Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 763
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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:01:01 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Tuesday 30 December 2003
 Number  763
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Subjects for today
 
1   Networking Setup Win2k & Warp4 : Glenn Montgomery <glenn at montysplace dot net>
2  Re:  Printer recommendation : Daryl Pilkington <u3232 at home.dialix dot com>
3  Re:  eCS Woes : Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog dot net>
4   FW: CDS Newsflash: Free Software Giveaway! : Armitage, Neil" <neil.armitage at eds dot com>
5  Re:  eCS Woes : Gavin Miller" <drumextreme at impulse dot net dot au>
6  Re:  Printer recommendation : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
7  Re:  Networking Setup Win2k & Warp4 : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
8  Re:  Printer recommendation : Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog dot net>
9  Re:  Printer recommendation : David Shearer" <dshe5874 at bigpond dot net dot au>
10  Re:  Printer recommendation : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
11  Re:  eCS Woes : Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
12  Re:  Printer recommendation : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
13  Re:  eCS Woes : Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
14  Re:  Printer recommendation : Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog dot net>

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Date:  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:14:40 +1000
From:  Glenn Montgomery <glenn at montysplace dot net>
Subject:   Networking Setup Win2k & Warp4

Hello All,

Here's wishing you all had a good Christmas and all the best for 2004!!!

Unfortunately I have to go away intermittently for the next few months, 
so I need to be able to set up my computers in the following fashion.

Current Setup:

Molly        192.168.1.5, Win2K
Trevayne   192.168.1.1, Warp FP12, Weasel, Internet Gateway

I wish to access the Internet from Molly. I have in place the scripts 
from David Forrester (many thanks for that) to start and connect with 
Injoy through a browser. BUT, I cannot see the Internet from Molly.

They can successfully share files printer etc, so it is just the ability 
to get from Molly through Trevayne to get out onto the Internet which is 
the problem.

Any help will be more than appreciated
Glenn Montgomery

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**= Email   2 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 02:03:33 +1100
From:  Daryl Pilkington <u3232 at home.dialix dot com>
Subject:  Re:  Printer recommendation

Hi John,
WARNING***WARNING***WARNING
Drivers are critical for photo printing.
The C63 is a 4 cartridge printer not really similiar to the C61.
I did some OS/2 printing tests with the C61 whilst working for Epson.
Perhaps David could check exactly what model printers the Epson Omni 
drivers support but the Epson drivers I used didn't fully support the 
high resolution the C61 was capable of.

David then mentions the eCS drivers, err best to ask him exactly which 
one he is using.
I'd suggest going for a 4 cartridge printer using Pigment based inks. 
Pigment inks are less water soluble that dye-based inks meaning they 
smudge less with finger prints. Look at Epson Australia's website 
regarding "Dura-Brite" inks, these are the inks I'm talking about.

The other *huge* problem is colour management under eCS-OS/2, please, 
somebody prove me wrong, but I don't think it exists.

Without colour management tools, you will have a long, painful path to 
achieve accurate colour printing.

What image editing application will you be using?
GIMP is a currently well-supported app, I know some people are still 
using ColorWorks 2. I would suggest finding out what colour management 
tools are in these apps, ColorWorks was an excellent app, but is no 
longer being developed. There is a Java one too, but for colour 
management, gee I don't know...

David Shearer wrote:

> I just bought an EPSON C61 - currently on sale at Tandy for only $98 (saving of $50).  It is a USB and parallel 
> port inkjet printer, that surprisingly prints high quality photos.
> 
> I was easily able to get it working with eCs with USB using the EPSON OMNI package available from the IBM 
> device driver site.  Apparently later models eg C63 and C80 series also work with USB.
> 
> Cost wise the catridges are not too bad around $40 each for B/W and Color catridges.  The eCs drivers are 
> quite advanced allowing you to set economy mode, do head cleaning , nozzle checks etc.
>

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**= Email   3 ==========================**

Date:  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:42:03 -0500
From:  "Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog dot net>
Subject:  Re:  eCS Woes

In <20031228053859.USWP24195.smta02.mail.ozemail dot net at localhost>, on
12/28/03 at 04:39 PM,
   "Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au> said:

>Another problem i've had : I moved a couple of times this year and didn't
>bother setting up my speakers till  now only to find there was no sound.
>I have a Soundblaster 16 PNP card and the driver didn't seem to be 
>installed so I downloaded the driver and installed it. I can play the WAV
>sounds and the system sounds but all  the system sounds don't play when
>they should. e.g. the initial opening and closing sounds occur but no 
>sounds on opening or closing folders or for any other actions that should
>cause a system sound. I have  checked System setup but can't seem to get
>things working.

Alan,

If you mean the window open/close sounds not working, here is a tip from
the VOICE Newsletter a few months ago that fixed that for me:

"June 30, 2003 -eComStation 1.1 is running beautifully on my systems here,
but I noticed that even though I have system sounds enabled, I get no
sound when opening windows. The solution was provided by Wayne on the
eComStation news group
news://news.ecomstation.nl/ecomstation.support.install :

    If you look at the descriptions in Sound object in the System Setup
folder, you'll see that it says something like "Closing Window (Animated)"
Well, Window Animation is OFF by default in eCS 1.1! I just found it out
while looking through the System setup dialogue (also in the System Setup
folder)! Go to the 'Window' tab and turn on Animation and the sounds
magically reappear!!!

    Cheers

    Wayne"

-- 

 From the eComStation Desktop of: Mark Dodel

  Warpstock 2003 - See the video and presentations: http://www.warpstock dot org

For a choice in the future of personal computing, Join VOICE - http://www.os2voice dot org

  "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic State itself.   That in it's essence, is Fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group or by any controlling private power." Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Message proposing the Monopoly Investigation, 1938 

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Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:36:09 +1100
From:  "Armitage, Neil" <neil.armitage at eds dot com>
Subject:   FW: CDS Newsflash: Free Software Giveaway!

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**= Email   5 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:46:14 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Gavin Miller" <drumextreme at impulse dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  eCS Woes

This same setting is in Warp as well (under the window tab system).  It is ON by default in 
Warp.  Now don't we all feel stupid for not recognising this before?  I know I do  ;-)  An easy 
thing to miss really.

Have a safe and happy New Year to all.

>    If you look at the descriptions in Sound object in the System Setup
>folder, you'll see that it says something like "Closing Window (Animated)"
>Well, Window Animation is OFF by default in eCS 1.1! I just found it out
>while looking through the System setup dialogue (also in the System Setup
>folder)! Go to the 'Window' tab and turn on Animation and the sounds
>magically reappear!!!
>

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**= Email   6 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:58:54 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Printer recommendation

This might not be 100 % up to date, so check the latest from the web, but here's the list of definately supported
EPSON printers:

     EPOMNI
        Epson Color Stylus 600
        Epson Color Stylus 800
        Epson Color Stylus 850
        Epson Color Stylus 1520
        Epson Color Stylus 3000
        Epson Stylus Photo
        Epson Stylus Photo EX
        Epson Stylus Photo 700
     EPOMNI2
        Stylus Color 640
        Stylus Color 740
        Stylus Color 900
        Stylus Photo 1200
        Stylus Photo 750
     EPOMNI3
        Epson Stylus Color 660
        Epson Stylus Color 760
        Epson Stylus Color 860
        Epson Stylus Color 1160
        Epson Stylus Photo 870
        Epson Stylus Photo 1270
     EPOMNI4
        Epson Stylus Color 670
        Epson Stylus Color 680
        Epson Stylus Color 777
        Epson Stylus Color 880
        Epson Stylus Color 980
     EPOMNI5
        Epson C60/C70/C80/C82

Cheers/2

Ed.

Daryl Pilkington wrote:

> Hi John,
> WARNING***WARNING***WARNING
> Drivers are critical for photo printing.
> The C63 is a 4 cartridge printer not really similiar to the C61.
> I did some OS/2 printing tests with the C61 whilst working for Epson.
> Perhaps David could check exactly what model printers the Epson Omni
> drivers support but the Epson drivers I used didn't fully support the
> high resolution the C61 was capable of.
>
> David then mentions the eCS drivers, err best to ask him exactly which
> one he is using.
> I'd suggest going for a 4 cartridge printer using Pigment based inks.
> Pigment inks are less water soluble that dye-based inks meaning they
> smudge less with finger prints. Look at Epson Australia's website
> regarding "Dura-Brite" inks, these are the inks I'm talking about.
>
> The other *huge* problem is colour management under eCS-OS/2, please,
> somebody prove me wrong, but I don't think it exists.
>
> Without colour management tools, you will have a long, painful path to
> achieve accurate colour printing.
>
> What image editing application will you be using?
> GIMP is a currently well-supported app, I know some people are still
> using ColorWorks 2. I would suggest finding out what colour management
> tools are in these apps, ColorWorks was an excellent app, but is no
> longer being developed. There is a Java one too, but for colour
> management, gee I don't know...
>
> David Shearer wrote:
>
> > I just bought an EPSON C61 - currently on sale at Tandy for only $98 (saving of $50).  It is a USB and parallel
> > port inkjet printer, that surprisingly prints high quality photos.
> >
> > I was easily able to get it working with eCs with USB using the EPSON OMNI package available from the IBM
> > device driver site.  Apparently later models eg C63 and C80 series also work with USB.
> >
> > Cost wise the catridges are not too bad around $40 each for B/W and Color catridges.  The eCs drivers are
> > quite advanced allowing you to set economy mode, do head cleaning , nozzle checks etc.
> >
>

>  

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**= Email   7 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:20:52 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Networking Setup Win2k & Warp4

Hi Glenn,

  make sure that the default gateway on Molly is set to Trevayne's IP address of
192.168.1.1 and all should be OK.

Cheers/2

Ed.

Glenn Montgomery wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Here's wishing you all had a good Christmas and all the best for 2004!!!
>
> Unfortunately I have to go away intermittently for the next few months,
> so I need to be able to set up my computers in the following fashion.
>
> Current Setup:
>
> Molly        192.168.1.5, Win2K
> Trevayne   192.168.1.1, Warp FP12, Weasel, Internet Gateway
>
> I wish to access the Internet from Molly. I have in place the scripts
> from David Forrester (many thanks for that) to start and connect with
> Injoy through a browser. BUT, I cannot see the Internet from Molly.
>
> They can successfully share files printer etc, so it is just the ability
> to get from Molly through Trevayne to get out onto the Internet which is
> the problem.
>
> Any help will be more than appreciated
> Glenn Montgomery
>

>  

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**= Email   8 ==========================**

Date:  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:04:01 -0500
From:  "Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog dot net>
Subject:  Re:  Printer recommendation

In <3FF0A39E.9F355D71 at bigpond dot net dot au>, on 12/30/03 at 08:58 AM,
   Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au> said:

As an addendum to this, the Epson Photo 820 also works with the EPOMNI3
driver if you select the 870 or 1270 printers.   This printer is widely
available and discounted in the U.S. (Usually under $99USD). The 820 is a
4 color cartridge (plus black) so the colors are bit better then non-photo
printers.  The ink cartridges are pricey though and I have yet to find a
generic cart that works right in the 820.  However only a max of 1440DPI
is supported (printer claims 2880DPI), but the photo printing is really
excellent, about as good under MacOS9, but not quite as good definition. 
Also the print cleaning and head alignment utilities built into the
EPOMNI3 don't work with the 820.

Has anyone had any luck running any of the newer Epson Photo printers that
have the built-in media card slots?

Mark

>This might not be 100 % up to date, so check the latest from the web, but
>here's the list of definately supported EPSON printers:

>     EPOMNI
>        Epson Color Stylus 600
>        Epson Color Stylus 800
>        Epson Color Stylus 850
>        Epson Color Stylus 1520
>        Epson Color Stylus 3000
>        Epson Stylus Photo
>        Epson Stylus Photo EX
>        Epson Stylus Photo 700
>     EPOMNI2
>        Stylus Color 640
>        Stylus Color 740
>        Stylus Color 900
>        Stylus Photo 1200
>        Stylus Photo 750
>     EPOMNI3
>        Epson Stylus Color 660
>        Epson Stylus Color 760
>        Epson Stylus Color 860
>        Epson Stylus Color 1160
>        Epson Stylus Photo 870
>        Epson Stylus Photo 1270
>     EPOMNI4
>        Epson Stylus Color 670
>        Epson Stylus Color 680
>        Epson Stylus Color 777
>        Epson Stylus Color 880
>        Epson Stylus Color 980
>     EPOMNI5
>        Epson C60/C70/C80/C82

>Cheers/2

>Ed.

