Re: Colour Laser Printer
Peter you can buy awfully cheap colour lasers now - I bought one at Office Works for a few hundred dollars for a business I work at. It prints probably 30 sheets a day and is reliable. It just plugged into my Mac via USB, and also runs off the wireless network. It does not do automatic double sided, but if you are only doing a few copies, you could reload them manually I would think. Tim On 20 Feb 2015, at 5:59 am, Peter Faulks peterfau...@westnet.com.au wrote: I have been getting quotes to print a soccer coaching manual that I have written, and I realy only want to print one or two copies, but feel I might be better to purchase a good colour laser printer and print the book myself. It is about 300 pages with colour graphics and will print A4 backed. Can anyone suggest a reliable quality colour laser printer? Price somewhere about $2,000.00 Many thanks Peter -- Peter Irene Faulks Unit 1, 9 Newsam Close PARKWOOD WA 6147 Phone:+618 9457 0747 (h) Fax: +618 9457 0444 Peter Mobile: 0416 187 937 Irene Mobile: 0439 933 404 Email:peterfau...@westnet.com.au Web Page: http://members.iinet.net.au/~pfau...@westnet.com.au/ Author A New Approach To Coaching Soccer The Essential Soccer Coaches Handbook Web Page: http://www.essentialcoachinghandbook.net/ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received the email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Colour Laser Printer
I have been getting quotes to print a soccer coaching manual that I have written, and I realy only want to print one or two copies, but feel I might be better to purchase a good colour laser printer and print the book myself. It is about 300 pages with colour graphics and will print A4 backed. Can anyone suggest a reliable quality colour laser printer? Price somewhere about $2,000.00 Many thanks Peter -- Peter Irene Faulks Unit 1, 9 Newsam Close PARKWOOD WA 6147 Phone: +618 9457 0747 (h) Fax:+618 9457 0444 Peter Mobile: 0416 187 937 Irene Mobile: 0439 933 404 Email: peterfau...@westnet.com.au Web Page: http://members.iinet.net.au/~pfau...@westnet.com.au/ Author A New Approach To Coaching Soccer The Essential Soccer Coaches Handbook Web Page: http://www.essentialcoachinghandbook.net/ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received the email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Colour Laser Printer
Peter You could try Alan Furman @ copy professionals in west perth 93242446 Sent from my iPhone On 20 Feb 2015, at 5:59 am, Peter Faulks peterfau...@westnet.com.au wrote: I have been getting quotes to print a soccer coaching manual that I have written, and I realy only want to print one or two copies, but feel I might be better to purchase a good colour laser printer and print the book myself. It is about 300 pages with colour graphics and will print A4 backed. Can anyone suggest a reliable quality colour laser printer? Price somewhere about $2,000.00 Many thanks Peter -- Peter Irene Faulks Unit 1, 9 Newsam Close PARKWOOD WA 6147 Phone:+618 9457 0747 (h) Fax: +618 9457 0444 Peter Mobile:0416 187 937 Irene Mobile:0439 933 404 Email:peterfau...@westnet.com.au Web Page: http://members.iinet.net.au/~pfau...@westnet.com.au/ Author A New Approach To Coaching Soccer The Essential Soccer Coaches Handbook Web Page: http://www.essentialcoachinghandbook.net/ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received the email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Color Laser printer
Severin (and others) I have a Fuji-Xerox C1190 FS. It's brilliant. But it is now warning me that I should replace the Drum Cartridge soon. I dropped in at East Vic Park Officeworks today where I get the ordinary cartridges. No go. Don't know about it. Does anybody know where I can acquire a Drum Cartridge for the machine. David Nicholas now in Willagee with an ADSL speed of 9.2! On 25/05/2012, at 1:49 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: My trusty Fuji-Xerox DocuPrint C525A is sadly breathing its last after many, many pages of printing. I am investigating a replacement and would welcome suggestions and experience. My use is for text printing with coloured letterhead and occasional artwork of non critical standard. Duplexing with double siding siding would be useful but not essential. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Color Laser printer
Thanks, David. I see that City Software have your drum for $223, but not the printer Regards Severin Crisp On 25/05/2012, at 3:36 PM, David Nicholas wrote: Severin (and others) I have a Fuji-Xerox C1190 FS. It's brilliant. But it is now warning me that I should replace the Drum Cartridge soon. I dropped in at East Vic Park Officeworks today where I get the ordinary cartridges. No go. Don't know about it. Does anybody know where I can acquire a Drum Cartridge for the machine. David Nicholas now in Willagee with an ADSL speed of 9.2! On 25/05/2012, at 1:49 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: My trusty Fuji-Xerox DocuPrint C525A is sadly breathing its last after many, many pages of printing. I am investigating a replacement and would welcome suggestions and experience. My use is for text printing with coloured letterhead and occasional artwork of non critical standard. Duplexing with double siding siding would be useful but not essential. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Color Laser printer
Hi Severin, Austin Computers have Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C1190FS A4 Colour,12ppm(C),16ppm(B),600x600dpi,384MB,250sheet 34KG. They have a store in Rockingham, you could get Peter to grab one for you... I nearly didn't send you the link after reading this on their page: Before you checkout, remember to purchase a copy of Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 for your new PC or Laptop You're got to be kidding!!! :-)) Cheers, Ronni On 25/05/2012, at 4:16 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks, David. I see that City Software have your drum for $223, but not the printer Regards Severin Crisp On 25/05/2012, at 3:36 PM, David Nicholas wrote: Severin (and others) I have a Fuji-Xerox C1190 FS. It's brilliant. But it is now warning me that I should replace the Drum Cartridge soon. I dropped in at East Vic Park Officeworks today where I get the ordinary cartridges. No go. Don't know about it. Does anybody know where I can acquire a Drum Cartridge for the machine. David Nicholas now in Willagee with an ADSL speed of 9.2! On 25/05/2012, at 1:49 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: My trusty Fuji-Xerox DocuPrint C525A is sadly breathing its last after many, many pages of printing. I am investigating a replacement and would welcome suggestions and experience. My use is for text printing with coloured letterhead and occasional artwork of non critical standard. Duplexing with double siding siding would be useful but not essential. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Color Laser printer
Well after saying I nearly didn't send you the link ... I didn't send you the link :( Here it is: http://www.austin.net.au/ProductList/ProductDetail/tabid/104/ProductCode/PS-FX-DPC1190FS/Default.aspx Cheers, Ronni who does get carried away when the words Windows Microsoft get mentioned in a Mac email On 25/05/2012, at 4:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, Austin Computers have Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C1190FS A4 Colour,12ppm(C),16ppm(B),600x600dpi,384MB,250sheet 34KG. They have a store in Rockingham, you could get Peter to grab one for you... I nearly didn't send you the link after reading this on their page: Before you checkout, remember to purchase a copy of Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 for your new PC or Laptop You're got to be kidding!!! :-)) Cheers, Ronni On 25/05/2012, at 4:16 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks, David. I see that City Software have your drum for $223, but not the printer Regards Severin Crisp On 25/05/2012, at 3:36 PM, David Nicholas wrote: Severin (and others) I have a Fuji-Xerox C1190 FS. It's brilliant. But it is now warning me that I should replace the Drum Cartridge soon. I dropped in at East Vic Park Officeworks today where I get the ordinary cartridges. No go. Don't know about it. Does anybody know where I can acquire a Drum Cartridge for the machine. David Nicholas now in Willagee with an ADSL speed of 9.2! On 25/05/2012, at 1:49 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: My trusty Fuji-Xerox DocuPrint C525A is sadly breathing its last after many, many pages of printing. I am investigating a replacement and would welcome suggestions and experience. My use is for text printing with coloured letterhead and occasional artwork of non critical standard. Duplexing with double siding siding would be useful but not essential. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Color Laser printer
Thanks Ronni and Severin I will check them both out. David On 25/05/2012, at 4:27 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Well after saying I nearly didn't send you the link ... I didn't send you the link :( Here it is: http://www.austin.net.au/ProductList/ProductDetail/tabid/104/ProductCode/PS-FX-DPC1190FS/Default.aspx Cheers, Ronni who does get carried away when the words Windows Microsoft get mentioned in a Mac email On 25/05/2012, at 4:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, Austin Computers have Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C1190FS A4 Colour,12ppm(C),16ppm(B),600x600dpi,384MB,250sheet 34KG. They have a store in Rockingham, you could get Peter to grab one for you... I nearly didn't send you the link after reading this on their page: Before you checkout, remember to purchase a copy of Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 for your new PC or Laptop You're got to be kidding!!! :-)) Cheers, Ronni On 25/05/2012, at 4:16 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks, David. I see that City Software have your drum for $223, but not the printer Regards Severin Crisp On 25/05/2012, at 3:36 PM, David Nicholas wrote: Severin (and others) I have a Fuji-Xerox C1190 FS. It's brilliant. But it is now warning me that I should replace the Drum Cartridge soon. I dropped in at East Vic Park Officeworks today where I get the ordinary cartridges. No go. Don't know about it. Does anybody know where I can acquire a Drum Cartridge for the machine. David Nicholas now in Willagee with an ADSL speed of 9.2! On 25/05/2012, at 1:49 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: My trusty Fuji-Xerox DocuPrint C525A is sadly breathing its last after many, many pages of printing. I am investigating a replacement and would welcome suggestions and experience. My use is for text printing with coloured letterhead and occasional artwork of non critical standard. Duplexing with double siding siding would be useful but not essential. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Color Laser printer
My trusty Fuji-Xerox DocuPrint C525A is sadly breathing its last after many, many pages of printing. I am investigating a replacement and would welcome suggestions and experience. My use is for text printing with coloured letterhead and occasional artwork of non critical standard. Duplexing with double siding siding would be useful but not essential. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Free laser printer zip drive
Hi Peter I would appreciate your offer of the printer if it's still going. Cheers John On 17/07/2010, at 3:05 PM, Peter Bull wrote: Just bought a new laser printer at the end of June, so now my trusty Brother HL 1240 is ready to go to a good home for free. It works well and has a spare cartridge. I also have an Iomega 100Mb disk drive and about 12 disks also for free. Regards, Peter Bull pb...@bbnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Free laser printer zip drive
Just bought a new laser printer at the end of June, so now my trusty Brother HL 1240 is ready to go to a good home for free. It works well and has a spare cartridge. I also have an Iomega 100Mb disk drive and about 12 disks also for free. Regards, Peter Bull pb...@bbnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Free laser printer zip drive
Hi Peter I will take the zip drive and disks... Let me know, thanks. regards lynn - Original Message - From: Peter Bull pb...@bbnet.com.au To: wamug wamug wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Saturday, 17 July, 2010 3:05:52 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Free laser printer zip drive Just bought a new laser printer at the end of June, so now my trusty Brother HL 1240 is ready to go to a good home for free. It works well and has a spare cartridge. I also have an Iomega 100Mb disk drive and about 12 disks also for free. Regards, Peter Bull pb...@bbnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Laser Printer
Hello All Is anyone using a Colour Laser Printer that you may recommend, with or without scanning capabilities,that works with Snow Leopard and has good page output for the cost of the toners / drum. My current HP 2840 costs me about $650.00 for a set of toners and a drum every 4500 pages or so and that is non genuine toners as well. There must be something cheaper than this surely, I hope. Thanks Frank Biundo -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Laser Printer
