Printer works in 32 bit but not 64 bit?

[choro]

I think you might have meant stationery. But anyway, I can think of at
least two other better ways to do so. *Much* better...

Oh yes, Gene but multi-part stationery can be in all different colors,
say the top white one for the customer, the yellow copy for the
warehouse, the pink copy for I don't know what. So you see, he has a
point there. It is not the same as printing x number of copies or
photocopying the printed master hard copy.

Though some people do get addicted to the buzzzzz... I know 'cause I
liked the buzz on my old Epson 9-pin matrix printer. Somehow it created
an atmosphere of false efficiency like so many bees buzzing at the
entrance to the hive.

Come to think of it, I liked printing text on my old dot-matrix busily
buzzing away but obviously not printing diagrams or photos. Heaven
forbid printing photos on the old dot matrix printers.

But that was ages ago. I left it where it was when I walked out on my ex
around 20 years ago. And now I fancy one as much as I fancy having my ex
back... ;-)--
choro
*****

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Oh yes, Gene but multi-part stationery can be in all different colors,
say the top white one for the customer, the yellow copy for the
warehouse, the pink copy for I don't know what. So you see, he has a
point there. It is not the same as printing x number of copies or
photocopying the printed master hard copy.

Though some people do get addicted to the buzzzzz... I know 'cause I
liked the buzz on my old Epson 9-pin matrix printer. Somehow it created
an atmosphere of false efficiency like so many bees buzzing at the
entrance to the hive.

Come to think of it, I liked printing text on my old dot-matrix busily
buzzing away but obviously not printing diagrams or photos. Heaven
forbid printing photos on the old dot matrix printers.

But that was ages ago. I left it where it was when I walked out on my ex
around 20 years ago. And now I fancy one as much as I fancy having my ex
back... ;-)--
choro
*****

Sounds like you and Peter Jason don't know about daisy wheel printers,
Selectric printers, and chain printers, which are just what pops into my
head without even thinking.

 

[Rene Lamontagne]

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message

Oh yes, Gene but multi-part stationery can be in all different colors,
say the top white one for the customer, the yellow copy for the
warehouse, the pink copy for I don't know what. So you see, he has a
point there. It is not the same as printing x number of copies or
photocopying the printed master hard copy.

Though some people do get addicted to the buzzzzz... I know 'cause I
liked the buzz on my old Epson 9-pin matrix printer. Somehow it created
an atmosphere of false efficiency like so many bees buzzing at the
entrance to the hive.

Come to think of it, I liked printing text on my old dot-matrix busily
buzzing away but obviously not printing diagrams or photos. Heaven
forbid printing photos on the old dot matrix printers.

But that was ages ago. I left it where it was when I walked out on my ex
around 20 years ago. And now I fancy one as much as I fancy having my ex
back... ;-)--
choro
*****

Sounds like you and Peter Jason don't know about daisy wheel printers,
Selectric printers, and chain printers, which are just what pops into my
head without even thinking.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Don't forget the Teletype hammer impact printers! (my first Printer, RO35}
now, they were serious noisemakers. They too used a driver, About a 1/6
horsepower AC motor )

Regards, Rene

 

[charlie]

Canon i250, uses Windows drivers and an add on module from Canon. Works
OK in Win 7 32 bit but not in Win 7 64 bit, here it shows as an
unspecified device in Devices and Printers with no drivers loaded. Have
noticed a few other anomalies between versions but trying to sort one at
a time!

Kenny Cargill

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/suppo...ultifunction/i_series/i250#DriversAndSoftware

Details - Printer Driver Add-On Module Ver.1.10 (Windows 7/7 x64)
ID: 0100226401_EN_4
This software is a module that expands the functionality of the printer
driver for Canon Inkjet printers. Your printer must be installed via
Microsoft Update before you download and use this module. By installing
this software, you can use the printer driver to set up compensation and
processing functions for image data such as photographs.

Perhaps the problem relates to windows update?

 

[charlie]

Sounds like you and Peter Jason don't know about daisy wheel printers,
Selectric printers, and chain printers, which are just what pops into my
head without even thinking.

How about the old Tally line printers with Lord knows how many pins and
a "mo-gator?" that moved the pins back and forth all across the page at
one time. Naturally, they came with either a serial interface, or a
"full" Centronics standard parallel port. We used to use them on now
ancient HP2100 & 2100MX Mini's. "Those were the Days!"

 

[choro]

Sounds like you and Peter Jason don't know about daisy wheel printers,
Selectric printers, and chain printers, which are just what pops into my
head without even thinking.

