adding printers to a G5 iMac

2010-12-24 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Dear Listers, My wife's iMac G5 is currently connected to a Lexmark laser printer that works fine. She wants me to connect a color printer to the iMac The problem is, I can't ADD any other printers to this computer. I have been talked through the process of adding printers (OS 10.4.11)

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2010-12-24 Thread Cornett
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Re: adding printers to a G5 iMac

2010-12-24 Thread Dan
At 8:53 AM -0500 12/24/2010, Lawrence David Eden wrote: iMac G5 OS 10.4.11 Canon Pixma MX300. The iMac sees the new printer and it is listed as being connected to the Mac via direct USB in System Profiler Good. but the iMac can't find the driver that the Canon tech and I installed and

Re: Printing problems

2010-12-24 Thread Charles Davis
Fair enough request answers interspersed! On Dec 24, 2010, at 2:46 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: Maybe a little more information on your printing setup? Is the printer (model?) directly connected via USB or on a network? Samsung CLP 310 --- directly connected, USB no network. Been working

Re: Printing problems

2010-12-24 Thread Bluellama
Have a similar problem after an OS software update. Samsung 1750 and my Epson R320 would not print, they were seen but no joy when it came time to print. I downloded the latest drivers from each manufacturer, trashed the old prefs/drivers, reinstalled, restarted and they worked again. Good

MDD 10.5.8 memory loss

2010-12-24 Thread Stro
Greetings, I just upgraded my MDD dual 867mhz with 1.5gb ram to OS 10.5.8. Now I am running out of memory. I have a 30gb harddrive dedicated solely to system and it is completely used up. When I first started with Leopard, I had over 5gb of memory space left on the hd, now I have none. What

Re: What card is this?

2010-12-24 Thread Andrew Liu Anderson
Jonas Ulrich wrote: Yep. Modem indeed. As a person who just recently got cable internet, I'm very familiar with Apple's modems. Thanks all... I knew it had to be something I wasn't using since both machines work. ;-) Cheers, Drew -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: MDD 10.5.8 memory loss

2010-12-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 24, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Stro wrote: What can I do to regain the space, Apple recommends 4GB freespace as a MINIMUM for Tiger or newer, and more is better. I'd buy a bigger HD, they're cheap now. Remember you need an ATA/IDE (also called PATA now), NOT a SATA (unless you also buy an

Re: MDD 10.5.8 memory loss

2010-12-24 Thread Dan
At 1:18 PM -0800 12/24/10, Stro wrote: MDD dual 867mhz with 1.5gb ram to OS 10.5.8. Now I am running out of memory. I have a 30gb harddrive dedicated solely to system and it is completely used up. When I first started with Leopard, I had over 5gb of memory space left on the hd, now I have

the big knot thingy?

2010-12-24 Thread Jeffrey Daile Engle
ok, here's a question I've had for awhile now You know when you get firewire cables or usb cables or audio cables, you see those big black plastic cylinder things on the cord about 2 inches from the end of the cable? what are they? Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 -- You received this

Re: the big knot thingy?

2010-12-24 Thread Jason Brown
Those are Ferrite Ring Filters. They are designed to help cut down on interference. Here is a link to some of the do it yourself types. http://www.camera2000.com/en/2-lots-tdk-clip-on-emi-rfi-filter-snap-around-ferrite.html On 12/24/2010 4:49 PM, Jeffrey Daile Engle wrote: ok, here's a

Re: the big knot thingy?

2010-12-24 Thread Jeffrey Daile Engle
Thank you for that informative answer:-) Jeff On Dec 24, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Jason Brown wrote: Those are Ferrite Ring Filters. They are designed to help cut down on interference. Here is a link to some of the do it yourself types.

All of a sudden yet another new movie file format *.YES

2010-12-24 Thread Jonas Lopez
All of a sudden yet another new movie file format *.YES What is this one and who can play it. It was a dl via Real, but now Real can't or won't play it. JML -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with

Re: All of a sudden yet another new movie file format *.YES

2010-12-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 24, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: All of a sudden yet another new movie file format *.YES Where did you encounter this filetype? There doesn't seem to be any .yes filetype, movie or otherwise. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Printing problems

2010-12-24 Thread Charles Davis
I believe I may have located the problem!! Looked at the printer --- it's a 315, NOT a 310 (was a replacement from Samsung for a 310) Downloading the correct driver package as I write this. Installation will tell. Results later. Chuck On Dec 24, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Charles Davis wrote:

Re: the big knot thingy?

2010-12-24 Thread Brian Fuelleman
Those act as binders to keep the pairs of audio cables together, they also help you, the user to know by touch when you are at the end of a cable or set of cables. From: Jeffrey Daile Engle macgu...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, December

Re: MDD 10.5.8 memory loss

2010-12-24 Thread Joseph Reilly
Hi, Most people already covered the basics, larger HD, clean caches, etc but one nasty thing leopard does out of the box that I don't think anyone mentioned is it downloads software updates in the background and takes up a bunch of space with their installer files until you do software update.

Re: All of a sudden yet another new movie file format *.YES

2010-12-24 Thread Jonas Lopez
Dear Listers, I forgot to include this fact: The file was auto dl from a site and given the name *.YES. When I went to play it the following came on screen: Can not play with Quicktime 7.6.4 version. I am running 10.4.11, G4, QT 7.6.4 which is the last version. Any ideas? --- On Fri, 12/24/10,

Re: Printing problems

2010-12-24 Thread Charles Davis
Well, hopes dashed! The 315 uses the 310 drivers. download and install of current files did NOT show any improvement. Chuck On Dec 24, 2010, at 6:44 PM, Charles Davis wrote: I believe I may have located the problem!! Looked at the printer --- it's a 315, NOT a 310 (was a