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2004 / How to make reduced scale the default?

« on: January 02, 2004, 03:48:12 PM »

I  am on a iMac, using OS 10.2.8, with a Lexmark 32Z printer (upgraded for OS X).

I generally  want to print using the page setup scale at 75%.

However everytime I startup, I find I must go to Page Setup and reduce the Scale to 70% from 100%.

I cannot find a preference setting to keep it at a default level of 70%.

Please help,  Thanks   nels96

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2003 / How to make "print reverse order" default mode?

« on: December 17, 2003, 04:22:17 PM »

Back in the days when I was a happy 9.2 camper, I never had to click "Reverse order" in the print dialog box, because I had made that my default mode. Same thing with "Scale", because I had made 70% my default scale. Now that I am trying to gamely stick to OS X and with my Z32 Lexmark printer, on Netscape 7.1, I find that there is no prefs type option where I can make these defaults permanent. Every time I boot up, I must go to Page Setup and click scale to 70% (from 100%), and then in the print dialog I have to click "Reverse Order".

How do I get the permanent defaults I want?

Thanks, nels96

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2003 / Can AppleWorksButtonBar have text instead of icons

« on: November 03, 2003, 04:28:34 PM »

I like to use the AW6 Button Bar with the small icon option to save screen space, but I have trouble remembering which functon some of the little graphics represent. And the preference panel doesn't offer a text option along with the large and small icon options. Is there a workaround to get text titles in place of or in addition to the icons?

Thanks, nels96

iMac 600, OS 10.2.8, Netscape 7.1, AppleWorks 6.0

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2003 / Lexmark Z32 on OS X very sloooow to print

« on: November 03, 2003, 03:29:40 PM »

oh,I forgot to add that the printer window says "Generic class:waiting for device" , and the progress bar keeps moving.

nels96

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2003 / Lexmark Z32 on OS X very sloooow to print

« on: November 03, 2003, 03:25:58 PM »

I am doing my best to stay on OS 10.2.8, but it is a struggle. (iMac 600, NS 7.1)

The latest problem is that even though I downloaded and installed the OS X Lexmark driver from their website,  it appears that the printing process will  take anywhere from 5 to 50 minutes before the printer will start chugging away. During this time, I can hear little ticking in the iMac as though it is processing  the printing instructions or something.

I must admit that the"installation" of the downloaded driver update was a little flaky, the instructions were not as clear as they should be. But the website does not offer any recourse help.

Any suggestions out there?  BTW, the printer works fine when I am on OS 9.2.2

Am I faced with decision to buy a new printer? And what would be the best cheap printer for OS X?

nels96

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2003 / Page Setup wont stay at 70% scaling

« on: October 23, 2003, 04:42:21 PM »

It seems that my list of complaints about OS X grows ever longer.

When I was on OS 9  I almost never had to go to Page Setup to set the scaling to 70%. Once set, it stayed there until I reset it.

Now on OS X, on the same Lexmark Z32 printer, I must always check whether the scaling is staying on 70% where I last set it.

Am I missing something? Or did OS X or Lexmark change something?

Hope someone can clear up this annoying problem with the "new and improved OS X"

Thanks, nels96

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2003 / Print dialog window is too low on the screen

« on: October 23, 2003, 04:16:09 PM »

thanks to Cyberpet, kps, and krissel,

Cyberpet: Since I am on 10.2.8, using only a Lexmark Z32 which I have reinstalled about three times, I donot think there is a Preference file which I can trash. (One reason I miss OS 9!)

 If there is, please let me know where I can find it.
I am beginning to think that the problem lies in the Lexmark for OS X software downloaded from the Lexmark site.

Thanks kps for reminding me that all I have to do is press Return without seeing the Print button!!

And Krissel.. I am already on the highest resolution (smallest screen). Thanks anyway, and yes I have no inclination to mess around inside the Unix arena. No Way!!!

nels96

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2003 / RealPlayer 8 stopped working

« on: October 23, 2003, 03:56:33 PM »

Hey Sandbox !
I should have asked this question in my previous response: what are all those numbers you included in your response? and also , I am only on a single simple hard drive, no partition.

nels96

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2003 / Print dialog window is too low on the screen

« on: October 22, 2003, 04:11:41 PM »

Ever since I loaded a new 10.2 into my iMac, and a fresh Lexmark Z32 driver (for OS X), I have had to put up with a Print dialog window which pops up slightly too low on my screen, so that I am forced to raise it about one inch so that I can see the PRINT button to click it.

Can anyone tell me how to overcome this anomaly???

