9/10/2012

[macsupport] Digest Number 9108

9 New Messages

Digest #9108
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Re: printer has stopped working by "Josephine Bacon" baconandeggs_2001
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Re: printer has stopped working by "Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
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Re: printer has stopped working by "Josephine Bacon" baconandeggs_2001
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Re: 5 Steve Jobs Cartoons uploaded by "pat412255" pat412255
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Re: Address Spoofing? by "luvtoso" luvtoso@verizon.net
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Re: slow macbook pro by "LouisD" ldina
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Re: slow macbook pro by "Patti A Robertson" parpiano

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Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:53 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Josephine Bacon" baconandeggs_2001

Thanks so much, the Brother page is most unhelpful. My error message is not mentioned anywhere.

Josephine Bacon

Josephine Bacon
Tamr Translations Limited
179 Kings Cross Road
London WC1x 9BZ
Tel:+44 207 833 0607

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Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:08 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger


On Sep 10, 2012, at 2:53 AM, Josephine Bacon wrote:

> Thanks so much, the Brother page is most unhelpful. My error message is not mentioned anywhere.

Did you miss my e-mail to the list? I gae the direct URL to download the manual, the page the error message appears on, and what it says it means and what to do about it.

> On Sep 10, 2012, at 2:27 AM, Josephine Bacon wrote:
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>> I don't know if anyone on this forum can help me, my Brother colour printer (DCP315-CN) has stopped working and gives me the message "cannot perform cleaning, check troubleshooting in the manual". Well, of course the manual disappeared eons ago. Is there anywhere on the net that will give me advice?
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> You can download the manual here:
> http://is.gd/YOU5aa
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> On page 6-2 it says that the "cause" and "action" for that error message are:
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>> The machine has a mechanical problem. ˜OR˜ A foreign obstacle such as a clip or ripped paper is in the machine.
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>> Open the scanner cover and remove any foreign obstacles inside the machine. If the error message continues, disconnect the machine from the power source for several minutes then reconnect it.

___________________________________________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
___________________________________________

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Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:17 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Josephine Bacon" baconandeggs_2001

Dear Randy,

Yes, my reply referred to that, the Brother page I had found myself was a different one and said nothing about it.

Josephine Bacon
>

Josephine Bacon
Tamr Translations Limited
179 Kings Cross Road
London WC1x 9BZ
Tel:+44 207 833 0607

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Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:14 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"LouisD" ldina

Josephine,

That message may mean a number of different things...

Your inkjet nozzles may be hopelessly clogged, especially if the printer has been idle for any length of time. I'm not familiar with your printer, but some printers have print head nozzles packaged with the inkjet cartridge, where others have separate, permanently installed nozzles. If you have the former, try replacing the old cartridge(s).

Printers often have a separate little program utility that runs the nozzle cleaning operation, either automatically, or when called on by the user. If you upgraded your OS, perhaps the utility needs to be updated to work with your OSX version.

Also, try turning off and unplugging your printer for a few minutes. Then plug it back in, restart and try again. Sometimes, printers do weird things.

Not sure if this will help, but they're worth considering.

Lou

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Josephine Bacon <bacon@...> wrote:
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> I don't know if anyone on this forum can help me, my Brother colour printer (DCP315-CN) has stopped working and gives me the message "cannot perform cleaning, check troubleshooting in the manual". Well, of course the manual disappeared eons ago. Is there anywhere on the net that will give me advice?
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> Josephine Bacon
>

Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:05 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"pat412255" pat412255


Thanks for sharing these, Dan. They were all new ones to me.

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Denver Dan <denver.dan@...> wrote:
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> Howdy.
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> I just uploaded 5 Steve Jobs cartoons to the MacSupportCentral group.
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> Access via your web browser.
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> Go to Photos>Apple Cartoons
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> Denver Dan
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Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:48 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jeannie" chloe898

They were wonderful, Dan..Thanks for sharing.

Jeannie

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> Thanks for sharing these, Dan. They were all new ones to me.
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> > Denver Dan
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Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:12 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"luvtoso" luvtoso@verizon.net

Bob
Thanks for the info.
Gayle

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Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:04 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"LouisD" ldina

Perhaps my experience is not typical, but I bought the latest Tech Tools Pro about 3 or 4 months ago and it royally screwed up my drives when doing some of their drive maintenance routines. Everything was fine before running TTP6, and my problems surfaced immediately after using it. I asked for and received a refund, then removed it from my computer completely.

Luckily, I had good, current backups created before running TTP6 and restored my system, so all is well. Based on my limited experience, I can't recommend Tech Tools Pro. I'm sure there are others who have had good success with it, but not me.

Lou

Mac Pro, 16 GB RAM, 8-core 2.26 GHz
OSX Lion 10.7.4

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Les Streater <lesstreater@...> wrote:
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> Out of interest, do you prefer iDefrag to using Tech Tools Pro or Drive Genius or similar?
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> Is there an "under-the-bonnet/hood" difference to the way these work that makes one better than the other?
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> Having read several rather worrying reviews about iDefrag freezing drives and causing corruption, I am a little nervous!
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> Thanks for any guidance
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> Les
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Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:46 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Patti A Robertson" parpiano



> I should mention that I ran a diagnostic on the hard drive before buying and running iDefrag. You recommended it -it was Volitans Smart Utility, I think.
>

Patti

> I can tell you that defragmenting a hard drive is a very disk intensive operation. If you have a hard drive that is already on its last legs, the operation might drive it over the edge. You may have noticed that a number of users always seem to report that upgrading to a new version of the Mac OS killed their hard drive. It's the same thing. Many users try upgrading their OS, or defragmenting their hard drive, to cure a Mac that is acting flaky. (The flaky behavior being a sign that their hard drive was already about to fail.) So, you would expect a certain number of hard drive failures when using iDefrag. The recommendation is that you have an up-to-date backup of your drive before running iDefrag.
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> ___________________________________________
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
> ___________________________________________
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