Plaintalk Microphone and G4
Hello I have an old plaintalk microphone and was wondering if anyone knew whether it worked on a mirror door G4? It won't go into the microphone connector, but maybe the line in connector? Alternatively, should I be thinking about a USB microphone and if so, does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks Adam Lippiatt
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.
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Re: One for the DTP / Adobe experts...
on 5/5/04 7:55 PM, Antony N. Lord at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I bit the bullet and bought the Adobe Design CS Premium suite to bring all my graphic design work up a notch. Almost all the printing companies I work with required PDF format files for output. Most of my layout work (posters and business cards) I do in InDesign an use the Press PDF export preset. I have one fairly major problem : * Some PDFs display correctly but don't print as they look Example I have been supplied with a logo in EPS format. Its white lettering on what appears to be a transparent background (when viewed in Illustrator). I don't seem to be able to get it to appear / behave as white lettering on a transparent background when I place it in InDesign. To work around I open and rasterize it in Photoshop and save it as a single layer (transparent background) in PDF format. It places in InDesign and displays properly. However when I print I get a variety of effects - mostly cutouts (box shape around the lettering) or burn throughs. I suspect something to do with transparency settings? I've trawled the help files (how I miss a big set of dead tree manuals) and googled but can't seem to work it out. Any design professionals out there with any ideas? I'd be happy to forward an example culprit PDF. Cheers, Antony. Hi Antony, Was very interested to read your message the subsequent suggestions from James Darren. I work with Quark also send the occasional file as a PDF to printers but actually prefer to burn to CD and save as EPS or native Quark post to printer. Not a good solution but safer. I too don't trust PDF's. Regarding the background. Seems to me like you need to convert the lettering to a clipping path (in Photoshop). This is the only way to remove those white backgrounds that come into all PSD files saved for export. Go to Help in PSD and type in Clipping Path or go to: file:///HARD%20DRIVE/Graphics/Adobe%20Photoshop%207/Help/help.html Could you send me the file? Good luck I'll be interested to see how you get on. Denise Williams-Photographer Ph/fax 08- 9447 3468 Mob 0417 184592
Re: One for the DTP / Adobe experts...
I am not an InDesign expert (as only used once), but I believe you should be able open the Illustrator file directly in InDesign (native, don't PDF it across??). As a work around, you should be able to open the Illustrator native file in Photoshop (don't PDF it) and set the incoming opening pixel size to a suitable DPI for output and then save as a PSD photoshop image. It will retain the transparency and can then be opened into InDesign (as PSD, not PDF) for positioning. Good luck, Mark Scholmann - Original Message - From: Denise Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:02 Subject: Re: One for the DTP / Adobe experts... on 5/5/04 7:55 PM, Antony N. Lord at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I bit the bullet and bought the Adobe Design CS Premium suite to bring all my graphic design work up a notch. Almost all the printing companies I work with required PDF format files for output. Most of my layout work (posters and business cards) I do in InDesign an use the Press PDF export preset. I have one fairly major problem : * Some PDFs display correctly but don't print as they look Example I have been supplied with a logo in EPS format. Its white lettering on what appears to be a transparent background (when viewed in Illustrator). I don't seem to be able to get it to appear / behave as white lettering on a transparent background when I place it in InDesign. To work around I open and rasterize it in Photoshop and save it as a single layer (transparent background) in PDF format. It places in InDesign and displays properly. However when I print I get a variety of effects - mostly cutouts (box shape around the lettering) or burn throughs. I suspect something to do with transparency settings? I've trawled the help files (how I miss a big set of dead tree manuals) and googled but can't seem to work it out. Any design professionals out there with any ideas? I'd be happy to forward an example culprit PDF. Cheers, Antony. Hi Antony, Was very interested to read your message the subsequent suggestions from James Darren. I work with Quark also send the occasional file as a PDF to printers but actually prefer to burn to CD and save as EPS or native Quark post to printer. Not a good solution but safer. I too don't trust PDF's. Regarding the background. Seems to me like you need to convert the lettering to a clipping path (in Photoshop). This is the only way to remove those white backgrounds that come into all PSD files saved for export. Go to Help in PSD and type in Clipping Path or go to: file:///HARD%20DRIVE/Graphics/Adobe%20Photoshop%207/Help/help.html Could you send me the file? Good luck I'll be interested to see how you get on. Denise Williams-Photographer Ph/fax 08- 9447 3468 Mob 0417 184592 -- 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
imac major repairs, but MAJOR
I have an old iMac - from when they first came out, My screen went blank, the thing turned off and wouldnt re-boot. But the age of miracles is not yet past - my extended warranty had a month to run! It took ages to repair and finally came back with a new screen and new analogue board - estimated cost would have been $900 + $600. I'm horrified at this - have others had similar experience with this type and cost of repair. Both Apple and I would have been better off if the iMac had been dumped and I'd been given an eMac instead! My previous macs have all gone on for ever - this one had other minor problems and all the expensive hardware - printer, scanner, had problems. I thought the point of things being much more than those for PCs was that they were Mac reliable. Any comments, please, Dick Anderson
Re: imac major repairs, but MAJOR
