Ink Jet Printer Streaks Photos

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Hi,

Has anyone had this problem and cured it? I can think of a lot of things to
_try_, but would like to hear from someone who has had it and fixed it.

A little more detail - the printer will streak prints I make on glossy photo
paper. If I make the same prints on regular copier paper, they are OK - no
visible streaking. I haven't tried "flat" finish photo paper, but don't want
that result anyway.

In my experience, which is fairly limited in this area, ink jet printers do
this frequently. I decided not to buy one, a 3 in one printer/copier/fax,
because the guy demonstrating it in the store couldn't get it to stop streaking
the output on photos.

Do they all streak, and people just put up with this? I'd get a laserjet
except for the hideously expensive price of the ink cartridges, somewhere
around $300 on some of them. Maybe just have them printed commercially and
quit worrying about doing it myself? That might be the cheapest and most
effective way to get good prints.

My printer is an HP 952C, BTW, but doesn't seem to be close to unique in doing
this. The streaking is not really bad, but can be seen in homogeneous color
areas like sky areas.

Dave Head

 

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You need to increase the ink output to the paper. The glossy coating
takes much more ink. If you are using HP paper you can set the printer
to automatic and it should adjust the ink acording to the paper in the
printer. Non HP paper you have to adjust the ink load by choosing the
complimentry paper from the printers preferences just before you print.
HPs tend to revert to their default so if you are using a paper a lot
change the paper chice in the main printer setup section of your
operating system.

Tom

 

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Dave Head wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone had this problem and cured it? I can think of a lot of things to
> _try_, but would like to hear from someone who has had it and fixed it.
>
> A little more detail - the printer will streak prints I make on glossy photo
> paper. If I make the same prints on regular copier paper, they are OK - no
> visible streaking. I haven't tried "flat" finish photo paper, but don't want
> that result anyway.
>
> In my experience, which is fairly limited in this area, ink jet printers do
> this frequently. I decided not to buy one, a 3 in one printer/copier/fax,
> because the guy demonstrating it in the store couldn't get it to stop streaking
> the output on photos.
>
> Do they all streak, and people just put up with this? I'd get a laserjet
> except for the hideously expensive price of the ink cartridges, somewhere
> around $300 on some of them. Maybe just have them printed commercially and
> quit worrying about doing it myself? That might be the cheapest and most
> effective way to get good prints.
>
> My printer is an HP 952C, BTW, but doesn't seem to be close to unique in doing
> this. The streaking is not really bad, but can be seen in homogeneous color
> areas like sky areas.
>
> Dave Head

I'm not familiar with HP printer commands but somewhere there should be
a file for maintenance and head cleaning. I had an Epson and recently
purchased a Canon i9900. You have to print at least every other day or
the nozzles will get plugged, no matter what brand of printer you have.

1)Be sure to use the right printer setting for the type of paper you're
using.
2)Make sure your printer heads are properly aligned.
3)You may have to do a head cleaning over and over until the streaks are
gone.

If the streaking isn't improving with each cleaning, you may need to
have it serviced.

Hope this helps,
Oscar

 

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From: "Dave Head" <rally2xs@att.net>

| Hi,
|
| Has anyone had this problem and cured it? I can think of a lot of things to
| _try_, but would like to hear from someone who has had it and fixed it.
|
| A little more detail - the printer will streak prints I make on glossy photo
| paper. If I make the same prints on regular copier paper, they are OK - no
| visible streaking. I haven't tried "flat" finish photo paper, but don't want
| that result anyway.
|
| In my experience, which is fairly limited in this area, ink jet printers do
| this frequently. I decided not to buy one, a 3 in one printer/copier/fax,
| because the guy demonstrating it in the store couldn't get it to stop streaking
| the output on photos.
|
| Do they all streak, and people just put up with this? I'd get a laserjet
| except for the hideously expensive price of the ink cartridges, somewhere
| around $300 on some of them. Maybe just have them printed commercially and
| quit worrying about doing it myself? That might be the cheapest and most
| effective way to get good prints.
|
| My printer is an HP 952C, BTW, but doesn't seem to be close to unique in doing
| this. The streaking is not really bad, but can be seen in homogeneous color
| areas like sky areas.
|
| Dave Head

Printer needs maintenance/cleaning.

