On 30/9/03 8:15 PM, "Greg Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wiebe Wilbers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:55:09 +1000 wrote: >> Hi Greg. >> >> Give up, get a G5 and a new printer. >> >> Wiebe. > > Thanks Wiebe and Anton > > Having a massive disposable income as a teacher (more than many I guess), my 5 > children (all still living at home!!) manage to dispose of it quite well. A > G5... well I dream of that. maybe in 6 years time when it becomes the G3 > desktop of today. Until then I will keep trying. It is actually a decent > computer and I could just stick with OS9 and confine OSX to the Titanium > laptop school has been so kind to provide a couple of years ago. But then that > is old in computer terms. And it isn't mine. Ownership is important and I > think mac users really own their computers. > Hi Greg,
I was just making a joke, I doubt there are many people who can buy a new computer every time something goes wrong or doesn't immediately work with the old one. (Like buying a new car cause the old one's ash tray is full :) In actual fact, I have a similar problem, which, whilst 'solved' isn't ideal. I'll explain it none the less: We have a parallel inkjet printer hooked up to an XP-Box running "PC MacLan". This program allows computers to connect via AppleTalk, but also allows print serving of any postscript printer. Anyway, whilst setting up the PC Maclan system, I noticed the option to save the files received by the print server to disk. Then I found another program named "Ghost Script" which is used to print anything that appears in the directory the server saves to. Kinda complex on paper, but it all makes sense. So, the PC is pretending to be a LaserWriter, which the Mac can see, and prints too. The PC takes the information, and saves it in a specified directory, then ghostscript prints it off. I say it isn't ideal, because there doesn't seem to be a way to change print settings (like draft/normal/best, colour, paper size etc) so the system just uses the default set-up. Some cropping also happens sometimes. If this isn't overly clear, I can answer any questions you like, Wiebe. -- Outback Mac is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Outback Mac list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/obmac.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/outback.mac%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