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 12:18, Dick Anderson wrote: I have an old iMac - from when they first came out, My screen went blank, the thing turned off and wouldnt re-boot. But the age of miracles is not yet past - my extended warranty had a month to run! Lucky you. It took ages to repair and finally came back with a new screen and new analogue board - estimated cost would have been $900 + $600. I'm horrified at this - have others had similar experience with this type and cost of repair. Both Apple and I would have been better off if the iMac had been dumped and I'd been given an eMac instead! The way I see it, that'd only be true if those prices rely on Apple providing the parts to the dealer for near cost, and the dealer not making much on labour. I doubt this is the case - Apple is probably charging considerably more than cost for the parts, and the dealer would be justified in charging considerable labour - especially for working on something as painful as an iMac. As it is, I suspect Apple's cost on the repair would be a few hundred at most. OTOH, it _does_ cost Apple quite a bit to make all the extra parts in the first place, given that most Mac parts only work for one particular model or small set of models. They have to make extras they don't intend to sell, so that's a real cost. Even so, I think it very unlikely that the repair cost Apple even remotely close to the cost of a new eMac. It is not impossible, though, that they're trying to encourage people to replace older machines with low end new ones using repair cost as one incentive. I'm only idly speculating, of course. My previous macs have all gone on for ever - this one had other minor problems and all the expensive hardware - printer, scanner, had problems. I thought the point of things being much more than those for PCs was that they were Mac reliable. The hardware doesn't seem to be much better, especially with Apple's recent series of manufacturing problems. I'm one of those people who is (hopelessly) wishing for the day I can run OSX on x86 hardware. My G4s here have all been pretty reliable, but then so have all the sub-$700 PCs put in at roughly the same time. The eMac died recently (less than a year old) due to a power supply fault. Craig Ringer
Re: imac major repairs, but MAJOR
I have an old iMac - from when they first came out, My screen went blank, the thing turned off and wouldnt re-boot. But the age of miracles is not yet past - my extended warranty had a month to run! It took ages to repair and finally came back with a new screen and new analogue board - estimated cost would have been $900 + $600. I'm horrified at this - have others had similar experience with this type and cost of repair. Be grateful it was under warranty. That's pretty much what they charge for these things if you have to pay for them yourself. Apple usually warehouses spare parts for every model for around 7 years or so at least, and that costs money (especially if they wind up with parts left over at the end of it all). Of course the other option is that you pick them up secondhand and install them yourself. BTW, When you say 'from when they first came out', you mean that it's about 6 years old? Both Apple and I would have been better off if the iMac had been dumped and I'd been given an eMac instead! My previous macs have all gone on for ever - this one had other minor problems and all the expensive hardware - printer, scanner, had problems. I thought the point of things being much more than those for PCs was that they were Mac reliable. Remember, your iMac is a Mac, plus a monitor built-in. That's two components that can fail (especially the high voltage analogue circuitry in the monitor) Cheap crappy PC monitors fail all the time. I've never had a Mac that * became as obsolete (in terms of being able to run the latest OS or applications) as fast as a PC * was less reliable than the PC's we get at work (and we get reasonably reliable ones!) * required more effort to maintain than a PC * was less fun to use than a PC. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://sungroper.asn.au/
Copying files from Mac to Win2K server
Heya people, Anyone know how I can copy 12+ gig of data from a 10.3 mac to a Win2k server over a network, without getting hampered by error messages stating certain invisible files can't be copied because they have filenames Windows doesn't like? I thought I had the copying problem sorted (bought a copy of better finder rename to quickly replace all the 'evil' mac forward and back slashes that freaks out the Windows OS) ... but no - copy _denied_. I don't feel like altering the invisible file names ... I checked Apple's support pages, MacWindows website and did a quick google, nothing sprang out. I'm considering formatting an external HD as a Win2k disk and copying the stuff across (assuming it's a network copying issue). I considered copying the files to VPC then copying on to the Win2k server but the G5 I'm on won't run VPC. Sheesh, tell me I don't need to buy a copy of Dave or Timbuktu. Any thoughts gratefully appreciated, Tobes.
Re: imac major repairs, but MAJOR
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, May 06, 2004 at 12:18:59PM +0800, Dick Anderson wrote: I thought the point of things being much more than those for PCs was that they were Mac reliable. Any comments, please, Well, I don't know that iMacs could ever be said to fall into that category. But I will say that I still /adore/ the SCSI PowerMac 604-based stuff from the mid-late nineties. Such a pleasure to work with, and reliable (well, my experiences). Some of the physical hardware is really rewarding to deal with -- it's just a shame Apple didn't adopt decent OpenFirmware for those models (to facilitate modern / third-party operating systems). Also, at the Guild, we still have a LaserWriter 8500 that can outperform the newer HP LaserJet 4xxx series printers (albeit at a lower resolution, which might account for the difference). That late-nineties, pre-iMac period of hardware from Apple amazes me, compared to the economy of iMacs. The G4 stuff can be fine, but it's a bit worrying to have seen models don't have manual ejection holes, programmers switches, etc. I think there were some 'special' aspects of Apple's old hardware that are not reflected in the G4s. I have no G5 experience.
RE: One for the DTP / Adobe experts...