Hi Frank Daniel Kerr just supplied me with a Brother HL3070CW which seems to work very well with 10.6.2 once you download the current driver (CD version does not work with 10.6) and a firmware update! This is a wireless and ethernet version so the ethernet only is cheaper. I have not had to replace the toner yet so not sure of the cost of them. This printer is a LED laser and is reputed to produce less vapours than std lasers. Regards Dave On 21/03/10 4:41 PM, Frank Biundo fran...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hello All Is anyone using a Colour Laser Printer that you may recommend, with or without scanning capabilities,that works with Snow Leopard and has good page output for the cost of the toners / drum. My current HP 2840 costs me about $650.00 for a set of toners and a drum every 4500 pages or so and that is non genuine toners as well. There must be something cheaper than this surely, I hope. Thanks Frank Biundo -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Very good reply!! You're not Kevin Rudd in disguise are you? On 08/03/2010, at 8:58 PM, Tim Law wrote: Folks, The mystery computer is a MAC pro desktop with 2 x 2.66 ghz dual core intel Xeon. Sally's fleshware is currently lacking adequate memory and data processing capacity to implement the excellent suggestions made so far. She has tried an external plug in, but found the bottle emptied rather quickly, and is now finding I/O data corruption becoming an impediment to a cohesive implementation process. More later when normal fleshware functions are rebuilt following routine maintenance under sleep cycle. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tim, I agree with Daniel, try running Word in a New User Account. I think I would: 1. UN-install M$ office using their Uninstall tool 2. Then empty the trash 3. Restart her Mac ... whatever it is ;-) 4. Install Rosetta 5. Install office 6. Update Office 7. Restart her Mac The uninstall clears out a lot of files that could get corrupted. The restart helps clear any other cache data. Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 4:30 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Tim You could also get her to try running Word under a new test user to see if it does the same thing. As Neil mentioned, it may be her copy of Word, that is causing some problems (or preferences). If it prints fine under a new user, then there is something in her User account that is causing the issue. If it still does the same thing, it wouldn't hurt to remove Word and all it's preferences and reinstall it from scratch with all the updates. Worth a try. And no dramas on processor,..these things happen. :o) But yes if she's running 10.6.x and Parallels then it won't be a PPC processor (Gx series were PPC) as neither of those would run. Just being picky to help the thread along,...lol :o) Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:56 PM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Really sorry to create the initial confusion. I thought Sally had a dual processor G5. But obviously she now has something different. There is mention of this problem at http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Word/2486/0 but no apparent fix so far. I will forward all the responses to her and she may yet find a fix herself. Appreciate the feedback, and again apologies for starting the confusion by posting she had a G5. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Severin (and Ronni) You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5 and a PPC PowerMac G5. Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5. (Sorry to correct Ronni) :o) And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that would work on a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support). Hope that helps clarify a little. Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when people say they have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any Apple G5 computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to give support ... Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html • 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors • Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could
RE: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
I like the specificity in this response. KR! Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Project Controls Hub Lead, Perth Associate, BE Mech HATCH (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 2Fax + 61 8 9428 ÈMob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website http://www.hatch.com.au/ -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Bull Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:06 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer Very good reply!! You're not Kevin Rudd in disguise are you? On 08/03/2010, at 8:58 PM, Tim Law wrote: Folks, The mystery computer is a MAC pro desktop with 2 x 2.66 ghz dual core intel Xeon. Sally's fleshware is currently lacking adequate memory and data processing capacity to implement the excellent suggestions made so far. She has tried an external plug in, but found the bottle emptied rather quickly, and is now finding I/O data corruption becoming an impediment to a cohesive implementation process. More later when normal fleshware functions are rebuilt following routine maintenance under sleep cycle. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tim, I agree with Daniel, try running Word in a New User Account. I think I would: 1. UN-install M$ office using their Uninstall tool 2. Then empty the trash 3. Restart her Mac ... whatever it is ;-) 4. Install Rosetta 5. Install office 6. Update Office 7. Restart her Mac The uninstall clears out a lot of files that could get corrupted. The restart helps clear any other cache data. Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 4:30 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Tim You could also get her to try running Word under a new test user to see if it does the same thing. As Neil mentioned, it may be her copy of Word, that is causing some problems (or preferences). If it prints fine under a new user, then there is something in her User account that is causing the issue. If it still does the same thing, it wouldn't hurt to remove Word and all it's preferences and reinstall it from scratch with all the updates. Worth a try. And no dramas on processor,..these things happen. :o) But yes if she's running 10.6.x and Parallels then it won't be a PPC processor (Gx series were PPC) as neither of those would run. Just being picky to help the thread along,...lol :o) Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:56 PM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Really sorry to create the initial confusion. I thought Sally had a dual processor G5. But obviously she now has something different. There is mention of this problem at http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Word/2486/0 but no apparent fix so far. I will forward all the responses to her and she may yet find a fix herself. Appreciate the feedback, and again apologies for starting the confusion by posting she had a G5. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Severin (and Ronni) You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5 and a PPC PowerMac G5. Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5. (Sorry to correct Ronni) :o) And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that would work on a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support). Hope that helps clarify a little. Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when people say they have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any Apple G5 computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to give support ... Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html * 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors * Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Folks, The mystery computer is a MAC pro desktop with 2 x 2.66 ghz dual core intel Xeon. Sally's fleshware is currently lacking adequate memory and data processing capacity to implement the excellent suggestions made so far. She has tried an external plug in, but found the bottle emptied rather quickly, and is now finding I/O data corruption becoming an impediment to a cohesive implementation process. More later when normal fleshware functions are rebuilt following routine maintenance under sleep cycle. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 4:41 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Tim, I agree with Daniel, try running Word in a New User Account. I think I would: 1. UN-install M$ office using their Uninstall tool 2. Then empty the trash 3. Restart her Mac ... whatever it is ;-) 4. Install Rosetta 5. Install office 6. Update Office 7. Restart her Mac The uninstall clears out a lot of files that could get corrupted. The restart helps clear any other cache data. Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 4:30 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Tim You could also get her to try running Word under a new test user to see if it does the same thing. As Neil mentioned, it may be her copy of Word, that is causing some problems (or preferences). If it prints fine under a new user, then there is something in her User account that is causing the issue. If it still does the same thing, it wouldn't hurt to remove Word and all it's preferences and reinstall it from scratch with all the updates. Worth a try. And no dramas on processor,..these things happen. :o) But yes if she's running 10.6.x and Parallels then it won't be a PPC processor (Gx series were PPC) as neither of those would run. Just being picky to help the thread along,...lol :o) Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:56 PM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Really sorry to create the initial confusion. I thought Sally had a dual processor G5. But obviously she now has something different. There is mention of this problem at http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Word/2486/0 but no apparent fix so far. I will forward all the responses to her and she may yet find a fix herself. Appreciate the feedback, and again apologies for starting the confusion by posting she had a G5. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Severin (and Ronni) You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5 and a PPC PowerMac G5. Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5. (Sorry to correct Ronni) :o) And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that would work on a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support). Hope that helps clarify a little. Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when people say they have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any Apple G5 computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to give support ... Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html • 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors • Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Really sorry to create the initial confusion. I thought Sally had a dual processor G5. But obviously she now has something different. There is mention of this problem at http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Word/2486/0 but no apparent fix so far. I will forward all the responses to her and she may yet find a fix herself. Appreciate the feedback, and again apologies for starting the confusion by posting she had a G5. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Severin (and Ronni) You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5 and a PPC PowerMac G5. Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5. (Sorry to correct Ronni) :o) And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that would work on a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support). Hope that helps clarify a little. Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when people say they have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any Apple G5 computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to give support ... Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html • 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors • Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Hi Daniel, I agree that the G5 normally refers to the PPC processor G5. But in this case Tim's original email said Sally's computer is running OS X 10.6.2, so it has to be an Intel Apple Computer G4! Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Severin (and Ronni) You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5 and a PPC PowerMac G5. Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5. (Sorry to correct Ronni) :o) And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that would work on a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support). Hope that helps clarify a little. Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when people say they have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any Apple G5 computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to give support ... Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html • 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors • Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Just tried a simple Word 2004 document with one text box having a default shadow applied. Printed to a HP Photosmart 3310 (injet) from a current model i7 iMac running 10.6.2. Printed as displayed on screen. Then tried from my PowerBook G4 running 10.4.11 and Office 2004 (V11.5.3) tot he same printer. Again printed as displayed on screen. Thank you Paul van der Mey p...