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In article <danpop.824479071@rscernix>, danpop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote:

> In <4g13s5$q90@nyx.cs.du.edu> kathomas@nyx.cs.du.edu (Karl Thomas) writes:
> 
> >ghansen@isc.sjsu.edu (Gregory L Hansen) writes:
> >
> >>In article <danpop.824304112@rscernix>, Dan Pop <danpop@mail.cern.ch> wrote:
> >
> >>One thing I don't know the answer to, though, is why the CMT System 7
> >>makes users wait for printing and disk formatting.  I'm sure it didn't
> >>have to.  Luckily I can print in the background and I rarely need to
> >>format floppies.  But it's still kind of annoying when everything stops
> >>if I click on a menu or on a window title bar or something.
> >
> >We've been saying over and over again that you have a choice whether you 
> >want background printing or not.  When you select your printer in the 
> >chooser, just click "on" under background printing.  It's been that way 
> >for at least seven years.
> 
> And it was repeated over and over again that background printing is not
> supported for any printer.  Anybody knows why?

But it is supported for any printer under GX. GX was supposed to be the
solution. Unfortunately it has not gotten the support to make it a broad
solution. Copland will solve the problem with GX whether you like it or
not. 

Like OpenTransport, GX is an optional solution. It is optional to allow
older users to still play with limited resources. But GX is designed to
replace all of the existing Apple printing software. It was designed to
solve the problem. OpenTransport is the same way. Will we still hear how
awful non-native TCP/IP stacks are after OT ships? Probably. 

"OT solves that" will be our cry. 

"But not everybody uses that" will be the response.

Oh well.

-- 
Bob Cassidy
UC Irvine