>Daryl Pilkington wrote:

>> Hi John,
>> WARNING***WARNING***WARNING
>> Drivers are critical for photo printing.
>> The C63 is a 4 cartridge printer not really similiar to the C61.
>> I did some OS/2 printing tests with the C61 whilst working for Epson.
>> Perhaps David could check exactly what model printers the Epson Omni
>> drivers support but the Epson drivers I used didn't fully support the
>> high resolution the C61 was capable of.
>>
>> David then mentions the eCS drivers, err best to ask him exactly which
>> one he is using.
>> I'd suggest going for a 4 cartridge printer using Pigment based inks.
>> Pigment inks are less water soluble that dye-based inks meaning they
>> smudge less with finger prints. Look at Epson Australia's website
>> regarding "Dura-Brite" inks, these are the inks I'm talking about.
>>
>> The other *huge* problem is colour management under eCS-OS/2, please,
>> somebody prove me wrong, but I don't think it exists.
>>
>> Without colour management tools, you will have a long, painful path to
>> achieve accurate colour printing.
>>
>> What image editing application will you be using?
>> GIMP is a currently well-supported app, I know some people are still
>> using ColorWorks 2. I would suggest finding out what colour management
>> tools are in these apps, ColorWorks was an excellent app, but is no
>> longer being developed. There is a Java one too, but for colour
>> management, gee I don't know...
>>
>> David Shearer wrote:
>>
>> > I just bought an EPSON C61 - currently on sale at Tandy for only $98 (saving of $50).  It is a USB and parallel
>> > port inkjet printer, that surprisingly prints high quality photos.
>> >
>> > I was easily able to get it working with eCs with USB using the EPSON OMNI package available from the IBM
>> > device driver site.  Apparently later models eg C63 and C80 series also work with USB.
>> >
>> > Cost wise the catridges are not too bad around $40 each for B/W and Color catridges.  The eCs drivers are
>> > quite advanced allowing you to set economy mode, do head cleaning , nozzle checks etc.
>> >
>>
>
>>  
>

> 

-- 

 From the eComStation Desktop of: Mark Dodel

  Warpstock 2003 - See the video and presentations: http://www.warpstock dot org

For a choice in the future of personal computing, Join VOICE - http://www.os2voice dot org

  "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic State itself.   That in it's essence, is Fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group or by any controlling private power." Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Message proposing the Monopoly Investigation, 1938 

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Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:00:03 +1000
From:  "David Shearer" <dshe5874 at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Printer recommendation

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 02:03:33 +1100, Daryl Pilkington wrote:

>Hi John,
>WARNING***WARNING***WARNING
>Drivers are critical for photo printing.
>The C63 is a 4 cartridge printer not really similiar to the C61.
>I did some OS/2 printing tests with the C61 whilst working for Epson.
>Perhaps David could check exactly what model printers the Epson Omni 
>drivers support but the Epson drivers I used didn't fully support the 
>high resolution the C61 was capable of.
>
>David then mentions the eCS drivers, err best to ask him exactly which 
>one he is using.
>I'd suggest going for a 4 cartridge printer using Pigment based inks. 
>Pigment inks are less water soluble that dye-based inks meaning they 
>smudge less with finger prints. Look at Epson Australia's website 
>regarding "Dura-Brite" inks, these are the inks I'm talking about.
>
>The other *huge* problem is colour management under eCS-OS/2, please, 
>somebody prove me wrong, but I don't think it exists.
>
>Without colour management tools, you will have a long, painful path to 
>achieve accurate colour printing.
>
>What image editing application will you be using?
>GIMP is a currently well-supported app, I know some people are still 
>using ColorWorks 2. I would suggest finding out what colour management 
>tools are in these apps, ColorWorks was an excellent app, but is no 
>longer being developed. There is a Java one too, but for colour 
>management, gee I don't know...
>
>
>David Shearer wrote:
>
>> I just bought an EPSON C61 - currently on sale at Tandy for only $98 (saving of $50).  It is a USB and 
parallel 
>> port inkjet printer, that surprisingly prints high quality photos.
>> 
>> I was easily able to get it working with eCs with USB using the EPSON OMNI package available from the 
IBM 
>> device driver site.  Apparently later models eg C63 and C80 series also work with USB.
>> 
>> Cost wise the catridges are not too bad around $40 each for B/W and Color catridges.  The eCs drivers 
are 
>> quite advanced allowing you to set economy mode, do head cleaning , nozzle checks etc.
>>
>

> 

The driver I use is the EPOMNI5 (from teh IBM driver site for OS/2 and eCs. I use eCs 1.1. And it allows you 
to select "advanced photo" "photo" "text/graph" "economy".  The advanced photo option uses fine-1440dpi 
as does photo but text/graph uses 720dpi.  economy uses draft setting.

It has a whole range of paper types to select.  I would say you have overall the equivalent of the WinXP 
driver capability. (well the XP Driver gives you a utility which tells you how much ink is left in the tank which 
the eCs driver does not).  I tried printing two photos (WinXP vs eCs) and they didn't seem much different to 
me.  Admittedly, if you are after a higher quality printer look elsewhere but I would rate this one much bette 
than teh usual entry level fare eg Canon.  At $98 I am not complaining - I could have bought a canon s200sp 
which are going for $76 at the moment but I am sure the print quality isn't the same as the epson and the 
cartridges to replace on the canon's are more expensive than the printer itself.

