So the printer needs to be named Penn.
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
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Connie Neil - Dec 04, 2004 4:13:36 pm PST #352 of 10003
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Jessica - Dec 04, 2004 4:23:41 pm PST #353 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
So the printer needs to be named Penn.
Ah, perfect! But I still can't get the Mac to see it. I was told at Tekserve that if it were a USB printer, I'd have no problem, but a serial printer might be tricky.
When I look at it on my own computer, it's telling me that the printer is shared. But it doesn't show up on the Mac at all. Grrr.
DCJensen - Dec 04, 2004 6:21:12 pm PST #354 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2004 7:12:37 pm PST #355 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Apparently XP SP2 breaks something.
Oh, I'm shocked.
Thanks, I'll check those out.
[edit: Okay, it's now claiming to see the printer, but when I tried to print a test page, it spat out pages and pages of gibberish.* It doesn't look like my printer's officially supported by OSX, so I'll have to install some extra drivers.]
[edit again: *Which, obviously, means that it is seeing the printer, and communicating with it, just not very well.]
Jessica - Dec 04, 2004 7:57:52 pm PST #356 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Aaaaaaand, it works!
Poking around those sites, it looks like HP printers are known to be particularly troublesome in mixed-OS networks. But it's printing what I'm asking for now, albeit slowly, so I'm not complaining.
DCJensen - Dec 04, 2004 8:10:16 pm PST #357 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Yay printing!
Well, now that it works, you have some leisure for us or yourself to come up with a better solution.
Is it a laser printer? Try a generic postscript driver, maybe?
Jessica - Dec 05, 2004 5:01:08 am PST #358 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Try a generic postscript driver, maybe?
That's what I had at first, when it was printing out the gibberish. It's an HP Officejet G55 (HP doesn't make them anymore, and Panther doesn't officially support any of the Officejet line). Calling it an HP Deskjet 900 seems to be the preferred solution, and the one that worked.
esse - Dec 05, 2004 6:41:20 am PST #359 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
SA, our network's name is Aurelius, so all the computers have vampire names. Mine's Dru, the old laptop is Spike, and the Tivo is Darla.
That is freakin' awesome. And congrats on your new job, by the way.
tiggy - Dec 05, 2004 7:17:24 am PST #360 of 10003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I have another Tivo question. i don't have a phone jack in my room, which is where i will be putting the Tivo. can i hook it up to another tv that does have a phone jack in the room to do the setup and then move it to my room? i'm assuming yes, but i wanted to make sure before i bought it.
Hil R. - Dec 05, 2004 7:22:19 am PST #361 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
tiggy, you can, but there will be some issues with unplugging it -- I think you have to leave it plugged in for 8 hours after the initial setup, or something like that. Also, are you going to hook the Tivo up to a network? If not, then you'll need to connect it to the phone jack once a week or so for updates.