How peculiar. My Mac lost the network printer in the middle of me printing single pages from my browser. I hunted through applications and found out that it was trying to print to a 169.x.y.z IP address instead of the 192.168.a.b one. I went into the Printer Setup Utility and the Show Info option and typed in the right IP address and it started working again.

Bwuhuh? Anyone know if I did something wrong to make it get lost in the first place?

I'm also having Mac printer issues. I upgraded to Leopard and now I can't print. I've installed the new drivers and the weird thing is that the printer thinks it's printing just fine (showing completed jobs, etc), but nothing's actually happening.

It may just be that I need to reboot the Airport Express I'm using as a print server.

Okay, so my mom's wireless router doesn't go through the whole house, it just reaches as far as the kitchen. I think that we need to buy a better router, so what is the number that I am looking for to determine the strength of the signal?

Is it your new HP, ita? I've had that happen randomly with HPs before. Sometimes it would uninstall it completely. Check their website; they might have a driver update that will fix it.

I'm no help on the stat you're looking for, Vortex, but there are also signal range extenders you can buy that may be a cheaper solution to your problem.

Our 5 year old Canon G4 digital camera is starting to flake out (on Halloween the screen seems to have died). mr. flea poked around at Ritz camera and seems to have fallen in love with the Nikon D60 (he used to do photography some in college so knows a little bit; I am a point and shoot girl but I take most of the pictures, go figure). He turns 40 in two weeks so it seems like the right time to get him a big ticket present - anyone have experience with this model? Some reviews I have read say it isn't much different than the D40, which runs more than $100 cheaper. Are there other intro-level DSLRs you'd recommend?

javachik's camera is a Nikon D40

Looks like the big difference with the D60 is an image sensor cleaner and a jump from 6Mpixel to 10Mpixel.

I still like this site for reviews: [link]

Yeah, what I'm reading implies that once you are at 6 megapixels, everything is so good why bother adding more, even if you are printing posters. Do you agree?

javachik's camera is a Nikon D40

Wow, what a good memory!!

I went back and forth between getting the D80 and the D40 and finally decided the D40 was enough camera for me. I think it takes very nice photos. One of the determining factors for me was weight; I don't know how heavy the D60 is, but the D40 is considerably lighter than the D80.

Do you agree?

I dunno. I rarely print any of my photos, so that's not a factor for me, but higher resolution means higher effective digital zoom, which means you don't have to be as close to the subject, or frame as carefully -- you can crop the shot later on the computer to get what you want.

But if I had to choose between spending money on a higher resolution sensor or better lenses, I'd choose lenses.

I've got a Canon Rebel XTi that I'm very happy with. As for the difference between the Nikon and the Canon they both get excellent reviews and it really comes down to which lenses you want to use and which interface appeals to you. I've got one of the Canon Image Stabilizer lenses that is really wonderful for working in low light.