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TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
Did you found the "Mopier Mode" Setting? THIS is getting WAY out of hand!!! I SHOULDN'T have to go through all of this nonsense!!! In fact I REFUSE!!! I AM NOT A PROGRAMMER!!! I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER GETTING INTO HARDWARE TO GET AWAY FROM PROGRAMMING OR ANYTHING LIKE PROGRAMMING!!! I HATE SOFTWARE!!! I only install it... ;-) :-) I'm done FRAKKING AROUND with DEFECTIVE MS SOFTWARE AND DRIVERS!!! It SHOULD be up to HP and MS to make sure that the damned driver works!!! NOT ME!!! I'm NOT adjusting, NOR hunting for anymore settings... Dad will have to either print one copy from the HP LaserJet 4000TN and take it to the Brother and make X copies, OR set the Brother as Default... THIS IS BEYOND RIDICULOUS!!! STUPID MICKEYSLOTH SOFTWARE!!! :-( TL P.S. BilBg, the RANT above is NOT aimed at you. Thank you for trying; but I'M TOO FRUSTRATED WITH LACK OF CUSTOMER SUPPORT FOR MS OR ANY OTHER SOFTWARE ON THE MARKET!!! THEY ALL SUCK IN SOME FASHION!!! If it weren't for my LIMITED IT hardware skills; the HP Envy Desktop system would still be in it's factory sealed packaging! Dad DOES NOT do hardware; NOR software... He can BARELY use a computer; if he had his way, he'd still have a typewriter!!! TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos |
TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
...AND, I REALLY HOPE someone from MICKESLOTH reads my last post!!! I know I'm NOT alone with these thoughts!!! If they'd PAY their Q&A people better, I'm sure they'd find and correct these errors BEFORE the OS and Drivers are released!!! At LEAST Apple Q&A makes sure their hardware works out of the box!!! Their software on the other hand DOES have occasional issues; BUT NOTHING like MICKEYSLOTH!!! Unfortunately, the last MAC I had extensive knowledge on was my 1996 MAC Clone from Power Computing. (A 604/132 with 96 MB RAM, and a Quantum Atlas F&W SCSI HD 4.3 GB... MAC OS 7.5.2; upgraded over time to 8.6.1, the MAX that the system could get up to...) I NEVER had issues with my MAC like I've seen over the years with MICKEYSLOTH!!! OH, and I've TRIED and TRIED, and TRIED SOME MORE to understand Linux... SORRY, that's worse than MS DOS with its command line structure WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE UNDERSTOOD to maintain your system under various Linux flavors. I've tried Slackware, I've tried Red Hat, I've tried Ubuntu 6.x 7.x 12.04, and FINALLY 14.04... NONE of it is simple enough for the average "Joe" to work with!!! PLUS, without heavy configuration and modification, (to Wine or through 30 Command Lines), NO PC Software will run properly under Linux. If Linux doesn't have it's own version of what your looking for, YOUR SCREWED!!! AND NO PC GAMES run native in Linux!!! So ML-1 for all your Linux knowledge, (which is plentiful), Linux SUCKS TOO!!!! TL TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos |
BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0 |
Dad DOES NOT do hardware; NOR software... He can BARELY use a computer; if he had his way, he'd still have a typewriter!!! Well, typewriter is still a Technology despite mechanical ... I wonder what our grand grandfathers said in the old days ;) Maybe "Kick that stupid noisy typewriter, it gives me a headache! I will stick to my good ol' pencil" Â - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :) Â |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31071 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
TL, I have that issue with two different HP printers on Win 7. Also it ignores the print double sided. However if I uncheck the "collated" box it mostly seems to behave. IIRC it is checked by default. I think the error is HP's not M$'s. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11421 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
If it weren't for my LIMITED IT hardware skills; the HP Envy Desktop system would still be in it's factory sealed packaging! Dad DOES NOT do hardware; NOR software... He can BARELY use a computer; if he had his way, he'd still have a typewriter!!! The IBM Selectric typewriter has the best keyboard I've ever used. |
Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
I have a LJ4000N, 8100DN, and DesignJet 600 (E/A0). All three have JetDirect cards. All used from win7, so I can't speak for 10, but.. I have noticed that setting the defaults for the printers can be a bit... grumpy sometimes (taking 2 or 3 tries for changes/settings to actually stick). I can't decide if you always want 3 copies for everything you print on the 4000TN, or just for some things. If you always want 3 copies.. go to the printer itself and go through the menus on it and change the printer itself to print 3 copies for every sheet. It's not a perfect solution, but that will do the trick. Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
