Printer question, none show up

[Ken Springer]

Sorry for forgetting to CC: the list.  Today is the first time I've posted
to this or any other mailing list.


On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 4:53 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
> On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
>
> > Now, if I knew what gtk was, it might help.   LOL
> >
> > LIkewise, creator codes = ???????
> >
> > What's dbus??????
> >
> > I'm relatively new to Macs, and I have Leopard, not Snow Leopard.
>  Possibly an update for Leopard also broke the convention, but I have no
> idea about that.  I also have an old Power Mac with System 9.1, it also does
> not add extensions to the filename.  Never used it much.
> >
> > As for the Wiki, it's waaaaaaaay over my head.  May as well try to read
> and understand Greek.   :-)
> >
> > And from that page, "Gnucash can't see the Mac's installed printers,
> probably because they're not registered with Gnome. To print, use the
> "Preview" button on the print dialog, which will open Preview.app with a PDF
> of your output. You can print from there. "
> >
> > I'm just an ordinary computer user, what do I know about Gnome?  Exactly
> 2 things, an alternative desktop for Linux, and fictional fantasy creatures.
>  And if you dump the silent G off, it's a town in Alaska.   LOL
> >
> > I never thought to try the preview, since if there's no printer to print
> from, why would there (normally) be a preview?
> >
> > I used to really like all of this "fiddling around" to get things to
> work, but those days are behind me.  I just want to turn my computers on,
> and have the options all work.
> >
> > I picked GnuCash because it's open source, and I'd truly like to see Open
> Source software succeed.  But if I can't understand the help files, what
> good is it to me?  And why should I donate and support it?  I have donated
> to the open source programs I do use regularly, and find the help files to
> be...well...  helpful.   ::  smile ::
> >
> > Sorry for the soapbox, folks, but parts of the computer world just
> frustrate me to no end, anymore.
> >
>
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>
> I have no further comment.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>


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