By day, Tony Butka is a bureaucrat for Los Angeles County. In his other life he lives in a loft surrounded by computers, printers, and a host of vinyl records. Tony served for several years on SCOUG's board of directors, then took a "break" to lead its General Interest Group, and now he's both GIG leader and SCOUG's president. Oh, and he writes a monthly column on printing and scanning under OS/2 called Ink.

• Advanced Partitioning
  Oh my. Here's a tale of successfully putting OS/2 Boot Manager, eCS, Windows XP, and Linux all on the same system. (8/8/2006)

• President's Message - June 2006
  So what's with OS/2? How long do we stick with it? And where do we go from here? (6/16/2006)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - June 2006
  After a short break from writing, Tony catches us up on some printing and scanning happenings. (6/14/2006)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Dec 2005
  Tony has recommendations for inexpensive laser printers and thoughts on OpenOffice 1.1.5. Happy Holidays, everybody! (12/16/2005)

• President's Message - Oct 2005
  Tony gives his impressions of SCOUG's October 2005 meeting. (10/28/2005)

• President's Message - Oct 2004
  Tony likes eCS 1.2. (10/22/2004)

• President's Message - Aug 2004
  Thinking ahead, Tony presents some suggestions for presentations at future SCOUG meetings. (8/27/2004)

• President's Message - July 2004
  Tony likes WarpVision, Z! for OS/2. (6/25/2004)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - June 2004
  Tony continues with OpenOffice 1.1.1 from Innotek/eCS. This month he talks about installation and a comparison with Microsoft Office. (6/9/2004)

• President's Message - May 2004
  Tricks with the Innotek Runtime (try it yourself, please!), Help on the Programming Front - Tony is Excited! (4/28/2004)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - April 2004
  OpenOffice for word processing has Tony jazzed. And this is still the beta... (4/7/2004)

• President's Message - February 2004
  A new meeting location, a new web machine, projects for the Programming SIG - Tony has lots of news! (2/27/2004)

• President's Message - January 2004
  Tony looks to open source for encouragement about the state of operating systems in general and OS/2 in particular. (1/26/2004)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Nov 2003
  Tony reports that a variety of new printers can be successfully used with OS/2. (11/13/2003)

• Installing and Running Firebird, Thunderbird, and Mozilla under OS/2
  Want to start using Firebird or Thunderbird but you just haven't because...? Wait no longer. This article provides some details and encouragement to get you over the hump. It's not hard. (10/16/2003)

• President's Message - October 2003
  Tony's presentation of Mozilla at our September meeting has revitalized his enthusiasm for OS/2. (10/14/2003)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Sept 2003
  Tony returns to PMView 3.01 and explains how he recently made good use of the program's multi-tiered conversion process for a huge number of images. Pick the files, select the conversion options, and let it do all the work in the background. (9/5/2003)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - July 2003
  The new release of PMView has Tony jumping for joy. He explains his favorite improvements to this multi-platform image program. (7/9/2003)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - June 2003
  Tony covers a variety of topics this month - Innotek Acrobat Reader, PMView, Canon bubblejets, and ink for Epson C80s. (6/9/2003)

• President's Message - June 2003
  eComStation Entry Edition 1.1 is Tony's focus this month. (5/29/2003)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - May 2003
  Tony follows up on some specific printer driver issues he left unanswered last month. He also can't resist talking about the new version of GhostView. (5/7/2003)

• President's Message - May 2003
  Tony was inspired by our April presenter! Get Guiffy, go Java and open source, and save the computing world! Well, along those lines anyway. (4/22/2003)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - April 2003
  Tony catches up on several topics, with a lot of emphasis on printer drivers. And he's looking for feedback on some of his suggestions. (4/10/2003)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - March 2003
  Ah, two of Tony's favorite app's, GhostView and GhostScript, are on the agenda this month. He's got good news and information. (3/10/2003)

