On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Rochelle <rhub...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This may be a bit off topic but it does refer to IOS updates and > compatability, which has delayed me from upgrading to El Capitan. > > I've had no problems with AOO when updating my IOS Yosemite. However, I > have had incompatibility with my Lexmark Printer everytime I do a minor > upgrade. The software update corrupts my printer files, making my printer > useless and has required me to pay tech support from LEXMARK. > > I'm not sure if this is an AOO issue or IOS or select printer issue. > > I find that in the past several months, whenever I make minor updates on my > mac IOS, it corrupts my Lexmark printer files which makes my laptop unable > to communicate with printer. I have tech support available by phone and > with permission, they can access my files and input from my computer, but > I'm not comfortable doing that all the time. The tech help is also very > expensive. Lexmark support seems to indicate I wouldn't be able to delete > and upload new printer files on my own. The techies sometimes having > difficulty themselves, as I witness the swirls of cursor movement and > clicked icons. > > I realize Lexmark is no longer manufacturing printers and at the moment am > dependent on their expensive tech support ($119 for 3 events), each time I > update or upgrade my IOS. > > Question, does anyone know of how to delete and install printer files in a > simple way so I can do this myself? It was a simple process when I had an > HP printer, using AOO. Otherwise, this is a great printer with many > features that I use and would prefer to not get a new printer. > > Until then I hesitate to make any updates, especially to El Capitan. > > Printer: LEXMARK Platinum Pro 905 wireless manufactured 2009 > IOS : OSX Yosemite 10.10 > Apache Open Office 4.0 > > Rochelle > Rochelle -- Lexmark does claim to provide drivers for Mac OSX El Capitan. Please see: http://www.lexmark.com/en_US/support-downloads/osx-compatibility.shtml?linkSelected=node4 Hopefully you can install whatever driver you need yourself. > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 8:06 AM, Felmon Davis <dav...@union.edu> wrote: > > > On Fri, 24 Jun 2016, Lucetta wrote: > > > > Much appreciated Paul! > >> > >> Lucetta > >> > >> On Jun 23, 2016, at 7:52 PM, Ranger test <rang...@southernphone.com.au> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello Lucetta, > >>> > >>> I have OO 4.1.2 installed and am running El Capitan without any > problems. > >>> > >>> For OO, there are no compatibility issues with El Capitan. HOWEVER El > >>> Capitan makes countless other (often expensive software e.g. earlier > >>> versions of Photoshop) software programs unworkable. > >>> > >>> Hope this OO / El Capitan advice helps. > >>> > >>> Paul. > >>> > >> > > a friend of mine reports the following: > > > > ----- > > > > The problems with libreoffice occurred in two different macs, one macbook > > pro the other one iMac. The mac function for full-screen (complicated to > > explain in an email, but very useful) does not get along with > libreoffice: > > the screen flickers and goes black, and even when it works, there is a > very > > narrow (but still annoying) black line atop the page. There also issues > > with the headings and styles: you need to tell them one by one so that > they > > appear in the document map. And then there were minor things which > perhaps > > are not even problems: the fn indicator is not superscripted, you need to > > save the docs in their own format for all the functions to be available, > > etc. > > > > For whatever it is worth I did find internet discussions of some of the > > issues above. > > > > ---- > > > > anyone hear of these? looks like there are some issues if these features > > are important to a person. > > > > f. > > > > -- > > Felmon Davis > > > > Oh, love is real enough, you will find it some day, but it has one > > arch-enemy -- and that is life. > > -- Jean Anouilh, "Ardele" > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Time spent with cats is never wasted." -- Sigmund Freud
