Re: [MAGNet] usb printer not avail. in classic

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From: Roy A. Baril (rbsys@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 07 2002 - 10:54:03 PST


Just curious.... Greg, did you load the classic app while IN OS 10.2? Might
make a difference......

Roy

At 10:43 AM 11/7/2002 -0800, Greg Merritt wrote:

> I have a user with a 10.2 G4 and a Dymo LabelWriter USB thermal
> label printer. Dymo supplies a handy little classic app from which you
> can print labels. It is supposed to work under classic emulation.
>
> On my computer (also a 10.2 G4), it does.
>
> On her computer, it doesn't.
>
> On my machine, after I fire up classic emulation and run the
> little label printing application, I go to the Chooser, click on the Dymo
> icon in the upper left, see the printer appear in the list (list of one)
> on the right, choose it, and go back to may app and print like a happy camper.
>
> On her machine, it doesn't show up in the Chooser, I can't pick
> it, etc. etc.
>
> If I reboot her machine into classic, it works great -- printer
> shows up in Chooser and it works as advertised.
>
> Anybody have any suggestions? My feeling is that X isn't playing
> nice with her Classic, and not arbitrating the USB access
> correctly. (Oh, come to think of it, she does have a USB hub and several
> devices hooked up; I'll try having the Dymo as the only peripheral just
> to make sure...)
>
>Thanks!
>-Greg
>
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