@interactive-knowledge.biz Mob. 0419 201 477 On 06/03/2010, at 10:17 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Hi Tim, Not sure about the HP 8000 laser, but I have just tried creating a text box with shadow on Word 2008 (Mac) which printed OK on a Brother HL-1430. Whether it is the HP driver which is the problem I am not sure, and I assume she has the latest driver on her Mac. The best way would be for some one to try printing on her printer using Word 2008. One word of caution, remember that Office 2008 does not support VBA or Macros. So, if she uses these extensively now she will loose them if she goes to the current version. Alternatively she could wait for the next version of Office for Mac which fortunately will support VBA and Macros again. It is meant to come out some time this year. I'm sorry I do not have any solutions as such, but one of WAMUG's expert will sure come up with something. Kind regards, Philippe 2010/3/6 Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- J Philippe Chaperon Perth, Australie Occidentale -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Hi Tim You could also get her to try running Word under a new test user to see if it does the same thing. As Neil mentioned, it may be her copy of Word, that is causing some problems (or preferences). If it prints fine under a new user, then there is something in her User account that is causing the issue. If it still does the same thing, it wouldn't hurt to remove Word and all it's preferences and reinstall it from scratch with all the updates. Worth a try. And no dramas on processor,..these things happen. :o) But yes if she's running 10.6.x and Parallels then it won't be a PPC processor (Gx series were PPC) as neither of those would run. Just being picky to help the thread along,...lol :o) Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:56 PM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Really sorry to create the initial confusion. I thought Sally had a dual processor G5. But obviously she now has something different. There is mention of this problem at http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Word/2486/0 but no apparent fix so far. I will forward all the responses to her and she may yet find a fix herself. Appreciate the feedback, and again apologies for starting the confusion by posting she had a G5. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Severin (and Ronni) You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5 and a PPC PowerMac G5. Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5. (Sorry to correct Ronni) :o) And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that would work on a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support). Hope that helps clarify a little. Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when people say they have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any Apple G5 computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to give support ... Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Hi Tim, I agree with Daniel, try running Word in a New User Account. I think I would: 1. UN-install M$ office using their Uninstall tool 2. Then empty the trash 3. Restart her Mac ... whatever it is ;-) 4. Install Rosetta 5. Install office 6. Update Office 7. Restart her Mac The uninstall clears out a lot of files that could get corrupted. The restart helps clear any other cache data. Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 4:30 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Tim You could also get her to try running Word under a new test user to see if it does the same thing. As Neil mentioned, it may be her copy of Word, that is causing some problems (or preferences). If it prints fine under a new user, then there is something in her User account that is causing the issue. If it still does the same thing, it wouldn't hurt to remove Word and all it's preferences and reinstall it from scratch with all the updates. Worth a try. And no dramas on processor,..these things happen. :o) But yes if she's running 10.6.x and Parallels then it won't be a PPC processor (Gx series were PPC) as neither of those would run. Just being picky to help the thread along,...lol :o) Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:56 PM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Really sorry to create the initial confusion. I thought Sally had a dual processor G5. But obviously she now has something different. There is mention of this problem at http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Word/2486/0 but no apparent fix so far. I will forward all the responses to her and she may yet find a fix herself. Appreciate the feedback, and again apologies for starting the confusion by posting she had a G5. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Severin (and Ronni) You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5 and a PPC PowerMac G5. Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5. (Sorry to correct Ronni) :o) And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that would work on a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support). Hope that helps clarify a little. Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when people say they have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any Apple G5 computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to give support ... Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html • 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors • Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Hi Tim, That forum post sounds similar but, in fact, is specifically related to Word 2008 - the first reply notes that it WASN'T a problem in Word 2004 but WAS a problem in Word 2008 and the next reply says it is (or was in April 2008) a known bug. So, assuming that Sally is still running Word 2004, this would not actually seem to be the same problem - still interesting that the symptom sounds the same though. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 7/3/10 3:56 PM, Tim Law at t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Really sorry to create the initial confusion. I thought Sally had a dual processor G5. But obviously she now has something different. There is mention of this problem at http://www.officeformac.com/ms/ProductForums/Word/2486/0 but no apparent fix so far. I will forward all the responses to her and she may yet find a fix herself. Appreciate the feedback, and again apologies for starting the confusion by posting she had a G5. Tim On 07/03/2010, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Severin (and Ronni) You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5 and a PPC PowerMac G5. Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5. (Sorry to correct Ronni) :o) And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that would work on a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support). Hope that helps clarify a little. Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when people say they have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any Apple G5 computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to give support ... Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of
Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
On 6/3/10 9:29 PM, Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim Hi Tim If she prints to a pdf, does the box show up the correct way in the pdf? If it does, that may be a work around for it. Print it to a pdf, then print the pdf to the printer. If it works, then it would be something from Word that is causing the problem. If the pdf does the same thing, then yes that would suggest it's a driver issue. But may help, or at least be a workaround for it. Oh, and if it's a G5, she won't be running Parallels. As that only works on Intel machines. Perhaps she's running Virtual PC,..which was always a dog of a program at the best of times. :o) Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Hi Tim Has your friend tried patching word 2004 ? http://support.microsoft.com/ph/2531/en-au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Hi Tim, Not sure about the HP 8000 laser, but I have just tried creating a text box with shadow on Word 2008 (Mac) which printed OK on a Brother HL-1430. Whether it is the HP driver which is the problem I am not sure, and I assume she has the latest driver on her Mac. The best way would be for some one to try printing on her printer using Word 2008. One word of caution, remember that Office 2008 does not support VBA or Macros. So, if she uses these extensively now she will loose them if she goes to the current version. Alternatively she could wait for the next version of Office for Mac which fortunately will support VBA and Macros again. It is meant to come out some time this year. I'm sorry I do not have any solutions as such, but one of WAMUG's expert will sure come up with something. Kind regards, Philippe 2010/3/6 Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- J Philippe Chaperon Perth, Australie Occidentale -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Hi Tim, Trying your printer on Sally's machine would be the way to go, it should then sort out if it is her operating system or her G5. One thing Sally could try is to re-install OS X 10.6 from the OS X 10.6 Install Disc, (she won't loose anything, re-installing OS X 10.6 does an 'Archive Install', I had to do this after a LogicBoard replacement), and then run the Combo 10.6.2 to bring her uptodate. Or just run the 10.6.2 Combo Update overtop of her 10.6.2 system. It might just change something back to what it should be. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959 Sally should repair permissions BEFORE AFTER doing the Re-Install or the Combo Update. Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html • 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors • Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html • 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors • Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when people say they have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any Apple G5 computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to give support ... Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html • 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors • Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Hi Tim, Another thought, sometimes the problems are not as simple as: it is either: A Word problem A printer problem A computer/OS problem etc. - sometimes it is how a specific combination reacts. From your postings: On Sally's machine: - The text box looks fine in Word 2004 - a print from Word to the printer shows the problem with the text box - a print from Word to print as pdf also shows the problem with the text box. On your machine: - The text box looks fine in Word 2004 - a print from Word to the printer looks fine - a print from Word to print as pdf also looks fine For what it is worth, I am also running Word 2004 under OSX 10.6.2 (but on a new intel i7 iMac) and I can create a similar shadowed text box that prints fine to pdf (haven't tried hard copy - but I'm sure that would be fine also) - I also opened my Word document on a G5 iMac running OSX 10.5.6 and it also looked fine and printed to pdf fine. However, from this, I'm not sure that I would agree: This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. It seems to me the problem could easily be down to the particular installation of Word on Sally's machine - or the interaction of Word with this particular printer driver? Has Sally run Microsoft Autoupdate to make sure she has the latest Office 2004 update (my version of Word 2004 is 11.5.6). As you say, trying your printer on Sally's machine will help to narrow the problem down. One other thing you could try is doing the print to pdf on your machine to create a good pdf of the document and then sending the pdf to Sally, to see if her printer can print the pdf (as opposed to the word document) OK - or whether that also messes up the text box. As Ronni says, re-installing OSX is one thing you can try (though on a G5 it will be Leopard 10.5.8 rather than SL 10.6.2). If it was me, I might also try re-installing Office 2004 (maybe even before re-installing OSX?) - being sure to then apply the latest Office updates. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 7/3/10 10:55 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Tim, Trying your printer on Sally's machine would be the way to go, it should then sort out if it is her operating system or her G5. One thing Sally could try is to re-install OS X 10.6 from the OS X 10.6 Install Disc, (she won't loose anything, re-installing OS X 10.6 does an 'Archive Install', I had to do this after a LogicBoard replacement), and then run the Combo 10.6.2 to bring her uptodate. Or just run the 10.6.2 Combo Update overtop of her 10.6.2 system. It might just change something back to what it should be. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959 Sally should repair permissions BEFORE AFTER doing the Re-Install or the Combo Update. Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
Hi Severin (and Ronni) You are correct, the G5 was a PPC processor. There was an iMac G5 and a PPC PowerMac G5. Intel didn't make a G5, so the MacPro wasn't a G5. (Sorry to correct Ronni) :o) And yes 10.6.x requires Intel only. 10.5 was the last OS that would work on a PPC machine (but killed off Classic support). Hope that helps clarify a little. Kind Regards Daniel On 7/3/10 3:23 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Yes, I know what you mean Severin. It always confuses me when people say they have a G5, it can mean an iMac G5, a Power Mac G5, a Mac Pro, any Apple G5 computer. It makes life a little difficult if you are trying to give support ... Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 3:15 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Ronni, I thought the G5 bit referred only to PPC and was not used on the Intel MacPros Severin On 07/03/2010, at 3:06 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Severin, The Mac Pro G5 is Intel: http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors Quad-core: One 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.33GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 2:35 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: I am puzzled at 10.6.2 on a G5 - I thought Snow Leopard required an Intel Mac? Severin Crisp On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On 06/03/2010, at 9:29 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hello, I am asking this for a friend of mine who is running Office Mac 2004 on a G5 with 10.6.2 and needing some help with printing of text boxes and shadow. She prints to an HP 8000 laser. The printer is an older A3 colour that duplexes and very valuable for her business - but it just won't talk properly to the Mac - or so it seems. She can set up what she wants on the screen i.e. a text box with a shadow around the outside of the text box, but when she prints the shading is on the inside of the text box and it does not print what is showing on the screen. She has used Macs for many years, but kept a PC going so she could get this feature to print properly. Now the PC has stopped and she is searching for a solution again to get the Mac to print shadow boxes. She knows someone else who has the same problem and they just stopped using shading on text boxes. Sally writes training packages and it's her preference to keep the appearance of shaded boxes. She feels it is a printer driver issue relating to the HP8000 and has tried running Parallels but finds it slows down her system dreadfully. She's spent hours searching the web for a fix, with no luck and is hoping someone has found a solution? Is upgrading Word likely to be a solution? Thanks Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Re: Printing shadow boxes in Word 2004 to an HP 8000 colour laser printer