Hi Antony, Have you tried re-saving the file as an Illustrator CS eps after ungrouping any paths you can find in the file? The problem sounds a little like the original eps file has it's own grouping/cropping/masking tech separate to Illustrators, which can cause print problems (Used to get it with Freehand eps files all the time, Although Illustrator CS seems to hande them better IMHO). Mark's right, InDesign CS can now take Illustrator and Photoshop files in their native format, but there are still occasional issues when exporting to PDF (among other thing's, Illustrator's font engine doesn't always play nice with InDesigns') - as mentioned earlier, the PDF file generated features transparency that's a little too advanced for most RIPs. You can try running it through Acrobat professional PDF pre-flighting tool, but you're probably better off sticking with eps files, and keeping it vector based if possible. If you haven't been able to fix it yet mail me a copy and I'll have a squizz; might be able to assist. Cheers, Tobes. P.S. Had an amazing issue with a powerpoint presentation that was 362kb in it's native format, 168meg in it's Apple generated PDF format, then 1meg after Acrobat's 'reduce file size' command. Weird. -- From: Mark Scholmann Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:20 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: One for the DTP / Adobe experts... I am not an InDesign expert (as only used once), but I believe you should be able open the Illustrator file directly in InDesign (native, don't PDF it across??). As a work around, you should be able to open the Illustrator native file in Photoshop (don't PDF it) and set the incoming opening pixel size to a suitable DPI for output and then save as a PSD photoshop image. It will retain the transparency and can then be opened into InDesign (as PSD, not PDF) for positioning. Good luck, Mark Scholmann - Original Message - From: Denise Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 11:02 Subject: Re: One for the DTP / Adobe experts... on 5/5/04 7:55 PM, Antony N. Lord at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I bit the bullet and bought the Adobe Design CS Premium suite to bring all my graphic design work up a notch. Almost all the printing companies I work with required PDF format files for output. Most of my layout work (posters and business cards) I do in InDesign an use the Press PDF export preset. I have one fairly major problem : * Some PDFs display correctly but don't print as they look Example I have been supplied with a logo in EPS format. Its white lettering on what appears to be a transparent background (when viewed in Illustrator). I don't seem to be able to get it to appear / behave as white lettering on a transparent background when I place it in InDesign. To work around I open and rasterize it in Photoshop and save it as a single layer (transparent background) in PDF format. It places in InDesign and displays properly. However when I print I get a variety of effects - mostly cutouts (box shape around the lettering) or burn throughs. I suspect something to do with transparency settings? I've trawled the help files (how I miss a big set of dead tree manuals) and googled but can't seem to work it out. Any design professionals out there with any ideas? I'd be happy to forward an example culprit PDF. Cheers, Antony. Hi Antony, Was very interested to read your message the subsequent suggestions from James Darren. I work with Quark also send the occasional file as a PDF to printers but actually prefer to burn to CD and save as EPS or native Quark post to printer. Not a good solution but safer. I too don't trust PDF's. Regarding the background. Seems to me like you need to convert the lettering to a clipping path (in Photoshop). This is the only way to remove those white backgrounds that come into all PSD files saved for export. Go to Help in PSD and type in Clipping Path or go to: file:///HARD%20DRIVE/Graphics/Adobe%20Photoshop%207/Help/help.html Could you send me the file? Good luck I'll be interested to see how you get on. Denise Williams-Photographer Ph/fax 08- 9447 3468 Mob 0417 184592 -- 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 -- 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
Re: Copying files from Mac to Win2K server
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 13:03, Oldham, Toby wrote: Anyone know how I can copy 12+ gig of data from a 10.3 mac to a Win2k server over a network, without getting hampered by error messages stating certain invisible files can't be copied because they have filenames Windows doesn't like? One option is to use Services for Macintosh on the 2k box. It works fairly well on NT4, though I haven't used it with 2k. The admin may not be thrilled with this idea. SfM will preserve resource forks, type/creator codes, etc using NTFS streams (Forks for Windows) and works quite nicely. It also uses an alternate set of naming rules for NTFS that permits a wider range of characters (including /), though Windows programs won't cope with files with illegal characters when they try to access them. I thought I had the copying problem sorted (bought a copy of better finder rename to quickly replace all the 'evil' mac forward and back slashes that freaks out the Windows OS) ... but no - copy _denied_. I don't feel like altering the invisible file names ... Windows objects to more than forward slashes. IMHO it's really a good idea to stick to digits, letters, hyphens, underscores, and spaces. Other things are permitted, but it's usually best to stick to a known safe list. It makes you feel like you're stuck in the 1980s (as does the *nix command line, which while it'll handle basically any char but / , can be clumsy to use with filenames containing spaces). BTW, The MacOS is just as fussy about : in filenames as Windows is about \ and UNIX is about / . Any thoughts gratefully appreciated, I take it that creating a single giant Stuffit archive is not an option? I think Stuffit has an archive only mode (no compression) which should be fast enough. Craig Ringer
Re: Congrats Shay and Fe WAS (Re: powerbook or ibook?)
Congrats Shay, I am a grandfather again (3) and Simone was also 7lbs 3ozs! Mac On Wednesday, May 5, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Adam Hewitt wrote: On 4/5/04 11:59 AM, Kathy Quinlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brett Carboni wrote: BTW, everyone, Shay had a boy!! ** Congratulations to Shay and Fe on a healthy 7lb 3oz baby boy. WTG Shay and Fe, I bet his is cute, when will we see some happy snaps :o) Regards, Kat. HA, 7lb 3oz...Im glad you had a small one, my wife gave birth to our first boy three weeks ago and he was 9Lb 10oz, he looks like he's three already Adam. -- 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
RE: Copying files from Mac to Win2K server
One extra sneaky little thing to watch is making sure you do not have a space at the end of the file name. Does not stop it copying but will not let you open it (or rename it) on Windows. I know this is not strictly the problem but thought I would add it to the knowledge base anyway. Duncan -- Duncan Hardman IT Systems Administrator School of Physiotherapy / Department of Podiatry -Original Message- From: Oldham, Toby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 1:04 PM Heya people, Anyone know how I can copy 12+ gig of data from a 10.3 mac to a Win2k server over a network, without getting hampered by error messages stating certain invisible files can't be copied because they have filenames Windows doesn't like? I thought I had the copying problem sorted (bought a copy of better finder rename to quickly replace all the 'evil' mac forward and back slashes that freaks out the Windows OS) ... but no - copy _denied_. I don't feel like altering the invisible file names ... I checked Apple's support pages, MacWindows website and did a quick google, nothing sprang out. I'm considering formatting an external HD as a Win2k disk and copying the stuff across (assuming it's a network copying issue). I considered copying the files to VPC then copying on to the Win2k server but the G5 I'm on won't run VPC. Sheesh, tell me I don't need to buy a copy of Dave or Timbuktu. Any thoughts gratefully appreciated, Tobes.
