PageMaker 5.0: LW Driver 8.0 and Onyx/Zeal Bug (11/93)

I'm having a problem with the following combination: Apple TrueType "Onyx"
Font, PageMaker 5.0, and LaserWriter driver 8.0.

An "unimplemented trap" error occurs as soon as the print dialog box is
opened and "Print" is selected. Printing from any other application such
as MacWrite Pro and MS Word print fine with those fonts.

This bug has been reported to Apple and Aldus engineering. Apparently, the
problem occurs with the Zeal font as well.

Currently, there are a couple of workarounds to the problem:

- Printing with the Option key held down (bypassing the Aldus driver) will
not cause the problem.

- A more permanent solution is to quit all applications, go to the Fonts
folder, and drop the Onyx suitcase onto any other suitcase to merge it.
Dropping another font suitcase onto the Onyx suitcase does not solve the
problem, the Onyx suitcase must be merged into another.

This problem doesn't occur all the time, and varies with computer
configurations. It seems to occur more with 040 machines than with 030
machines.


Published Date: Feb 19, 2012