OOOPS! Resend after seeing Ronni's post re the Intel G5 - Like Severin, I thought the G5 refered to the processor! So ignore my previous comment re 10.5.8! Confused of Albany ;) Hi Tim, Another thought, sometimes the problems are not as simple as: it is either: A Word problem A printer problem A computer/OS problem etc. - sometimes it is how a specific combination reacts. From your postings: On Sally's machine: - The text box looks fine in Word 2004 - a print from Word to the printer shows the problem with the text box - a print from Word to print as pdf also shows the problem with the text box. On your machine: - The text box looks fine in Word 2004 - a print from Word to the printer looks fine - a print from Word to print as pdf also looks fine For what it is worth, I am also running Word 2004 under OSX 10.6.2 (but on a new intel i7 iMac) and I can create a similar shadowed text box that prints fine to pdf (haven't tried hard copy - but I'm sure that would be fine also) - I also opened my Word document on a G5 iMac running OSX 10.5.6 and it also looked fine and printed to pdf fine. However, from this, I'm not sure that I would agree: This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. It seems to me the problem could easily be down to the particular installation of Word on Sally's machine - or the interaction of Word with this particular printer driver? Has Sally run Microsoft Autoupdate to make sure she has the latest Office 2004 update (my version of Word 2004 is 11.5.6). As you say, trying your printer on Sally's machine will help to narrow the problem down. One other thing you could try is doing the print to pdf on your machine to create a good pdf of the document and then sending the pdf to Sally, to see if her printer can print the pdf (as opposed to the word document) OK - or whether that also messes up the text box. As Ronni says, re-installing OSX is one thing you can try. If it was me, I might also try re-installing Office 2004 (maybe even before re-installing OSX?) - being sure to then apply the latest Office updates. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 7/3/10 10:55 AM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Tim, Trying your printer on Sally's machine would be the way to go, it should then sort out if it is her operating system or her G5. One thing Sally could try is to re-install OS X 10.6 from the OS X 10.6 Install Disc, (she won't loose anything, re-installing OS X 10.6 does an 'Archive Install', I had to do this after a LogicBoard replacement), and then run the Combo 10.6.2 to bring her uptodate. Or just run the 10.6.2 Combo Update overtop of her 10.6.2 system. It might just change something back to what it should be. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959 Sally should repair permissions BEFORE AFTER doing the Re-Install or the Combo Update. Cheers, Ronni On 07/03/2010, at 10:26 AM, Tim Law wrote: All, Thanks for the tips so far. Sally has provided me with two documents, her original Word file showing a nicely set up shadow box, and a PDF of the same document showing a yukky text box with shadow of the text inside the text box. I have created a PDF accessible for viewing at http://files.me.com/peoplehelp/jmjg2a this shows the output problem she has. This yukky text box is replicated on her two printers - HP 5550 colour an HP 8000 I tested to see if I could recreate the problem on my iMac running Word 2004, the same as Sally's. Given she has had the same printing problem with Leopard and Snow Leopard I am thinking the operating system and machine is not the issue. To my surprise, I found the Word document printed fine, and so did the PDF version - with clear shadow box and no shadow on the text inside the box. I have a Dell CN3110 colour laser. So - The document CAN print properly and it CAN be saved correctly as a PDF. This would appear to put Word 2004 out of the equation as the problem. But - On Sally's machine it cannot, despite using the same Word 2004 version. I can understand the actual printers not functioning correctly as they could have inadequate drivers, but I am confused as to why she gets problems printing to PDF. I would have thought that would have worked separately from the physical printer drivers. I am wondering if somehow the Apple printing tool that allows printing to PDF has been altered by the installation of the printer drivers for the two HP printers. I have no clue, just wondering. One option I can pursue is to pack up my Dell colour laser and take it to Sally's and hook up to her system and see what happens - or, now here's an idea - become her printing service for a suitable fee :-) The link showing the problems in a pdf is active for one month. After that date if you come across this posting, just email me direct. Thanks Tim On
Laser Printer Suggestions?
Hi all, I need a new laser printer for our office (6 macs). Black and white is fine, and it needs at least two trays. Any suggestions? Thanks, Andrew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Laser Printer Suggestions?
Hi Andrew, I have a Brother HL-5250DN. Auto duplexing, networks, comes with a single drawer but can be increased - I got my second paper drawer from Can-Calc in east perth. Just over 12 months old now and never faltered Yvonne On 23/07/2009, at 8:57 AM, Andrew Schox wrote: Hi all, I need a new laser printer for our office (6 macs). Black and white is fine, and it needs at least two trays. Any suggestions? Thanks, Andrew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Laser Printer Suggestions?
Hi Andrew, Not sure of the print volume you go through but I like the HP P3005DN - I've one customer who hammers this and it puts up with it (: Gav On 23/07/09 8:57 AM, Andrew Schox and...@perthfootankle.com.au wrote: Hi all, I need a new laser printer for our office (6 macs). Black and white is fine, and it needs at least two trays. Any suggestions? Thanks, Andrew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- Gavin Criddle IT Support Officer Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Medical Research Foundation, Royal Perth Hospital, M570 University of Western Australia P: (08) 9224 0311 F: (08) 9224 0246 E: gavin.crid...@uwa.edu.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Laser Printer Suggestions?
Any of the hp laserjet printers will be great like 4350 (might be old now) any anything like that I still have clients with 4050's that have done over a million imprints -- Craig Bruce Director M 0403 040 088 P 08 9367 4691 F 08 9367 4692 E craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au W http://www.maxstyle.com.au Twitter Maxstyle_com_au Facebook http://www.facebook.com/maxstyle Disclaimer: The information transmitted on this message is intended only for the person or organisation to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact MaxStyle Pty Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. On 23/07/2009, at 8:57 AM, Andrew Schox wrote: Hi all, I need a new laser printer for our office (6 macs). Black and white is fine, and it needs at least two trays. Any suggestions? Thanks, Andrew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
[FREE] Epson Stylus Photo 895 colour printer, and HP 6MP Laser printer + mini Ethernet print server
Hi WAMUG folks. I'm giving away FREE my two home printers. An Epson Stylus 895 colour printer, and a HP 6MP monochrome laser printer. Epson printer Includes: • The original printer (only used with genuine ink) • Adjustable paper roll holder (plus takes normal A4 paper too) • 100mm premium semi-gloss paper roll • 210mm premium semi-gloss paper roll • T007 (black) and T008 (colour) replacement ink cartridges (plus a set still in the printer) • USB + Mac OS X friendly printer • Been used very little, since I use a laser printer for all non-photo printing Printer looks like this (+ the paper roll holder too, not pictured). http://www.nexadyne.com/neXadyne/Products/Images/Printers/Epson-895.jpg It has been wrapped in plastic while not in use... probably needs a quick head-clean though before it's next use. Believed to be in full working order, ready for a new home :-). Also, I have a HP 6MP Laserjet printer, with external mini Ethernet print-server, to hook it up easily to your Mac, or to your network. Printer looks like this: http://lee.org/blog/images/goodthingspage-hp6mp.jpg and has been used as a home laser printer. Also includes some spare parts I've collected, but not yet installed. The HP 6MP is in working order, although, probably needs a bit of a clean inside at some point. To the first person(s) interested... (happily to give the printers away separately). Cheers, Derek -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: [FREE] Epson Stylus Photo 895 colour printer, and HP 6MP Laser printer + mini Ethernet print server
Derk, The Epson sounds like a good printer to match up with one of my Macs in my give-away project. Please advise me if nobody else wants it. regards Kevin Hi WAMUG folks. I'm giving away FREE my two home printers. An Epson Stylus 895 colour printer, and a HP 6MP monochrome laser printer. Epson printer Includes: * The original printer (only used with genuine ink) * Adjustable paper roll holder (plus takes normal A4 paper too) * 100mm premium semi-gloss paper roll * 210mm premium semi-gloss paper roll * T007 (black) and T008 (colour) replacement ink cartridges (plus a set still in the printer) * USB + Mac OS X friendly printer * Been used very little, since I use a laser printer for all non-photo printing Printer looks like this (+ the paper roll holder too, not pictured). http://www.nexadyne.com/neXadyne/Products/Images/Printers/Epson-895.jpg It has been wrapped in plastic while not in use... probably needs a quick head-clean though before it's next use. Believed to be in full working order, ready for a new home :-). Also, I have a HP 6MP Laserjet printer, with external mini Ethernet print-server, to hook it up easily to your Mac, or to your network. Printer looks like this: http://lee.org/blog/images/goodthingspage-hp6mp.jpg and has been used as a home laser printer. Also includes some spare parts I've collected, but not yet installed. The HP 6MP is in working order, although, probably needs a bit of a clean inside at some point. To the first person(s) interested... (happily to give the printers away separately). Cheers, Derek -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Laser Printer 1200 series
Hi everyone. I have a Laser Printer 1200 series which makes a funny wirring noise when I try to print. Sounds as if a cog is slipping. Can any one suggest a reliable repairer to take it to please. I live in Floreat. Mac -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Laser Printer 1200 series
On 20/01/2009, at 11:29 AM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: Hi everyone. I have a Laser Printer 1200 series which makes a funny wirring noise when I try to print. Sounds as if a cog is slipping. Can any one suggest a reliable repairer to take it to please. I live in Floreat. Mac Hi Mac You could do that OR Harvey Norman are selling a Brother Mono Laser HL2140 for $88 before cashback, only $68 if you process the cash back. that's less than a new toner . Silly isn't it ! Bob I am using the Brother HL 2140 ., it's OSX , not OS9 ( compatible. ) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Laser Printer 1200 series
Thanks Rob will probably do that but I have a half used print pack and a full one:-( Mac On 20/01/2009, at 12:07 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 20/01/2009, at 11:29 AM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: Hi everyone. I have a Laser Printer 1200 series which makes a funny wirring noise when I try to print. Sounds as if a cog is slipping. Can any one suggest a reliable repairer to take it to please. I live in Floreat. Mac Hi Mac You could do that OR Harvey Norman are selling a Brother Mono Laser HL2140 for $88 before cashback, only $68 if you process the cash back. that's less than a new toner . Silly isn't it ! Bob I am using the Brother HL 2140 ., it's OSX , not OS9 ( compatible. ) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Laser Printer 1200 series
All is well :-) I suspect a Grandie has put a pencil into the printer which jammed it.I have removed same and all is now well. Thanks all. Mac On 20/01/2009, at 2:44 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: Thanks Rob will probably do that but I have a half used print pack and a full one:-( Mac On 20/01/2009, at 12:07 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 20/01/2009, at 11:29 AM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: Hi everyone. I have a Laser Printer 1200 series which makes a funny wirring noise when I try to print. Sounds as if a cog is slipping. Can any one suggest a reliable repairer to take it to please. I live in Floreat. Mac Hi Mac You could do that OR Harvey Norman are selling a Brother Mono Laser HL2140 for $88 before cashback, only $68 if you process the cash back. that's less than a new toner . Silly isn't it ! Bob I am using the Brother HL 2140 ., it's OSX , not OS9 ( compatible. ) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Laser Printer Recommendations?
