Well, I took the big step and switched from OS 9.2.2 to OS 10.2.5. In doing so, I ran OS 10.2.4 for a while and then generated OS 10.2.5 on a new partition while keeping OS 10.2.4.
Everything went very smoothly BUT I can't get my laser printer to work. The printer is a GCC Elite 21 N (Duplex).
GCC uses Apple's Print Center and appropriate laser printer drivers. The printer communicates via EtherTalk (ApleTalk enabled) to my in house router.
lWhat happens is when I go to print, the print monitor shows that I am printing (the document has 6 sections, each section printing separately). However, a message comes up saying Print File Empty!! That is the system prepares and sends the data yet it never reaches the spooler so the printewr lays there like a malevolent beast just blinking, "Ready". I tried printing several different documents Word, Excell, and TexEdit - still no output.
The kicker is that the printer prints the document with any problem in both 0.2.2 and 10.2.4. So I talked to GCC and they had no clue, saying other GCC customers had no problem with 10.2.5 and GCC used all of Apple's printer software. Then, I talked to Apple which basically said it's not our problem, it's the vendor's issue.
So, I first reloaded all the GCC software that came with the printer (including the Apple stuff) - no joy! Then,
I repaired permissions - no joy! Then, I repaired partitions, again - again, no joy!
Then, I realized why should I deal withe amatures at GCC and Apple, so here I am asking for help from the TS pros
Does anybody have any thoughts or suggestions as to a solution or a cause?
Thanks for bearing with me through this long dissertation.
MamaMoose
Dual 1 GHz with 1.5 MB RAM