BilBg and Gary, OK - Went back to the driver, checked for whatever Mopier is, (GOD, is that even in the Oxford English Dictionary???), found it; found it WAS Enabled, Disabled it, went to Advanced, checked Collate, found it was greyed out and unchecked... Hit Apply to save my settings, then hit OK to MAKE SURE that MS Win 10 TRULY understands what I want done, then went back into Word. In Word I typed "Test 3", then went to File --> Print, changed the number of copies to 2, and hit Print. FINALLY, JUSTICE, IT WORKS!!!!! Two copies printed to the HP LaserJet 4000TN. Going back to MS RANT MODE!!! SHOULDN'T some QA Engineer at MS have known about this??? Shouldn't he/she set Mopier, (I still don't think that's a real word), to Disabled by Default??? Shouldn't HP have tested this in Win 10 Home AND Pro??? Shouldn't they have set Mopier to Disabled for MS...???... WHY do I have to know these things??? OMG, so tired of having to know these things... I NEVER wanted to have to know these things... I CHOSE to get into MS MCSE NT4 Server and Workstation BECAUSE of how difficult MS is to deal with. I NEVER took the Certification Tests; I just took the classes to get the knowledge to run a Network "Properly"... Then NT4 fell by the wayside, "Me" emerged, 2000, XP - (which IS still an EXCELLENT OS), Vista, 7, 8.x, and now 10... Of these, XP Pro x64 is my favorite, then Win Vista SP-2 - (DESPITE the negative hype about Vista, I never had problems with my SP-2 Laptop), then 7 Pro and now 10 Pro with O&O Security installed... I've built MANY PCs in my day, hardware is my joy... It's just lately all the Driver and OS changes drive me BATTY!!! Thanks everyone for listening/reading... Thanks for the continued support and friendship. No man stands alone, though it may seem so at times. Just wish things could be easier. :-) TL TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos |
BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0 |
Dad DOES NOT do hardware; NOR software... He can BARELY use a computer; if he had his way, he'd still have a typewriter!!! And what our grandchildren will say to us in not too distant future ;) -- Hey, grandpa, you call that big thing on the table "a computer"?? Everyone knows that computer is what you connect directly to your brain. Mine is implanted in my body since I was born. But I think I want a new implant, it's very cool... The new model from B-Soft BrainSwarm™ connects you to the BrainCloud® and you can see and feel and share all you do to 1000's of brains non-stop It's very cool and it's beyond me why you old people don't want it...   - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)  |
TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
If it weren't for my LIMITED IT hardware skills; the HP Envy Desktop system would still be in it's factory sealed packaging! Dad DOES NOT do hardware; NOR software... He can BARELY use a computer; if he had his way, he'd still have a typewriter!!! Betreger, My mom had a Selectric at work, and one at home. I too, used the one at home in High School for reports and such. I agree, that was the BEST typewriter I've EVER used. :-) I NEVER did, and still don't, type fast. In HS I was maxed out at 24 wpm, and have slowly increased that to currently being at 36 wpm. I get by... (I'll NEVER be an Administrative Assistant at that slow speed, that's for sure!!!) TL TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I have printed all UNIX System 3 Manuals on an Olivetti dotmatrix printer with 24 pins which was a prototype. When one of the pins broke, the Olivetti technician who came to repair it said he had not the spare printhead. He then extracted partially the 24 pins and changed the broken one, sweating for the tension. I since have used a Honeywell dotmatrix printer, at least 3 HP Deskjet printers and a Canon PIXMA MX395. My latest HP printer, Envy 4500, is connected via WiFI to a Windows 10 PC and a HP laptop with SuSE Linux 13.2. The Canon is connected to a SUN WS with SuSE Linux 13.1 but I was not able to use it as a scanner, while the HP 4500 works also as a scanner but only on the Linux laptop, the Windows 10 PC does not recognize it as a scanner. I like to print things, also photos of my grandchildren Tullio The greatest problem of new printers is the lack of documentation. Once, when you bought a printer, you would get a proper manual. Now you get only an installation sheet in many languages. If you want a manual, you