FYI - After a bit of searching, The Good Guys in Rockingham have 30+ of the Brother HL2040 for $75 cash! cheers again for all the advice Stew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laser Printer Recommendations?
What are the consumable costs - ie toner cartridges? Rob Robert Howells wrote: On 29/02/2008, at 3:45 PM, Lloyd White wrote: See the price list at http://www.shopbot.com.au/p-26458.html But if you check each shop the price is slightly higher and they call it a discontinued line. Replaced by the 2141. But who cares - it is a great machine. Lloyd Verrry similar printers the differences I see are 2040runs at 96Mhz 2141runs at 192 Mhz 2040produces`20 pages per minute 2141produces`22 pages per minute 2040USB2 plus Parallel 2141USB2 only Different Toner boxes 2040full toner2500 pages 2141full toner1500 pages Slightly different colours ... more Grey on the 2141 New recommended Price for 2040 is $199 New recommended Price for 2141 is $149 Both spit out first page quickly , less than 10 seconds . Bob The Brother HL 2040 is an excellent BW laser printer for pretty well any Mac system up the latest OSX 10.5.2. The've been advertised by various retailers for about $80 in recent weeks. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Rob Phillips, BSc, PhD, Grad Dip Comp Sci, FHERDSA Teaching and Learning Centre Room 4.42 Level 4 Library North Wing , Murdoch University, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia --- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laser Printer Recommendations?
Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions on this matter - Brother seems to be getting all the love! :-) I'm currently trying to chase down either the 2040 or the 2141, though the change in models seems to have some outlets a little confused... cheers Stewart -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laser Printer Recommendations?
On 29/02/2008, at 3:45 PM, Lloyd White wrote: See the price list at http://www.shopbot.com.au/p-26458.html But if you check each shop the price is slightly higher and they call it a discontinued line. Replaced by the 2141. But who cares - it is a great machine. Lloyd Verrry similar printers the differences I see are 2040runs at 96Mhz 2141runs at 192 Mhz 2040produces` 20 pages per minute 2141produces` 22 pages per minute 2040USB2 plus Parallel 2141USB2 only Different Toner boxes 2040full toner 2500 pages 2141full toner 1500 pages Slightly different colours ... more Grey on the 2141 New recommended Price for 2040 is $199 New recommended Price for 2141 is $149 Both spit out first page quickly , less than 10 seconds . Bob The Brother HL 2040 is an excellent BW laser printer for pretty well any Mac system up the latest OSX 10.5.2. The've been advertised by various retailers for about $80 in recent weeks. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laser Printer Recommendations?
I just bought one at Office Works Morley for $80. I believe they had one left. On 29/02/2008, at 3:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Brother HL 2040 is an excellent BW laser printer for pretty well any Mac system up the latest OSX 10.5.2. The've been advertised by various retailers for about $80 in recent weeks. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Laser Printer Recommendations?
Hi all, Due to a significant increase in the amount of regular text work I'll be doing over the next year, coupled with my ongoing frustration with our cheap Canon bubblejet, I've decided to invest in a BW Laser printer. I'm just wondering if anyone has any recommendations or brands/ products to avoid. Pricing is preferably under $300.00 cheers in advance for any help, Stew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laser Printer Recommendations?
OfficeWorks about $150 Brother 2070N - (N for network) I highly recommend this printer for price and function. Best wishes edward On 29/02/2008, at 12:17 PM, Stewart Woods wrote: Hi all, Due to a significant increase in the amount of regular text work I'll be doing over the next year, coupled with my ongoing frustration with our cheap Canon bubblejet, I've decided to invest in a BW Laser printer. I'm just wondering if anyone has any recommendations or brands/ products to avoid. Pricing is preferably under $300.00 cheers in advance for any help, Stew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laser Printer Recommendations?
Last year I invested in a Brother HL 5150D which has proven most satisfactory. The D stands for Duplex I think which means you are able to print both sides of the paper. Such a feature may be worth it to you if you are going to be doing a lot of printing. Unfortunately I think that model is now superseded but whatever replaced it would prove equal value I am sure. I recommend Brothers. Always been very good with new drivers. . Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laser Printer Recommendations?
The Brother HL 2040 is an excellent BW laser printer for pretty well any Mac system up the latest OSX 10.5.2. The've been advertised by various retailers for about $80 in recent weeks. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laser Printer Recommendations?
See the price list at http://www.shopbot.com.au/p-26458.html But if you check each shop the price is slightly higher and they call it a discontinued line. Replaced by the 2141. But who cares - it is a great machine. Lloyd The Brother HL 2040 is an excellent BW laser printer for pretty well any Mac system up the latest OSX 10.5.2. The've been advertised by various retailers for about $80 in recent weeks. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Laser printer
My trusty Epson SP720 has come to the end of its life, I fear, and I am looking to replace it with a color laser printer. Requirement is for A4 document printing, with colour for letterheads and small amount of colour text and illustration. Duplex tray for double siding would be nice but not essential. Not interested in photos or high quality artwork, I have another printer for that. Comments and recommendations from firsthand experience welcomed. Budget top around $500 but hope for less. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Colour Laser printer - best for Mac
Hi Glenn (and all) I've had an Epson C1100N colour Laser printer now for about 2 years. Never missed a beat. It just keeps working. It does all my colour invoicing. It's not a small footprint, but not sure how much room you want to work with. In 2 years of printing, I've replaced one toner, which was the Cyan one, and that's it, haven't had to do anything else to it. The software is great, the quality is fantastic, and I've always been happy with Epson. There products just work and always put out a good print, each and every time. I've also sold quite a few of them to my clients and they have been happy with them too. For more information have a look at their website:- http://www.epson.com.au/products/laser/ Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel Kerr --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel @ macwizardry . com . au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** On 10/09/2007 6:27 PM, Glenn Nicholas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Not that long ago I mentioned I had a new Samsung CLP-300 printer. Well, even though its only a few months old I need to replace it. The printer doesn't work well with Mac (contrary to what Samsung advertise), and has been out of action for several weeks now. So I'm after recommendations on the best colour laser printer for a Mac. What I'm after is a small footprint colour laser with the right mix of quality, speed, cost per page (low volume usage). No inkjets for me any more, the toner costs are too high. What do you recommend? _ Why replace the Samsung printer (why doesn't Samsung go well with Mac). I bought the CLP-300 on the basis it was Mac OS X compatible. Well, seems Samsung have discontinued the Mac OS X software (Smart Panel) support, but not bothered to modify their website promotion, or packaging or advise the sales force. After several discussions with support, no change to this is planned. So the printer will plug in and work, but no software support. The lack of software turns out to be important. The printer stopped working a few weeks ago, just showed a red light. Samsung replaced the printer control board, and then I was advised it must need new cartridges. Still didnt't work, eventually a support tech told me how to clean a few drops of waste ink from the top of the waste ink unit. Red light gone, but now it will print black, or colour, but not black colour at the same time. So several weeks out of action with the printer, and the prospect of another week's wait for a service call. This experience has taught me a few things. 1. The software is important - it is not only convenient to have toner levels reported, it shows when the waste cartridge needs replacing (and this seems to be as frequently as the toner cartridges - another consumable). 2. The printer has a design flaw - getting drops of waste ink on an optical sensor in the waste unit stops the printer working. Drops of ink .. in the waste ink unit ... who could predict that? 3. In ditching the OS X software, Samsung are making it clear Mac isn't a strategic platform for them Anyway, when I asked the tech support about the prospect of a refund on the basis the printer doesn't work as advertised, they said I need to send my proof of purchase and 'excuse' for requesting a refund to them and management will review - this takes a week apparently. And they won't raise a service call to fix the printer. Not promising. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Free laser printer - last chance
I still have an Apple LaserWriter 8500 waiting for the first person to collect for free. From memory it had a developing problem with the fuser which is probably why I haven't used it for a long time. I suggest it would be good for parts unless someone has a fuser handy. It goes to the tip Wednesday unless there is a taker :-( Cheers, Mike Fuller Kelmscott -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
FW: [For Sale] High Volume Colour Laser printer A3 - With Price
