On Jan 21, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:
> On Jan 21, 2009, at 12:23 PM, PeterH wrote: > >> The 4/4M is an EX marking engine printer, perhaps the best marking >> engine which Canon has produced. >> >> Sadly, the PostScript emulation is none too good, although it is a >> lot better than Brother's. > > The 4M's Postscript ROM module was defective and subject to a recall > by HP. I don't think this was widely known, and I've never seen the > real replacement module, every one I've seen was the defective one. Wow, my "defective" printer has been chugging out pages for years. :-) There were two revisions of the PostScript ROM module, I've seen both, mine is the older, presumably defective one. Apple's OS X 10.5 LJ4M driver breaks, I fixed it by getting the original OS X drivers from HP. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
