Ronda, Have a look at the GIMPS link on the web site that Simon refers to. An Epson 850 of some description is listed there as a supported printer.
Good luck, Michael. on 18/7/02 7:39 PM, Simon Hancock at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello All, > > One major component of the Jaguar/Mac OS 10.2 update that has had very > little coverage (besides WWDC presentations) is the inclusion of CUPS - > short for Common UNIX Printing System. Apple actually pulled off a licensing > deal with the developers some time back in March, so we should not only see > a larger number of printers supported out of the box but also major > improvements to the printing system in general. > > Further info can be found here; > > http://www.cups.org/ > > Lets all keep our fingers crossed! > > Regards > > > Simon Hancock > Consultant > Massive Reaction > > Mob 0417 902 905 > Fax 9204 3711 > http://www.massivereaction.com > > > > > > on 18/7/02 3:37 PM, Michael Hawkins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I've recently switched to OS X. The biggest bug bear for me has been the >> appallingly slow rate at which my HP G85 printer/fax/copier/scanner will >> print when I'm in OS X: about 1 page a minute from a printer supposedly >> rated at 12ppm in OS 9. >> >> No-one who uses their computer for business operations can find that rate >> acceptable, but I thought that poor printer performance may have been due to >> the fact that I was using a multifunction machine. Seemed illogical for me, >> because I'd have thought that the printer driver would stand alone from the >> fax software and scanner software, but that is what I thought. But a >> colleague of mine has an Epson Laser 6L, and it will not print at all in OS >> X. He has to keep switching to Classic so that he can print and that is >> irritating at the best of times and impractical from a business point of >> view at any time. >> >> So as far as I'm concerned whether or not Apple provides mac.com for free is >> pretty irrelevant to whether Apple provides the type of computer that a >> business would want to use. Hard drives are big and cheap these days and so >> mac.com isn't essential, but fast reliable printing is. >> >> So how about it Apple: can you stop wasting time with bells and whistles and >> concentrate instead on fundamentals? There are days that I despair that I'm >> going to have to convert to IBM so that I can do something simple, like >> print my documents. >> >> Michael Hawkins. >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >> >> > >