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Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:28 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Dave Clark" dave24c
My Samsung ML-2510 printer seems to be failing. It will only print one document, then stops working and I must pull the AC power cord to get it to print the next. I'm using Mt Lion on a 2011 new MacBook Pro.
Any help very much appreciated.
Dave Clark
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Any help very much appreciated.
Dave Clark
Sent from my iPhone
949-639-9418
Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:23 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Barry Austern" barryaus
At 10:28 AM -0700 9/10/12, Dave Clark wrote:
>
>
>My Samsung ML-2510 printer seems to be failing. It will only print
>one document, then stops working and I must pull the AC power cord
>to get it to print the next. I'm using Mt Lion on a 2011 new MacBook
>Pro.
I'm still running Snow Leopard, but I am assuming that the printer
driver is similar. First thing you can do is to create a desktop
printer by dragging the icon from the print and fax preference pane
to the desktop. Once you have done that double click it and see if
there is something stuck in the queue. If there is delete the item(s)
and then maybe all will be well.
The ML-2510 is the successor to the ML-2010 that I recently had. Do
you have a power switch in back, on the right side as you look at it
from the front? The 2010 does. If you do then you can cycle power
with that, and not need to pull the cord.
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.net
>
>
>My Samsung ML-2510 printer seems to be failing. It will only print
>one document, then stops working and I must pull the AC power cord
>to get it to print the next. I'm using Mt Lion on a 2011 new MacBook
>Pro.
I'm still running Snow Leopard, but I am assuming that the printer
driver is similar. First thing you can do is to create a desktop
printer by dragging the icon from the print and fax preference pane
to the desktop. Once you have done that double click it and see if
there is something stuck in the queue. If there is delete the item(s)
and then maybe all will be well.
The ML-2510 is the successor to the ML-2010 that I recently had. Do
you have a power switch in back, on the right side as you look at it
from the front? The 2010 does. If you do then you can cycle power
with that, and not need to pull the cord.
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.
Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:01 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Dave Clark" dave24c
Not had a problem with something stuck in the Queue, and there's no power switch on the back. Have to pull the plug, but I'll try putting it on my Desktop. Thanks for that suggestion.
Dave Clark
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On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Barry Austern <barryaus@fuse.net > wrote:
> At 10:28 AM -0700 9/10/12, Dave Clark wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> My Samsung ML-2510 printer seems to be failing. It will only print
>> one document, then stops working and I must pull the AC power cord
>> to get it to print the next. I'm using Mt Lion on a 2011 new MacBook
>> Pro.
>
> I'm still running Snow Leopard, but I am assuming that the printer
> driver is similar. First thing you can do is to create a desktop
> printer by dragging the icon from the print and fax preference pane
> to the desktop. Once you have done that double click it and see if
> there is something stuck in the queue. If there is delete the item(s)
> and then maybe all will be well.
> The ML-2510 is the successor to the ML-2010 that I recently had. Do
> you have a power switch in back, on the right side as you look at it
> from the front? The 2010 does. If you do then you can cycle power
> with that, and not need to pull the cord.
> --
> Barry Austern
> barryaus@fuse.net
>
>
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On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Barry Austern <barryaus@fuse.
> At 10:28 AM -0700 9/10/12, Dave Clark wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> My Samsung ML-2510 printer seems to be failing. It will only print
>> one document, then stops working and I must pull the AC power cord
>> to get it to print the next. I'm using Mt Lion on a 2011 new MacBook
>> Pro.
>
> I'm still running Snow Leopard, but I am assuming that the printer
> driver is similar. First thing you can do is to create a desktop
> printer by dragging the icon from the print and fax preference pane
> to the desktop. Once you have done that double click it and see if
> there is something stuck in the queue. If there is delete the item(s)
> and then maybe all will be well.
> The ML-2510 is the successor to the ML-2010 that I recently had. Do
> you have a power switch in back, on the right side as you look at it
> from the front? The 2010 does. If you do then you can cycle power
> with that, and not need to pull the cord.
> --
> Barry Austern
> barryaus@fuse.
>
>
>
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Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:57 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"T Hopkins" todhop
It's important to remember that the problem, as Randy pointed out, is not fragmentation per se, but insufficient free space, particularly contiguous free space. Defragging helps by making your existing free space contiguous, but it does not get to the root of the problem. If you don't clear more space, the problem will return fairly rapidly. The old rule of thumb is 10% of your drive free. I personally use minimum of 100GB of free space on anything 500GB or larger.
Always clear space BEFORE you defrag. And please don't forget your backup.
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins-at-hillmanncarr.com
On Sep 10, 2012, at 2:01 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
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> On Sep 9, 2012, at 9:47 PM, Patti A Robertson wrote:
>
> > Yup. I ran iDefrag today - it took about 8 hours - and my computer is back to its speedy self. I'll still try booting in Safe Mode and try a few applications just to see, but I think that fragmentation was the problem. And, my hard drive had been too full, and I deleted a bunch of stuff, which probably contributed to the frag thing.
