Postscript printer issues

Change the defaults
Open Page Setup in any application. Set it exactly as you would like the defaults to be. Then hold the Option key on your keyboard while clicking the OK button. An alert will appear asking it you want to save the current settings as defaults. Click OK again. Voila! Each time you open Page Setup in a new document, you won't have to make so many setting changes!

Embedded graphics may generate a PostScript error
Solution 1: Print using TCP/IP. Create a LPR Desktop Printer using Apple's Desktop Printer Utility located in the Apple Extras folder.
Solution 2: In the LaserWriter 8 Print dialog select the application specific panel and change the encoding method from binary to ASCII.
Solution 3: LaserWriter 8.6.5 or 8.7 driver only: In the Print dialog hold the Option key and select the General popup menu. Select the last item in the popup menu - Preferences. In the preference listbox, check the Never send binary data option. Click the Save Changes button. Click the Cancel button, the new enabled option will not be used until the next time the Print dialog is opened. Open the Print dialog and click Print.
Solution 4: Print the document from another application.
Solution 5: In the LaserWriter Print dialog select File from the Destination popup menu. Then in the Save as File panel change the Data Format to ASCII. Click the Save button. Now use the HP LaserJet Utility to download the file to the printer.

Direct PDF printing
Solution 1: Copy the file to the printer.
Solution 2: Open the file with Acroreader or Acrobat. Print the file using the print menu in the application. If you use Acrobat or Acroreader 3.x or earlier there is no problem. Other versions may cause your output to be rendered in black and white.
Workaround:
If you use Acrobat 4.x or Acrobat Reader 4.x, set the print menu to have all data sent as PostScript Level 3 or Level 2. Do not send as PostScript Level 1. If you use raster data, images will be rendered in monochrome.

Old printers still showing in the printer selection menu in the print dialog
Solution: Edit the Pinf resource of the "LaserWriter 8 Pref" with resedit

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