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From: AES on 15 Jan 2010 13:37
In article <00A9793F.7E7820E3(a)SendSpamHere.ORG>,
VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> In article <140120102023478634%otto(a)bogus.address.invalid>, Otto Pylot
> <otto(a)bogus.address.invalid> writes:
> >
> >> I purchased a Canon Pixma MX860 Multifunction Printer (big mistake!);
> >> installed it and its software on my MacBook running 10.4.11; and set it
> >> up to be connected wirelessly to our household LAN.
> >
> >Too bad you don't like yours. I love mine. Easy to setup with my
> >MacBook (now running 10.6.2), prints wirelessly just fine with all the
> >Apple laptops in the house as well as an old Dell running XP
> >Professional and a couple of desktop Macs connected via USB.
>
> I have also connected wirelessly with my Ubuntu linux laptops too. The
> new ASUS EeePC 1005HA that Santa brought for my 10 year old with Ubuntu
> was already configured to work the the Canon PIXMA MP620. Go figure.
>
> >> But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn
> >> on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility". Anyone
> >> really know how to get rid of this damn icon?
> >
> >It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.
>
> Me either.

OK. The small deal on the menu bar icon is just the space it takes up,
for a function I don't use. Have a couple of other utilities I do use
(XMenu, Now Contact/QuickContact, etc) that have useful menu bar icons,
so I'm jealous of that space.

Re the printer itself: seems to be a decent printer, a bit slow to
respond, indeed connects widely all by itself. But, 40 or 50 front
panel buttons; 5 ink cartridges; 8 or 9 doors and hatches; inadequate
paper tray; no envelope printing function; installs a bunch of software
all over your system (and doesn't give you a report on what's been
installed); 90 page manual (which still doesn't really tell you all
that's going on); and it's an inkjet: $40 retail for the color tanks,
$15 for the B&W.

For those who like it, and like multifunction units, it's fine, and low
cost (initially, anyway). I'll go back to separately optimized scanner
and laser printer with 3 buttons, 2 doors or hatches, and one high
capacity toner cartridge.
From: VAXman- on 15 Jan 2010 13:45
In article <vilain-EFFEEC.10271615012010(a)news.individual.net>, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> writes:
>In article <siegman-B42E77.10223315012010(a)news.stanford.edu>,
> AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>> In article <fmmck-95AF6B.21373814012010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
>> Fred McKenzie <fmmck(a)aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> > > But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn
>> > > on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility". Anyone
>> > > really know how to get rid of this damn icon?
>> >
>> > Try holding down the Command key, and dragging the icon out of the menu
>> > bar.
>>
>> Thanks -�� but, went back to the Finder and tried all four combinations
>> of Cmd or Ctrl plus Left or Right Click on this icon, and none of them
>> dragged it out. (This is in 10.4.11.)
>
>Did you see my post recommending you rip the server software out? Look
>back in Google groups for it. That may be your only option if Canon is
>putting the icon in the menu bar. Find the process that's doing it and
>kill it.

System Preferences >> Accounts >> select account from list >> [Login Items]

Hide | Item | Type
[ ] Canon IJ Network Scan Application

Highlight this and then click on the [-] (Delete the Selected Item) from
the [+][-] buttons below.


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From: Paul Sture on 16 Jan 2010 08:21
In article <saramerriman-FF2A8E.17035815012010(a)news.individual.net>,
Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <00A9793F.7E7820E3(a)SendSpamHere.ORG>,
> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>
> > >
> > >It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.
> >
> > Me either.
>
> ooo I do. that's drive me nuts if it were something I didn't want.

On a laptop an unwanted menu icon can take up precious real estate,
particularly if you can't move the thing sideways, as I believe was
reported here.

I had similar experience with an icon added by the software which came
with a Western Digital drive. Once I had battled my way past the
marketing speak, all it did was report the percentage of used space on
the drive. Now zapped by removing the software.

--
Paul Sture
From: VAXman- on 16 Jan 2010 09:35
In article <paul.nospam-025EA4.14215216012010(a)pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> writes:
>In article <saramerriman-FF2A8E.17035815012010(a)news.individual.net>,
> Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article <00A9793F.7E7820E3(a)SendSpamHere.ORG>,
>> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>
>> > >
>> > >It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.
>> >
>> > Me either.
>>
>> ooo I do. that's drive me nuts if it were something I didn't want.
>
>On a laptop an unwanted menu icon can take up precious real estate,
>particularly if you can't move the thing sideways, as I believe was
>reported here.
>
>I had similar experience with an icon added by the software which came
>with a Western Digital drive. Once I had battled my way past the
>marketing speak, all it did was report the percentage of used space on
>the drive. Now zapped by removing the software.

I have this same icon and software on my Macs. I posted here how to get
rid of it. No comment reported from the OP regarding that. If you want
to talk about menu real estate, I have iStatP Pro installed in the menu.
It takes up CONSIDERABLE space but on a 17" MBP, there's still plenty of
space in the menu.

Spotlight, battery, Airport, Bluetooth, Sierra Wireless EVDO, Volume,
Time Machine, Spaces, Keyboard Viewer, time (24hr with seconds), Date
(day of week), iStat (which takes up as much real estate as all of the
aforementioned combined), IJCanon Scanner, WeatherDock (temp, forecast,
Location)... all this brings me up to the middle of the screen. THere's
plenty of open space to the right for the application menus.

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From: Paul Sture on 16 Jan 2010 12:15
In article <00A97A17.BD01D8EA(a)SendSpamHere.ORG>,
VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> In article <paul.nospam-025EA4.14215216012010(a)pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture
> <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> writes:
> >In article <saramerriman-FF2A8E.17035815012010(a)news.individual.net>,
> > Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <00A9793F.7E7820E3(a)SendSpamHere.ORG>,
> >> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> >>
> >> > >
> >> > >It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.
> >> >
> >> > Me either.
> >>
> >> ooo I do. that's drive me nuts if it were something I didn't want.
> >
> >On a laptop an unwanted menu icon can take up precious real estate,
> >particularly if you can't move the thing sideways, as I believe was
> >reported here.
> >
> >I had similar experience with an icon added by the software which came
> >with a Western Digital drive. Once I had battled my way past the
> >marketing speak, all it did was report the percentage of used space on
> >the drive. Now zapped by removing the software.
>
> I have this same icon and software on my Macs. I posted here how to get
> rid of it. No comment reported from the OP regarding that. If you want
> to talk about menu real estate, I have iStatP Pro installed in the menu.
> It takes up CONSIDERABLE space but on a 17" MBP, there's still plenty of
> space in the menu.
>
> Spotlight, battery, Airport, Bluetooth, Sierra Wireless EVDO, Volume,
> Time Machine, Spaces, Keyboard Viewer, time (24hr with seconds), Date
> (day of week), iStat (which takes up as much real estate as all of the
> aforementioned combined), IJCanon Scanner, WeatherDock (temp, forecast,
> Location)... all this brings me up to the middle of the screen. THere's
> plenty of open space to the right for the application menus.

Just one snag. I don't have a 17" screen. I'm running a bit of a kludge
here as well with a 15" external monitor. Yes I need to go shopping but
other things keep coming to the top of the list.:-(

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