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August 10th, 2018 at 10:49:00 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
I think you have to get the printer logged on to your home wireless network. I just did this for my mother when she got an upgradede wifi. I would suggest plugging the printer into the laptop via cable first so your computer for sure sees it, then install it as a printer. After that the computer should "look for it." The President is a fink. |
August 10th, 2018 at 4:29:58 PM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | The instructions probably direct you to connect your laptop to the Canon installation network, then go to a specific webpage that is actually the printer control panel, and use that control panel to get the printer to join your own wireless network. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
September 23rd, 2018 at 10:03:56 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | I did it, I'm replacing my 5 year old HP laptop with a refurbished HP laptop. It was a tossup it with a refurbished Dell, which was the same price. The Dell had no camera, and I've had good luck with HP's, so I went with that. I looked it up and 3-5 years is the expected life of a laptop. I've had problems lately. First, keys on the keyboard stopped working, so I got a wireless one. Now the screen is wonky at times, lots of red/green lines and sometimes it doesn't come on at all. So get another one before this fails. Now I get the fun of transferring all the files to the new laptop. This is my first solid state hard drive. 8GB of RAM, 250MB drive. The one I have now is 4MB of RAM and a disk hard drive. I read the solid state's are faster. $300 at Target, about $550 new. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 24th, 2018 at 1:33:14 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Updating data is more complex for SSDs. All the data in a block must be refreshed when any portion of it is updated. The data on the old block is copied to a different block, the block is erased, and the data is rewritten with the changes to a new block. But generally SSDs are faster and much more reliable since there are no moving parts. They also use less energy so your battery lasts longer. Generally a 250 GB solid state drive is the same price as a terabit hard drive. As you can usually get an 8 GB USB drive for a few dollars, I am assuming you mean 250 GB drive and not 250 MB drive. |
September 24th, 2018 at 5:03:33 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 | Transferring files is easy these days. Just use Dropbox. The President is a fink. |
September 24th, 2018 at 10:30:09 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | Been using an SSD laptop for almost 2 years. runs like a champ. takes quite a bit to cause any lag You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
September 27th, 2018 at 6:10:28 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | My new HP laptop came yesterday. It's half as thick, half as heavy, and is twice as fast as my 2013 HP. It boots up very quickly, does everything much faster. The 2013 was twice as fast as the 2006 it replaced. The first thing I did was try and get Norton from Xfinity because it's free to account holders. What an ordeal. You can't just go and enter you password and download any more, that's too easy. Now they send you to Norton with a code and Norton does it for you. The guy actually took over control of my computer and was going to install Norton, but I had to verify my email and Yahoo was down right then and he couldn't do it. And am I glad. I looked at the security that came with the HP and it was a new version of Windows Defender that I didn't know about. MS beefed up WD to the point where it's now competitive with Norton and McAfee. I read a bunch of articles and learned what a bad deal Norton is. It downloads a huge amount of files and is constantly running in the background and slows the computer down by 10%. WD is built in and only slows it by 4%. This new version has only been around a couple of years, I haven't set up a computer in 5 years. That Norton guy emailed me twice today urging me to get Norton protection right away. Of course, it's a sale for him, he gets paid by Xfinity every time they sign up a new sucker. Something else I didn't know. When I sign into Chrome on the new HP, all my bookmarks come with it. Same with Firefox. That means those companies have access to the info I have on my browser. I had no idea, I thought that stuff was on my machine, not on theirs. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
September 28th, 2018 at 2:27:59 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
Chrome for sure is in the cloud. Last time I did Firefox I still had to add my bookmarks. The President is a fink. |
September 28th, 2018 at 5:24:15 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 | Anyone know how to make sure a .pdf fills the entire page? I print reports of 150-300 pages and the .pdf always seems to shrink to fit the smallest pages. I need to have every page automatically fill to the entire 8.5x14 size as some are too small to read. When I print files to the printer, they fill. On .pdf, they shrink. The President is a fink. |
September 28th, 2018 at 12:53:26 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | The refurbished HP I got was made the same year as my old one, 2013. The difference is, my old one cost $400 in 2013 and the refurbished one was over $1300. It has a bigger Intel processor and a SS hard drive, and more RAM. So I paid $300 now for something that would cost over $1400 in today's money. It looks brand new, there isn't a mark on it. Most refurb's come from gov't leases. The feds and states lease hundreds of thousands of computers a year from Dell and HP and others. Some of them get very little use. My old one looks like it's been in a war zone, the new one has not got a flaw. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |