My Quark Freezes whenever I Print, since upgrading OS to Catalina. What's the fix?

iMac 27", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 6, 2020 7:58 AM

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Posted on Jan 6, 2020 8:08 AM

Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?

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Jan 6, 2020 8:08 AM in response to RobertAllenSimmons

Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?

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