Maybe I don't. But I thought we were talking about multi-pin (usually 9
pin or 24 pin) printers. I don't think I ever saw a daisy wheel printer
but we did have a daisy wheel typewriter with the golf-ball head in the
Admin Officer's office.

Personally in those days (and I am talking of the early 60s) at work I
used to use the good old Underwoods weighing a ton. Or the big Royals
which were just as heavy but not half a smooth as the Underwoods.

Ah, the good old Underwoods. --
choro
*****

 

[Jeff Layman]

On 04/08/2012 19:51, Jeff Layman wrote:
(snip)

But eppx-win-4_1_0-en.exe isn't available on the Canon UK website. It
is on the US and Australian websites (and many others), but I can't
download it from those sites - no doubt it detects my IP as being in the UK.

I wonder what Canon's logic is for this discrimination?

Many thanks to all for your input. I've now downloaded and installed it
on the laptop, but unfortunately it doesn't work. As soon as I run it I
get an error message: "The operation cannot be continued because a
printer supporting Photo Print is not installed". Everything else
within Easy PhotoPrint appears to run (Album, Stickers, Calendar, etc),
but as soon as "Print" is selected the error message appears.

Well, according to the download site, the iP3000 is listed as being able
to use Photo Print (but maybe not the Win 7 version - see below). I've
uninstalled the printer in Control Panel and reinstalled it (automatic
loading of Windows 7 driver as soon as it is plugged in), but the
program still gives the same error message. Windows Troubleshooter
suggested making it the default printer, but that didn't help.

Out of interest I tried installing the Canon MP610 via "add printer" in
Control Panel. Now I don't have that printer, but apparently I
successfully installed it (virtual USB001 port) as it appears in the
list of printers when I select "print" in any program. But it doesn't
appear in "Devices and Printers" in the Control Panel! Unfortunately, I
still get the same error message with Photo Print.

Just noticed on the iP3000 faq pages
(http://www.canon.co.uk/Support/Cons....aspx?faqtcmuri=tcm:14-687633&page=5&type=faq)
No.42 (FAQ ID: 8200672700) just under the "download" box:

The following software does not support Windows 7.

Easy-PhotoPrint

So what is
http://www.canon-europe.com/Support...x?DLtcmuri=tcm:13-852991&page=1&type=download
all about? According to that, it is "Easy-PhotoPrint EX Ver. 4.1.0
(Windows 7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP)"! Canon seem completely confused, or
at least they've succeeded in confusing me...

Now I have to work out how to uninstall the MP610 when it doesn't appear
in "Devices and printers"!

 

[Jeff Layman]

To make you go out and buy a newer model.

Perhaps, but remember that usually the manufacturers make a loss on the
printer itself - it's the consumables they make they money on.

That's OK. I emailed Canon and

told them I was going to have replace my scanner, but I would not be
considering a Canon one because of their policy of not supporting it
when it reaches adolescence.

I know the feeling...

I find it strange that Canon won't allow you to download from other
countries' web sites. When I first got this 64-bit computer, I
downloaded all the necessary drivers from its US host, since they said
they were compatible. Installed them successfully only to find out they
didn't work.

See my reply to my own post. I really have no idea what Canon are
playing at!

 

[Daniel47]

jbm wrote:

I find it strange that Canon won't allow you to download from other
countries' web sites. When I first got this 64-bit computer, I
downloaded all the necessary drivers from its US host, since they said
they were compatible. Installed them successfully only to find out they
didn't work.

jim

I recently wanted to download about 40 MP3's. Went to amazon.com to use
an account I have there, but as my email address ends in ".au", Amazon
said they couldn't download the tracks to me.

Same with amazon.co.uk, so had to find an Australian site!!
(Bigpondmusic.com.au)

Why??? Don't know!!

Daniel

 

[Robin Bignall]

jbm wrote:



I recently wanted to download about 40 MP3's. Went to amazon.com to use
an account I have there, but as my email address ends in ".au", Amazon
said they couldn't download the tracks to me.

Same with amazon.co.uk, so had to find an Australian site!!
(Bigpondmusic.com.au)

Why??? Don't know!!

It may be due to peculiar and arcane issues with copyright and licensing
between countries. The BBC iplayer won't show BBC programmes in
America, for example.

 

[XS11E]

Sounds like you and Peter Jason don't know about daisy wheel
printers, Selectric printers, and chain printers, which are just
what pops into my head without even thinking.