RE: Copying files from Mac to Win2K server
snip Any thoughts gratefully appreciated, I take it that creating a single giant Stuffit archive is not an option? I think Stuffit has an archive only mode (no compression) which should be fast enough. Now there's a idea that's so crazy it just might work. :) Might try a smaller file to begin with and work my way up - Thanks Craig. Cheers, Tobes. P.S. Thanks for the heads up on filename spaces Duncan. :)
Re: imac major repairs, but MAJOR
On 6/5/04 12:39 PM, Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an old iMac - from when they first came out, My screen went blank, the thing turned off and wouldnt re-boot. But the age of miracles is not yet past - my extended warranty had a month to run! It took ages to repair and finally came back with a new screen and new analogue board - estimated cost would have been $900 + $600. I'm horrified at this - have others had similar experience with this type and cost of repair. Be grateful it was under warranty. That's pretty much what they charge for these things if you have to pay for them yourself. Apple usually warehouses spare parts for every model for around 7 years or so at least, and that costs money (especially if they wind up with parts left over at the end of it all). Unless Apple have increased the price of those particular parts enormously in the last year, I think the price is a bit inflated. From memory, an analogue board for those models were about $300-350 retail, with 1 hour's labour (about $110). Unsure why the screen should have been replaced though. In all the tray load iMacs I have repaired where they don't turn on, 95% of them have been just analogue boards. I have never replaced a screen that hasn't been physically damaged (like the iMac was dropped). Not to say that the screen didn't need replacing in this case, but I just find it unusual :-) Lucky it was under warranty! Seeya Rod!
SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?
Hi All! Does anyone know (especially any ISPs on this list) whether other smtps are being blocked by ISPs eg smtp.mac.com does not work through my iiNet account, but sending a mac.com email through mail.m.iinet.net.au works fine. Just trying to troubleshoot my mac.com and ozmac.com email addresses! I hate PC viruses! Seeya Rod!
Overheating ibooks?
Hi All! Doing some more troubleshooting here. Just wondering if anyone who has an iBook finds it overheats a lot. I have the last of the G3 iBooks (900) and find that after about 2 hours without the power adapter in she gets hot, the fan cuts in and then the whole thing freezes. Unless I'm ripping a CD with iTunes, then it crashes before you get to the end of the CD. When the AC adapter is plugged in, the time halves. You have to leave the iBook for about 1/2 an hour before switching it on, otherwise the fan goes ballistic and it gets stuck on the Apple at the start. I have already had the motherboard changed once (the video problem), and I'm hoping its not another one. The hard drive has been changed from the original 60Gig to a 30Gig. Wondering if that may be contributing? Anybody else had this problem? Seeya Rod!
Re: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?
Yes... in a way. Some ISP's (or all?, not 100% sure) will not allow you to send via their outgoing mail server (SMTP) if you are not logged in through their network (ie. dialup, etc). I logged on to iiNet the other day via modem, and set up OE to access an account with ca.com.au. Incoming (POP3) was okay, but outgoing (SMTP) was not allowed due to this reason. It stops malicious persons from redirecting through ISP's for spamming and virus purposes (without being logged in which could be traced). Mark S - Original Message - From: Rod [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 14:19 Subject: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment? Hi All! Does anyone know (especially any ISPs on this list) whether other smtps are being blocked by ISPs eg smtp.mac.com does not work through my iiNet account, but sending a mac.com email through mail.m.iinet.net.au works fine. Just trying to troubleshoot my mac.com and ozmac.com email addresses! I hate PC viruses! Seeya Rod! -- 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
Re: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 14:37, Mark Scholmann wrote: Some ISP's (or all?, not 100% sure) will not allow you to send via their outgoing mail server (SMTP) if you are not logged in through their network (ie. dialup, etc). It is often possible to bypass this restriction by using SMTP with an authentication scheme and (usually) SSL/TLS. Many ISPs permit your mail client to log in with SMTP as well as POP3/IMAP, using the same username and password. Not all mail clients and ISPs support it, and not all will relax the IP-range sender restrictions because you authenticate. Nonetheless, it's worth a try. Craig Ringer
Re: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?
On 6/5/04 2:37 PM, Mark Scholmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes... in a way. Some ISP's (or all?, not 100% sure) will not allow you to send via their outgoing mail server (SMTP) if you are not logged in through their network (ie. dialup, etc). I logged on to iiNet the other day via modem, and set up OE to access an account with ca.com.au. Incoming (POP3) was okay, but outgoing (SMTP) was not allowed due to this reason. It stops malicious persons from redirecting through ISP's for spamming and virus purposes (without being logged in which could be traced). Mark S Which means using a ozmac.com email address is useless for WAMUG messages, as it requires authentification to send out via the smtp.ozmac.com server. Doesn't matter now, as I have switched back to using my mac.com address for WAMUG messages. Seeya Rod!
Printer Sharing
Hi all Having difficulty sharing a Canon i250 USB printer (BW g3/Up-to-date Panther) to an XP box (sorry, yet more windoze issues). As far as I can tell the setup is as it should be on both computers. In System Preferences: Under Print Fax, Share my printers with other computers is ticked. Under Sharing, both Windows sharing and Printer sharing are ticked. The suspect for me is of course XP. The network printer installation went well, with the printer appearing as shared by the g3, but then hit a minor snag when it came to installing the drivers. Windows trys to get the drivers from the printer's host, so this didnt seem the go. So I popped the i250's CD into the PC to run the driver installer. I then retryed the network printer install and pointed the PC to the correct drivers this time, which it accepted. It then appeared to be properly installed as 'i250 on g3'. However no print jobs ever appear, nor do any errors. In fact the print cue does not even appear on the PC. Suffice to say the printer works fine on the g3. If this way is actually barred for me, are there alternatives to SMB sharing that might work? Phew, thanks Paul PS This is all just so I can run bloody MYOB on the PC!! Sheesh! PPS Is anyone using Virtual PC to run MYOB at all? Double sheesh!