In the rush, I forgot to include the price...Thanks to the people who noticed and replied... Price is $3500 for everything listed. -- Forwarded Message From: Dennis Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:57:07 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Conversation: [For Sale] High Volume Colour Laser printer A3 Subject: [For Sale] High Volume Colour Laser printer A3 For Sale A3 Colour laser printer - Hewlett Packard - HP8550N - Networkable 10/100 baseT ethernet - Will print A4 or full A3 in colour. Comes with base unit with A4 and A3 x 500 sheet trays - Perfect for graphic design visuals and layouts. Machine is currently in working condition and according to the configuration printout has these remaining percentages of consumables % of life remaining at time of writing: Transfer Kit - 98% Fuser Kit - 98% Drum Kit - 82% Cyan Toner - 85% Magenta Toner - 89% Yellow Toner - 87% Black Toner - 81% Machine can be fitted with Duplex unit, Document feeder and Finisher as well as many other accessories. Including in above price is an A3 black and white commercial photocopier - with Zoom feature - Minolta CSpro-EP2010 - Free with above purchase but will need a small service before putting in action. Call Dennis on 0411 186 577 or email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- End of Forwarded Message -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[For Sale] High Volume Colour Laser printer A3
For Sale A3 Colour laser printer - Hewlett Packard - HP8550N - Networkable 10/100 baseT ethernet - Will print A4 or full A3 in colour. Comes with base unit with A4 and A3 x 500 sheet trays - Perfect for graphic design visuals and layouts. Machine is currently in working condition and according to the configuration printout has these remaining percentages of consumables % of life remaining at time of writing: Transfer Kit - 98% Fuser Kit - 98% Drum Kit - 82% Cyan Toner - 85% Magenta Toner - 89% Yellow Toner - 87% Black Toner - 81% Machine can be fitted with Duplex unit, Document feeder and Finisher as well as many other accessories. Including in above price is an A3 black and white commercial photocopier - with Zoom feature - Minolta CSpro-EP2010 - Free with above purchase but will need a small service before putting in action. Call Dennis on 0411 186 577 or email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Red Hot laser printer prices
At hardly normal in Malaga FujiZerox doc203a $92 FujiZerox C535a $378 4pm Friday 30 06 07 Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Laser Printer
Hi Laurie It was a Zerox c525 A and cost $450 Regards Peter On 20/03/2007, at 7:53 AM, Laurie McDonald wrote: On 19/03/2007, at 4:25 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: Hi all Many thanks for all the responses. I got a Xerox C525 from Xcell (9381 9633) Excellent service, great price, delivered to the front door! Can't recommend them highly enough Regards Peter Curiosity leads me to ask - how much? Laurie -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laser printer bargain
Thanks for the tip on this, guys. I've been needing a new printer for a while and this one fits the bill perfectly. I got mine at Officeworks for $99 with a 3 year extended warranty for an extra $19.80. About 10 or so left at the Galleria Officeworks. There was also a model with a scanner and fax included for .. I think it was $129. Only two left. cheers Jude The Good Guys in Stock Rd. O'Connor are advertising Brother HL2040 laser printers for $99 (less for cash). Pretty cheap. These are an excellent printer for OSX. When I was in there a week or so ago they also had some Cannon colour Ink Jet printers for about 29 bucks. They are not open Sundays. Cheers, Paul.
Laser printer bargain
The Good Guys in Stock Rd. O'Connor are advertising Brother HL2040 laser printers for $99 (less for cash). Pretty cheap. These are an excellent printer for OSX. When I was in there a week or so ago they also had some Cannon colour Ink Jet printers for about 29 bucks. They are not open Sundays. Cheers, Paul. -- Dr Paul R. Weaver Fremantle - Home of the Dockers http://www.livejournal.com/users/fremantlebiz/calendar
Laser printer bargain
Well, Officeworks did have those printers on special last week for the same price of $99! I have the older version HL-1430 which I find excellent with OS X, and even more so after my Epson CX5300 (inkjet) stopped working with clogged jets and unrepairable! No more Epson inkjets for me after 3 of them had to go to the tip. Grab the laser at that price if you need a printer! Regards, Philippe C. PS Sorry Lloyd for sending my reply direct to you. on 21/1/07 12:29 PM, Lloyd White at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that IS a good price! I paid $249 at Officeworks for one in December! It was dearer at Hardly Normals. I feel like buying a few before they realise the mistake they are making! Cheaper than a new toner pack for it - about $125. The new ones come with only a starter pack that does about 1000 A4 pages. Lloyd The Good Guys in Stock Rd. O'Connor are advertising Brother HL2040 laser printers for $99 (less for cash). Pretty cheap. These are an excellent printer for OSX. When I was in there a week or so ago they also had some Cannon colour Ink Jet printers for about 29 bucks. They are not open Sundays. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- End of Forwarded Message
Laser printer
My trusty Epson SP720 is showing signs of age and tiredness and I intend to replace it, probably with a laser printer. It is used for daily document printing and general office type work, often of multiple copies, requiring colour for letterheads and occasional embedded items. I would like a second tray for envelopes, as well as the usual A4, and a duplex tray would be nice but not vital. For high quality artwork up to A3+ size I have an Epson SP1290S (possibly soon to be upgraded) so the new printer need not compete anywhere in that area. Any recommendations and especially experiences both good and bad would be most welcome. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web pages http://www.JennyCrisp.com.au http://members.westnet.com.au/Crisp
Rent laser Printer !!! ???
Howdy all , I am checking the yellow pages ... but does anybody have a suitable Printer renting business they can recommend ? Laser Printer suitable for Windows laptop needed ! Daughter coming home for 2 weeks ... 15th to 31st december will have Windows laptop. I was looking at buying when she expected to be here a long period but things have changed Thanks Bob
Laser Printer
A must for any potential Laser Printer buyers. Firstly let me make it perfectly clear that I have NO commercial interest in either the product or the people associated with the following, I simply pass on to members having been a WAMUG member myself since 1988. I have just purchased 2 x Latest Release Fuji Xerox Mono laser printers model 203A for family members. This base range has a standard USB connection and comes with drivers for OS9 through to Tiger. I have tried on OS10.3.9 and Tiger - works a treat. The printer costs $165 retail (inc GST) and the retailer below will offer an aggressive price It prints at 20ppm and is PC MAC compatible. Should any member now wish to jettison ink jet printers or old laser printers I recommend purchase. I understand there is a network version and a color laser for approx $600.(Don't quote me). The company rep is Michelle Stavretis 08 9381 9633 Regards Tony Wilson 27 Ambridge St Hamersley WA 6022 Tel 08 9448 1517
Re: Laser Printer wireless recommendation
On 15/09/2005, at 11:07 AM, Brett Carboni wrote: Can anyone recommend a postscript laser printer that will connect to a wireless router (by ethernet cables) and print jobs sent to it from a Powerbook or iBook. Must be able to do a job run of 100 and be reasonably priced. T.I.A. Brett Carboni Tsunami Have a look at the Samsung CPL-510 or 550. Comes with Postscript out of the box, and supports Mac all the way up to the provision of Appleshare! Pretty much unheard of in a modern printer, I would have thought. Colour (postscript) laser printing for under $1000. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Laser Printer wireless recommendation
Can anyone recommend a postscript laser printer that will connect to a wireless router (by ethernet cables) and print jobs sent to it from a Powerbook or iBook. Must be able to do a job run of 100 and be reasonably priced. T.I.A. Brett Carboni Tsunami
Laser printer-fax-copier?
Hi alll, I see inkjet multifunction centres have been discussed here recently, but I can't see a discussion of laser printers. Looking for a BW laser-fax-copier. We have two AlBooks and an Airport Extreme base station, can plug the powerbooks in directly to the printer when needed, but one that will talk to the base station would be even better if this doesn't cost vastly more. Price is a key point as is ease of use. Quality of printing not particularly important within fairly broad limits - this would mainly be for printing PDFs to read at home etc, not for publishing work. We're in the Northern Suburbs so near Joondalup applecentre, Dick Smith, Harvey Norman. Advice on what to get and where would be greatly appreciated. Lara -- The email address in this From: line is for mailing list mail only. For individual email please send to waawa at iinet dot net dot au
Re: Laser printer-fax-copier?
On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 11:26 +0800, Lara wrote: Hi alll, I see inkjet multifunction centres have been discussed here recently, but I can't see a discussion of laser printers. Looking for a BW laser-fax-copier. We have two AlBooks and an Airport Extreme base station, can plug the powerbooks in directly to the printer when needed, but one that will talk to the base station would be even better if this doesn't cost vastly more. Price is a key point as is ease of use. The only one I've used fails on the price critera by about $10,000. It's a *fantastic* device though - it'll even scan a batch of documents and save them in a network file share for you. Like you, I've only seen inkjet multifunctionals on the lower end. I was utterly floored by how well one of them worked recently (a friend has one), though, and how quick and high quality it was. I'm a hardened inkjet hater - and if it can't tell me *in* *words* what's wrong with it on a status display, I don't buy it - but I was still pretty impressed. -- Craig Ringer
Re: Laser printer-fax-copier?
Craig Ringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Like you, I've only seen inkjet multifunctionals on the lower end. I was utterly floored by how well one of them worked recently (a friend has one), though, and how quick and high quality it was. I'm a hardened inkjet hater - and if it can't tell me *in* *words* what's wrong with it on a status display, I don't buy it - but I was still pretty impressed. I'll mainly be printing out big PDFs and doing the odd scan and fax - the price of inkjet ink is criminally absurd, and I'm no longer willing to futz about resetting and refilling cartridges, so laser it is. Inkjets are so OUT of my life. Lara -- The email address in this From: line is for mailing list mail only. For individual email please send to waawa at iinet dot net dot au
Re: Laser printer-fax-copier?
