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From: James Dore on 14 Jan 2010 04:14
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:24:51 -0000, Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:

> In article <0001HW.C7739340000FF6A3B01029BF(a)text.news.virginmedia.com>,
> Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote:
>
>> I've just tried to print something and for the first time using SL, the
>> ink
>> is running low. On the print dialog there's a violently unsightly amber
>> button marked Supplies... which, when I click, takes me directly to
>> Apple's
>> US shop (sorry, 'store').
>>
>> I'm then taken through a checklist to find out what printer I'm using.
>> Out of
>> curiosity, I followed this chain, to discover it doesn't work - it leads
>> nowhere.
>>
>> Horrible, commercial, inelegant, US-centric, wrong...
>>
>> Martin S Taylor
>
> I've been using Snow Leopard both at home and at work for months. I use
> an Epson inkjet at home and another at work, plus there are also the
> Phasers at work, and I haven't seen that button come up for any of them
> when they're low on ink (thank heavens, or I may have had to kill
> someone).
>

It happens on our Phaser 7400, but not on our Phaser 85xx's. The 7400 is a
conventional laser with toner, rather than the wax-using 85xx's. I was
going to say that perhaps the wax sticks don't get monitored like toner,
but that's not true; the printer will tell you when you're low on
supplies. So, probably a driver thing.

--
James Dore
New College IT Officer
james.dore(a)new / it-support(a)new
From: David Empson on 14 Jan 2010 05:04
Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:

> In message <0001HW.C7739340000FF6A3B01029BF(a)text.news.virginmedia.com>
> Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote:
>
> > I've just tried to print something and for the first time using SL, the
> ink
> > is running low. On the print dialog there's a violently unsightly amber
> > button marked Supplies... which, when I click, takes me directly to
> Apple's
> > US shop (sorry, 'store').
> >
> > I'm then taken through a checklist to find out what printer I'm using. Out
> of
> > curiosity, I followed this chain, to discover it doesn't work - it leads
> > nowhere.
> >
> > Horrible, commercial, inelegant, US-centric, wrong...
>
> Ooh! I noticed the amber triangle but didn't realise it was a button. When I
> click on it, it displays my ink levels within the print dialogue rather than
> directing to any web site. I've got a Canon iP6600D attached, Mac OS 10.6.2.

I got the same with my Brother MFC-885CW. It can be accessed when the
ink is NOT low by choosing Supply Levels from the menu in the middle of
the print dialog.

Quite handy having it there as a standard feature in the print dialog
(at least for drivers which have implemented it) rather than having to
run a separate application.

Whoever wrote this thing was obviously a USAian. The "Last updated"
field prints a US format date. Bloody lazy programmers. If I get annoyed
enough about it I'll file a bug report. It may be specific to the
printer brand/model.

--
David Empson
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Martin S Taylor on 14 Jan 2010 05:27
Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote
>> I've just tried to print something and for the first time using SL, the ink
>> is running low. On the print dialog there's a violently unsightly amber
>> button marked Supplies... which, when I click, takes me directly to Apple's
>> US shop (sorry, 'store').
>
> Coo. I don't get that with my Canon inkjet or HP laser.

Odd, because this *is* a Canon inkjet. An MP610, to be precise.

MST

From: Martin S Taylor on 14 Jan 2010 05:29
Fred Bambrough wrote
> Ooh! I noticed the amber triangle but didn't realise it was a button. When I
> click on it, it displays my ink levels within the print dialogue rather than
> directing to any web site.

I get both an amber triangle (which isn't a button) and an amber button
(which clearly is a button).

MST

From: Martin S Taylor on 14 Jan 2010 05:33
Martin S Taylor wrote
> Fred Bambrough wrote
>> Ooh! I noticed the amber triangle but didn't realise it was a button. When I
>> click on it, it displays my ink levels within the print dialogue rather than
>> directing to any web site.
>
> I get both an amber triangle (which isn't a button) and an amber button
> (which clearly is a button).

Oops - you're right. They're both buttons. Why can't a button be made to look
like a button?

MST

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