Troubleshooting Printing Problems with Open Transport

ID: Q149837

The information in this article applies to:

SUMMARY

One way to troubleshoot printing problems is to disable extensions. On a computer that is not running Open Transport, you can disable extensions by starting your computer with the SHIFT key held down. When you disable extensions this way, it is still possible to print to a local printer or to a network printer. However, this SHIFT-restart method does not work if are using Open Transport.

This article describes a procedure for disabling all extensions except those required by Open Transport (so that you can disable extensions but still be able to print to a network printer).


MORE INFORMATION

The following tables list the files, the file type (Kind), and the locations of the extensions necessary to print to a network printer using Open Transport.

Power Macintosh Computers


File                        Kind                            Location
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*Ethernet (Built-in)        Document                        Extensions
OpenTptAppleTalkLib         Document                        Extensions
OpenTransportLib            Document                        Extensions
Open Tpt AppleTalk Library  Shared Library Manager document Extensions
Open Transport Library      Shared Library Manager document Extensions
Shared Library Manager      System Extension                Extensions
Shared Library Manager PPC  System Extension                Extensions
*Ethernet (Built-in) is required only on PCI Power Macintosh computers.

Non-PowerMacintosh (68k processor) Computers


File                        Kind                            Location
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Open Tpt ATalk 68k Library  Shared Library Manager document Extensions
Open Transport 68k Library  Shared Library Manager document Extensions
Shared Library Manager      System Extension                Extensions
In addition to these extensions, you will have to load the extensions required by the particular Office program from which you are trying to print. The following tables list the minimum number of extensions required to start the different Office programs.

Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition

The following extensions must the loaded in order to run any of the Office applications:
Microsoft Component Library
Microsoft OLE Automation
Microsoft OLE Library
Microsoft Structured Storage

Microsoft Office versions 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.1a, 4.2.1b

Power Macintosh Computers


Extension                       PowerPoint   Word   Microsoft Excel
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Microsoft Dialog Library                      x           x
Microsoft OLE Automation                                  x
Microsoft OLE Library              x          x           x
ObjectSupportLib                                          x
Visual Basic for Applications                             x

68k Computers


Extension                       PowerPoint   Word   Microsoft Excel
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Microsoft OLE Extension             x
Note, some third-party programs (Now Utilities and Conflict Catcher) that enable/disable extensions and control panels may expose some or all of the extensions necessary to start Microsoft Office programs and to print once they get started. The Extensions Manager that ships with your Apple system software does not expose any of the these extensions; so, you should be able to set extensions to "all off" and still be able to print to a network printer using Open Transport.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q148814 Conflict Catcher may Disable Necessary Office Extensions

Q148629 System Error When Restarting Computer After Mac Office Install

Additional query words: 4.20 4.21 4.21a 4.21b 98 launch 


Keywords          : kbenv offmac 
Version           : MACINTOSH:4.2,4.2.1,4.2.1a,4.2.1b,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH 
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Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999