Hi alll, I see inkjet multifunction centres have been discussed here recently, but I can't see a discussion of laser printers. Looking for a BW laser-fax-copier. We have two AlBooks and an Airport Extreme base station, can plug the powerbooks in directly to the printer when needed, but one that will talk to the base station would be even better if this doesn't cost vastly more. Price is a key point as is ease of use. Quality of printing not particularly important within fairly broad limits - this would mainly be for printing PDFs to read at home etc, not for publishing work. We're in the Northern Suburbs so near Joondalup applecentre, Dick Smith, Harvey Norman. Advice on what to get and where would be greatly appreciated. IMHO, get a scanner and a laser printer. That way you won't have to replace both of them when one breaks, or be without one while the other's being repaired. Also, you can get a decent scanner and a decent laser printer rather than combined mediocre ones. Or not have both out of order if there isn't a software update available yet. I think Harvey Norman had Lexmark lasers reasonably cheap last week. No idea what they're like though. As for fax, there are numerous on-line fax options. Or pick up a cheap fax machine. But hey, I'm sure you knew most of that :) Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/
Re: Laser printer-fax-copier?
On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 12:03 +0800, Shay Telfer wrote: IMHO, get a scanner and a laser printer. That way you won't have to replace both of them when one breaks, or be without one while the other's being repaired. Yep. You can also upgrade to a better version of one or the other more easily. I think Harvey Norman had Lexmark lasers reasonably cheap last week. No idea what they're like though. As for fax, there are numerous on-line fax options. Or pick up a cheap fax machine. Or use ... *gasp* a fax modem. Yes, it's true - there still is a use for MODEMs. -- Craig Ringer
Re: Laser printer-fax-copier?
On 20/07/2005 11:26 AM, Lara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi alll, I see inkjet multifunction centres have been discussed here recently, but I can't see a discussion of laser printers. Looking for a BW laser-fax-copier. We have two AlBooks and an Airport Extreme base station, can plug the powerbooks in directly to the printer when needed, but one that will talk to the base station would be even better if this doesn't cost vastly more. Price is a key point as is ease of use. Quality of printing not particularly important within fairly broad limits - this would mainly be for printing PDFs to read at home etc, not for publishing work. We're in the Northern Suburbs so near Joondalup applecentre, Dick Smith, Harvey Norman. Advice on what to get and where would be greatly appreciated. Lara Hi Lara One model that you might want to look at is the Brother. My Mum uses the Brother 8840D which is a Laser Multifunction unit with fax. It works really well. Replacement toner cartridges are well priced and the unit is easy to set up and work. I'm not 100% sure if it would work with the Base Station, but in saying that you'd still have to unplug it to use the scanner features as the Airport only allows the Printer part to work. They aren't *terribly* expensive. The 8840D sells for RRP$1199 and the 8840 for $949, and they work well with the Mac too! :o) http://www.brother.com.au/Products/MFC_productoverview.asp?ProductID=151Su bCategoryID=2 As for somewhere to buy,...I hear MacWizardry can do them for a good price. :o) (Hey,..can't blame me for saying) :o)) Worth a look anyway. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh**
Re: Laser printer-fax-copier?
Craig Ringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 12:03 +0800, Shay Telfer wrote: IMHO, get a scanner and a laser printer. That way you won't have to replace both of them when one breaks, or be without one while the other's being repaired. Yep. The scanner is gravy and non essential. I would like the fax and printer in one piece. Downtime is not a big drama, it's not an business machine, and space is at a premium. Or use ... *gasp* a fax modem. Yes, it's true - there still is a use for MODEMs. Powerbook sends faxes from documents already, BTDT. This is great right up until I need to fax a signed paper document, which I do at reasonably regular intervals. Lara -- The email address in this From: line is for mailing list mail only. For individual email please send to waawa at iinet dot net dot au
Re: Laser printer-fax-copier?
Daniel Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One model that you might want to look at is the Brother. My Mum uses the Brother 8840D which is a Laser Multifunction unit with fax. Thanks Daniel. I poked around the Brother website and it looks like I could get something with the basic features for under five hundred dollars. (7240, 7220) I also read on Whirlpool to avoid HP as their Mac driver software is crap. I'm not 100% sure if it would work with the Base Station, but in saying that you'd still have to unplug it to use the scanner features as the Airport only allows the Printer part to work. No problem there. I don't mind plugging in by USB from time to time. As for somewhere to buy,...I hear MacWizardry can do them for a good price. Talk to me about the sub 500 dollar machines... would far rather deal with a WAMUGger than with Harvey Norman! Lara -- The email address in this From: line is for mailing list mail only. For individual email please send to waawa at iinet dot net dot au
Re: Laser printer-fax-copier?
On 20/07/2005, at 12:25 PM, Craig Ringer wrote: As for fax, there are numerous on-line fax options. Or pick up a cheap fax machine. Or use ... *gasp* a fax modem. Yes, it's true - there still is a use for MODEMs. -- Craig Ringer Which prompts the question , Do the card modems in for example :a Mac quicksilversupport Faxing ? Panther does ! TIA Bob
Re: laser printer-fax-copier
Lara This week I ditched my inkjet and bought a Brother HL-2030 BW laser printer and couldn't be happier with it. It is connected to our AirPort Extreme so our PowerBook and iBook print wirelessly from it. I don't have a big need for a copier so we use our Samsung plain paper phone/fax for the odd copy that might be needed. The scanner now sits in a cupboard. Wendy On 20 Jul 2005, at 08:00, Lara wrote: I'll mainly be printing out big PDFs and doing the odd scan and fax - the price of inkjet ink is criminally absurd, and I'm no longer willing to futz about resetting and refilling cartridges, so laser it is. Inkjets are so OUT of my life. Lara Wendy Austin Thomas Oswin Coastal Road Pomponette via Surinam Mauritius Island tel/ans/fax: +2306257399 iChat/MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: laser printer-fax-copier
Wendy S. Austin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This week I ditched my inkjet and bought a Brother HL-2030 BW laser printer and couldn't be happier with it. It is connected to our AirPort Extreme so our PowerBook and iBook print wirelessly from it. Thanks everyone. I've gone ahead and ordered a Brother device from Daniel. I forgot that the base station has a USB port! Maybe it will talk to the machine... Will post feedback on it in a few weeks if anyone is interested. Lara
Brother Laser Printer Driver
Can anyone help? My colleague bought a Brother Laser Printer HL-2700CN from OW at a discount. The box did not contain the CD ROM. OW suggested talking to Brother. Brother Sydeny not helpful and direct me to websites. Not helpful in terms of MAC OS 10.3.7. Anyone got that CD and willing to loan so that I can burn a copy? Have laptop will travel. Thanks. Bill -- Dr Bill Parker Editor Solar Progress The ANZSES Journal Box 322 Mount Lawley 6929 Phone 08 9371 6373 0437 289 088 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.anzses.org/
Genuine 'Postscript' Colour A3 Laser printer
Can anyone please recommend a genuine Colour A3 'Postscript' Laser printer. We are looking to lease/purchase a new colour laser but after the intermittent troubles we've had with our 3 year old B/W Sharp Laser printer/copier I need to know that the new printer is a genuine 'Postcript' printer instead of one that just pretends to be. Thanks Doug Sheerer -- Douglas Sheerer (MA) Director Adjunct Research Fellow: : Dept of Art. Faculty of Built Environment, Art and Design. Curtin University of Technology Western Australia Approved Commonwealth Government Valuer for the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme (TIAS) Galerie Düsseldorf (ABN 13 505 972 151) 9, Glyde Street, Mosman Park, WA 6012 Australia Directors: Magda + Douglas Sheerer Gallery Hours during exhibitions : Wed - Fri 11 - 5 pm Sun 2 - 5 pm and by appointment Closed Public Holidays t/f +61 8 9384 0890 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.galeriedusseldorf.com.au / \ / \ / \ Always more steps to climb IMPORTANT: The contents of this email transmission are confidential and may be protected by professional privilege.
