Re: Unknown error $1301

[casa@unm.edu (Jim Pittman)]

Re:

> Subject: Re: Unknown error $1301 Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:22:23 -0500
> From: <pollycb@dorsai.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
> Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com
> 
> I put Platinum Paint back on my hard drive after reinstalling
> system 6.01 recently. When I tried to open a file in Platinum Paint,
> I got the message "Unknown error $1301". 
> 
> I ran Platinum Paint previously under system 6.01 without any
> difficulty. I don't find $1301 on my list of GS/OS errors.
> 
> When I got the error message I deleted the program and reinstalled
> Platinum Paint.  I got the same error message.

Yes, I got the same error message when I tried to run Platinum Paint
with Bernie ][ The Rescue on a G3 Power Mac. The error code refers
to a missing driver, meaning, I assume, a printer driver.

But even if the correct printer driver is present, what Platinum
Paint really wants is for the D C Printer settings to be correct.

1) Be sure you have an appropriate printer driver in */System/Drivers.

2) Go to the Control Panel. Open D C Printer. Be sure the appropriate
   port or slot is checked, as well as the appropriate printer driver.

(If you have a cable connecting the printer port to the printer, then
 "Select a Port" would be "Printer" and "Select a Printer Type" would
 be "ImageWriter" or whatever you have.
 If you have a parallel card in Slot 1 then "Select a Port" would be
 "GrapplerPlus" or whatever, and "Select a Printer Type" would be
 "DeskJet560C.HAR" or whatever you have.)

3) See if Platinum Paint will run now.

- Jim Pittman - AppleQuerque Computer Club - casa at unm dot edu