[Leica] Printing problem

[chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)]

Install copies of OS5 are rare and must be found on fleabay.  One 
option from Tekserve is If you buy the OS6 box set they will burn a 
copy of OS5 for free.   Then you have to sell the box set to get your 
money back.


At 12:21 AM 10/12/2010, you wrote:
>If you have a new one, it comes with Snow Leopard installed, so you have to
>find a copy of the old version to install.
>
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>On 10/12/10 12:13 AM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's really simple, Richard and Brian. There is no law forcing you to use
> > Snow Leopard on a Mac. It is slightly smaller and marginally faster but 
> > has
> > few functional advantages over OS 10.5. If a printer and other 
> other imaging
> > programs work well with Leopard (OS 10.5) just stay with that. A Mac user
> > can either partition his/her hard disk and install both OS 10.6 and OS 
> > 10.5
> > or do as I do and install 10.5 on a separate disk. You can use the one 
> > most
> > compatible with your software and hardware. Eventually all printer 
> > programs
> > will work with Snow Leopard but it may take a year or so. Even 
> Photoshop was
> > a year in transitioning form OS 9 to OS 10. I use three Macs, a 5 year 
> > old
> > 12" Powerbook (my favorite), a MacBook Pro, and an iMac. I use OS 10.4 in
> > the Powerbook, OS 10.5 in the MacBook, and 10.6 and 10.5 in the 
> iMac. I have
> > had no problem in moving information from one to the other. Most programs
> > will work on all three. And always remember that a Mac can be 
> booted as a PC
> > and run Windows 7 if that is your preference for a particular piece of
> > software or hardware.
> > - - - - -
> >
> > Richard writes:
> >
> >
> > Wow.
> >
> >
> > I was considering getting a Mac for photo work, but this cinches it. How
> >
> > could they get it so wrong?
> >
> >
> > Really too bad too as LR has one of the best easy to use print engines.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Brian Reid <reid at 
> > mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I've spent days fighting the Snow Leopard vs Epson 3800 wars.
> >
> > Right now I have it so that can print to my satisfaction from Photoshop,
> >
> > but Lightroom (latest version) produces prints that are insane. I've 
> > tried
> >
> > every suggestion in every blog in the universe, and have reached the
> >
> > conclusion that Lightroom just isn't going to be able to print until a 
> > new
> >
> > version comes out.
> >
> >
> > So I'm researching AppleScript to see if I can throw together something
> >
> > involving Bridge and Photoshop and AppleScript that will let me print 50
> >
> > pictures. It ought to be possible to print from Bridge, too, but it 
> > isn't.
> >
> >
> > PS: I use profiles for everything. Maybe I should try it with "Printer
> >
> > manages colors" and see if that is any better. It's hard to be any worse.
> >
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Chris Saganich MS, CPH
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