[HM] can't print in Classic 9

[Jane Sprando]

Thom, I am blanking out here ...... where do I find the Apple drivers?

Jane

> From: Thom Holland <Thomas.Holland at Sun.COM>
> Organization: ESP HW Engineering Support
> Reply-To: Thomas.Holland at Sun.COM, "A place to discuss Macintosh Computers in
> the home." <homemac at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:53:39 -0800
> To: "A place to discuss Macintosh Computers in the home."
> <homemac at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [HM] can't print in Classic 9
> 
> Hi Jane,
> 
> I have talked with a couple of very knowledgeable friends and they say that
> you
> just need to install the drivers from Apple.
> 
> Have you tried the software update?
> 
> Here is what one of my friends states:
> 
> the 'os classic' environment needs it's own drivers (ie; is is NOT using the
> 9.2
> version you can boot from) - start up the classic environment and install the
> drivers and you'll be fine.  Works sort of like an actual 9.2 boot media, you
> shouldn't have too much trouble.  You might want to install the OSX drivers as
> well, while you're at it.
> 
> -Thom
> 
> Jane Sprando wrote:
>> I bought an Epson Stylus photo RX600. I have an iMac G4 that boots up in 9
>> and 10. I am running 9.2.2 and 10.2.8.
>> 
>> The Epson will not print in Classic 9, but will print if I boot up in 9.
>> This is a royal pain! I emailed Epson's tech support and this is their
>> response:
>> 
>> Thank you for contacting the Epson Connection.
>> 
>> Epson America writes drivers for OS 9 and  OS X.  Products that have USB 1
>> ports normally work in Classic mode.  You would want to contact Apple and
>> make sure that Classic mode supports USB2 printing devices since Classic
>> mode has many other limitations.  It should be stressed that other printer
>> manufacturers  are having similar issues with USB 2 and Classic mode.
>> -----------------------------
>> 
>> Anyone have any suggestions?
>> 
>> Jane
>> 
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> -- 
> Thom Holland
> 
> The Word of the Day for December 14th is:
> 
> syllepsis \suh-LEP-sis\ noun
> 
> 1 : the use of a word to modify or govern syntactically two or more words with
> only one of which it formally agrees in gender, number, or case
> 2 : the use of a word in the same grammatical relation to two adjacent words
> in
> the context with one literal and the other metaphorical
> 
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