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Offline MrsLop

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« on: June 19, 2003, 05:28:15 PM »
Good Evening All,

While I was at Radiation
Treatment this morning,
my "Christmas presents" arrived.  My "Newer" Computer is a 4400 / 200 and came with everything except a correct power cord and a printer.  
Since I already had the Personal LaserWriter 320,
I didn't think it would be a big problem to choose my printer and print my personal letter from Bernie.  May I add that, the OS 8.6 is already loaded on the drive.  Well, I did something wrong.  I didn't find my printer in the Chooser, so I selected the LaserWriter 300 because that's the closest to what I had in Model.  I also selected the LaserWriter 8 and put it on my desktop.  Maybe, I am suffering from information overload, but I cannot figure out how to get this printer to work.  To add insult to injury.  I get a voice with each subsequent attempt to print: ...please make sure that the connections to the port..." yadadaada.  Well,my friends, I need your help, in sorting this out.  I cannot find any information that exemplifies this in the two books I now have.  Perhaps, I just need someone to interpret it for me.     thanx.gif
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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2003, 05:41:19 PM »
Hi Mrs. Lop... biggrin.gif

So you have your new 'puter...  clap.gif
That was fast!!

Sorry I'm not too bright on printer problems as I don't have one on my Mac, just on my PC so I "do" know they can drive one up the wall... wink.gif

The voices... yeah, OS9.1 is even better! An error gets one "Victoria's" sweet voice declaring "It's not my fault!" before the error message...  wacko.gif

Hang in there and relax... someone will know how to straighten out this one... smile.gif
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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2003, 05:58:12 PM »
Evening Dreambird,

I was looking for you.
Where did you disappear to the other night?
remember "Help! I can't view my topics".

Anyway, I surely hope that you are right.

Stay tuned-
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« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2003, 09:12:42 PM »
Oh Mrs. Lop (I know your name is Myrna, but I love Mrs. Lop) I am so happy for you to begin your new adventure....(and I can't wait for the book and movie) I feel I will be learning alot of "stuff" along with you. I'm pretty much a Mac novice myself....Let the adventure begin..... smile.gif ..trish
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« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2003, 09:31:31 PM »
Myna. If it was me, I'd turn that voice off. smile.gif

Not sure what it's under. Either Speech or Sound Control Panel.

Go Apple Menu > Control Panels > Speech or whatever.

How do you like 8.6?

I always liked the "three dimensional" Icons in OS 8 and later. smile.gif

Still checking on your Printer problem.

Turn AppleTalk on to begin with.

Apple LaserWriter Printers: Frequently Asked Questions

http://docs.info.apple.com/article2.html?a...tnum=18219#faq5
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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2003, 10:27:59 AM »
Myrna. Do you have the Printer plugged in to the Printer Port? smile.gif

The Modem Port will work but complicates things. smile.gif
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« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2003, 12:42:27 PM »
jawdrop.gif kelly,




Thank Heaven!  I Have been having all sorts of problems getting into Topics.  I had to shut everything down for awhile and delete cookies, the whole nine yards.

I want to apologize for keeping you waiting.

I need to know what to do now.  
I got the #@%* Printer up again and it began to print.  Then gave me no end of problems telling me that I had a Printer misfeed.  Honestly, I looked everywhere, and coud find no indication of that.  I won't bore you with all the other things- but now I am stuck in a stop queue.  I have to do something to
get back to that and tell the computer to release the printer to print.

Where do I locate this, I have looked everywhere I could think of, but I can't get back to that screen to release it.

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« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2003, 12:54:16 PM »
Did you look in the pull down of that upper right hand corner thing I told you about? In my "old system" (G3 with OS 9.2.2) I would find something called Print Monitor or similarly named. (I have two printers connected to the same computer.) The name of it will vary depending on the printer.

If you find something like that, move the mouse down until it is highlighted, then release it. That should bring the Print Monitor window "to the front" of the Finder ("Desktop"). In other words, then you'll be able to see it on your screen.
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« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2003, 01:04:16 PM »
Try going to the Chooser and turn off background printing. smile.gif

PS. Don't get so hung up on the printing problems Myrna.

What you need to concentrate on is learning the Basics.

And getting connected to the Internet somehow.

Many problems can be  fixed with a simple Download.