• President's Message - Dec 2002 - Jan 2003
  Happy Holiday Wishes from SCOUG's President! (12/24/2002)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Dec 2002
  An image on your computer screen is almost never the same when it is printed. Tony discusses the nuances of screen colors vs printer colors to explain why. (12/9/2002)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Nov 2002
  Concluding his focus on the Epson C80 printer, Tony talks about the pigmented ink it uses and specialty papers. (11/8/2002)

• President's Message - Nov 2002
  Some very neat new installation and upgrade tools are available for our trusty 'old' operating system. (10/29/2002)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Oct 2002
  Continuing with the new Epson C-80 printer he raved about last month, Tony has done some comparison printing. You'll want to read about his results. (10/14/2002)

• President's Message - Oct 2002
  Tony grouses about the modem problems we had at last month's meeting... which put him in mind of other hardware problems he's been fighting... and how, all-in-all, OS/2 is such a great operating system choice. (10/3/2002)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Sept 2002
  Tony has just started playing with his new Epson C-80 printer. You know he can't wait to tell us all about it! (9/13/2002)

• President's Message - Sept 2002
  What's your OS/2 version? Tony wants to know. You can tell him at the Sept meeting as you chow down on pizza. (9/9/2002)

• President's Message - July 2002
  OS/2 could be a good alternative for a number of folks. Recently Tony made the pitch to a BeOS user considering other options. (7/1/2002)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - June 2002
  Tony spells out what new printers are supported for OS/2 with the IBM Omni, Postscript, and Laserjet printer drivers. It's quite a long list. (6/7/2002)

• President's Message - June 2002
  OS/2 is humming along and Tony is so happy about his recent experiences. He contrasts that with other operating system realities. (6/6/2002)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - May 2002
  Where to get printer drivers for Lexmark and Epson printers is the focus of Ink this month. (5/9/2002)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - April 2002
  The latest GhostView, some Epson driver problems, and an inexpensive new Lexmark model fill out this month's Ink column. (4/9/2002)

• President's Message - April 2002
  Elections and great presentations - Tony covers the events of SCOUG's March general meeting. (3/18/2002)

• Elections, Elections
  Wow - time flies when you're having fun, doesn't it?! Have you thought about the elections coming in March? (2/12/2002)

• President's Message - Feb 2002
  Tony was definitely jazzed by the stimulating presentations two of our members put on last month. It's super when folks share their favorite applications and tricks with the rest of us. (2/1/2002)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Jan 2002
  Did you know that Lexmark has a set of firmware updates for their Optra Color 40 and 45 series of color inkjet printers? That's just one good reason to read Ink this month! (1/9/2002)

• President's Message - Jan 2002
  Our December meeting was a good ending to the year. (1/8/2002)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Dec 2001
  Got images? Of course you want to print them. Starting with an image file and ending with the picture on paper, this month's Ink gives you an overview of what to do. (12/10/2001)

• President's Message - Dec 2001
  Meeting topics, past and future, are on Tony's mind. (12/10/2001)

• A Sneak Preview of the Virtual PC
  At our Nov. 2001 meeting, Kim Cheung of Serenity Systems gave us a taste of the future, and it is interesting indeed. The idea behind a virtual PC is simple - create an assumed hardware platform and then have various operating systems run on that assumed profile. (12/5/2001)

• DFSee - A Tutorial for OS/2 Users
  DFSee is an FDISK-like display, analysis and recovery tool that OS/2 users (and others) find immensely powerful. This tutorial shows you how really easy it is to use. (11/9/2001)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Nov 2001
  Why won't my scanner work under OS/2? Tony's advice is to do your research before you buy - and only buy what you know in advance will work. This month's Ink spells it out for you. (11/1/2001)

• President's Message - Nov 2001
  Tony is pleased at how our anniversary meeting went last month. Who would have thought that installations of OS/2 could be so invigorating? (10/29/2001)

• President's Message - Oct 2001
  We had a lot planned for our September meeting, and it has all been shifted to October. Tony explains why he thinks you should be sure and come. (10/10/2001)

• SCOUG and Warpstock 2001
  To participate in Warpstock 2001, SCOUG sent a special gift for each attendee. Our club president explains it. (9/27/2001)

