Mal: Well said. Wasn't that well said, Zoe? Zoe: Had a kind poetry to it, sir.

'Out Of Gas'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Beverly - Mar 23, 2012 3:32:39 pm PDT #19745 of 25501
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I don't know what to tell you, Sophia--if the helpdesk gets back to me, I'll pass on their advice--best I can do. Sorry!


§ ita § - Mar 23, 2012 3:47:55 pm PDT #19746 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't have explorer!

What do you have?


Sophia Brooks - Mar 23, 2012 5:04:01 pm PDT #19747 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Safari and firefox.


Liese S. - Mar 23, 2012 5:10:02 pm PDT #19748 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

But that way you have to know what the MAC address of your printer is to work out which one it is, or click on all the MAC addresses if your DHCP server software does a lookup...

Well, okay. I mean, I have a little list with all the MAC addresses of all my devices, and they're named anyway, so I'd just have to look at the one without the LoTR theme, but I realize everyone is not me.

Printing a network setup page should only be a few clicks deep.

And yes. Fine, this is probably simpler. Heh.

But yes, since it is also possible to share a printer that's hooked up to a computer that's on your network, but that's not the way you will prefer to do it in the future, when you're troubleshooting, hook it up only to the the ethernet.


§ ita § - Mar 23, 2012 5:11:49 pm PDT #19749 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Safari and firefox.

And it doesn't work in either of those?

I have a little list with all the MAC addresses of all my devices, and they're named anyway, so I'd just have to look at the one without the LoTR theme, but I realize everyone is not me

All devices don't report their names, though, so it can take some research. If the device knows its IP address, I usually just ask it directly.

Metaphorically speaking.


Typo Boy - Mar 24, 2012 8:33:36 pm PDT #19750 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Sometimes zooming out on/shrinking the screen will make a button visible and selectable even though you could not scroll to it before.


Jessica - Mar 26, 2012 11:08:09 am PDT #19751 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My printer at home is dead, time to replace it. What brands do people like for wireless all-in-ones (w/ flatbed scanner) that play well with Macs?


sumi - Mar 26, 2012 11:22:28 am PDT #19752 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!

Argh. Trying to get the SA Art Collection in order. There is something collection related on a bunch of 3.5" floppies. We actually have in our office computers with floppy drives. (Not my computer but some of the student computers.) But they are XP and these disks are old enough to be an older version of windows - is there any way that I can get at the information on those disks?


NoiseDesign - Mar 26, 2012 11:31:15 am PDT #19753 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

I've been happy with HP printers on my Macs. I have two of the high end OfficeJets that are about 5 years old. Mac drivers have been good.


omnis_audis - Mar 26, 2012 10:22:28 pm PDT #19754 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

My printer at home is dead, time to replace it. What brands do people like for wireless all-in-ones (w/ flatbed scanner) that play well with Macs?
I have a Brother multi-function, and have been real happy with it. Scanning is real easy. The scanner can launch the software. Actually, it just opens Preview on the computer. Haven't had an issue with the printer. And it has document feeder. I think it was about $180. I forget model, it's at work, and this week I am in convention.