PostScript file corruption may cause your Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600 to generate various error messages such as: a "set limitcheck", "VM Storage", "Offending command...", or "Range Check" error has occurred. Sometimes the printer LEDs might blink and then nothing prints. These errors may be intermittent and may occur in different documents and applications.

Many programs use QuickDraw to edit the images visually, then use Postscript to print. These errors are typically not due to hardware and a Clean Install usually will not repair the problem. These problems are usually due to corruption in one or more elements in the output PostScript file. This article relates to errors in the saved Postscript information. Follow these procedures to try to isolate and correct the problem. Restart the printer to clear the buffer in the printer. Then try the following procedures:

Corruption in an imported graphic

Step 1

Go into the original application that created the graphic

Step 2

Select the elements of the graphic and copy them to the clipboard.

Step 3

Note: it is important not to select all in the original file, sometimes elements in a file may not have been deleted properly and the printer can not interpret them.

Step 4

Paste the elements into a new file and save.

Step 5

Try printing again. If it still fails go to Step 6.

Step 6

Import the working graphic (one that you know is OK) into the selected program (PageMaker, Word) and try to print again.

Large graphic elements

Output resolution too high

Postscript interpretation memory conflict

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