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From: Martin S Taylor on 14 Jan 2010 05:37
David Empson wrote
> 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.

That's fair enough, as long as it doesn't show up in that virulent yellow.

> 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.

Yes, but I'd rather it didn't whisk you off to a different application
without any warning that that is what it was about to do.

> Whoever wrote this thing was obviously a USAian. The "Last updated"
> field prints a US format date. Bloody lazy programmers.

It's worse than that. My "Last updated" reads "Last updated today at
1/14/10". So they can't tell the difference between the time and the date.

> If I get annoyed
> enough about it I'll file a bug report. It may be specific to the
> printer brand/model.

So who are the lazy programmers working for? Is it written by Apple, or have
Canon written the printer driver and just hung it on Apple's handles?

MST


From: Jim on 14 Jan 2010 05:41
On 2010-01-14, Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote:
> 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.

_Fairly_ sure I get it with mine (PiXMA 5200 wireless)

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From: David Empson on 14 Jan 2010 07:28
Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote:

> David Empson wrote
> > 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.
>
> That's fair enough, as long as it doesn't show up in that virulent yellow.
>
> > 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.
>
> Yes, but I'd rather it didn't whisk you off to a different application
> without any warning that that is what it was about to do.

Mine doesn't do that. It just shows the Supply Levels panel within the
print dialog.

> > Whoever wrote this thing was obviously a USAian. The "Last updated"
> > field prints a US format date. Bloody lazy programmers.
>
> It's worse than that. My "Last updated" reads "Last updated today at
> 1/14/10". So they can't tell the difference between the time and the date.

Good point. I didn't spot the bad wording.

> > If I get annoyed enough about it I'll file a bug report. It may be
> > specific to the printer brand/model.
>
> So who are the lazy programmers working for? Is it written by Apple, or have
> Canon written the printer driver and just hung it on Apple's handles?

The driver is supplied via Apple, so it is Apple's problem in my
opinion.

You have a Canon, I have a Brother, and they have the same bizarre text,
so this is either bad sample code supplied by Apple, or common use of
Apple-supplied library code. Either way, Apple's problem.

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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 14 Jan 2010 08:03
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:27:41 GMT, Martin S Taylor
<mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote:

>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.

MP600 here! I had a black tank run out recently enough to be able to
pop it back in, and I don't get a clickable Supplies button. How
curious.

Cheers - Jaimie
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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 14 Jan 2010 08:12
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:37:04 GMT, Martin S Taylor
<mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote:

>David Empson wrote
>> 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.
>
>That's fair enough, as long as it doesn't show up in that virulent yellow.

My MP600 shows the yellow exclamation triangle with a "Low ink"
warning, below the actual black/black/yellow/magenta/cyan supply level
bars. It's not clickable, and only shows up when the ink is actually
low. There are no other features on the panel at all.

>> Whoever wrote this thing was obviously a USAian. The "Last updated"
>> field prints a US format date. Bloody lazy programmers.
>
>It's worse than that. My "Last updated" reads "Last updated today at
>1/14/10". So they can't tell the difference between the time and the date.

Now, mine's in English - "Last updated 10/01/2010 09:46"

How curious. "General" tab says the MP600 driver version is 10.19.0.0,
is that a different series to yours? This one came with SL and I've
not changed the driver myself.

Cheers - Jaimie
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