Re: Overheating ibooks?
On 06/05/2004, at 2:29 PM, Rod wrote: Doing some more troubleshooting here. Just wondering if anyone who has an iBook finds it overheats a lot. I have the last of the G3 iBooks (900) and find that after about 2 hours without the power adapter in she gets hot, the fan cuts in and then the whole thing freezes. Unless I'm ripping a CD with iTunes, then it crashes before you get to the end of the CD. When the AC adapter is plugged in, the time halves. You have to leave the iBook for about 1/2 an hour before switching it on, otherwise the fan goes ballistic and it gets stuck on the Apple at the start. I have already had the motherboard changed once (the video problem), and I'm hoping its not another one. The hard drive has been changed from the original 60Gig to a 30Gig. Wondering if that may be contributing? Anybody else had this problem? I own an 14 iBook 700MHz G3 which will be two years old in a couple of weeks (and which will be replaced in a couple of days by a new 12 iBook G4 which has shipped from the Apple factory as a BTO model). My G3 logic board was recently replaced under extended warranty and, in any event, would have been covered under the iBook logic board repair extension program as the iBook fell within the requisite serial number range. The fan has never come back on since the replacement board was installed (although the temperature has been relatively cool since February). These were the type of symptoms I experienced in the weeks before the video failure which necessitated the logic board replacement. My machine ran really hot ... particularly noticeable under the left palm rest. The fan was on a hell of a lot ... more so than ever before (it was only ever on when I was living in a caravan last year and the external temperature was 36 degrees or more and probably 46 degrees in the van). The machine would lock up or, alternatively, I would get the 'grey screen of death' which is also known as a kernel panic. I fear you may be heading for another logic board replacement ... I notice that the iBook logic board repair extension program has been extended to include the 900MHz iBooks and is OFFICIALLY available for iBooks with serial numbers in the following range(s): UV220XX to UV342XX iBooks with the serial numbers listed above may be referred to as: •iBook (16 VRAM) • iBook (14.1 LCD 16 VRAM) • iBook (Opaque 16 VRAM) • iBook (32 VRAM) • iBook (14.1 LCD 32 VRAM) • iBook (800MHz 32 VRAM) • iBook (900MHz 32 VRAM) • iBook (14.1 LCD 900MHz 32 VRAM) Does your iBook fall within this range? This is one of the reasons why I'm getting rid of the G3 iBook (as a Flexirent equipment upgrade) ... I just hope they've got the problem sorted on the G4 iBooks. Apart from this particular glitch, the iBook is a great little machine. Good luck. --- Richard Kay Fremantle Western Australia
Win2K needs visible file extensions
Metadata wil be the death of me yet. Does anyone know (outside of Maclink Plus) if there's a way of re-writing files en masse so they display their file extension? Windows 2000 doesn't recognise the mac files I have without visible file extensions - it gives them a generic windows icon. If a file has a .extension it displays the file correctly, but the freaking thing then has the gall to _hide_ the file extension on the windows box. Talk about two faced. I need the files to display correctly for my users who panic when they can't visuallly recognise their files. Maclink Plus Deluxe can translate files and attach file extensions, but it changes the creation date in doing so, which once again confuses users. Any thoughts, once again, gratefully appreciated. Cheers, Tobes.
Re: Win2K needs visible file extensions
There's a Folder feature (tick box, see Properties of Folders) that says show extensions or not Mark S. - Original Message - From: Oldham, Toby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 16:03 Subject: Win2K needs visible file extensions Metadata wil be the death of me yet. Does anyone know (outside of Maclink Plus) if there's a way of re-writing files en masse so they display their file extension? Windows 2000 doesn't recognise the mac files I have without visible file extensions - it gives them a generic windows icon. If a file has a .extension it displays the file correctly, but the freaking thing then has the gall to _hide_ the file extension on the windows box. Talk about two faced. I need the files to display correctly for my users who panic when they can't visuallly recognise their files. Maclink Plus Deluxe can translate files and attach file extensions, but it changes the creation date in doing so, which once again confuses users. Any thoughts, once again, gratefully appreciated. Cheers, Tobes. -- 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
RE: Win2K needs visible file extensions
Mm, Under Windows? There's the option under OS X, but if the file name doesn't already have the extension then nothing is displayed (I'm assuming the MacOS determines what he file is by using some other metadata info). Any MS Word file on my mac with .doc at the end will display correctly with the MS Word icon. Turning on 'show all file extentions' on my mac doesn't create file extensions in the filename if it wasn't already there (as far as I can see anyway - But hey, if I've missed something obvious please let me know :) . It's not that important to see the file extension under Windows, as long as the icon's display correctly. Cheers, Tobes. -- From: Mark Scholmann Reply To: Mark Scholmann Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 4:03 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List; Oldham, Toby Subject: Re: Win2K needs visible file extensions There's a Folder feature (tick box, see Properties of Folders) that says show extensions or not Mark S. - Original Message - From: Oldham, Toby [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 16:03 Subject: Win2K needs visible file extensions Metadata wil be the death of me yet. Does anyone know (outside of Maclink Plus) if there's a way of re-writing files en masse so they display their file extension? Windows 2000 doesn't recognise the mac files I have without visible file extensions - it gives them a generic windows icon. If a file has a .extension it displays the file correctly, but the freaking thing then has the gall to _hide_ the file extension on the windows box. Talk about two faced. I need the files to display correctly for my users who panic when they can't visuallly recognise their files. Maclink Plus Deluxe can translate files and attach file extensions, but it changes the creation date in doing so, which once again confuses users. Any thoughts, once again, gratefully appreciated. Cheers, Tobes. -- 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
Re: SMTP blocking by ISPs at the moment?
