Saturday, 17 May 2014

A Computer Genius?



Ivan didn’t trust Windows XP any more now that is no longer supported by Microsoft.  The network printer was hooked up to one of the Windows XP computers in the basement.  Ivan decided to buy a new router with a USB port, so he could hook the printer directly to the router rather than have it connected to a computer.  So Ivan bought a new router, installed it and hooked up the printer.  He tested it out.  Everything looked fine.  So he filled the paper tray and went to bed.  The next day when Ivan got up, Barb broke the bad news to Ivan.  The printer installation was screwed up.  When Barb tried to print a quilt pattern, it printed multiple copies and would continue printing until it ran out of paper.  Fortunately, Barb noticed that something was wrong and was able to turn off the printer.  But when she turned it back on it continued printing.  So she turned it off and left it off until Ivan woke up.  Ivan searched the internet and found the problem.  He needed to unclick a switch on the printer setup.  Then it worked fine.

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