I don't know about chain printers in desktop size? And I've changed
too many rotate tapes on 1410 systems to consider a Selectric printer.

I'll stick with my laser, thank you, and yes, I do know about the need
for multi copy printing on rare occasions, I believe that's why the
creator has given us Kinko's, etc..

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Choro.

...but we did have a daisy wheel typewriter with the golf-ball head

No. The golf-ball head was on the IBM Selectric typewriter. A daisy wheel
was basically a flat black plastic disk, but with its surface split radially
into many thin strips - which made it remind us of the petals on a daisy
flower. Each "petal" had a single letter - or an uppercase-lowercase pair
of the same letter - on its outer tip. The daisy wheel was produced by
Diablo Data Systems, which was then bought by Xerox.

Like the Selectric, both printed by striking the formed letter onto paper
through a carbon ribbon, although details varied. Both produced beautiful
printed documents. (I never owned a Selectric, but my Diablo 1640 KSR
lasted from 1980 until I reluctantly replaced it after 1990 with laser and
inkjet printers. It weighed a ton and still performed like new!)

Bing/Google and Wikipedia are your friends:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_wheel_printer

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3555.0308) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"choro" wrote in message

Sounds like you and Peter Jason don't know about daisy wheel printers,
Selectric printers, and chain printers, which are just what pops into my
head without even thinking.

Maybe I don't. But I thought we were talking about multi-pin (usually 9
pin or 24 pin) printers. I don't think I ever saw a daisy wheel printer
but we did have a daisy wheel typewriter with the golf-ball head in the
Admin Officer's office.

Personally in those days (and I am talking of the early 60s) at work I
used to use the good old Underwoods weighing a ton. Or the big Royals
which were just as heavy but not half a smooth as the Underwoods.

Ah, the good old Underwoods. --
choro
*****

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

How about the old Tally line printers with Lord knows how many pins and
a "mo-gator?" that moved the pins back and forth all across the page at
one time. Naturally, they came with either a serial interface, or a
"full" Centronics standard parallel port. We used to use them on now
ancient HP2100 & 2100MX Mini's. "Those were the Days!"

And does their print output look as nice as what comes from the ones I
mentioned?

Dot matrix printer output looks very bad to my esthetic sense...Which
was a large part of what I was driving at.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Maybe I don't. But I thought we were talking about multi-pin (usually 9
pin or 24 pin) printers. I don't think I ever saw a daisy wheel printer
but we did have a daisy wheel typewriter with the golf-ball head in the
Admin Officer's office.

Personally in those days (and I am talking of the early 60s) at work I
used to use the good old Underwoods weighing a ton. Or the big Royals
which were just as heavy but not half a smooth as the Underwoods.

Ah, the good old Underwoods. --
choro
*****

To add to R. C. White's comments: we started out talking about
dot-matrix printers, then got to a discussion of which printers could
produce multi-part output, which is when I piped in.

 

[Gene Wirchenko]

Oxymoron, IME.

I still use one for program listings and utility print-outs.

1) Continuous-form listings are much more usable than listings
composed of separate sheets. It is especially so when one is
referring to more than one listing at a time.

2) They are cheap to operate.

You can have my dot matrix printer when ... pry ... cold hands.
(You know the drill.)

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

 

[Gene Wirchenko]

On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:58:36 -0400, charlie wrote:
[snip]

How about the old Tally line printers with Lord knows how many pins and
a "mo-gator?" that moved the pins back and forth all across the page at
one time. Naturally, they came with either a serial interface, or a
"full" Centronics standard parallel port. We used to use them on now
ancient HP2100 & 2100MX Mini's. "Those were the Days!"

My dot-matrix printer has parallel and USB connections.

And does their print output look as nice as what comes from the ones I
mentioned?

Dot matrix printer output looks very bad to my esthetic sense...Which
was a large part of what I was driving at.

YMMV. It depends what you want it for. *My* esthetics wants
listings quick and cheap. A dot-matrix printer is great for that.
Waiting for a beautiful print-out that is going to get tossed in not
too long is a waste of time.

As to the quality of characters, I rarely have trouble reading
dot-matrix output (assuming the ribbon is reasonably dark). On more,
ah, esthetic printer output, with some fonts, the supposedly more
esthetic output is much less readable. In Times New Roman, small RN
can easily be confused with M. e.g. There was a bam as the barn
exploded. Other fonts confuse 1 (one) and l (el) and so on.

