I couldn't get this printer to print using the Samsung drivers. So I then used the Xerox Phaser 6100 drivers, which is the same printer, and they worked fine.
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I couldn't get this printer to print using the Samsung drivers. So I then used the Xerox Phaser 6100 drivers, which is the same printer, and they worked fine.
When installing the copy of Mac OS X that is shipped with newer machines, the "Mac OS X Setup Assistant" lets you copy your user accounts and installed applications from your old Mac to the new one. Though Apple does not advertise it, this feature also works with cloned systems on external hard disks. This can be useful if you don't own an old Mac and want to install from scratch -- just clone your installation, then re-run the installer on your Mac.
Another cool thing is that it works with both FireWire and USB devices, which Apple doesn't promote either.
I think that most of you know the situation: You want to install OS X on an old iMac G3. If you don't update its firmware before the installation, your iMac won't display anything on the screen any more. I had this issue in the past when I didn't know about that requirement. On some models, you get at least a very(!) dark screen, but most will just stay completeley black. Once I even had one which was dark pink. In the past, I used different tricks to revive the dead iMac:
I had a faulty internal SATA hard disk (thanks S.M.A.R.T. for alerting me on time!) in my G5, so I decided to add a second internal hard disk and install MacOS X 10.3 anew -- not choosing to use Carbon Copy Cloner because I wanted a 'clean' slate, and at the same time, copy some important data from the source disk. When I booted from the Install disc (Panther), I got the dreaded multilingual message stating I should restart the Mac. Even when I hooked up my trusted rescue 20GB Firewire hard disk, I got the same error!
Luckily, I remembered I had installed the nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra video card, so I decided to put the G5 in target disk mode (boot holding the T key down) and attach it to my portable with a Firewire cable. Install MacOS X 10.3 on the portable, but select the hard disk that resides in the G5 as the target. Don't forget to update this new Panther volume to 10.3.7, or upon booting the G5, it will still halt. Of course, you could also fabricate your own "MacOS X 10.3.7" install disk, but this was faster. 10.2, Samsung SCX-4100 and D-Link printer setup
Jan 04, '05 07:50:00AM • Contributed by: silentseven
I was trying to get Mac OSX.2 printing via a wireless network to a D-Link wireless print server (DP-311P) that's connected to a Samsung SCX-4100 multifunction printer. I tried using ghostscript and cups with miscellaneous Samsung foomatic filters (none matching the 4100) with no luck. I was trying to do all configuration via CUPS and not via Print Center. I was finally able to get this to work via the following steps:
BTW, this only works for printing. If you want to set up the scanner functions, I think you have to be cabled via USB. I don't need that function, so I didn't mess with it.
I would imagine that most people know that Apple introduced support for the Verizon Wireless 3G card in Mac OS X 10.3.5. What most people don't know is that the Sierra Wireless AirCard 580 used by Telecom in New Zealand (and by Sprint in the USA) is the same card. The only reason that Mac OS X does not recognise it is because the Vendor ID is different than the Verizon card.
To fix this, all we have to do is edit the XML text file inside the appropriate kernel extension. Once this is done, your PowerBook will recognise the card and you will be enjoying 3G speeds (415kps from the NZ test site) in no time at all -- as long as you are in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch at the moment. Read the rest for the how-to... Remotely kill the QuickTime pop-up registration window
Nov 08, '04 08:57:00AM • Contributed by: TigerKR
If you administer several Mac OS X 10.3 machines, then like me, you probably ssh in and use the command line to get OS updates like such:
Briefly, that enters sudo (superuser do) mode, runs softwareupdate (the Apple Software Update Tool) with the -i (Install) and -a (all available active updates) options. It then uses the ; to run another command as soon as the previous command is done. In this case, that command executes Repair Permissions on the boot volume.
But if you're updating QuickTime on a computer that has a user logged in, the QuickTime registration window pops-up and stops the updating process while it waits for user input (from your command line, the install process just stops at about 50%). If you are not at the computer being updated, and you don't have ARD/VNC (graphical remote control) installed on that computer (or you just don't want to bother with it), don't panic. Just open another ssh terminal window to that same machine and then type:
That should kill only the registration window, and the updating should continue as regularly scheduled. Some notes, to consider...
When I tried to install iLife 04 this morning, it kept complaining about one of the iApps running, but I made sure none were ... and yet, still the same error. So I restarted and tried installing without opening anything. Yup, same error. So I open Activity Monitor and search for iTunes. Voila! Sizzlingkeys4iTunes, which is a program for globally controlling iTunes (website), showed up in the list. Killing the process made the iLife installer run.
It seems that Apple's installer is just searching for "iTunes" in the process list and then making its install/no install decision based on those results. So if you're having trouble getting it to install, use Activity Monitor to look for "iLife-like-named" processes and kill them off, too. [robg adds: I tested SizzlingKeys, and it adds only that one process to the list, so it certainly seems that this is another example of a semi-brain-dead Apple installer. They're probably just grepping on "iTunes" and running with the results.]
patoX is an 'enabler' that allows to install your Final Cut Pro applications on your PowerPC G3! patoX won't install without the Final Cut Pro applications; it's just an enabler. You must to have Final Cut Pro, or you will need to buy it, in order to use patoX.
I made an installer for patoX, and you can download it [904KB] if you'd like to try it out. [robg adds: I haven't tested this one, but I have been asked about FCP apps on G3s before, so maybe this will help a couple folks out...]
Perhaps because it turns out to be so simple, I have not found simple instructions for installing a parallel printer on an Airport Base Station, and web searches kept turning up pages that made it look much more complicated than it turned out to be. So, here are instructions. I'm using a LaserJet 5MP on an Airport Extreme "Snow" Base Station with OS X 10.2 and 10.3.
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