> >The 9600/G3 becomes slow when it's printing, and also the screen is >>very jerky at those times. Ideas? Can't be memory... does it with >>1.5gb of RAM (but currently running 768mb). >> >>Why should it do this? >>-- > > >Print spooling (especially graphics) uses up resources and ties up the Mac >(the cpu divides its time between spooling/printing/screen redraw/mouse >control, etc.) until the job is finished. Try allocating more memory to the >Desktop Print Monitor extension and the printer's icon (get info command) >to speed things a bit. Unfortunately Print Spooler extension is fixed at >72k (9.1).
Thanks! I've given it 1000k and boosted the minimum to the minimum level (it was set below this). >I have this problem when printing to my old HP DeskWriter. But since upgrading to >LaserWriter 8.6 What application is this? The only printer driver my Mac will access is LaserWriter 8. >(then 8.7 when I went to OS 9.2.2), it hasn't occured when printing on our Xerox >printer. Nor does it occur when printing to our Epson printer, using their drivers. > >Note that the print drivers all use the boot volume as scratch space to generate the >spool file. If you don't have lots of free memory and free disk space for them to do >their rasterizing... things can slow down considerably. Thanks. I have at present 768mb RAM and a 36gb boot HD which is far from full, so these shouldn't be a problem. It did this with 1.5gb RAM too. I have looked for printer drivers. nothing in my Extensions and Find doesn't find anything "drivers'. Perhaps lack of a driver is part of my Chooser problem? I have a LaserWriter Pro 630 printer description, but doubt this is a driver(?). I bought the printer used and it didn't come with any software, but I have been using it for some years now. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand 64 (3) 473-8863 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fossil preparator Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand 64 (3) 473-8863 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fossil preparator Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut -- 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
