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PowerMac OS8 printer setup - how?
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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Study" data-source="post: 366314" data-attributes="member: 3889"><p>Extensions would include the printer driver and maybe some shared "libraries" that also are extensions, nothing like the libraries in OS X.</p><p></p><p>Turn on all the extensions so all doubt one is missing is removed. I can't recall whether 7.5 has an Extension Manager. I think 8 does. But if not, go into the System Folder and drag all the extensions from the Extensions (Disabled) folder to the Extensions folder, then restart the machine. It would be worth it to make sure nothing is left in the Extensions (Disabled) folder in any case. </p><p></p><p>Any extension change means the machine won't recognize the difference unless it's restarted. </p><p></p><p>Make sure the Chooser is in the Apple Menu Items folder. It's home really isn't critical, but its pathway might be screwed up.</p><p></p><p>After you click on the Chooser and the window opens, wait at least 10 seconds or you notice that its icon at the right on the menu bar across the top is blinking. If it is, previous printing jobs are stuffing up the queue and nothing can get through.</p><p></p><p>But even if it isn't blinking, wait the 10 or 15 seconds it will take to line up the printing queue — if background printing in the Chooser window is turned on. Then click the icon. A window showing a jammed printing-job queue might show up. If so, delete each job, then go back into the Chooser and turn off background printing so it can't happen again. Even if there is no jammed queue, turn background printing off. It's a needless complication.</p><p></p><p>If none of those is the problem, a Chooser bug might have reared its ugly head. Sometimes it forgets everything unless it can show a choice of more than one printer, preferably one with Apple in its name, or a Stylewriter. Regardless, click on a dummy printer icon, then the Epson's and try it again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown Study, post: 366314, member: 3889"] Extensions would include the printer driver and maybe some shared "libraries" that also are extensions, nothing like the libraries in OS X. Turn on all the extensions so all doubt one is missing is removed. I can't recall whether 7.5 has an Extension Manager. I think 8 does. But if not, go into the System Folder and drag all the extensions from the Extensions (Disabled) folder to the Extensions folder, then restart the machine. It would be worth it to make sure nothing is left in the Extensions (Disabled) folder in any case. Any extension change means the machine won't recognize the difference unless it's restarted. Make sure the Chooser is in the Apple Menu Items folder. It's home really isn't critical, but its pathway might be screwed up. After you click on the Chooser and the window opens, wait at least 10 seconds or you notice that its icon at the right on the menu bar across the top is blinking. If it is, previous printing jobs are stuffing up the queue and nothing can get through. But even if it isn't blinking, wait the 10 or 15 seconds it will take to line up the printing queue — if background printing in the Chooser window is turned on. Then click the icon. A window showing a jammed printing-job queue might show up. If so, delete each job, then go back into the Chooser and turn off background printing so it can't happen again. Even if there is no jammed queue, turn background printing off. It's a needless complication. If none of those is the problem, a Chooser bug might have reared its ugly head. Sometimes it forgets everything unless it can show a choice of more than one printer, preferably one with Apple in its name, or a Stylewriter. Regardless, click on a dummy printer icon, then the Epson's and try it again. [/QUOTE]
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