--- Forwarded Message from Andrew Ross <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: Andrew Ross <[log in to unmask]> >To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: 2-byte printing issues >Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 11:06:00 -0500 Hi, All: Our Japanese section (all one of him) is experiencing some technical difficulties. We're in the throes of finding a suitable solution, and I wanted to get some input from the LLTI group. He is presently using a Mac PowerPC 7400/100 (72Mb RAM) with OS 8.0, the updated Japanese Language Kit, EGWord 8.0/EGBridge 9.0. Apart from processor speed, the setup seems to be working. Issues arise when he tries to print (not from EGWord, but from the Web) to our networked HP LaserJet 4Si MX. This activity regularly ends up choking the printer with 1.4Mb files, and nobody else can print until the job is purged. In a lab setup such as ours, this means that students can't print, either. I have suggested that he copy J-text from the Web into EGWord and print from there, but this may be complicating matters too much for a person who's not especially tech-savvy, although generally willing to try new things. We got him a surplused LaserWriter IINT, which seemingly can't manage 2-byte characters -- any print command crashes the open application, whether it's JSimpleText or EGWord. So, here's my question: he needs both Japanese and English word-processing and printing capabilities, and we seem to have trouble integrating both languages on his desktop and in the printers. In the best of all possible worlds, what's the solution for him? 1. Get him an iMac, install the Japanese version of OS 8.5 from AsiaSoft, EGWord, etc. and a local inkjet printer (total cost around $2k). Let him keep the 7400 for English stuff. 2. Get him a moderately-priced laser or inkjet printer and cut him off from the networked printer? 3. Find some other elegantly technical solution that doesn't involve buying anything? Suggestions will be much appreciated . . . Please reply off-list if this post is of limited interest . . . Best, Andrew Dr. Andrew F. Ross Multimedia Language Lab G-16 Puryear Hall University of Richmond Richmond, VA 23173 (804)287-6838 FAX: (804)287-6446 [log in to unmask]