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In article <19980415004419925308@macropolis.demon.co.uk>,
alan@macropolis.demon.co.uk (Alan Guest) wrote:

>David Byram-Wigfield <byram@removethis.cappella.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I have hung a 44k Syquest on the rear end of my 16/600 LaserWriter and
>> formatted it using the Apple Utility. It is recognised as being present by
>> the software but if I try to download fonts I get a 'PostScript error,
>> restart printer' message. There also appears to be no mechanism for
>> diverting downloaded PS dictionaries which all promptly disappear into ROM
>> instead. I have tried it with and without terminator and the SCSI number
>> is 4.
>> Has anyone had any success doing this?
>> I would appreciate any advice.
>> 
>> David B-W - The TinyDict v2.0 ASCII->PS->PDF for PS Self-Printing Books
>> http://www.cappella. _/  Laser <-> inkjet black/colour dual separations
>> demon.co.uk _/  1up, 2up, 4up, 8up*, 16up* book formats *full version
>> /index.html _/ Cappella Archive, Foley Terrace, Malvern, WR14 4RQ UK
>
>I attached some hard disks to a laserwriter once and got the same
>problem downloading fonts. I did manage it eventually but I think I had
>to do them one by one to get it to work. All was in vain though -  the
>LaserWriter's disk management knacked the disks up big style within two
>weeks or so. Have you ever got it to work at all with any sort of disk?

No, this is my first attempt, and likely to my last. !

David B-W - The TinyDict v2.0 ASCII->PS->PDF for PS Self-Printing Books
http://www.cappella. _/  Laser <-> inkjet black/colour dual separations
demon.co.uk _/  1up, 2up, 4up, 8up*, 16up* book formats *full version
/index.html _/ Cappella Archive, Foley Terrace, Malvern, WR14 4RQ UK