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Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Aug 27, 2003
Do you? Re-reading the thread, I think she was asking me. No doubt, if I'm wrong, Amy will correct me. 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 27, 2003
Apologies - my stupidity. When I read the thread, somehow I thought the original question was from Peta; I guess my scroll wheel jumped a few lines and I didn't notice. My bad. 
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Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Aug 27, 2003
I was definitely asking ZSF and not Peta.
In the preferences of Outlook Express, is the printer font set to a font that is actually installed on your machine? Courier size 9 would be good. You'll find this information in the General section of the Preferences in the Edit Menu.
What happens if you select 'Page set up...' from the File Menu while you're in Outlook Express?
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Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Aug 27, 2003
Ah! I may have found the answer. Hewlett Packard are claiming that OE up to version 4.5 does not support black and white printing. Upgrading to version 5 of OE fixes the problem.
Is that it?
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Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Aug 27, 2003
Ooh!
I've got OE version 5.2. When I try to print, it says stuff about faxes, which I don't understand. I'm still in the dark here.
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Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Aug 27, 2003
Oh what a shame 
. I thought we had it there.
What fax software do you have installed? Some fax software comes preinstalled or gets installed with other things. You may have to mount a careful search of your hard drive.
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Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Aug 27, 2003
The more I think about this, the more I suspect Fax software. Faxstf has always been a problem for example and I wouldn't be surprised if FaxstfX was just as bad a previous versions. The answer to this will probably lie in the Print Center. You might want to consult the Help files of your Mac to find your way around the Print Center.
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Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Aug 28, 2003
It's always been a bugbear for me. I installed a Virtual PC and it won't print from that either, even though I have and installation disc for the printer. When I go on to the Hewlett Packard website, the model I bought isn't there (and I only bought it last year!).
I'm not that good at finding my way round my hard drive yet.
Maybe I should phone the Apple helpline?
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Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Aug 28, 2003
It's always been a bugbear for me. I installed a Virtual PC and it won't print from that either, even though I have and installation disc for the printer. When I go on to the Hewlett Packard website, the model I bought isn't there (and I only bought it last year!).
I'm not that good at finding my way round my hard drive yet.
Maybe I should phone the Apple helpline?
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Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Aug 28, 2003
My Mac won't print from the dark side either but fortunately I don't use Virtual PC much these days.
I found a FAQs section for your model on the HP website. Try http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.jhtml?lc=en&docName=c00000110&prodId=hpdeskjet388629&cc=us
The Apple helpline is expensive unless you have a service contract. Check the small print.
Are you able to find the Print Center in the Applications Menu?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 28, 2003
ZSF, if you need a PC driver for your printer go to http://www.driverguide.com. When it asks you to log in:
Username = drivers
Password = all
I guess your Mac Fax software is trapping all calls to the printer; this is common behavior in both the Mac and PC world. Find and run the Fax software and look for an "Options" or "Preferences" panel, then uncheck anything that mentions "default printer" - that will usually restore the original printer settings. 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 28, 2003
Oops, simpost. I wasn't trying to "tread on your toes", Amy... 
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Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Aug 28, 2003
It's an occupational hazard when you have six legs, Peet 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Aug 28, 2003
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Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Sep 3, 2003
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 3, 2003
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Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive Posted Sep 3, 2003
Wow! Look at the size of Porter's equipment! 
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Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Sep 3, 2003
Would it impress you if I told you I had large pair of firm G4's?
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