[WinMac] Re: desktop spooler

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:01:32 -0500

>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.

i wouldn't mention it if I hadn't seen it or experienced it with a
client. Some people don't seem to see any problems, but even Apple will
admit that it doesn't work under certain OSs (OS 8.0 for example was
incompatible with it and it worked sometimes but locked up other times).
There is an Apple TIL (Technical Infrmation Library) doc that says you
need to disable it under OS 8. I've seen it be a problem over a wide
number of OSs, so I'd rather prevent them... but that's just me.

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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