>
> Excellent! I'm glad that your Mac is all better.
>
> You know, I've helped a large number of folks with this exact same problem, and it always manifests and is fixed the same way. But there are a number of Mac users, including several very well known Macintosh "authorities" who will tell you that what happened to you doesn't happen, and that the solution that you used doesn't work. You are now a bigger expert than they are!
>
> >
> > Thanks SO much for the help!
>
> My pleasure!
>
> ___________________________________________
> 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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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Always clear space BEFORE you defrag. And please don't forget your backup.
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins-at-
On Sep 10, 2012, at 2:01 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
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> On Sep 9, 2012, at 9:47 PM, Patti A Robertson wrote:
>
> > Yup. I ran iDefrag today - it took about 8 hours - and my computer is back to its speedy self. I'll still try booting in Safe Mode and try a few applications just to see, but I think that fragmentation was the problem. And, my hard drive had been too full, and I deleted a bunch of stuff, which probably contributed to the frag thing.
>
> Excellent! I'm glad that your Mac is all better.
>
> You know, I've helped a large number of folks with this exact same problem, and it always manifests and is fixed the same way. But there are a number of Mac users, including several very well known Macintosh "authorities" who will tell you that what happened to you doesn't happen, and that the solution that you used doesn't work. You are now a bigger expert than they are!
>
> >
> > Thanks SO much for the help!
>
> My pleasure!
>
> ____________
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattor
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Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:54 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> 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.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
> Luckily, I had good, current backups created before running TTP6 and restored my system, so all is well.
Having "good, current backups created before running <any drive fixing utility>" should have been careful planning, not luck.
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
> Luckily, I had good, current backups created before running TTP6 and restored my system, so all is well.
Having "good, current backups created before running <any drive fixing utility>" should have been careful planning, not luck.
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Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:57 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> It's important to remember that the problem, as Randy pointed out, is not fragmentation per se, but insufficient free space, particularly contiguous free space. Defragging helps by making your existing free space contiguous, but it does not get to the root of the problem. If you don't clear more space, the problem will return fairly rapidly. The old rule of thumb is 10% of your drive free. I personally use minimum of 100GB of free space on anything 500GB or larger.
1. I believe she stated she had 100 GB free space.
and
2. iDeFrag can be used to defrag the free space only, and will do this much faster than a full drive defrag.
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1. I believe she stated she had 100 GB free space.
and
2. iDeFrag can be used to defrag the free space only, and will do this much faster than a full drive defrag.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:58 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Patti A Robertson" parpiano
I DO have 100 GB free space. Before "cleaning house" I had 90 GB. I did the deleting etc before running the defrag.
But you're right, I need to get rid of more stuff. A large portion of what is on my hard drive is iPhoto - photos. Am having a hard time deciding what to do with all of that.
Patti
On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
> > It's important to remember that the problem, as Randy pointed out, is not fragmentation per se, but insufficient free space, particularly contiguous free space. Defragging helps by making your existing free space contiguous, but it does not get to the root of the problem. If you don't clear more space, the problem will return fairly rapidly. The old rule of thumb is 10% of your drive free. I personally use minimum of 100GB of free space on anything 500GB or larger.
>
> 1. I believe she stated she had 100 GB free space.
> and
> 2. iDeFrag can be used to defrag the free space only, and will do this much faster than a full drive defrag.
>
> --
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> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
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But you're right, I need to get rid of more stuff. A large portion of what is on my hard drive is iPhoto - photos. Am having a hard time deciding what to do with all of that.
Patti
On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
> > It's important to remember that the problem, as Randy pointed out, is not fragmentation per se, but insufficient free space, particularly contiguous free space. Defragging helps by making your existing free space contiguous, but it does not get to the root of the problem. If you don't clear more space, the problem will return fairly rapidly. The old rule of thumb is 10% of your drive free. I personally use minimum of 100GB of free space on anything 500GB or larger.
>
> 1. I believe she stated she had 100 GB free space.
> and
> 2. iDeFrag can be used to defrag the free space only, and will do this much faster than a full drive defrag.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
>
>
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Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:59 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Patti A Robertson" parpiano
Forgot to say - I also have Time Machine running and backing up. So that part is taken care of.
Patti
On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
> > It's important to remember that the problem, as Randy pointed out, is not fragmentation per se, but insufficient free space, particularly contiguous free space. Defragging helps by making your existing free space contiguous, but it does not get to the root of the problem. If you don't clear more space, the problem will return fairly rapidly. The old rule of thumb is 10% of your drive free. I personally use minimum of 100GB of free space on anything 500GB or larger.
>
> 1. I believe she stated she had 100 GB free space.
