APPLE Personal LaserWriter NT printing problems, including Printer driver installed but not available in Chooser
-------------------- I will also forward this Email and see if anyone else has any information on printing issues with a Power Macintosh 7100, Mac OS 8.6, and printing with an old APPLE Personal LaserWriter NT: -------------------- Hi, This is what I have found so far on APPLE's site: Mirror of Apple's old archive: ftp://mirror.apple.com/pub/mirrors/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Printing/LaserWriter/ LaserWriter 8.6.1 software might possibly be one that works under Mac OS 8.6 with the APPLE Personal LaserWriter NT and the current download link is at: ftp://mirror.apple.com/pub/mirrors/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Printing/LaserWriter/LW_8.6.1.smi.bin There is a very old article also: LaserWriter Printers: Mac OS Print Drivers and Cable Matrix AppleCare Document: 30154 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30154&SaveKCWindowURL=http%3A%2F%2Fkbase.info.apple.com%2Fcgi-bin%2FWebObjects%2Fkbase.woa%2Fwa%2FSaveKCToHomePage&searchMode=Expert&kbhost=kbase.info.apple.com&showButton=false&randomValue=100&showSurvey=false&sessionID=anonymous|163775788 Some other troubleshooting items I noted online listed regarding issues with the APPLE Personal LaserWriter NT and Mac OS 8.6, were as follows: 1) How much RAM in installed inside the Personal LaserWriter NT itself? 2) Did you allocate more memory to Print Monitor (located in the Extensions folder)? This can be changed by high-lighting Print Monitor then doing a Get Info, and using the pull-down menu. The default assigned memory is generally 160k, but it usually has problems if it does not have at least 512k assigned. 3) Does the problem exist when printing from all applications? 4) Does the problem exist when you boot your machine with all extensions off except the ones used for printing (and Ethernet if applicable), and then try to print? 4) If you have both Ethernet and Serial ports running printers: Does this unwanted behavior exist on both Ethernet and Serial (Printer Port) connections? 5) After you have gone through this list of questions and applied their solutions and you problem persists, you may need to add more RAM to the printer, or buy an newer Macintosh compatible serial port (not USB port or FireWire port) printer. -Martin -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