• Junk Spy Version 2.0
  Tony Butka gave Junk Spy a thumbs up when he reviewed the first release last year. Now he updates his review for version 2.0, and tells you all the more reasons he has to like it. (9/18/2001)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Sept 2001
  Epson, Epson, Epson. What to look for, what to consider when you choose a color inkjet printer. (9/5/2001)

• President's Message - Sept 2001
  President Tony is feeling a wee bit guilty that he hasn't put more effort into working with Odin converted apps. He promises to do better... right after our big anniversary celebration next month. (8/30/2001)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Aug 2001
  Postscript printer drivers, postscript printer objects, postcript file objects - recognize a theme here? Tony has postscript on his mind. (8/9/2001)

• President's Message - August 2001
  Like coordinating things and talking to people? SCOUG's program chairman, Mark Abramowitz, has retired, so there's a job opening for the right volunteer. Not to mention a big Thanks! to Mark for his years of service to the club. (7/31/2001)

• Making GhostView Work With Netscape
  The combination of Russell Lang's GhostView front end and GhostScript for OS/2 version 7 makes a handy dandy pdf viewer for Netscape. This tip tells you how to set it up. (7/30/2001)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - July 2001
  The new versions of GhostView and GhostScript have Tony gushing with enthusiasm. (7/16/2001)

• President's Message - July 2001
  Tony updates us on SCOUG's currect events. (6/30/2001)

• President's Message - June 2001
  Tony's President's Message for June got lost in cyberspace and arrived quite late... (6/10/2001)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - June 2001
  This month Tony rails against inkjet cartridge manufacturers who make tiny (but significant) changes between models. He also discusses word processors and recommends the recent OS/2 eZine articles on Lotus Smart Suite 1.6. (6/6/2001)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - May 2001
  Interested in refilling the color cartridges for your Lexmark printer? Tony relays his experiences. (5/4/2001)

• President's Message - May 2001
  SCOUG's new president, Tony Butka, is starting to get into the swing of things. (5/1/2001)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - April 2001
  Printing and scanning on OS/2 is Tony Butka's passion, and each month he shares information, ideas, and tips. The new PMView 2000 has Tony going wild again. (4/12/2001)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - March 2001
  Printing and scanning on OS/2 is Tony Butka's passion, and each month he shares information, ideas, and tips. Refilled Lexmark cartridges and the Xerox DocuPrint C20 printer top his topics this time. (3/15/2001)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - January 2001
  Printing and scanning on OS/2 is Tony Butka's passion, and each month he shares information, ideas, and tips. He's finally tried refilling his own printer ink cartridges, with success! Read all about it. (1/9/2001)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - December 2000
  Printing and scanning on OS/2 is Tony Butka's passion, and each month he shares information, ideas, and tips. Refilled ink cartridges for Lexmark printers is Tony's focus this month. (12/20/2000)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - November 2000
  Printing and scanning on OS/2 is Tony Butka's passion, and each month he shares information, ideas, and tips. This month it's printed doc's for PMView and archival issues with some Epsons. (11/6/2000)

• Partition Magic 5.0 / 5.01 & OS/2
  For anyone with more than one operating system on their PC, this new version of Partition Magic is a winner. This review by Tony Butka tells you why you'll want it. (9/17/2000)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - September 2000
  What does it really cost you to print in color? Tony uses a real situation to compare printing with color copying costs (and tells you a little bit about himself in the process). (9/11/2000)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - August 2000
  It's a little of this and a little of that this month in Ink... catch up on GhostView, for one thing. (8/8/2000)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - July 2000
  Tony has exciting news about new Lexmark and Epson printers. (7/10/2000)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - May 2000
  Tony gives a detailed look at the updated GhostScript and GhostView tools for using PDF files on OS/2. (5/17/2000)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - April 2000
  Tony addresses the issue of slow printer speed with the Lexmark Optra 40. And more, of course. (4/9/2000)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - March 2000
  Tony has news of a great printer deal and a whole lot more this month. As always, lots of info and an easy read. (3/7/2000)

