[X4U] Re: X4U Digest, Vol 23, Issue 8

[Mary C. Youra]

On Jul 10, 2006, at 8:27 PM, Mary C. Youra wrote:
>
> On Jul 10, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Anthony Rice wrote:
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>>   I am using a G3 firewire powerbook. The printer is an HP  
>> Photosmart 7260. This was given to me, and I am considering  
>> getting a better one. Any suggestions on that idea.
>>
>>  The printer does work with TextEdit in OS X, but the print comes  
>> out really small. I have to use an 18 pt., (Helvetica) font on  
>> screen to get the printed page to look like 10 pt. And, yes I did  
>> reinstall the printer software - twice.
>>
>>   I probably should have partitioned the hard drive and installed  
>> each OS on a different drive. I think I listened to the wrong advice.
>
> Tony--
>
> There's a chart here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/ 
> famiDocument?lc=en&cc=no&dlc=no&product=15100&docname=bpm35007
> that says the HP Photosmart 7260 can use OS 9 as well as OS X. That  
> may mean Classic needs that OS 9 driver installed separately, even  
> though you already have the OS X driver installed. You might want  
> to try downloading the OS 9 driver from the hp site (you can get a  
> link from the link above) and installing it while running Classic  
> to see. It's worth a shot. (It's my only thought, so I hope it works.)
>
> Mary

I said to install the OS 9 driver while running Classic--I'm not sure  
you can do that, although David Pogue seems to think you can. It'd be  
better to boot into OS 9 itself to install the OS 9 driver, I think.

Or, another thought--you said you couldn't "get the printer through  
Chooser"--will it not let you select it, or it's not listed there? In  
Tiger, you can print to a Mac OS X printer in Classic by selecting  
the "LaserWriter 8" driver in the Chooser, supposedly. So, if you can  
select LaserWriter 8, you might try that, since you're running 10.4.3.

Mary