[HM] can't print in Classic 9

[Jane Sprando]

Thom, my printer/scanner is newer than these.

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 12:34:38 -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
> 
> Try this.
> 
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107001
> 
> Jane Sprando wrote:
>> 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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> -- 
> 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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