Re: AppleTalk network printing problems

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <3h5j3v$c9c@cello.gina.calstate.edu>,
Greg R. Achenbach <lacoss@cello.gina.calstate.edu> wrote:
> Last week, I finally got the network set up here in the Outdoor School 
> office.  Right now all I have on it is a GS (ROM 1, 4 meg, RF SCSI), a 
> LaserWriter 320, and an ImageWriter II with an Apple AppleTalk card.  
> Printing behavior is occasionally strange.  It seems as though the 
> printer needs to be powered up BEFORE the computer or else the printer 
> doesn't work, and sometimes doesn't even show up in the Net Printer 
> CDev.  Is this normal behavior?

Yes.  If the printer is switched off when the computer boots, the
computer won't be able to locate the printer at first.

I have a similar setup (ROM 3 IIgs, System 6.0.1, with AppleTalk
ImageWriter using Apple's card).  I can turn on the printer after the
computer, and it appears in the Net Printer control panel about 30
seconds later.

> On a couple of occasions, the printer printed, but the spacing and fonts 
> were messed up.  I erased my boot partition and reloaded the system 
> software, which seems to have cleared that one up.

Which version of System Software are you using?  What program were you
printing from?
-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand