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Date:	Fri, 12 Nov 2004 20:12:44 PST8
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: The Flying Dutchman, etc.

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Fellow SCOUG members,
I bought a refurbished Canon i860 printer today, to replace my Epson
C82. I need some help to get it set up properly.

My PC has Win2K Pro, OS/2 Warp 4 FP12, and eCS 1.1 installed on it. The
printer is installed and tested on Win2K. I printed a PDF file there.

On eCS, I have tried a few times to get a printer object that works
well. My last try seems to be "sort of OK". I read on comp.os.os2.misc
that the Canon i550, i850, i950, and their successors, i560, i860, and
i960 work well with the OMNI driver. I picked one of the Canon printers
- a "BJC 7004 Photo".

The only way I could successfully create a new printer object was by
using the Templates icon on my desktop. I did a Shift + Drag-and-Drop to
put a Printer template on my desktop, and when I say to "Create", I do
not see the new printer object on the Desktop, but I still see the
"Printer" template.

When I print, the properties show 600 x 600 DPI resolution. The text
printed OK, but the graphic at the top of the page looks as if it has
numerous squares with white space in between. (There is a 600 x 300 and
a Group 3 choice in Properties, too. I tried Group 3, and see no
difference.) On Win2K, the graphic is much sharper, with color squares
visible where the color is light blue or orange, but no white space showing.

All of the times I've attempted to set up a printer show up in the Print
Dialog of Acrobat. I have i860 (my best version up to now), Canon i860c,
Canon i860 (twice!), and Canon i-860. I'd like to get rid of those other
tries.

I'd like to get my Desktop looking right, with one printer object on it.
Right now, all of those "printers" are invisible. I don't have a Printer
Object I could drag and drop onto.

And, of course, I'd like to get the printer set up properly. If anyone
has some clues for me, I'd appreciate the help.

I obviously need to install a new printer every few weeks, so that I
stay in practice for this activity!
Thanks,
Colin

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