Thanks nels96

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2003 / RealPlayer 8 stopped working

« on: October 22, 2003, 04:02:16 PM »

Thanks  guys,
I suspect it was all due to the fact that I recently upgraded to 9.2.2, but rather than go thru the hassle of trying to prove it, I simply caved and went to OS X v10.2.8, and downloaded the RealPlayer for
 OS X. Now my video player works, but it means I have to go to  OS X when I want to use it. Well what the heck, I know I'm doomed to have to go to OS X across the board eventually anyway!!!

P.S.I still don't know what all the proponents of OS X are cheering about, since I have been far happier in my OS 9 mode than I ever expect to be in OS X

Cheers, nels96

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2003 / RealPlayer 8 stopped working

« on: October 13, 2003, 03:26:02 PM »

I have used RealPlayer 8 for many, many months to catch various archived interviews and speeches on C-Span.org which I would have otherwise missed.

However, after messing around (see below) with my iMac (OS 9.2.2, and Netscape 4.77) doing I know not what, I find that my RealPlayer 8 doesn’t work anymore to play C-Span archive videos (I haven’t tried other site videos).

Assumng the usual corrupted files and prefs, I trashed all RealPlayer stuff in the iMac  and downloaded a fresh copy of the free RealPlayer 8 for OS 9. No dice. The RealPlayer window comes up (it even plays its promo intro), but when I click on the desired C-Span video to be played, RealPlayer only goes so far as to say it is “Connecting”, but no farther. Actually it once went to “Buffering”, but no farther.

I have used Disk FirstAid, and rebuilt my desktop, and used TechTool Lite to no avail.

So I got a download of Windows Media Player 7 for Mac OS 9, and tried to install it,
and whaddayaknow! I can only get as far as the installation progress bar (“searching the hard disk”), and nothing else happens. I’m beginning to get paranoid.

By “messing around”, I can only remember doing an upgrade from OS 9.2 to 9.2.2, and an unsuccessful attempt to get my Airport base station to work in place of my wired router. I am back on the router and everything else seems to be working. Since I am 80 years old, I have trouble remembering  what else I may have been trying to do that screwed up my iMac. Oh yes, I also upgraded my OS 10.2 to 10.2.6, but I hardly ever use the OS X, which is not partitioned (I just always startup on OS 9).

I cannot imagine that any of these activities corrupted the RealPlayer or Windows Media Player downloads.

I would appreciate any help on this frustrating problem. Thanks.

Nelson Walker, Saratoga, CA  nels96@pacbell.net

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2003 / Photo CDs work in Mac7200, not in iMac!

« on: June 26, 2003, 03:40:29 PM »

Thanks, Tacit, that did it!!!

Foreign File Access was missing from the Extensions Folder; I found it in the Extensions (Disabled) and simply moved it over to Ext Fldr.

As usual I probably made my own mistake trying to cleanup long lists into shorter ones. "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing", right?

Thanks again, Tacit and Kelly

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2003 / Photo CDs work in Mac7200, not in iMac!

« on: June 26, 2003, 03:06:08 PM »

Hi Kelly,

That suggestion for a System Folder backup is a great idea; I've had other backups but never got around to that one.
Thanks.

Yes, the Apple Photo Access extension is in the Extensions Folder.

I never have considered CD Disk Cleaner because I donot use the iMac slot very much, maybe 50 times since I bought it last year, and my desk and disks never see any food or drink.

BTW, what other forums would you recommend if this problem doesn't get solved here on TS?

Thanks, nels96

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2003 / Photo CDs work in Mac7200, not in iMac!

« on: June 26, 2003, 01:04:06 PM »

P.S. I should have added that the error msg is "This disk is not readable by this computer. Do you want to initialize or eject?"

If no one at TS can help on this, can anyone tell me where else to go to ask for more guidance ?

Thanks, nels96

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2003 / Photo CDs work in Mac7200, not in iMac!

« on: June 25, 2003, 04:08:46 PM »

I have some photo CDs that work on my old Mac7200, but wont work on my iMac, altho they once did!

I finally discovered that the iMac was missing Apple Photo Access in the Extensions and Preferences folders. Since I couldn’t figure out how to do it any other way, I reinstalled the OS 9.2, and that got Apple Photo Access in both the Extensions and Preferences folder. But that still did not get the CDs recognized by the iMac.

Clue: When I double click on the Prefs icon for Apple Photo Access, it tells me that it is for the app  “Slide Show Viewer”, which I cannot find anywhere, on my iMac, or on Apple Support.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, nels96