I've shut off the print spooler for Macintosh service in
>NT. Now the macs print using their own language. That sounds dandy. So
>once I do that, do I still have to set the printing to ASCII instead of
>Binary? Also, if so, where in the world do I do it!?!? I looked under the
>NT properties and don't see it anywhere, and the Mac print dialog box also
>doesn't yield anything similar to Binary or ASCII.
>
>Thanks for your previous post, VERY informative.
>
>- Daniel.

AND...

        At 12:50PM, he also wrote...

>
>Dan,
>
>I know I'm asking too many questions, and I know this is going to seem real
>un-adventurous, but I'm holding a 16MB SIMM and I'd love for it to be headed
>straight for the LWSelect 360. Anyhow, it's not exactly labeled anywhere on
>the printer and I was hoping you might just quickly be able to tell me if
>it's worth my unscrewing those two screws by the ports or if the memory
>upgrade slot is located somewhere else. So wouldja mind just dropping me a
>note as to where the upgrade slot might be hiding?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Daniel.
>
>

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