On 06/05/2004, at 2:55 PM, Rod wrote: On 6/5/04 2:37 PM, Mark Scholmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes... in a way. Some ISP's (or all?, not 100% sure) will not allow you to send via their outgoing mail server (SMTP) if you are not logged in through their network (ie. dialup, etc). I logged on to iiNet the other day via modem, and set up OE to access an account with ca.com.au. Incoming (POP3) was okay, but outgoing (SMTP) was not allowed due to this reason. It stops malicious persons from redirecting through ISP's for spamming and virus purposes (without being logged in which could be traced). Mark S Which means using a ozmac.com email address is useless for WAMUG messages, as it requires authentification to send out via the smtp.ozmac.com server. This is so that users on any ISP can still use the ozmac SMTP server if they have an account. Doesn't matter now, as I have switched back to using my mac.com address for WAMUG messages. That really sucks. I went to a heap of trouble to make sure that mail.ozmac.com was working correctly for SMTP connections. It uses authentication and SSL for encryption. Now iiNet comes along and busts the whole thing. They haven't even replied to a support message I sent two days ago. iiNet just keeps giving me more and more reasons to hate them. *sigh* absolut annoyance with iiNet I would like to take this opportunity to recommend that all iiNet customers on this list switch to another ISP such as ExtremeDSL, T-Net or Westnet. You will much better off and also be free of that dirty, unclean feeling. /absolut annoyance with iiNet - Matt
RE: Win2K needs visible file extensions
Hi Rob, that's from Script Menu yeah? Unfortunately, it doesn't read what file extension a file should have, it just allow you to arbitrarily add one of your own. It also doesn't do subfolders. I have to amend 12Gigs worth of files ... it'd take me forever. :) I can't help you with the file types. If you knew the file type, you could get a unix guru to write a grep command too change all files. You could get a programmer type to write something to traverse the folder tree, get the file type from the file's resource fork, look up the equivalent file extension in some sort of table and then add this to the file name. Someone like Onno could do this easily. Rob Cheers, Tobes. -- From: Rob Phillips Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 4:29 PM To:Oldham, Toby Subject: RE: Win2K needs visible file extensions I was thinking there must be Applescripts, but I'm not sure where to start looking. :} T. Applications:AppleScript:Example Scripts:Finder Scripts: Add to File Names.scpt Add Prefix-Suffix to File Names This script is designed to add a prefix or suffix to files in the front window of the desktop. If no folder windows are open, the script will effect items on the desktop. At 4:21 PM +0800 6/5/04, Oldham, Toby wrote: If a file has a .extension it displays the file correctly, but the freaking thing then has the gall to _hide_ the file extension on the windows box. Talk about two faced. Sure, you need to change the names of the files first, but once onto Wintel, you can choose whether to see them or not. Rob -- --- Dr Rob Phillips, Senior Lecturer,[EMAIL PROTECTED] Room 4.38 Teaching and Learning Centre, Library North Wing Murdoch University, South St, Murdoch, 6150, Perth, AUS Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Chair, 2004 ASCILITE Conference, http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/ --- -- --- Dr Rob Phillips, Senior Lecturer,[EMAIL PROTECTED] Room 4.38 Teaching and Learning Centre, Library North Wing Murdoch University, South St, Murdoch, 6150, Perth, AUS Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Chair, 2004 ASCILITE Conference, http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/ ---
RE: Win2K needs visible file extensions
Mmm, thanks Rob. Whaddya say Onno, how much would this cost me? Cheers, Tobes. -- From: Rob Phillips Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 4:53 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Win2K needs visible file extensions Hi Rob, that's from Script Menu yeah? Unfortunately, it doesn't read what file extension a file should have, it just allow you to arbitrarily add one of your own. It also doesn't do subfolders. I have to amend 12Gigs worth of files ... it'd take me forever. :) I can't help you with the file types. If you knew the file type, you could get a unix guru to write a grep command too change all files. You could get a programmer type to write something to traverse the folder tree, get the file type from the file's resource fork, look up the equivalent file extension in some sort of table and then add this to the file name. Someone like Onno could do this easily. Rob Cheers, Tobes. -- From: Rob Phillips Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 4:29 PM To: Oldham, Toby Subject: RE: Win2K needs visible file extensions I was thinking there must be Applescripts, but I'm not sure where to start looking. :} T. Applications:AppleScript:Example Scripts:Finder Scripts: Add to File Names.scpt Add Prefix-Suffix to File Names This script is designed to add a prefix or suffix to files in the front window of the desktop. If no folder windows are open, the script will effect items on the desktop. At 4:21 PM +0800 6/5/04, Oldham, Toby wrote: If a file has a .extension it displays the file correctly, but the freaking thing then has the gall to _hide_ the file extension on the windows box. Talk about two faced. Sure, you need to change the names of the files first, but once onto Wintel, you can choose whether to see them or not. Rob -- --- Dr Rob Phillips, Senior Lecturer,[EMAIL PROTECTED] Room 4.38 Teaching and Learning Centre, Library North Wing Murdoch University, South St, Murdoch, 6150, Perth, AUS Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Chair, 2004 ASCILITE Conference, http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/ --- -- --- Dr Rob Phillips, Senior Lecturer,[EMAIL PROTECTED] Room 4.38 Teaching and Learning Centre, Library North Wing Murdoch University, South St, Murdoch, 6150, Perth, AUS Phone: +61 8 9360 6054Mobile: 0416 065 054 Chair, 2004 ASCILITE Conference, http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/perth04/ --- -- 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
Re: One for the DTP / Adobe experts...