• Junk Spy 1.0 from Sundial Systems
  Junk Spy from Sundial Systems is a new junk mail filtering program for your e-mail account(s). But to say that Junk Spy is simply a junk mail filter really is to shortchange the program. This program is both a godsend and revenge on the junk mailers. (2/11/2000)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Feb 2000
  The new version of PMView has Tony really jazzed. And, Lotus has an upgrade out for SmartSuite for OS/2. (2/9/2000)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Jan 2000
  Tony completes the description of creating his own printed software manuals that he started last month, and recommends some web sites for printer and scanner information. (1/5/2000)

• Partition Magic 4.0, Revisited
  Partition Magic Version 4.0 can work for OS/2 users, as Tony explains. He has a lot a useful advice to offer about it. (12/13/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Dec 1999
  Even though the trend in software these days is to on-line documentation, Tony prefers printed manuals. So, he tells us how he takes an on-line help file and turns it into an easily readable printed document. (This is part 1 of 2.) (12/10/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Nov 1999
  With the holidays quickly approaching, Tony turns his attention to printers, scanners, and software an OS/2 user might appreciate. (11/16/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Oct 1999
  Tony discusses Photo-Graphics and other topical issues this month. (10/3/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Sept 1999
  Tony is interested in Maul Publisher. (8/31/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Aug 1999
  Tony covers a lot of ground in his column this month. (7/31/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - July 1999
  Reinstalling printer drivers isn't hard, just maybe a little tedious. Refurbished printers are also on Tony's mind. (7/4/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - May 1999
  SCSI Twain device drivers for OS/2 - historically a problem, but now there's a good solution: PMSANE. (4/30/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - April 1999
  Tony has information on a good scanner - driver combo as part of this month's column. (4/1/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - March 1999
  Tony has fallen in love with Aladdin GhostView, a freeware product that - among other things - turns postscript into pdf files. (3/1/1999)

• Partition Magic 4.0 Upgrade
  As an OS/2 user, Tony is not happy with PowerQuest's decision to stop supporting OS/2 with version 4.0 of Partition Magic. He explains the grief this caused him trying to upgrade from the version 3 he had installed on an HPFS partition. But he goes on to look at version 4.0's new features after installing under a supported operating system. (3/1/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Feb 1999
  Driver issues - problems and possible resolutions - are the main focus of this month's column. (2/1/1999)

• Reasons to Use OS/2
  Tony shares his top ten reasons for using the best operating system in the world. What are yours? (2/1/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Jan 1999
  The discussion this month includes Lexmark printers and Twain drivers for OS/2. (1/1/1999)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Dec 1998
  This month Tony talks about ink and paper life, among other things. (12/1/1998)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Nov 1998
  How does the Lexmark Optra 40 Color Inkjet printer really stack up? (11/1/1998)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform - Oct 1998
  Tony starts looking at the new Lexmark Optra 40 Inkjet printer. (10/1/1998)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform
  This month Tony concentrates on color printing - what you can realistically expect to do, and what you'll pay for the privilege. (8/1/1998)

• Ink - Printing and Scanning on the OS/2 Platform
  This is the first of many columns on scanning, printing, and graphics with OS/2. (7/1/1998)

• Drive Image 2.0
  Drive Image is a utility from PowerQuest that will make an image of any partition on your system, and move it to whatever device you want to send the image to. Tony gives version 2.0 a big thumbs up. (7/1/1998)

• Confessions of a Newbie Scanner Freak
  (12/1/1997)

• Epson Color Stylus 600 & Lexmark 3000 Color JetPrinter
  (10/1/1997)

• Post Road News Reader
  This review found some nice features in InnoVal's News Reader Version 1.1. (8/1/1996)

• Clearlook 1.1 - A Review
  The reviewer likes Clearlook version 1.1 very much. It's not a full-blown desktop publishing package, but rather a small fast word processor that meets most of his needs. (6/1/1995)