I have a Epson Stylus NX215 printer for when I require, ah,
fussier output.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

 

[Peter Jason]

On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:58:36 -0400, charlie wrote:
[snip]

How about the old Tally line printers with Lord knows how many pins and
a "mo-gator?" that moved the pins back and forth all across the page at
one time. Naturally, they came with either a serial interface, or a
"full" Centronics standard parallel port. We used to use them on now
ancient HP2100 & 2100MX Mini's. "Those were the Days!"

My dot-matrix printer has parallel and USB connections.

And does their print output look as nice as what comes from the ones I
mentioned?

Dot matrix printer output looks very bad to my esthetic sense...Which
was a large part of what I was driving at.

YMMV. It depends what you want it for. *My* esthetics wants
listings quick and cheap. A dot-matrix printer is great for that.
Waiting for a beautiful print-out that is going to get tossed in not
too long is a waste of time.

As to the quality of characters, I rarely have trouble reading
dot-matrix output (assuming the ribbon is reasonably dark). On more,
ah, esthetic printer output, with some fonts, the supposedly more
esthetic output is much less readable. In Times New Roman, small RN
can easily be confused with M. e.g. There was a bam as the barn
exploded. Other fonts confuse 1 (one) and l (el) and so on.

I have a Epson Stylus NX215 printer for when I require, ah,
fussier output.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

I have been reduced to feeding my multipart
stationary, one sheet at a time, thru a laser
printer.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:58:36 -0400, charlie wrote:
[snip]

How about the old Tally line printers with Lord knows how many pins and
a "mo-gator?" that moved the pins back and forth all across the page at
one time. Naturally, they came with either a serial interface, or a
"full" Centronics standard parallel port. We used to use them on now
ancient HP2100 & 2100MX Mini's. "Those were the Days!"

My dot-matrix printer has parallel and USB connections.

And does their print output look as nice as what comes from the ones I
mentioned?

Dot matrix printer output looks very bad to my esthetic sense...Which
was a large part of what I was driving at.

YMMV. It depends what you want it for. *My* esthetics wants
listings quick and cheap. A dot-matrix printer is great for that.
Waiting for a beautiful print-out that is going to get tossed in not
too long is a waste of time.

As to the quality of characters, I rarely have trouble reading
dot-matrix output (assuming the ribbon is reasonably dark). On more,
ah, esthetic printer output, with some fonts, the supposedly more
esthetic output is much less readable. In Times New Roman, small RN
can easily be confused with M. e.g. There was a bam as the barn
exploded. Other fonts confuse 1 (one) and l (el) and so on.

I have a Epson Stylus NX215 printer for when I require, ah,
fussier output.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

I have been reduced to feeding my multipart
stationary, one sheet at a time, thru a laser
printer.

Suggestion: if the paper is robust enough[1], put the sheets in the
input paper tray and tell the printer to make n copies.

[1] If it were so you would have done it that way without my advice, no?

 

[Peter Jason]

On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 16:35:37 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"

On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:58:36 -0400, charlie wrote:

[snip]

How about the old Tally line printers with Lord knows how many pins and
a "mo-gator?" that moved the pins back and forth all across the page at
one time. Naturally, they came with either a serial interface, or a
"full" Centronics standard parallel port. We used to use them on now
ancient HP2100 & 2100MX Mini's. "Those were the Days!"

My dot-matrix printer has parallel and USB connections.

And does their print output look as nice as what comes from the ones I
mentioned?

Dot matrix printer output looks very bad to my esthetic sense...Which
was a large part of what I was driving at.

YMMV. It depends what you want it for. *My* esthetics wants
listings quick and cheap. A dot-matrix printer is great for that.
Waiting for a beautiful print-out that is going to get tossed in not
too long is a waste of time.

As to the quality of characters, I rarely have trouble reading
dot-matrix output (assuming the ribbon is reasonably dark). On more,
ah, esthetic printer output, with some fonts, the supposedly more
esthetic output is much less readable. In Times New Roman, small RN
can easily be confused with M. e.g. There was a bam as the barn
exploded. Other fonts confuse 1 (one) and l (el) and so on.

I have a Epson Stylus NX215 printer for when I require, ah,
fussier output.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

I have been reduced to feeding my multipart
stationary, one sheet at a time, thru a laser
printer.

Suggestion: if the paper is robust enough[1], put the sheets in the
input paper tray and tell the printer to make n copies.

[1] If it were so you would have done it that way without my advice, no?

Yes, I have done this, but only after laboriously
separating the paper sheets. Lucky I have Access
because this allows infinite report design.