Hey Meg just wanted to let you know it scans perfectly. On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Meg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Just a couple of comments - > > > --- In [email protected], Scott <scottro@...> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 03:45:35AM -0000, Meg wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > The reason I say "most of the time" is that the print driver stops the > print process if it thinks one of the cartridges is low on ink - even when > there's plenty of ink left. > > > > I've seen things like that, but it's usually been the printer's, rather > > than the driver's, fault. One can check by going into the printer's web > > interface--the majority of them have one--and checking what the printer > > says. > > I guess I'm not seeing the difference between the printer and the driver - > probably due to my ignorance. That's OK. But I also don't know what you mean > by a web interface. What would that tell me? (Maybe my printer doesn't have > one; it's about 8 years old.) > > > > It's reading the things on the side of the cartridge, of course, just > like the driver does in Windows, but instead of just giving me a message > that I can click out of it stops the entire process. This means that I have > to boot into Windows if I want to print anything, until I replace the > cartridge with a new one. > > > > > Ok, I don't think I've run into that. IMVAO (VA as in very arrogant) > > printing is something that whether due to the vendors worrying more > > about Windows, or something else, that Windows really does better than > > most other systems, and I include Apple in that--I remember upgrading my > > wife's machine to Apple Snow Leopard, and printing stopped working. > > (Apple by the way, now owns cups, which is what the vast majority of > > Unix like systems now use for printing.) > > I agree; when my last laptop died, at the beginning of December, I first > bought a used (refurbished) MacBook. One of the reasons I returned it was > that Snow Leopard wouldn't work with my printer either. At the time I got > the impression that this was because the printer was so old. But Snow > Leopard also wouldn't work with my wireless modem, so I couldn't print *or* > connect to the internet. That MacBook was the prettiest useless computer > I've ever owned. (And one of the most expensive.) > > I have heard of cups, but really don't know anything about it except that > it is somehow related to printing. > > > > > As for Simple Scan - it will periodically just close when I try to > start the scanning process. This seems to be related to stopping a prior > scan before it had finished (for example, if I had something small on the > glass and wanted to save time). As long as I don't do that it seems to work > fine. I think it may actually be easier on the motor than the Windows > driver, because it needs only one pass; there's no prescan. But then Simple > Scan has no way to make adjustments; you just scan, then crop and save. > > > > > Xsane is a more sophisticated program. Most of the time, the more > > sophisticated drivers are for Windows and Apple, (and sometimes just > > Windows, with Apple, as well as Linux, being a step child), and one will > > find that while Linux will scan, it won't be able to use various > > features. > > My knowledge of Xsane is about the same as with cups - I've heard of it and > know it's related to scanning, but that's about it. > > I should mention that I don't have a problem with not being able to make > adjustments before scanning. I just do it afterward with Picasa or Gimp, or > I go over to Windows and use Irfanview. I just finished scanning all my old > photos. Some of them were in really bad shape, faded or turning red, so they > would have needed more adjusting than scan software would have done anyway. > > William, I'm glad you've at least got print capability. Good luck with the > scanning part. > > Meg > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
