Yo compacters everywhere, Our Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tells all:
>...Classic (System 7.1)...Stylewriter II...Stylewriter 1200 driver...needed a newer >chooser to run it (mine is 7.2)...error that there was not enough memory. Does the Stylewriter 1200 driver ever work with the SWII? Yup, did this very thing myself geeting the very same error message. What I discovered worked best for me was to use the SW II driver with 68000 Macs which includes the Classic; and to use the SW 1200 driver (for driving a SW II) only with 68020 an better Macs. You might want to use the SW 1200 software installer to do it correctly when using OS 7.1 as it does swap you in a newer chooser. For the sake of the Classic and all other 68000 Macs, the SW II driver is significantly smaller than the SW 1200 driver so you might want to use it even if some later chooser will allow you to use the SW 1200 driver. This may help some LC, LC II, Classic II, CC, and other 16 bit bus Macs make better use of puny hard drives. Use the smaller SW II driver instead of the later SW 1200 driver even if the SW 1200 driver will run the SW II printer. Bye the waye, if yours is a color Mac capable of using the SW 1200 driver to drive the SW II printer, and you print in color with a SW 1500, the SW 150! 0 driver will drive the SW II and SW 1200 as well. You only need one of these drivers to do up to these three printers depending on your Mac. You went on in a later post to clarify intent to convince your friend that her PB1400 printer port may have gone south. You might want to simply hook up another printer with its approriate driver to her Mac and see if it prints. Two printers not printing when using the same port strongly hints at the Mac rather than the printer, cable, or driver. Jeff Garrison correctly suggested a self test of the printer. When "testing" ink jet printers at thriftshops, I find there is often no Mac nor ink cartridge to be found for proper testing. I also find StyleWriter IIs and 1200s, as well as HP Deskwriters, if the carriage cycles and the rollers roll as they are supposed to, the printer will print. After more of these field tests than I can remember, I have yet to find the ink jet printer that cycled and rolled that would not print. This is not true for laser printers however. Bill -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