Re: Genuine 'Postscript' Colour A3 Laser printer
On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 08:50, Douglas Sheerer wrote: Can anyone please recommend a genuine Colour A3 'Postscript' Laser printer. We are looking to lease/purchase a new colour laser but after the intermittent troubles we've had with our 3 year old B/W Sharp Laser printer/copier I need to know that the new printer is a genuine 'Postcript' printer instead of one that just pretends to be. I assume you mean that you're looking for a printer with an Adobe PostScript 3 engine embedded, rather than a PostScript Compatible such as those made by HP? If so, there's a world of choice out there - just make sure you pick one with the Adobe engine. You will pay a lot for that, though - there's a reason HP emulates it instead. I know Ricoh use Adobe PS in their high end printers, as do Xerox, and I expect the same is true of the lower end ones. No doubt many others do too. HP are the main ones I know of that don't use the Adobe RIP. It's worth noting that an Adobe PS RIP is no guarantee that the printer will work well. Our Xerox DocuPrint 4025 has been an unending nightmare with the macs. There's also no substitute for going to the showroom with a laptop that has your suite of production software installed and spending the next two hours printing torture tests. -- Craig Ringer
Re: lexmark laser printer
I've been after a postcript laser printer,than can print in OS 8.6, classic and 10.3, since my A3 GGC died in January. Well today , I went and got a Lexmark laser E321 bw from harvey norman -$249 last one there put it all together, and did a print from Panther - note :drivers already set up , when plugged in showed up in print center automatically WOW - printed 2 pages - pdfs in about 5 seconds, great Quality setting up for classic printing now ( cd has drivers for OS X.2, OS 9, OS 8.6) installed using desktop print utility - using USB ( so doesn't show up in chooser, just print dialogue box) did print from classic - BOA ( prints to postsctipt only) printed good - an A4 full page line drawing ( plan with lots of text (fruitinger font) and some diagonal lines) maybe took 30 seconds @ 600 dpi - with fonts set to download as needed has type 2 and type 3 postscript fonts quieter than my G4 when idling, not to bad when printing ( quieter than the HP IIIp) My laser cartridge supplier said - new genuine cartridge - 3000 page @ 5% - about $140 6000 page @ 5 % about $215 - which is reasonable compared to the HP ( which uses recycled at $95 each thanks to Susan for her feed back and comments I think i am pleased chow
Postscript Laser Printer - 'The old days'
It used to be simple (though expensive). You either bought a Laserwriter SC, IINT or NTX, the latter 2 with postscipt. Just bought a cheap Samsung. It works well (except for spot on drum) but not suitable for postscipt or high-ish volume printing (40 copies). Wants to rasterise the job each time. Still, for $289 it's OK. What model and make are people on the list using nowadays for postscipt 600+dpi printing? We need to print out menus etc quite frequently at the restaurant. Is anyone using A3 or is that inkjet territory now. And are the costs cheaper than before? T.I.A. Brett Carboni Tsunami Regular rasterised sushi received with relish
Re: Postscript Laser Printer - 'The old days'
On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 12:05, Brett Carboni wrote: What model and make are people on the list using nowadays for postscipt 600+dpi printing? We need to print out menus etc quite frequently at the restaurant. Is anyone using A3 or is that inkjet territory now. I run a Xerox DocuPrint 4025 here - that's a fast, large A3 printer. Well out of your price range, I expect - it's a workgroup printer. It's also had a very poor reliability record, and Xerox's service has been awful. The first two techs we had out did more harm than good, including installing replacement parts intended for a different model. A3 lasers are definitely still out there - you just pay a considerable premium for them. I don't know if there are SOHO A3 lasers. And are the costs cheaper than before? Perhaps, but the quality of printers seems to have fallen as well. Our old HP 4MV (A3) is only now getting to the point where it's less reliable than the new Xerox ... though the Xerox certainly is faster and higher quality. -- Craig Ringer
Re: lexmark laser printer
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 09:05, gary dorn wrote: howdy, Harvey normal ( and lexmark) have a laserprinter on sale @ $300 - the Lexmark E321 further to my initial enquiry, I had a chat with a mac shop about it, suggested go with HP instead - (can get a good one for about $500 )as they update drivers more regularly and will most likely run in 10.4, whereas the Lexmark may not update past 10.1. -- Gary Dorn Architect Perth, Australia
lexmark laser printer
howdy, Harvey normal ( and lexmark) have a laserprinter on sale @ $300 - the Lexmark E321 from what I can gather from web site, its: 19ppm, b w A4, 100Mhz, 8MB ram ( to 72), 12 postscript fonts, 300, 600 dpi, USb, netwrokable, classic and OS X drivers anyone had experience with lexmark printers - with OS X is this really print postscript? any feedback is welcomed chow -- Gary Dorn Architect Perth, Australia
Re: lexmark laser printer
Dear Gary, I am using a Lexmark E220 which works well. I suspect it is postscipt, because sometimes the printing from emails is a little odd, which would have something to do with non postscript fonts, perhaps. cheers, Susan. On 02/06/2004, at 9:05 AM, gary dorn wrote: howdy, Harvey normal ( and lexmark) have a laserprinter on sale @ $300 - the Lexmark E321 from what I can gather from web site, its: 19ppm, b w A4, 100Mhz, 8MB ram ( to 72), 12 postscript fonts, 300, 600 dpi, USb, netwrokable, classic and OS X drivers anyone had experience with lexmark printers - with OS X is this really print postscript? any feedback is welcomed chow -- Gary Dorn Architect Perth, Australia -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro --- Susan Hastings Registered Psychologist Telephone: 9458 1551 Fax: 9458 4484 Mobile: 0409 688 004
Re: lexmark laser printer
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 09:05, gary dorn wrote: howdy, Harvey normal ( and lexmark) have a laserprinter on sale @ $300 - the Lexmark E321 Hmm. Any idea if it has chipped cartridges (ie no refills, must buy at high prices from Lexmark) or not? From http://www.laser-printer-reviews.com/laser-printer-reviews/lexmark-e321-laser-printer-review.html The Lexmark E321 laser printer offers reasonable value to smaller volume users and offers a nice upgrade path. However this nice package is let down an little by mediocre image quality and average running costs. It also looks to me like it'd be right pain to unjam. Craig Ringer
Re: Laser Printer
On 05/05/2004, at 12:27 PM, Brett Carboni wrote: Somebody was recently asking about laser printers. Viking http://www.vikingop.com.au/ is currently selling the Brother HL 1430 laser printer for $299. I have one of these printers and can recommend them. In the Harris Technology catalogue there is a Samsung ML-1710 for $289. The reviews look good, but does anyone have experience with one? Concerned about the graphics produced with 8Mb ram and the reviews don't give enough details. Then again, it's for my Mom :-) Also the drivers are (apparently) up to date with 10.3 which seems amazing nowadays. Brett Carboni Tsunami This machine works well. It's great with MacOS 9, and works well with MacOS X as soon as you realise that you should set it to print at 300 rather than 600 dpi. At 600 dpi it's too slow for rational use, but at 300 dpi it lives up to its promise of around 14 ppm. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Re: Laser Printer
Somebody was recently asking about laser printers. Viking http://www.vikingop.com.au/ is currently selling the Brother HL 1430 laser printer for $299. I have one of these printers and can recommend them. In the Harris Technology catalogue there is a Samsung ML-1710 for $289. The reviews look good, but does anyone have experience with one? Concerned about the graphics produced with 8Mb ram and the reviews don't give enough details. Then again, it's for my Mom :-) Also the drivers are (apparently) up to date with 10.3 which seems amazing nowadays. Brett Carboni Tsunami
Laser Printer
Somebody was recently asking about laser printers. Viking http://www.vikingop.com.au/ is currently selling the Brother HL 1430 laser printer for $299. I have one of these printers and can recommend them. Bob
Re: home laser printer recommendation.
On 30/04/2004, at 1:18 PM, Mark Secker wrote: Does anybody have a recommendation (or from the retailers on list - a quote) for a small home laser printer - my experience is more office printer orientated. I have an academic user who requires a home laser printer to replace her now obsolete Apple Laserwriter 4/600 and she's looking for a USB or (preferable) ethernet laser printer of small dimensions (and preferably short vertical height wise top to bottom). I must admit I have a personal interest in this as my own home laser printer is on it's last legs so will be looking to buy one for my self as well. Have a look at the Samsung ML-1710. It has a 250-sheet paper drawer, comes with MacOS X drivers, and is available for under $400. Get back me to for more details. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Re: home laser printer recommendation.
I've been using a GCC Elite 12/1200 for over a year on both Classic and OSX without a hitch. Cost a bit under $2000. Worth checking out. http://www.gcctech.com.au/ - Mark Secker wrote --- Does anybody have a recommendation (or from the retailers on list - a quote) for a small home laser printer - my experience is more office printer orientated. I have an academic user who requires a home laser printer to replace her now obsolete Apple Laserwriter 4/600 and she's looking for a USB or (preferable) ethernet laser printer of small dimensions (and preferably short vertical height wise top to bottom). I must admit I have a personal interest in this as my own home laser printer is on it's last legs so will be looking to buy one for my self as well. --- snipped - Vlad James
Re: home laser printer recommendation.
Does anybody have a recommendation (or from the retailers on list - a quote) for a small home laser printer I personally recommend Brother, I have one here in my home office that has replaced an HP 4L, I chose a HL 1440 as it has a high capacity toner unit (6000 standard A4 pages for ~$119) and the drum does ~ 20,000 pages for ~$229. The printer cost me $699, but I believe it has dropped to ~$500. For one with network look at the HL1430 at a RRP of $499 is a good buy, it has USB and Parallel interface, and has software for OsX. The Brothers are good laser printers - I have a HL1240. USB only, but if all the machines on the network are OSX (or all OS9), you can share the printer. I concur that you get excellent mileage on the drums and toner - excellent value for money. Harris Technologies sell a Samsung brand printer that looks suspiciously like the brother for a lot cheaper. Might be worth investigating. Regards, Paul. -- Paul W. Mulroney Logical Developments [EMAIL PROTECTED] 86 Coolgardie Street www.logicaldevelopments.com.au BENTLEY WA 6102 Ph: +61 8 9458 3889 ICQ# 154484472Fax: +61 8 9458 7204
home laser printer recommendation.
Does anybody have a recommendation (or from the retailers on list - a quote) for a small home laser printer - my experience is more office printer orientated. I have an academic user who requires a home laser printer to replace her now obsolete Apple Laserwriter 4/600 and she's looking for a USB or (preferable) ethernet laser printer of small dimensions (and preferably short vertical height wise top to bottom). I must admit I have a personal interest in this as my own home laser printer is on it's last legs so will be looking to buy one for my self as well. -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. - Miguel de Unamuno It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://ecel-mark.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~marksecker/index.htm (sometimes works)
RE: home laser printer recommendation.
-Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Secker Sent: Friday, 30 April 2004 1:19 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: home laser printer recommendation. Does anybody have a recommendation (or from the retailers on list - a quote) for a small home laser printer - my experience is more office printer orientated. I have an academic user who requires a home laser printer to replace her now obsolete Apple Laserwriter 4/600 and she's looking for a USB or (preferable) ethernet laser printer of small dimensions (and preferably short vertical height wise top to bottom). I must admit I have a personal interest in this as my own home laser printer is on it's last legs so will be looking to buy one for my self as well. Hmmm the USB or ethernet rules out most cheap ones. I personally recommend Brother, I have one here in my home office that has replaced an HP 4L, when I do a design (like USB products, I like to print out the specs so I can read away from the computer etc (over 1000 pages between USB 1.0,2.0 and USB OTG)) so when my 4L decided to run out of toner (I had already epoxed a stripped cog back on) and was having problems printing PDF's with only 2Mb of RAM, I started looking around. I chose a HL 1440 as it has a high capacity toner unit (6000 standard A4 pages for ~$119) and the drum does ~ 20,000 pages for ~$229. The printer cost me $699, but I believe it has dropped to ~$500. For one with network look at the HL1430 at a RRP of $499 is a good buy, it has USB and Parallel interface, and has software for OsX. Regards, Kat. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.667 / Virus Database: 429 - Release Date: 23/04/2004
