From: Alin Pilkington (AlinP@AOL.COM)
Date: 24 Feb 98, 09:39 EST
From: Alin Pilkington <AlinP@AOL.COM> Subject: Re: prints blank first page Hi Robert, I'm including something that works for me (but not for everyone it seems) that might help. Let me know if it does anything good for you! >Well, here is the latest (and a workaround) on not being able to print >from Alpha 7. Here is the lowdown. > >I thought the LaserWriter print driver that came with OS 8 may be at >fault so I downloaded the latest from Apple's site (8.5.1) and installed >that. Same problem when I tried to print as reported before except that >the print spooler didn't crash *BUT* the refreshing of the window behind >the print dialog box was still hosed up. The printout that came from the >printer was a blank page 1 (nothing on the page...not even the header) >followed by good remaining pages (starting with page 2). > >By now I'm very frustrated so I try again with only the bare minimal OS 8 >extensions turned on. Same results...no workee. > >The next thing I did seemed to have solved the problem but I'm not sure >why. I must have been absently playing with the file I wanted to print >out (the Aplha QuickStart Manual) and I just happened to hit the window >"Grow" box in the upper right hand corner and of course, the window grew >to the size of the entire screen. Then I tried to print AND IT WORKED!!! >I hit the Grow box again to shrink the window back to its original size >and tried printing again AND IT WORKED! Now, I need to mention that I >had previously enlarged the window by dragging on the lower right corner >but that did nothing to make it print correctly. It was only by clicking >in the Grow box would it print (and refresh the window) correctly. I >seemed to have to do this to all the files I wanted to print (not sure >why this is) but at least now I have a reliable printing mechanism. > >I hope this helps somebody determine what the real problem is and will >let me know so I don't lose sleep over it! > >Thanks! > >Alin Pilkington :) Received from Alpha-D >I am new to Alpha and am not doing anything fancy -- html, some UNIX >C files, etc. When I print on a laser printer the first page is blank. >That is, the paper comes out, but there is nothing on it. >The second and subsequent pages are fine. Even printing a second >document (with Alpha still running) seems to work fine. > >I've tried obvious things like page setup, etc. But I can't find >anything that might relate to this problem. It occurs with both >laser printers on my network. My Epson Color Stylus at home seems >to work just fine (although I've only printed a couple of things there). > >I'm running System 8.1 on a G3 and using 8.5.1 LaserWriter driver. > >What am I doing wrong? > >Also, is it possible to print in color on my Epson? > >Thanks, >Bob Plantz >------------------------------------------ >Robert G. Plantz >Computer Science Department >Sonoma State University >plantz@sonoma.edu