On Jun 23, 2005, at 4:05 AM, Denny Davis wrote:
At 7:25 PM -0700 on 6/19/05, Denny Davis wittily wrote:
I have a set of install disks for the LaserWriter Pro, but the
LaserWriter
Pro Installation disk is defective.
I want to know if there is someone on the list that has this
particular disk
and can that someone please send me a disk image of the disk?
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<<<>>>
My main reason for asking is that I wanted to have some way of
changing the
name of the printer that appears in the chooser. Can anyone help
with this
issue?
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<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=20663>
Apple has this wonderful web site with all sorts of useful information.
That page was the first hit found by entering 'renaming a
Laserwriter' in the search box under support.
I'm only being a *little* sarcastic.
One of the most useful tools anyone troubleshooting a computer can
have is decent Google skills; it will answer a lot of the questions
asked here.
When faced with Google's search page, enter as few words as you need
to define your problem. Remember, common words: 'a', 'the', and such
aren't searched.
Enter ONLY the main nouns and verbs of the question you want to ask:
'How do I rename a laserwriter printer in Mac OS 9?'
becomes
'rename laserwriter mac OS 9'
(both OS X and OS 9 may also be found under OSX and OS9, google will
often suggest a alternative)
You don't need 'How' Google (or Apple's knowledge base) already know
you're asking a question.
Do, I, a, in are ignored anyway.
Use Mac or Macintosh, not MAC.
MAC will get you references to 'MAC addresses on ethernet devices'.
If at first you don't succeed, look to see what WAS returned. It will
give you clues as to how your search went wrong. Google very rarely
makes me look beyond the first three pages, or, in fact, the first page.
To use google to search a specific web site (another very useful
tool) add
site:<web site> after your search terms.
For example:
rename laserwriter mac OS 9 site:apple.com
This is REALLY useful when trying to pry information out of
Microsoft's site. I usually have better luck searching microsoft's
knowledge base using Google than I do their own web site.
If you know that words need to come next to each other, double quotes
will set off a specific phrase to search.
The example I gave before
rename laserwriter Mac OS 9
on google gave me a page full of not-so useful tips. Most of them
dealt with OS X.
I know I want to rename a laserwriter, so I tried
"rename laserwriter" mac
and this page was the first hit:
<http://www.internet4classrooms.com/manual.htm>
which had a link called "Rename Laserwriter" on it.
There are advanced options in both Apple's and Google's search pages,
but these are the clues to get you started; they're my bread and
butter to solving computer issues.
The trick is to try variations of more or less general searches.
The OTHER trick is knowing the right question to ask! In this case
you didn't want the Laserwriter Pro install disk, you wanted to know
how to rename the printer...
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Bruce Johnson
This is the sig who says 'Ni!'
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