Yeah, I installed a batch from the web site too. Except it's not that the drivers don't work, it's that they're not showing up on the list of drivers at all. I have no idea where the ones from the CD put themselves, and the ones from the website ended up in c:\\temp\\HP_WebRelease.
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Jessica - Mar 07, 2005 1:48:48 pm PST #1940 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jessica - Mar 07, 2005 2:38:09 pm PST #1941 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This probably insane, but could it be that because the printer's plugged into a Mac, I need to install the Mac drivers, even though I'm trying to print from a PC?
DCJensen - Mar 07, 2005 3:46:45 pm PST #1942 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Did you turn on Windows sharing on the Mac? Is the Printer shared from the Mac?
Jessica - Mar 07, 2005 5:39:13 pm PST #1943 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yep, that was the first thing I checked.
Googling seems to indicate that our may be the only Mac/Windows household set up this way -- there's tons of advice out there for how to get Macs to get along with Windows-attached printers, but practically nothing on the opposite situation. (Which makes sense, as Macs are far better at that sort of thing, but in our case, it just doesn't make sense to not put the printer in the office, with the Mac, where it'll get used every day.)
Clearly, the solution is to get me a Mac.
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DCJensen - Mar 07, 2005 5:56:01 pm PST #1944 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Try using just a generic postscript driver.
Jessica - Mar 07, 2005 6:01:28 pm PST #1945 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Did. Didn't work.
The more I poke around, the more I don't think it's the driver after all. I think it's a network issue.
NoiseDesign - Mar 07, 2005 6:46:11 pm PST #1946 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Is the printer connected to the network or to the Mac USB port? I've got an HP on my network that works with my Macs and PC's with no worries.
If it is on the Mac do you have the "share this printer" option turned on? Once I get home I'll have to check just where that setting is located.
DCJensen - Mar 08, 2005 5:06:07 am PST #1947 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Another option, Jessica:
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CompUSA.com offers the Motorola WPS870G 802.11g Print Server, part no. 512723-001-00, for $159.99. Three mail-in rebates, totaling $110, chop the net price to $49.99. That's $80 less than the next best price we could find. Add one cent for shipping. Rebates end March 10.
Jessica - Mar 08, 2005 6:49:33 am PST #1948 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is the printer connected to the network or to the Mac USB port? I've got an HP on my network that works with my Macs and PC's with no worries.
To the Mac's USB port.
If it is on the Mac do you have the "share this printer" option turned on?
And for the third time, yes, printer sharing is turned on.
DXMachina - Mar 08, 2005 6:57:54 am PST #1949 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Nebbermind, figured it out.