Showing posts with label Wishlist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wishlist. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

I've Forgotten How!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I was going to make copies of one of my W-2's. I have a flat bed scanner along with a printer that are both connected to an A/B switch. But its been so long since I used it that when I tried to make copies from my scanner the scanner wasn't recognized!

I looked through my notes hoping to find some information that I saved about what to do when my scanner wasn't working properly. I'm sure its in there somewhere - I just can't find it - I think I'm trying to hard.

Another thing to complicate the issue is that the scanner has 3 ports - one goes from the scanner to the A/B switch. Another is from the scanner to..............NOWHERE! Now I can't remember whether or not it worked like this before - my mind is totally blank!

So my first thought is that the cable got loose when I was hooking up my new computer monitor so I went back to the back of my computer but I really couldn't find where to connect this cable.

The printer works fine when I switch the A/B switch - but not the scanner! (I even got out the manual to see if I could find some help!)

So I have come to the conclusion that I'm not going to let it drive me crazy for today!

I made the copies of my W-2 by using my All-In-One printer (which doesn't have any printer cartridges that are full - my ink is low)and scanning it and saving it and reducing the number of colors to get it to a more manageable size and then printing it out on the printer that is connected to the A/B switch!

Whew!

Of course I know the solutions here:

  • I do have to find out why that scanner isn't working - its a matter of principle!

  • I also have to get some new printer cartridges for my All-In-One


Of course I wanted to make copies using my own equipment as opposed to having to go get copies made (even though the copy store is such a short distance away - actually its within walking distance!).

Well I managed to do that - with some effort!



2/27/08 Update! - well I turned the computer on and I could hear the scanner warming up so I though that I would give it a try. It was working!

Thursday, November 15, 2007

A Laptop With A Floppy Drive?

My brother and I were talking about laptops the other day and it occurred to my that while I would love to have a laptop I would love it even more if that laptop had a floppy disk drive.

I have a lot of backup files on floppy disk and it would be just so good if I could work on them using my laptop. I was watching one of QVC's shows where they were featuring Dell computers and one of them was a laptop but alas it didn't have a floppy disk drive.

The Computer Brother has mentioned about older laptops that have a floppy disk drive but I'm wondering if any of them are still around. You would probably have to know someone who knows where to get such an older laptop model.

Fortunately for me I know someone just like that - LOL!