I have a d135, a multifunction printer/ scanner/ copier/ fax from HP which has caused me annoyance since we first got acquainted. More recently it stopped working when I got an Intel Mac, and proved frustrating to install as a Windows network printer. I was able to get it working on my Intel Mac running Windows, but was left unable to print from my Mac. Until now.
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I have two Macs connected via Ethernet to an HP officejet d135 fitted with a jetdirect 200m print server, itself wired to a WiFi-equiped ADSL router/ switching hub. I have a WiFi-equiped Dell laptop running Windows XP Professional that I wanted to be able to print from - without a wired (Ethernet or USB) connection. Sounds simple. I downloaded the latest XP drivers from HP but found myself initially unable to complete the installation (despite the Mac install working without a hitch). Here is a list of the "required" steps that were ultimately successful, should you need to do the same.
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WiFi on a handheld? Far from being as much use as mammary glands on a bull, a wireless PDA has additional functionality over its USB-teethered brethren. Aside from wireless synching, potential roles may include downloading, controlling, accessing, communicating, informing, entertaining, printing, and updating.
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One of the annoying things about connecting a Mac running OS X to a Windows computer is that the Mac leaves .DS_Store files in every folder it navigated through.
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You can't design for one platform these days—the standards just aren't, well, standard. Of course that's not strictly true—it's their implementation that is non-standard. So if you do your development on one platform, how do you ensure that your designs look OK on another?
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Do you have an external Firewire HDD for backing up your Mac, but occasionally wish to use the HDD under Windows? What are you options if a simple backup is all you want (you don't mean to create a bootable drive or "clone" of your internal HDD)?
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