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Vital Site Take 2
by djgoku 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

http://www.kclug.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=98

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Novell Users Intl. meeting - tomorrow at noon.
by Alex Monteiro 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

We hope to see some KC-LUG members there ! ~Alex ========================================== NUI Kansas City meeting - Tue. 2/19 12pm - Prize Giveaway! When: Tuesday, February 19th - 12:00-1:30pm. Where: Metropolitan Community College Facility Services Building - 1601 Prospect Ave. Kansas City, MO. 64127 Why: Our first official meeting of 2008 - discuss changes at Novell and win a pass to Brainshare ($1895 value) RSVP: alexm(a)kiscc.com - we need a headcount for lunch. Novell Users Intl. (NUI) Kansas City is having our unofficial kick-off meeting for 2008. Come join us for some Arthur Bryants lunch and Novell discussions with Kansas City area customers and partners. Agenda: Organizational changes at Novell presentation Introduction to NUI-KC officers New NUI website - registration and features Plans for Brainshare Brainshare pass giveaway ($1895 value) Topics and vendors for future NUI meetings See you there! ========================================== -- Alex Monteiro Business Development Manager KIS Computer Center - Kansas City o. 816-373-9900 (vmail ext. 7554) f. 816-373-9912 m. 650-279-1909 www.kiscc.com - alexm(a)kiscc.com

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Re: Kclug Digest, Vol 43, Issue 19
by Earle Beason 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

Sounds like a candidate for impact testing, I tested mine and found motors, a bunch of nifty gears, and some parts to experiment with. Actually the printer was dying anyway, so when it croaked, I salvaged the motors for a school project, but it was impact tested in the approved "Office Space," method. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:51:54 -0600 > From: Douglas Bronson <doug(a)bronson-tate.com> > Subject: Re: Why I avoid HP printers > To: kclug(a)kclug.org > Message-ID: <47B7933A.2090204(a)bronson-tate.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > It's not only HP! > We bought a Lexmark all in one, just to use as a stand alone fax. > Original cartridges work great. Just don't refill them. > > You will get a message stating that you are not using an approved > cartridge. The machine will still print but you must reset it after each > fax or copy. > > A real pain when you get 15 to 20 faxes a day! > > Doug > >

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Why I avoid HP printers
by Earle Beason 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

Leo Mauler In response, I got sick of buying a printer cartridge every 6 months to a year because HP built in a circuit to EXPIRE the ink. Will cheep and free are my modes of operandi, spending 120$ a year for printer cartridges just so I can have the luxury of printing is stupid. If the wife hasn't thrown them out , I will give you two cartridges from the old HP and allow you to dissect them. research can be found http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2003/04/29/hp-inkjet-cartridges… http://land.netonecom.net/tlp/ref/letters/hpPrinters.php http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4293427.stm http://constitutionalcode.blogspot.com/2005/02/cartridge-expiration-date-wo… http://www.mrtweak.com/laptop-and-desktop-hardware/stop-expiration-of-hp-in… http://www.engadget.com/2005/02/23/hp-hit-with-lawsuit-for-dead-ink-cartrid… http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20050222/1220232.shtml http://larko.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/your-printer-is-expired/ http://www.technewsworld.com/story/40826.html?welcome=1203205169 http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/00395/ink-jet-printers.html http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/22/2224223

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Re: Kclug Digest, Vol 43, Issue 18
by Craig Aldinger 16 Feb '08

