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Yeah I'm starting to use the burner as the main drive now. But it's still nice to have two, especially for duplicating CDs. But I guess making disc images of CDs won't hurt, just be a bit tedious.

..... what's the difference between disc and disk??

If I could turn down the laser, that would be awesome. But that's just crazy sci-fi nonsense. Wait a minute.... sci-fi? ... nonsense?? ... maybe I can use it as a phaser. Yes! I'll use it to shoot the printer.



Driver update... why didn't I think of that! I'll check that out, thanks!

Yes, I'm using the Apple print dialogue.


I highly doubt it's faster at reading, though. Because of USB 1.1, the burner is limited to 4x, or at least that's what I think. I could be wrong, but it deffinetly doesn't go to its max.

So, if I'm right, the internal one is faster... or just about the same.

Last edited by RoboCop001 (2005-08-13 10:23 pm)

i forgot the drive and the cd-rom drive connect on the same wire. also cd-rom and hard-drive in the same enclosure maybe the drive come hot. usually your heard the drive do some noise that usuall= maybe a new drive require. check all this stuff

Robo, have you tried replacing the proprietary software with Gimp Print?  I found that helpful before moving to new PowerBook G4.

But, some printers, particularly all-in-ones, just take a long time to warm up.  My Epson whirs for at least a couple minutes when first turned on or if it has been on, but not in use.

Keep it on.  It won't hurt it.  I actually find that the ink lasts longer too, as for some strange reason, turning on a printer eats ink.

Gimp Print is already installed on your computer.  To set it up, just go to add the printer driver in the Printer Setup Utility.  In the Print Using drop down menu, the driver using Gimp-Print are labeled "Gimp Print".  Just select the appropriate one.

I just checked the compatability list, and my printer doesn't show up anywhere. It's not even on the list of "These printers work with the drivers from these printers". The closest one said "Operational" and not "Fully Operational" anyway, so I won't install Gimp-Print.

I actually didn't install Gimp-Print in the beginning because I thought I'd never use it. And to save space.... as well as other printer drivers other than EPSON. But anyway.



Ok.... now my evil HP PSC 1315xi won't even print. Damn you updated HP driver. What the hell.

When I try to print, it says the print jobs are stopped. I start them, and then the HP's equivelant to Printer Setup Utility thingy launches. First it shows a little document on the Dock's printer icon, which is normal and says there's a document printing. Then it shows a red exclamation mark. So I click on the icon, and click on Start Jobs. It says "Opening Printer Connection" and then it says that the jobs are stopped again.

Printing out a Test Page works, but printing from any other application other than HPs utility thing doesn't work.

So I've reinstalled the software to the original driver. It works now, but it still pauses in mid-print. It doesn't take too long to start printing, though.

But it still pauses, even for a small TextEdit document.

In answer to your easiest question [] :
Disc is a circular thing, disk is an infomation storage devvice. But you can usually use either because HD's use discs too. I think 'disk' looks nicer. Use that.