David

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**= Email   10 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:36:20 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Printer recommendation

Please note with the Epson drivers - the available / selected DPI WILL depend upon the paper type selected as in use.
Plain paper may limit you to 720 or 1440 DPI, but using Photo-glossy paper will make the 2880 DPI option available.

Cheers/2

Ed.

David Shearer wrote:

>
> The driver I use is the EPOMNI5 (from teh IBM driver site for OS/2 and eCs. I use eCs 1.1. And it allows you
> to select "advanced photo" "photo" "text/graph" "economy".  The advanced photo option uses fine-1440dpi
> as does photo but text/graph uses 720dpi.  economy uses draft setting.
>

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**= Email   11 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:12:16 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  eCS Woes

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:29:01 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:

>Now here's a silly question, you do have sound files allocated to each of the functions that you want to 
work, in
>the sound tab of the sound object in system setup, don't you ?
>
>Cheers/2
>
>Ed.

Yes! I've opened the Sound window in System Setup, ticked "Enable system sounds' have current scheme 
as "Desktop". Define system sounds Event window shows all the functions and the play button will play the 
sound for each function but they don't play when I use those functions (excepting starting up and shutting 
down).

Alan

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**= Email   12 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:33:06 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Printer recommendation

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:36:20 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:

Hi Ed and everyone with all your valuable suggestions.

Thanks Daryl for the warnings.

Some more questions:
a) Colour management is a new area for me - do you mean programs like
PMView Pro (I have a registered copy which gets used on screen) as well as
those you named?
Can Daryl or any other colour maven assist please?

b) How/where do I obtain EPOMNI3 driver set?
(says he just after tearing off to the IBM Device Driver Online site -
successfully downloaded EPOMNI EPOMNI4 and EPOMNI5)
I have installed the OMNI.DRV version 30.797 from the latest round of
updates

>Please note with the Epson drivers - the available / selected DPI WILL depend upon the paper type selected as in use.
>Plain paper may limit you to 720 or 1440 DPI, but using Photo-glossy paper will make the 2880 DPI option available.

c) how would I inform the driver that I am using photo-glossy paper in this
case? Or is there some auto-detection?

d) are there any drawbacks with Pigment based inks apart from the presumed
higher cost?

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldad at kepl dot com dot au
________________________
>
>Cheers/2
>
>Ed.
>
>David Shearer wrote:
>
>>
>> The driver I use is the EPOMNI5 (from teh IBM driver site for OS/2 and eCs. I use eCs 1.1. And it allows you
>> to select "advanced photo" "photo" "text/graph" "economy".  The advanced photo option uses fine-1440dpi
>> as does photo but text/graph uses 720dpi.  economy uses draft setting.
>>
>

> 

>
>

PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico
.... I never knew lasers could be printed.

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**= Email   13 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:48:38 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  eCS Woes

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:42:03 -0500, Mark Dodel wrote:

>In <20031228053859.USWP24195.smta02.mail.ozemail dot net at localhost>, on
>12/28/03 at 04:39 PM,
>   "Alan Duval" <amoht at ozemail dot com dot au> said:
>
>>Another problem i've had : I moved a couple of times this year and didn't
>>bother setting up my speakers till  now only to find there was no sound.
>>I have a Soundblaster 16 PNP card and the driver didn't seem to be 
>>installed so I downloaded the driver and installed it. I can play the WAV
>>sounds and the system sounds but all  the system sounds don't play when
>>they should. e.g. the initial opening and closing sounds occur but no 
>>sounds on opening or closing folders or for any other actions that should
>>cause a system sound. I have  checked System setup but can't seem to get
>>things working.
>
>Alan,
>
>If you mean the window open/close sounds not working, here is a tip from
>the VOICE Newsletter a few months ago that fixed that for me:
>
>"June 30, 2003 -eComStation 1.1 is running beautifully on my systems here,
>but I noticed that even though I have system sounds enabled, I get no
>sound when opening windows. The solution was provided by Wayne on the
>eComStation news group
>news://news.ecomstation.nl/ecomstation.support.install :
>
>    If you look at the descriptions in Sound object in the System Setup
>folder, you'll see that it says something like "Closing Window (Animated)"
>Well, Window Animation is OFF by default in eCS 1.1! I just found it out
>while looking through the System setup dialogue (also in the System Setup
>folder)! Go to the 'Window' tab and turn on Animation and the sounds
>magically reappear!!!
>
>    Cheers
>
>    Wayne"

Hi Wayne'

Took me a while to find the correct window tab which was in the workplace shell folder. Ticked "Enable 
animation" and 'voila' the sounds have reappeared as stated.

