Gretchen Summers wrote:
I did check the information that came with the Canon, and their
website. I agree with you, Darren, good printer, not so good support.
I even checked with the printer guy where I bought the printer, but
he's not all that technically oriented. I've only had this printer
Hi Gretchen,
Have you tried that software called Dave from
http://www.thursby.com/products/dave.html ? It installs on the Mac and
supposedly sees everything Windows is sharing on the network. There's an
eval version there if you're willing to try one more thing.
Has anyone else on the list trie
This is what I've tried.
Of course, no problem with the Brother HL-1440 attached to the iMac. I
can also print from the PC, and the PowerBook.
I attached the Canon to the JetDirect, and was able to get one test
page to print from the PC. After that, nothing.
I then attached the Canon to the
--- Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Gretchen
>
> Its been a saga for you, for that I'm very sorry.
> Are you saying that the Canon i560 is attached to
> the imac and can be
> happily shared with the PB and if so are you using
> the JetDirect and
> have access to the Brother HL-1440 print
Gretchen Summers wrote:
Darren,
I read everything that everyone here posted. I spent countless hours,
following all the suggestions on how to make it work. I tried the
jetdirect route, the gimp print route, the Samba route, and things that
seemed absolutely impossible (and were), and nothing
--- Gretchen Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All I'm saying is that Mac to Mac print sharing is
> the most painless,
> simple thing. Why does it have to be so complicated
> to do it across
> platforms? I admit, I don't have a second PC with
> which to try printer
> sharing PC to PC. And
> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:31:09 -0500
> From: Gretchen Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Well, Mike. Thanks for your help, but I can't find anything like a
> setting for print to file.
Not actually having a Mac capable of running OSX to check with, I
wish I knew where my two
Darren,
I read everything that everyone here posted. I spent countless hours,
following all the suggestions on how to make it work. I tried the
jetdirect route, the gimp print route, the Samba route, and things that
seemed absolutely impossible (and were), and nothing worked. The only
suces
Gretchen Summers wrote:
I realize we are working with two different platforms, but I think
Windows could learn something from Mac printer sharing.
What would that be, set your printer to share and then find it network
neighborhood.
Of the two machines, pc and mac which *could* share the others
Well, Mike. Thanks for your help, but I can't find anything like a
setting for print to file.
Actually, it's not forkliftnetting. Today's printers are all plastic,
so they weigh very little, and with usb, it's a piece of cake to carry
them over, and plug them in--no restarting or any other
(Simultaneously posted to the MacTalk and Mac-N-DOS lists)
I've been trying to help Gretchen Summers with her cross-platform
printing problems (including referring her to the Mac-n-DOS list,
which got her part way there), but she has continued to be stymied
with the issue of printing from her M
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