[X4U] HP Designjet 2500

[Paul Moortgat]

Linda,

I haven't tried that solution.  I will.  But my mind is still set  
with the loss of our cat.  My friend.
I had to restart once after a wake when I lost the cursor.  It's the  
second time it happened in two year.

Paul Moortgat

On 14 Dec 2006, at 17:33, Linda wrote:

> On 12/14/06 9:42 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>
>> A friend bought this printer to work with his G4 PB (10.4.8).  He
>> went to http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/
>> DriverDownload.jsp?
>> pnameOID=12679&&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=25153 and selected OS
>> X.  The downloaded soft asked for OS 9.  The latest version is from
>> 2002.
>> Has anybody a solution or a driver for this printer?  My friend
>> hasn't OS 9.  I even don't know if one can install OS 9 on this PB.
>
> Any G4 PowerBook can run Classic, and so can have OS 9 installed to  
> run in
> Classic.
>
> The driver on that page you mention clearly says, Mac OS 8, 9 and X in
> classic mode. Unfortunately, the 2500 and 3500 are discontinued  
> printers, so
> HP will most likely never update the drivers. That leaves yoru  
> friend with a
> couple of choices:
>
> He can reinstall OS 9 on his PowerBook so that he can run Classic  
> within OS
> X to set up the driver for this printer.
>
> OR, he can try something like Gimp-Print
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/> which may or may not  
> work for
> him with this printer.
>
> OR, he can try using "Generic" settings that are present in OS X,  
> which
> won't "unlock" some features of this printer.
>
> Hopefully the used printer was inexpensive enough to make some of this
> hassle worthwhile for your friend!
>
> Did you ever find out why your computer would chime on startup even  
> if your
> Control Panel sounds were muted? Did you test it with unplugging your
> headset first? I don't remember seeing your followup on that.
>
> peace,
> Linda