[WinMac] Re: Incompatibility

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 22:14:53 -0500

>>>Is there any known incompatibility with MacOS 8.0 and the Desktop Printer
>>>Utility? I have a DPU app that was modified by UnipriNT, and the same
>>>version works fine on 8.5.1 and 7.6.1. The machines running 7.6.1 are
>>>StarMax Mac clones, and I was trying to upgrade the StarMax to 8.0 (since
>>>it won't do any higher). I copied the DPU from the G3 running 8.5.1 over
>>>to the StarMax running 8.0, and it still doesn't work. Is this something
>>>unique to 8.0 or StarMax? Thanks -- Jason
>>
>> Yes, a minor incompatibility, IT DOESN'T WORK ;) Apple has a TIL article
>> about that, basically saying that it doesn't work under 8.0, the code is
>> not there. I think it works under 8.1 but I wouldn't use it under
>> anything. It causes all sorts of headaches and weird stuff like the
>> devices falling off the chooser, etc.
>
> It works perfectly under 8.5. I use it all of the time to
>print from home to my printers at work.
>Tim Scoff, MCSE
>casper@nb.net

We've had this conversation before and I don't want to start another
thread.

Let's put it this way. If it works for you great! Go on using it, I find
it less usefull now that AdobePS 8.5.1 will let you select the printer
from the print dialog box.

But I will say that in my experience and the thousands of users we
support, it has been a headache causing all sorts of problems. I don't
know if it's the type of printers we support (but I doubt it since they
are all very different) or that it just doesn't like ME...

Cheers.

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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