I appreciate the help.

Regards 

Alan

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Date:  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 07:48:21 -0500
From:  "Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog dot net>
Subject:  Re:  Printer recommendation

Here is my canned text related to the EPOMNI drivers:

There are currently 5 versions of the EPOMNI drivers, each supporting a
specific set of printers.  Several seem to have disappeared from IBM's
servers for some reason but can be found on Epson's European FTP server
<ftp://ftp.epson-europe dot com/pub/de/driver/os2>.

All of the EPOMNI drivers use to be found on IBM Japan's FTP site -
<ftp://ftp.jp.ibm dot com/pub/pspj/os2ddpak/printers>  (Though it appears they
have thinned those directories out and most of the EPOMNI drivers left are
Japanese versions.), on IBM's DDPakOnline
<ftp://ftp.boulder.ibm dot com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak_cur> and on  Epson's
European FTP server <ftp://ftp.epson-europe dot com/pub/de/driver/os2> 

The original EPOMNI (12-03-1998) (Available from
<ftp://ftp.software.ibm dot com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak_cur/epomni.exe> or
<ftp://ftp.epson-europe dot com/pub/de/driver/os2/epomni.exe> ) supports the
following:

 Epson Color Stylus  600
 Epson Color Stylus  800 
 Epson Color Stylus  850 
 Epson Color Stylus  1520 
 Epson Color Stylus  3000 
 Epson Stylus Photo
 Epson Stylus Photo EX
 Epson Stylus Photo 700

EPOMNI2 (07-01-1999) (Available from
<ftp://ftp.epson-europe dot com/pub/de/driver/os2/epomni2.exe> ), supports the
following (This driver used to be named ep2en.zip):

 Stylus Color 640
 Stylus Color 740
 Stylus Color 900
 Stylus Photo 1200
 Stylus Photo 750

EPOMNI3 (05-01-2000) ( Available from
<ftp://ftp.software.ibm dot com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak_cur/epomni3.exe> or
<ftp://ftp.epson-europe dot com/pub/de/driver/os2/epomni3e.zip> or
<ftp://ftp.jp.ibm dot com/pub/pspj/os2ddpak/printers/epomni3e.exe> ) supports
the following:

 Epson Stylus Color 660
 Epson Stylus Color 760
 Epson Stylus Color 860
 Epson Stylus Color 1160
 Epson Stylus Photo 870
 Epson Stylus Photo 1270

EPOMNI4 (08-01-2000) (Available from
<ftp://ftp.epson-europe dot com/pub/de/driver/os2/epomni4.exe> or
<ftp://ftp.jp.ibm dot com/pub/pspj/os2ddpak/printers/epomni4.exe> ), supports
the following:

 Epson Stylus Color 670
 Epson Stylus Color 680
 Epson Stylus Color 777
 Epson Stylus Color 880
 Epson Stylus Color 980

EPOMNI5 (08-01-2001) is available as a Japanese only release (Available at
<ftp://ftp.jp.ibm dot com/pub/pspj/os2ddpak/printers/epomni5.exe> ) From the
Japanese readme, the following are supported:

 üEEPSON PM-780C
 üEEPSON PM-880C
 üEEPSON PM-3500C
 üEEPSON PM-900C

 An English version of the EPOMNI5 driver which has support for the
C60/C70/C80 (including the currently available C82) models was released in
June 2002. <ftp://ftp.jp.ibm dot com/pub/pspj/os2ddpak/printers/EP5US.ZIP>

 There was supposed to be a new EPOMNI driver from Epson Japan but I have
recently heard that work on it was stopped, so it appears there will be no
new Epson models supported unless IBM takes over the support. :-(

Mark

In <0077590540.0000079R at [192.168.0.3]>, on 12/30/03 at 09:33 PM,
   "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au> said:

>b) How/where do I obtain EPOMNI3 driver set?
>(says he just after tearing off to the IBM Device Driver Online site -
>successfully downloaded EPOMNI EPOMNI4 and EPOMNI5)
>I have installed the OMNI.DRV version 30.797 from the latest round of
>updates

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