> and
> 2. iDeFrag can be used to defrag the free space only, and will do this much faster than a full drive defrag.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
>
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Patti
On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
> > It's important to remember that the problem, as Randy pointed out, is not fragmentation per se, but insufficient free space, particularly contiguous free space. Defragging helps by making your existing free space contiguous, but it does not get to the root of the problem. If you don't clear more space, the problem will return fairly rapidly. The old rule of thumb is 10% of your drive free. I personally use minimum of 100GB of free space on anything 500GB or larger.
>
> 1. I believe she stated she had 100 GB free space.
> and
> 2. iDeFrag can be used to defrag the free space only, and will do this much faster than a full drive defrag.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
>
>
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Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:07 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Sep 10, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Patti A Robertson wrote:
> I DO have 100 GB free space.
What's important is not that you have a hard and fast amount of free space left, such as 100GB, or 10 or 20%. What's important is that you have at least one large contiguous chunk of free space on your hard drive. You can only check to see that this is the case with a utility.
Once again, I go into depth about this on my Web site.
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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.macattor
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Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:08 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> I need to get rid of more stuff. A large portion of what is on my hard drive is iPhoto - photos. Am having a hard time deciding what to do with all of that.
> Patti
I archived almost 90GB of photos to an external drive (backed up). Mostly by date.
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> Patti
I archived almost 90GB of photos to an external drive (backed up). Mostly by date.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:02 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Bekah" bekalex
Yup - good stuff - thanks.
Bekah
On Sep 10, 2012, at 9:48 AM, Jeannie wrote:
> They were wonderful, Dan..Thanks for sharing.
>
> Jeannie
>
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:05 AM, pat412255 <pat412@mac.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks for sharing these, Dan. They were all new ones to me.
>>
>> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Denver Dan <denver.dan@...>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Howdy.
>>>
>>> I just uploaded 5 Steve Jobs cartoons to the MacSupportCentral group.
>>>
>>> Access via your web browser.
>>>
>>> Go to Photos>Apple Cartoons
>>>
>>> Denver Dan
>>>
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On Sep 10, 2012, at 9:48 AM, Jeannie wrote:
> They were wonderful, Dan..Thanks for sharing.
>
> Jeannie
>
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:05 AM, pat412255 <pat412@mac.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks for sharing these, Dan. They were all new ones to me.
>>
>> --- In macsupportcentral@
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Howdy.
>>>
>>> I just uploaded 5 Steve Jobs cartoons to the MacSupportCentral group.
>>>
>>> Access via your web browser.
>>>
>>> Go to Photos>Apple Cartoons
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>>> Denver Dan
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Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:20 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Frank T" frankt192
I have two Macs at home running OS 10.8.1. MBP and iMac more than enough to handle using the internet.
Both have no problem accessing the internet most of the time. Now and then it becomes impossible.
This may be the IPs problem. My Network works just fine so that's not it.
Any solution is appreciated.
Both have no problem accessing the internet most of the time. Now and then it becomes impossible.
This may be the IPs problem. My Network works just fine so that's not it.
Any solution is appreciated.
Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:21 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Frank T" frankt192
I have two Macs at home running OS 10.8.1. MBP and iMac more than enough to handle using the internet.
Both have no problem accessing the internet most of the time. Now and then it becomes impossible.
This may be the IPs problem. My Network works just fine so that's not it.
Any solution is appreciated.
Both have no problem accessing the internet most of the time. Now and then it becomes impossible.
This may be the IPs problem. My Network works just fine so that's not it.
Any solution is appreciated.
Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:21 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Frank T" frankt192
I have two Macs at home running OS 10.8.1. MBP and iMac more than enough to handle using the internet.
Both have no problem accessing the internet most of the time. Now and then it becomes impossible.
This may be the IPs problem. My Network works just fine so that's not it.
Any solution is appreciated.
Both have no problem accessing the internet most of the time. Now and then it becomes impossible.
This may be the IPs problem. My Network works just fine so that's not it.
Any solution is appreciated.
Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:37 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Denver Dan" denverdan22180
Howdy.
A couple of interesting articles on Apple products in the corporate
world.
- - - - -
Apple To Sell $17B In Macs, iPads To Corporate Market In 2012
by Eric Savitz on Forbes
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/09/10/apple-to-sell-17b-in-macs-ipads-to-corporate-market-in-2012/ >
- - - - -
Apple's business plan. The Volume Purchase Program for Business
by Ken Hess on ZDNet
<http://www.zdnet.com/apples-business-plan-the-volume-purchase-program-for-business-7000003930/ >
Denver Dan
A couple of interesting articles on Apple products in the corporate
world.
- - - - -
Apple To Sell $17B In Macs, iPads To Corporate Market In 2012
by Eric Savitz on Forbes
<http://www.forbes.
- - - - -
Apple's business plan. The Volume Purchase Program for Business
by Ken Hess on ZDNet
<http://www.zdnet.
Denver Dan
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