The LaserWriter 8.4 printer driver offers both foreground and background printing. When you use foreground printing, the driver does not create a spool file on your hard disk. While this increases the printing time, this also causes printing difficulties for some applications. Applications known to have issues using foreground printing (there may be other applications as well) include:
- Adobe Persuasion
- Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0
- Microsoft Excel 5.0
- Intuit Quicken 6.0
- Claris Draw
- Claris Impact.
To print properly from these applications, turn ON background printing in the print dialog.