>I'm using the Epson 740 with my PowerBook under 9.2.2 and it doesn't >appear to do Desktop Printing. It may be due to how Epson does their >printer software, or (someone more knowledgeable correct me here) that >9.2.2 does away with Desktop Printing for non-Apple printers. I know I >had it under earlier MacOS versions with my StyleWriter II (a Canon with >Apple logo on it - and maybe Apple drivers). Actually, there were some >other features with the SW-II that I wish the Epson had (but then we'd be >going way off-topic)... > >What I do is to use the Chooser to enable background printing, print a >plain dummy document to the Epson (and immediately stop the Printer >queue) and set its priority to Hold, and then most of the time I just >queue the prints to the Epson Monitor (the name usually has a number >after "Epson Monitor ") and then when I'm offline I just print out >everything (more RAM available for the printer and System then). > >Just did a check, and Chooser won't let me make any Memory allocations >for it, so it must just use what it needs from the System when printing. > >HTH, > >Jim Rohde
I assume desktop printing here is perhaps also described as screen capture? Doesn't happen, I am the 800Mhz iBook, 9.2.2 and two Epson 760's (one as a spare). Printing the desktop sort of smacks to me of something one would do in a Windows environment, but then that's just me... Bryce Lee, Burlington, Ontario Canada eh? -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
