[Discussion] [MAC] Snow Leopard Beware

[Ernest Fisch]

On Nov 24, 2009, at 9:58 AM, D Burch wrote:

> Well I bit the hook and installed the Snow Leopard Upgrade. Bad decision indeed. Seems Mr. Job must be hanging out at Mr Gates bridge club.
> 
> My printer is not supported - HP LJ1020. Who in their right mind in 2009 would not support a bloody Laser printer!!! My parallel port LJ 1100 is supported, but is not useable. 
> 
> It does use less drive space, might be a bit faster, doesn't release apps any better, gets rid of the dumbness of Services options if they don't exist.
> 
> So now I have to partition, move data and then reinstall Leopard. Just like the good old days.
> 
> Anyway check the new printer list before upgrading.
> 
> Don

When I installed Snow Leopard all I had to do was reset my screen saver, my printer (hp LJ1022) and some other minor item.  The driver was Gutenprint 5.2.3 which had a few problems but which did work.  A recent update included the proper driver and I had to remove a workaround in Address Book.

Note that the drivers are supplied by hp, not Apple.  I don't who dropped the ball but it has been picked up.  The 1020 is not on the list but IIRC it was never listed as being supported although it would run.

I haven't seen any real improvement in Snow Leopard but there is a lot of stuff I don't use.

Ernie Fisch
ernfisch at cox.net