For example. Here's the Manual for your Printer.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50128

Useless to you until you're connected.

Relax. Don't concentrate on what isn't working.

Try to enjoy your Present from Bernie. smile.gif
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« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2003, 01:35:19 PM »
Myrna, you might also want to try turning your printer off for a few minutes, then back on again. Sometimes it gets "confused" by something loaded in its buffer (memory) and then refuses to do anything, stuck on whatever confused it. Turning it off generally clears the buffer. I have to do this occasionally with my laser printer.

If there is really a piece of paper stuck in there, it is possible that removing the toner cartridge may allow you access to it, in case you haven't tried that. Not sure of your exact model, but most of them are pretty similar and removing the toner cartridge is pretty easy. Kelly's manual will give you directions.
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« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2003, 02:45:02 PM »
MrsLop  Do you have an icon of a printer on your desktop?  Double click it.  You should now see


Go to "Printing"  under that will be "Start Print Queue".
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« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2003, 04:09:56 PM »
Good Afternoon,
Nice to meet you jepinto!

Welcome to my adventure.

Thank you all.

You would not believe what I have done in the name of trying to get one page printed.

I have been in and out of files, applications and etc.
Visited the Help menu numerous times.
Plugged and unplugged my Printer from ALL connections.
Restarted the Computer.

Is there such a thing as Virtual Printing.  Is my Printer "stuck" in some non existent situation?
Does it believe that there is a paper misfeed.

I am so vexed with ths machine that I am about to give it a Paper misfeed, just to give it something real to think about.
I thought computers and all these electronic  were supposed to make our lives easier, faster, simpler.  Instead, I am finding that it is the reverse.  A degree in software engineering would be nice and courses in software programming and skills for hardware basics.  I could get a typewriter, the good old manual kind to type things out faster than this.  Thank you for letting me vent.
The deed is done, people,
my friendly cable company will be here on Tuesday to install the high spped internet line.  They will supply the connections for a tidy fee of $ 79.00 for installation and $ 60 for the modem.  Due to my two existing services with them I get a generous $ 10.00 off the Cable.  The actual cost of the new service is
$ 39.95 a month.  Lucky me, I get to pay for the modem and the installation in three monthly payments!  To be sure, this is a costly service.  In any event, I am looking forward to having the service.
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« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2003, 07:23:08 PM »
Hi Myrna... smile.gif

Sorry I missed you the other day... not to worry, I wasn't ignoring you... some days I just get distracted more than others...

I see you're still fighting with the printer? They can be obnoxiously stubborn, but once you get it going it'll be fine.
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« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2003, 09:25:49 PM »
Oh, Myrna. . ."easier, faster, simpler" indeed! They also told us that these machines would reduce the use of paper in offices, and various other fables!  I think these are the same people that told us that "government is by the people, for the people. .  ."!  (Excuse the cynicism; I'm pretty sure that I wasn't always this way.)  Hang on, though, and things will become easier and less frustrating for you.  The first time I screwed up my first Mac, it cost me over $200 to take it to the "Mac Guy", who I'm sure ran Norton Utility & Diskwarrior, but I didn't have a bunch of people to help me, and you do, so "we" should never have to go there!  Believe me, once everything is working, the frustration will go away, and you'll love your new "world"!
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« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2003, 09:44:22 PM »
Good evening Mrs. Lop,

Printers do sometimes have a mind of their own, like computers.  tongue.gif

Mine often gives me the paper misfeed message or tells me that there is no paper though I am looking at it in front of me. What I do is press a Pause/Clear button on the front of the machine which you might have on yours. Check your manual for any such button listed. Even then it sometimes goes right back into the same problem. At that point I take out the paper, flip through it like a deck of cards and put it in reverse or upside down. Believe it or not, there is a right and wrong side of the paper. Most times it doesn't matter but some printers are really picky. With some types of paper I have to take my finger and lightly push the first page toward the roller that drags it in to print. Once it gets the first page it goes OK with the rest. You also don't want to put too much paper in the tray at one time, too. And the advice to turn off the printer for a minute is also helpful. That has "cured" occasional problems.

My fellow TSers will tell me that I need to adjust the trays, rollers, feeders, etc. and yes, I know that, but it's like a leak in the roof. If it's not raining you don't think about it. If it is raining, you try to work around the drops.   wacko.gif
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