the export preset press uses acrobat 4 format. change this to version 5 (or later, if you are using CS i guess). v5 handles transparency much better methinks g On Wednesday, May 5, 2004, at 09:16 PM, Darren Kam wrote: I have one fairly major problem : * Some PDFs display correctly but don't print as they look Yep. I experience this all the time - often it happens when text is overlaid on a background fill. The solution is to ensure that all fonts are converted to outlines before exporting to PDF. Also, transparency is not supported fully, so sometimes the printer will interpret it correctly, but most of the time it won't. Such is the problem of PDF technology moving too fast - standards are broken. :) Feel free to forward me an example of the PDF that you're talking about - it may also just be a printer limitation. Cheers, Darren. -- 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
Re: Win2K needs visible file extensions
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 19:10, Oldham, Toby wrote: Mmm, thanks Rob. Whaddya say Onno, how much would this cost me? I haven't followed the whole tread I think, but are you moving files from OS X to Win and need extensions added to each file name? Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S28°38'23 - E153°13'27 (Bishop's Creek, NSW) -- ()/)/)()..ASCII for Onno.. |?..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. Proudly supported by Skipper Trucks, Highway1, Concept AV, Sony Central, Dalcon ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 - onno at itmaze dot com dot au
Re: Win2K needs visible file extensions
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 20:00, Onno Benschop wrote: On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 19:10, Oldham, Toby wrote: Mmm, thanks Rob. Whaddya say Onno, how much would this cost me? I haven't followed the whole tread I think, but are you moving files from OS X to Win and need extensions added to each file name? Replying to myself :-) Yes, that appears to be what you're doing... Any reason you cannot share the files on OSX using Samba, then copy them to the Win2000 server? Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S28°38'23 - E153°13'27 (Bishop's Creek, NSW) -- ()/)/)()..ASCII for Onno.. |?..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. Proudly supported by Skipper Trucks, Highway1, Concept AV, Sony Central, Dalcon ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 - onno at itmaze dot com dot au
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Re: powerbook or ibook?
Our ones at school seem very good, with the off white being beautiful. Aslong as you treat it with respect and make sure the rubber feet stay on it should be fine. - Original Message - From: Gordon Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:26 PM Subject: Re: powerbook or ibook? As a curiosity about the iBooks, how scratch resistant have people found them to be. I look at that pearly white finish and can see it getting ruined in no time. Need to get in touch? [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about its friends -Make something idiot proof and someone will build a better idiot -- 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
Re: imac major repairs, but MAJOR
on 6/5/04 1:00 PM, James Devenish at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, May 06, 2004 at 12:18:59PM +0800, Dick Anderson wrote: I thought the point of things being much more than those for PCs was that they were Mac reliable. Any comments, please, Well, I don't know that iMacs could ever be said to fall into that category. But I will say that I still /adore/ the SCSI PowerMac 604-based stuff from the mid-late nineties. The G4 stuff can be fine, but it's a bit worrying to have seen models don't have manual ejection holes, programmers switches, etc. I think there were some 'special' aspects of Apple's old hardware that are not reflected in the G4s. I have no G5 experience. Dear WAMUGgers, My old Mac Classic and Performa 5400 have worked solidly for many long years and are still doing so although slower that the latest breed. My newer G5 is rock-solid and has not given me any problems. It does look like the iMacs of old were not so reliable, although I do not know about the latest or current models. They seemed to be prone to mother-board failures or such like. I still think that the Macs are much better built and designed than those coming from the 'dark side'. From personal experience and seeing some of my relatives' problems with their PCs, I cannot see myself buying of of those beasties instead of a Mac. Philippe
Re: Overheating ibooks?
At school when we were setting up the laptops we had them on carpet, not the softy sinky stuff cloning each other, and we had a few turn-off and complain about the heat. Mind you these are copying the whole HD to another computer some for up to 5hours at a time. No other problems apart from that.. ;) - Original Message - From: Richard Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 3:56 PM Subject: Re: Overheating ibooks? On 06/05/2004, at 2:29 PM, Rod wrote: Doing some more troubleshooting here. Just wondering if anyone who has an iBook finds it overheats a lot. I have the last of the G3 iBooks (900) and find that after about 2 hours without the power adapter in she gets hot, the fan cuts in and then the whole thing freezes. Unless I'm ripping a CD with iTunes, then it crashes before you get to the end of the CD. When the AC adapter is plugged in, the time halves. You have to leave the iBook for about 1/2 an hour before switching it on, otherwise the fan goes ballistic and it gets stuck on the Apple at the start. I have already had the motherboard changed once (the video problem), and I'm hoping its not another one. The hard drive has been changed from the original 60Gig to a 30Gig. Wondering if that may be contributing? Anybody else had this problem? I own an 14 iBook 700MHz G3 which will be two years old in a couple of weeks (and which will be replaced in a couple of days by a new 12 iBook G4 which has shipped from the Apple factory as a BTO model). My G3 logic board was recently replaced under extended warranty and, in any event, would have been covered under the iBook logic board repair extension program as the iBook fell within the requisite serial number range. The fan has never come back on since the replacement board was installed (although the temperature has been relatively cool since February). These were the type of symptoms I experienced in the weeks before the video failure which necessitated the logic board replacement. My machine ran really hot ... particularly noticeable under the left palm rest. The fan was on a hell of a lot ... more so than ever before (it was only ever on when I was living in a caravan last year and the external temperature was 36 degrees or more and probably 46 degrees in the van). The machine would lock up or, alternatively, I would get the 'grey screen of death' which is also known as a kernel panic. I fear you may be heading for another logic board replacement ... I notice that the iBook logic board repair extension program has been extended to include the 900MHz iBooks and is OFFICIALLY available for iBooks with serial numbers in the following range(s): UV220XX to UV342XX iBooks with the serial numbers listed above may be referred to as: • iBook (16 VRAM) • iBook (14.1 LCD 16 VRAM) • iBook (Opaque 16 VRAM) • iBook (32 VRAM) • iBook (14.1 LCD 32 VRAM) • iBook (800MHz 32 VRAM) • iBook (900MHz 32 VRAM) • iBook (14.1 LCD 900MHz 32 VRAM) Does your iBook fall within this range? This is one of the reasons why I'm getting rid of the G3 iBook (as a Flexirent equipment upgrade) ... I just hope they've got the problem sorted on the G4 iBooks. Apart from this particular glitch, the iBook is a great little machine. Good luck. --- Richard Kay Fremantle Western 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
[OT] PDA/phones
Hi All, I am trying to decide between getting a Sony-Ericsson P900 or an I-Mate/XDA II. Has anyone used either of these and could give me some feedback as to what you think of them. Also is there any sites available to download free software for either? How does the I-Mate go connecting with a Mac, I know the P900 does it no problems? Cheers, Adam.
