Try changing the driver to a generic postscript driver and see if it prints.Quote:
Originally Posted by DRice
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Try changing the driver to a generic postscript driver and see if it prints.Quote:
Originally Posted by DRice
I get the same ol'
GenericClass: Waiting for device
I guess I wouldn't be so frustrated if it wouldn't print at all, but it prints all the tests in the HP utility just fine!
Try uninstalling any HP software you installed. Reboot & plug the printer in.
We told you to get a PC. :dance:Quote:
Originally Posted by DRice
Too bad I didn't get to post before you made the purchase, but here's my $.02:
I've always owned PCs. My wife went out and spent $2500 on an iMac 24. It was different, and it seemed to be different only for the sake of being different. While I'm no computer guy, I've been able to ascertain this: It's left brain vs. right brain. If you are doing artsy fartsy stuff, buy a Mac. If you're planning on using it as a business machine, buy a PC. Personally, I'm a business guy, and don't have time to trick a Mac into doing what I want it to do. Now, if I did graphic design, I would likely be singing a different tune.
Oh yeah, we sold the Mac after 6 months at a $1,000 loss after finding that it wouldn't communicate with our laser printers. Fortunately, we were able to get a bangin' Dell notebook for $800, and have had no problems since.
As for me and my home, we will purchase PC.
A 6 month old Mac at a $1000 loss? You gave someone an excellent deal. Macs do not depreciate as fast as PCs, so why the drastic discount?
I wonder if it would have been cheaper to just buy a new printer?Quote:
Originally Posted by King Taco
Salami, it's interesting that you said you don't have time to trick a mac into doing whatever it is that you want it to do. Mac users often say the exact same thing about PCs. As someone who has worked with both for over a decade, and owned both at times over the years, I always found the PCs more of a struggle to get to do what I want them to do. I know when we had a mixed network at work, we had far more difficulties with the PCs than the Macs. So much more that the students refused to use the PCs, and would rather wait in line for the macs. Eventually, the IT dept got rid of all the Macs, and we now only have a PC environment... one that continues to have problems (although to be fair, the network is also far more complicated than it used to be when we had macs).
Just like you, I am basing my home computer purchases on my personal experiences with both platforms, and my home will only have macs (with one mac also running XP to use with the few PC programs that I use). Macs aren't perfect, or cheap, but they work for me. And no, I don't do graphic design. :)
This is the difference between Mac users and PC users. People that choose PC's don't find Windows a struggle just as Mac users don't find Mac's a Struggle. I use Linux and I don't find it a struggle. it is more of a hobby and fun. the feeling is great when I have to do some work to get things working because I have accomplished something. But that is just me.Quote:
Originally Posted by StoneGK
The Reason your IT Department got rid of the macs is the inability to manage macs in a Windows Server environment. It takes 2 times as much work to get Apple to work in a windows environment. and it also costs a lot of money to get the software to put Macs in the Active Directory and to be able to use scripts that map drives and printers. Yes I am speaking from experience. The Mac's may be easier for the end user to use but they will be a pain to the Administrators to manage.
But in the end a PC user is not going to convert to a Mac user unless they are up to the challenge of learning something new. Just the same applies the other way around. If you enjoy a single button Mouse stay away from Windows if you don't like a single button mouse stick with windows. If you enjoy computing go with Linux there you will have the best of all three computing worlds. Linux can be what you want it to be. If you want simple look at Ubuntu. If you want complex look at Slackware. If you want UNIX install any distribution and remove the x window system.
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Originally Posted by King Taco
Well, we just wanted to get that paper weight off the desk and make room for a real computer. OK, there's a little emotion in that statement. However, with the entire business world working in PC, we had to make the change quickly. For example, Excel for Mac is a stripped down version, so we tried to trick the computer into running Office 2007 using Parallels, but that came with its own share of issues. It just became too much of a struggle trying to get the various programs to work on the Mac.
That being said, I'm not a huge Vista fan either, but I see Mac as the Beta to PC's VHS.
On the other hand, if we were doing artsy fartsy stuff, we might have a use for a Mac, however, that not being the case, I see no reason to own one.
You say you don't like Vista. Look into getting Windows 7 RC off of Microsofts TechNet. My brother has been using it for months and says its everything Vista was supposed to be. I believe the beta registration code is good until February of 2010 before you have to pay for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by salami
