Re: [WinMac] Re: desktop spooler

Kurt Witowski(r5213c[at]email.sps.mot.com)
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 10:25:17 -0700

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Alex Dearden wrote:

"get rid of Desktop printing as soon as you can, it causes all sorts of errors."

I've been following this list for some time now and the above seems to be
popular opinion, but I have to say that with the exception of LaserWriter 8.4
(68K Runtime issue), out of the thousands of Macs that I've dealt with over
the years I simply have not run into "all sorts of errors" with Desktop
Printing. My first suggestion for the "...problems may soon occur." message
would be to alocate more memory to the Desktop PrintMonitor (Hard Drive >
System Folder > Extensions > Desktop PrintMonitor). Suggested = 175, Minimum
is set to 152, and Preferred is set to 164 (don't ask me why). Try Minimum at
175 and Preferred at 256. Of the few times I've had issues with Desktop
Printing (except LaserWriter 8.4) this has corrected it.

Regards,
Kurt Witowski

> >First question - just upgraded my PowerMac 7500/100 to OS 8.5 and am using a
> >HP5M Color LaserJet for printing over a network. When printing a large (but
> >not huge) file from Freehand 8.0, I keep getting the following error, "The
> >application Desktop Printer/Spooler has crashed (unknown trap type exception
> >(Debugger/DegugStr)). It may still appear ok, but problems may soon occur."
> >When I take the file to a coworkers computer it prints fine (though takes
> >some time to process). Any ideas on what may be wrong on my end????
>
> get rid of Desktop printing as soon as you can, it causes all sorts of
> errors. Disable the 2 EXTENSIONS that have the word desktop in them.
> Reboot, redo the setup in the chooser and try again. It should work fine
> this time.
>
> Alex Dearden
> pata@doglover.com

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