have to go and find it out on the Net. But if the printer is not working, you cannot print it. I like printed manuals. |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Timelord your rant was entertaining heheheheehe A lot of people have been saying Don't upgrade to win 10 N.S.A You can always go back to win 7 mate :-) ops better not that also is a big headache . I always wait at least 18 moths before I even think of upgrading the op for the very reasons and problems you and others have mentioned Good you got it sorted then , Now you can relax until , ring ,ring , "son I'm having problems again can you pop over and have a look " :-) |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I had another Windows 10 update today. Before rebooting I suspend all BOINC projects, while the CERN Challenge 2015 is still running and I will reboot it manually after restart. I am using Windows 10 as a Virtual Box platform, with VBox 5.0.10 and BOINC 7.6.9. All CERN projects and a CPDN task run fine. Tullio |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31071 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
If it weren't for my LIMITED IT hardware skills; the HP Envy Desktop system would still be in it's factory sealed packaging! Dad DOES NOT do hardware; NOR software... He can BARELY use a computer; if he had his way, he'd still have a typewriter!!! The Selectric keyboard is very nice, but the best I ever used was on a IBM 029 keypunch. Both of them have the great tactile feedback, but the Selectric mechanical driven is just a bit spongy compared to the solenoid action on the 029. (Damn cherry switches suck!) |
Raistmer Send message Joined: 16 Jun 01 Posts: 6325 Credit: 106,370,077 RAC: 121 |
Dad DOES NOT do hardware; NOR software... He can BARELY use a computer; if he had his way, he'd still have a typewriter!!! Lol, and this will be last semi-sentient human generation on Earth. Cause newly developed neural virus will make them vegetables :) |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51492 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I have a nice German manual typewriter I have had since my youth. I suspect if the world goes down, I shall have to use it. But, of course, then the mail would go down as well. Meowsigh. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
welcome back . meow :-) |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Dad DOES NOT do hardware; NOR software... He can BARELY use a computer; if he had his way, he'd still have a typewriter!!! We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. There was also an episode of SG-1 where everyone's brains were wired into the central computer. Whenever somebody got uppity (questioning the authority of the computer or whatever information it gave them), it would order somebody to kill that person and then modify the memories of everyone else so that the person had effectively never existed. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0 |
Dad DOES NOT do hardware; NOR software... He can BARELY use a computer; if he had his way, he'd still have a typewriter!!! When I typed that I didn't used any sources - I was thinking of Windows 10, Facebook, Android, the newest mini-micro-flat-portable-touchable things and the way teenagers are eager to make "friends" online ... I just coined names B-Soft BrainSwarm™ BrainCloud® But now when you say "an episode of SG-1" have similar plot I asked myself: am I the first to "invent" these ™ and ® The funny thing is - They Already Exist! http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22B-Soft%22 http://www.fastcompany.com/3014839/leadership-now/shelter-from-the-storm-why-brainswarming-is-the-future-of-collaboration https://hbr.org/video/3373616535001/brainswarming-because-brainstorming-doesnt-work http://braincloud.jhmi.edu/ http://getbraincloud.com/  - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)  |
Jeff Buck Send message Joined: 11 Feb 00 Posts: 1441 Credit: 148,764,870 RAC: 0 |
Gee, when it comes to "brain cloud", I think Joe Versus the Volcano got the jump on everybody, 25 years ago! Dr. Ellison (Robert Stack) diagnoses an incurable disease called a "brain cloud" which has no symptoms, but will kill Joe within five or six months. |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
here it comes, if you want it or not... Microsoft sets stage for massive Windows 10 upgrade strategy Microsoft has been preparing Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs for a more aggressive Windows 10 upgrade strategy that the company will kick off shortly, according to the developer of a tool that blocks such upgrades. Happy hunting! |
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