A while back I posted needing help for my Epson Stylus Color 440 printer. I was trying to install it to my laptop. Moonriver gets 1,000 kow tows from me for his help.
He guided me where I needed to look for the correct driver. I went there. I got myself more confused due the fact that I'm not really a printer genius. I spent days and days trying to avoid tossing the printer out the window.
This afternoon, I gave it one more try. I deleted its installation and started from scratch.
When the installation wizard asked me if I had a disk, I lied and said no. It downloaded the driver I needed lickety split.
"Eureka!", I thought
Still wouldn't work. I said a few discouraging words. Then I thought, "Why don't you look at the settings for the old printer?"
Sometimes I have the occasional good idea.
I had forgotten to set the printer port setting as a USB port. Checked a box and now I'm printing.
How simple was that?
Moon, thank you for all of your patient and helpful advice. I feel so happy to have this little techno victory under my belt.
CW
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CreativeWoman posted on Feb 02, 2007
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countryfan said on Feb 02, 2007....
Hey CW everybody does stuff like that. Like all you have to do is do something really simple. Stuff like that happens to me all the time! See you later CW! -
moonriver said on Feb 02, 2007....
moonriver confucius glad printer finally works. cw now veteran of printer clone wars. no need for 1,000 kowtows, you'll get slipped disc that way ;-)
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silverwhisper said on Feb 03, 2007....
excellent, glad that you've finally got the thing up and running! heh...1000 kowtows. i'm sitting here grinning maniacally at that. :>
moonriver: good advice, sir.
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lioneljay said on Feb 03, 2007....
Bravo.
CW, one of my all-time favorite books is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. In it, Robert Pirsig meditates on mechanical repairs - among many other things, the history of western philosophy being one of them. He offers a very simple and, in my experience, a highly effective way of handling just-can't-figure-it-out moments like this. He suggested lying down, sitting in a relaxed position, or otherwise configuring yourself so that you're quiet and peaceful. Then, just look at the problem in its full context.
I followed this advice many times, but one in particular comes to mind. I had resolved to change the clutch in a sports car that I owned once and that meant disengaging the clutch housing from the engine. But since there wasn't enough room to do it from underneath, I had to remove the entire engine. About 95% of the way through pulling out the engine I was stuck: the engine seemed to be completely disengaged from the car but it still would not lift free. A half hour of tugging and pulling and swearing brought no results.
So I sat down and just got quiet as I stared at the car and its open engine bay. After a while the image of the engine's mounting points from the repair manual came into my head and slowly I came to see in my mind how the two lower mounts had to be disengaged. Three minutes later the engine was free of the car and the rest of the repair went smoothly.
A quiet mind is the answer to many of life's perplexing moments.
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gingersoul said on Feb 03, 2007....
LJ.......so that's what my ex was doing for hours in garage....anytime i would enter he was there staring at his pick up or his motorcycle......lost look in his eyes.... uhmm, now that i think better.....i dont think so.......:-)
I came here because you linked me here from my post about stuckness....
thnak you....i read this book long time ago..maybe i should read it again...i really need a Zen tecnique like this one {{hugs}}
CW....glad you fixed your problem....yes, Moon deserves all that kowtows....even if he doesnt want them....lol...
I understand your frustration.......as everybody knows by now i am a total technical clueless mind....
"Its not my fault, they drawned me in this way" (Jessica Rabbit, you know...the movie....:-)...
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CreativeWoman said on Feb 03, 2007....
Country,
I sometimes make things harder than they have to be. lol
moon,
You deserve all 1,000 kowtows. Besides, it'll be good on my figure. :-D Thanks again.
ed,
I thought I was hot stuff for a while. lol
lionel,
I do that type of thing a lot myself. I am not above praying over inanimate objects. :-)
ginger,
It's nice to make a small techno victory now and then. I love your Jessica Rabbit reference. :-)
CW