HP PRINTER 4500DN
I would be grateful for advice from members assisting me in connecting above to a G4/400 PowerBook using the ethernet connection. TIA Tony Wilson
Re: [OT] PDA/phones
From: Adam Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am trying to decide between getting a Sony-Ericsson P900 or an I-Mate/XDA II. Has anyone used either of these and could give me some feedback as to what you think of them. G'day Adam, I did quite a lot of research on this subject and ended up getting the P900. I find the smaller phone-like size of the P900 to be one of the biggest advantages compared to the larger PDAs like the XDA with phone capabilities tacked on. The screen size is still more than large enough for all the PDA-like functions that it boasts. Even emailing and browsing the web works fine after downloading Opera for the P900. Also is there any sites available to download free software for either? Check out: Software for the phone: http://se-p900-software.epocware.com http://www.symbianware.com/index.php?pl=se_p900 http://www.clubsonyericsson.com/en/software.shtml http://www.symbos.com/live/software.php?DeviceID=15DeviceName=SONY%20ERICSS ON%20P900 http://www.cellular.co.za/downloads/sonyericsson/sonyericsson-p800-software. htm As the P900 runs the Symbian OS, you can also download a lot of Symbian software as well: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/ http://www.searchamateur.com/Symbian-OS-Software/Symbian-Games.htm Software for the Mac: http://www.clubsonyericsson.com/en/software_macintosh.shtml Downloadable novels, books etc for lots of PDAs including the P900: http://www.ibiblio.org/collection/ How does the I-Mate go connecting with a Mac, I know the P900 does it no problems? Can't say about the I-Mate, but the P900 certainly synchs well with contacts though I use Virtual PC (or my desktop PC) to sychnronise the calendar to our Outlook Exchange server at work. If you only use iCal, iSync does work well with that. -Mart -- Martin Hill mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mb: 0417-967-969 hm: (08)9314-5242
Re: One for the DTP / Adobe experts...
To work around I open and rasterize it in Photoshop and save it as a single layer (transparent background) in PDF format. Yikes. Sorry, that should be a PSD (Photoshop) file hence the transparency. A typical culprit can be seen here : http://antonylord.dyndns.org/GeneralA3.pdf Views fine, prints with a strange punch out effect over the Sapphire lettering / logo at the top... -- == == = = Antony N. Lord = http://antonylord.com = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Perth, Western Australia = == = ==
Re: One for the DTP / Adobe experts...
P.S. Had an amazing issue with a powerpoint presentation that was 362kb in it's native format, 168meg in it's Apple generated PDF format, then 1meg after Acrobat's 'reduce file size' command. Weird. Nope - I've seen that several times too. A 13 page MS Word (X) document with colour images. Apple PDF 126Mb Adobe Reduced File Size 1.2Mb No explanation I'm affraid. Hence why I'm moved to all Adobe for my work but it looks like I'm not out of the woods yet! Cheers, Antony. -- == == = = Antony N. Lord = http://antonylord.com = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Perth, Western Australia = == = ==
Re: One for the DTP / Adobe experts...
the export preset press uses acrobat 4 format. change this to version 5 (or later, if you are using CS i guess). v5 handles transparency much better methinks Have tried this without luck. Went to the printers (OfficeWorks are closest to me and are fine for a few A4 / A3 copies rather than giant runs) with at least 4 different versions of the art : different acrobat formats, transparency settings, recreated the original logo for importing - all with the same effect... -- == == = = Antony N. Lord = http://antonylord.com = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Perth, Western Australia = == = ==
Re: imac major repairs, but MAJOR
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 18:57, J Philippe Chaperon wrote: I still think that the Macs are much better built and designed than those coming from the 'dark side'. From personal experience and seeing some of my relatives' problems with their PCs, I cannot see myself buying of of those beasties instead of a Mac. Yeah - software issues are another matter entirely - as of OSX, Apple seems to be doing well in that regard (security aside). *clutches laptop running linux*. Craig Ringer
Re: Win2K needs visible file extensions
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 16:21, Oldham, Toby wrote: Mm, Under Windows? There's the option under OS X, but if the file name doesn't already have the extension then nothing is displayed (I'm assuming the MacOS determines what he file is by using some other metadata info). Under Windows, you can enable the display of file extensions from one of the menus available from an open folder window. I think it's folder options in the View menu, then there's a set of radio buttons hide all extensions, hide extensions of known file types or show all extensions - something like that. Sorry for the fuzzy instructions - I don't use Windows reguarly, and all the systems I do use have had that option set for so long I can hardly remember how to change it. Craig Ringer