16 Feb '08

RE: somethig new for everybody.... Got this link from a Yahoo Tech news story: www.gethuman.com For all of us who hate the voicemail black hole.... On Feb 16, 2008 12:00 PM, <kclug-request(a)kclug.org> wrote: > Send Kclug mailing list submissions to > kclug(a)kclug.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kclug-request(a)kclug.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kclug-owner(a)kclug.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Kclug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Their greed is our future. M$ old story getting replayed. > (Leo Mauler) > 2. Re: OT: Free Old Stuff (Leo Mauler) > 3. Re: Printer (Leo Mauler) > 4. Re: OT: Free Old Stuff (Philip Dorr) > 5. Re: OT: Free Old Stuff (Monty J. Harder) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:02:20 -0800 (PST) > From: Leo Mauler <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: Their greed is our future. M$ old story getting replayed. > To: kclug(a)kclug.org > Message-ID: <356281.8218.qm(a)web56615.mail.re3.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > --- Oren Beck <orenbeck(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Vista seems to emulate some fantasy realm's > > evil miasmiic demons radiating sheer wrongness. > > Stretching the metaphor but doing it properly, M$ is > the evil demon on the Nether Plane, while Vista is > merely M$'s physical form in the MMORPG. > > > I normally do not find myself amazed by new lows > > in frankly craptastic actions. THIS: > > http://www.esp.eweek.com/c/a/Archive/Vista-Terms-Evoke-Buyer-Concerns/ > > > Seems tailor made to help Linux and the Open Source > > world? > > Especially this part (regarding UNIX/Linux), if SUA > does what I think it does: > > "Windows Vista Enterprise includes features or > licensing attributes not available with other versions > of the operating system. Those features are: ... SUA > (Subsystem for Unix Applications)". > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:08:49 -0800 (PST) > From: Leo Mauler <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: OT: Free Old Stuff > To: "Christopher A. Bier" <chris.bier(a)cymor.com> > Cc: kclug(a)kclug.org > Message-ID: <498983.48376.qm(a)web56601.mail.re3.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > If you let me know where to come pick them up, I'd be > happy to come take up to 10 of them off their hands. > Should I contact Jeanne Malloy directly? > > 400Mhz still works for quite a lot of computer needs, > as my 300Mhz laptop still does many things fairly > well. I know a number of low-income folks still > struggling along at 100Mhz who would be happy for a > quadruple increase in processor speed. > > --- "Christopher A. Bier" <chris.bier(a)cymor.com> > wrote: > > > Platte County R-3 Schools are getting rid of 85 > > Celeron 400MHz machines and 114 15" monitors. > > They might make a good router. > > > > http://www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/ > > Contact: Jeanne Malloy > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:13:53 -0800 (PST) > From: Leo Mauler <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: Printer > To: kclug(a)kclug.org > Message-ID: <345344.30218.qm(a)web56608.mail.re3.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > --- Earle Beason <Earle-Beason(a)kc.rr.com> wrote: > > > I done some research and have found a few Linux > > printers, but the reviews were lacking for > > content. So kicking it out, does anybody have a > > printer they would recommend? It is for home use > > light use with, and the occasional bouts of > > moderate use. I try to stay away from HP > > May I ask why you stay away from HP? HP supports > Linux with most of its printers, especially low-end > printers, so "staying away from HP" is going to > dramatically shorten your list of Linux-supported > printers. > > One thing I really like about HP is that the print > heads are on the ink cartridges and thus replaced > every time you change an ink cartridge. > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:32:59 -0600 > From: "Philip Dorr" <tagno25(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: OT: Free Old Stuff > To: "Christopher A. Bier" <chris.bier(a)cymor.com> > Cc: kclug(a)kclug.org > Message-ID: > <b1e3dacf0802151832o3792c39cn6b3de91d46b2184b(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > how do we actually acquire these? > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Christopher A. Bier <chris.bier(a)cymor.com > > > wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Platte County R-3 Schools are getting rid of 85 Celeron 400MHz machines > > and 114 15" monitors. They might make a good router. > > > > http://www.plattecountyschooldistrict.com/ > > Contact: Jeanne Malloy > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFHsf36E5xXU3JS1mQRAvpzAJ494ugzELXtn1o4dguXqfDkV6FK9ACgvcYW > > XYDdnALZaGN5VsRFJ/VlGGI= > > =/VIB > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kclug mailing list > > Kclug(a)kclug.org > > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug > > > > > > -- > to call me use http://tagno25.googlepages.com/call.html >

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OT: Free Old Stuff
by Christopher A. Bier 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

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Printer
by Earle Beason 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

I done some research and have found a few Linux printers, but the reviews were lacking for content. So kicking it out, does anybody have a printer they would recommend? It is for home use light use with, and the occasional bouts of moderate use. I try to stay away from HP, and not interested in anything that that can be found it walmart.

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Their greed is our future. M$ old story getting replayed.
by Oren Beck 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

Vista seems to emulate some fantasy realm's evil miasmiic demons radiating sheer wrongness. I normally do not find myself amazed by new lows in frankly craptastic actions. THIS: http://www.esp.eweek.com/c/a/Archive/Vista-Terms-Evoke-Buyer-Concerns/ Seems tailor made to help Linux and the Open Source world? Ah well, there seems to be a suicide pact mindset in what had been our world leading industries. Oren Beck 816.729.3645

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Re: Printer
by Michael Morgan 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Quickly, Ubuntu 7.10 automatically installs HPLIP 2.7.7 (see below). I used hp-probe, hp-makeuri, hp-levels, and hp-print. I could find the hp Deskjet 3653, give it an address, see its ink levels, and add jobs, but couldn't print. http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=720752 Posted By: john-hosszu Date: 2007-08-01 15:33 Summary: HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (HPLIP) 2.7.7 Release Release Notes Item number 10. Added Ubuntu 7.10 to distros.dat http://hplip.sourceforge.net/tech_docs/man_pages/index.html hplip-install : Installer for HPLIP tarball. hp-setup : Installs HPLIP printers and faxes in the CUPS spooler. Tries to automatically determine the correct PPD file to use. Allows the printing of a testpage. Performs basic fax parameter setup. hp-probe : Discover USB, parallel, and network printers. hp-makeuri : Creates device URIs for local and network connected printers for use with CUPS. hp-toolbox : The HP Device Manager (aka Toolbox) for HPLIP supported devices. Provides status, tools, and supplies levels. hp-align : Cartridge alignment utility for HPLIP supported inkjet printers. hp-check : Check the existence and versions of HPLIP dependencies. hp-clean : Cartridge cleaning utility for HPLIP supported inkjet printers. hp-colorcal : Perform color calibration on HPLIP supported inkjet printers. (Note: Not all printers require the use of this utility). hp-fab : A simple fax address book for HPLIP. hp-info : Query a printer for both static model information and dynamic status. hp-levels : Display bar graphs of current supply levels for supported HPLIP printers. hp-print : A simple front end to 'lp'. Provides a print UI from the Device Manager if kprinter, gtklp, or xpp are not installed. hp-sendfax : Allows for sending faxes from the PC using HPLIP supported multifunction printers. hp-testpage : Print a tespage to a printer. Prints a summary of device information and shows the printer's margins. hp-unload : Access inserted photo cards on supported HPLIP printers. This provides an alternative for older devices that do not support USB mass storage or for access to photo cards over a network. hp-makecopies : PC initiated make copies on supported HP AiO and MFP devices. hp-timedate : Set the time and date on an HP Officejet. hp-firmware : Download firmware to a device. hpssd : Provides persistent data and event services to HPLIP client applications. hp-scan : SANE-based scan utility for HPLIP. Michael Morgan librarian(a)kclug.org

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Printer
by Earle Beason 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Thanks all for the input, I got more recommendations for the"Brother," made printers. I'll give them a try

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