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Subject: [Leica] Printing problem
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:21:34 -0400

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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