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On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:02:44 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>From: "Dave Head" <rally2xs@att.net>
>
>| Hi,
>|
>| Has anyone had this problem and cured it? I can think of a lot of things to
>| _try_, but would like to hear from someone who has had it and fixed it.
>|
>| A little more detail - the printer will streak prints I make on glossy photo
>| paper. If I make the same prints on regular copier paper, they are OK - no
>| visible streaking. I haven't tried "flat" finish photo paper, but don't want
>| that result anyway.
>|
>| In my experience, which is fairly limited in this area, ink jet printers do
>| this frequently. I decided not to buy one, a 3 in one printer/copier/fax,
>| because the guy demonstrating it in the store couldn't get it to stop streaking
>| the output on photos.
>|
>| Do they all streak, and people just put up with this? I'd get a laserjet
>| except for the hideously expensive price of the ink cartridges, somewhere
>| around $300 on some of them. Maybe just have them printed commercially and
>| quit worrying about doing it myself? That might be the cheapest and most
>| effective way to get good prints.
>|
>| My printer is an HP 952C, BTW, but doesn't seem to be close to unique in doing
>| this. The streaking is not really bad, but can be seen in homogeneous color
>| areas like sky areas.
>|
>| Dave Head
>
>Printer needs maintenance/cleaning.


Thanks. I'll give the cleaning a try. I seem to have everything I need
(swabs, distileld water) to try that except the time (gotta get to work...)
Maybe tonight.

Hopefully I won't have to send it someplace for maintenance...

Dave Head

 

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Use the 'genuine' paper and inks, set printer to use the correct paper type,
run printer cleaning routine... if it still makes streaks then it is broken
and needs repairing - or replacing.

Streaking suggests too much ink on the paper or a print head problem.

Guy

"Dave Head" <rally2xs@att.net> wrote in message
news:h87lb19o65q32nolipng495vu1g62t7jur@4ax.com...
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone had this problem and cured it? I can think of a lot of things
> to
> _try_, but would like to hear from someone who has had it and fixed it.
>
> A little more detail - the printer will streak prints I make on glossy
> photo
> paper. If I make the same prints on regular copier paper, they are OK -
> no
> visible streaking. I haven't tried "flat" finish photo paper, but don't
> want
> that result anyway.
>
> In my experience, which is fairly limited in this area, ink jet printers
> do
> this frequently. I decided not to buy one, a 3 in one printer/copier/fax,
> because the guy demonstrating it in the store couldn't get it to stop
> streaking
> the output on photos.
>
> Do they all streak, and people just put up with this? I'd get a laserjet
> except for the hideously expensive price of the ink cartridges, somewhere
> around $300 on some of them. Maybe just have them printed commercially
> and
> quit worrying about doing it myself? That might be the cheapest and most
> effective way to get good prints.
>
> My printer is an HP 952C, BTW, but doesn't seem to be close to unique in
> doing
> this. The streaking is not really bad, but can be seen in homogeneous
> color
> areas like sky areas.
>
> Dave Head

 

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On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:10:16 +0100, "Bigguy" <gtittley@remove.hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Use the 'genuine' paper and inks,

Not sure what this means. Is FujiFilm printer paper "genuine"?

>set printer to use the correct paper type,

I'm not familar with any setting like this, but I just downloaded the manual
(seem to have misplaced the paper one) so I'll look for such a setting in
there.

>run printer cleaning routine... if it still makes streaks then it is broken
>and needs repairing - or replacing.

Have considered replacing but don't know what would be better than an HP
anyway.

>Streaking suggests too much ink on the paper or a print head problem.

Maybe dirty. Will try cleaning 1st, as its also the cheapest.

Dave Head

>
>Guy
>
>"Dave Head" <rally2xs@att.net> wrote in message
>news:h87lb19o65q32nolipng495vu1g62t7jur@4ax.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anyone had this problem and cured it? I can think of a lot of things
>> to
>> _try_, but would like to hear from someone who has had it and fixed it.
>>
>> A little more detail - the printer will streak prints I make on glossy
>> photo
>> paper. If I make the same prints on regular copier paper, they are OK -
>> no
>> visible streaking. I haven't tried "flat" finish photo paper, but don't
>> want
>> that result anyway.
>>
>> In my experience, which is fairly limited in this area, ink jet printers
>> do
>> this frequently. I decided not to buy one, a 3 in one printer/copier/fax,
>> because the guy demonstrating it in the store couldn't get it to stop
>> streaking
>> the output on photos.
>>
>> Do they all streak, and people just put up with this? I'd get a laserjet
>> except for the hideously expensive price of the ink cartridges, somewhere
>> around $300 on some of them. Maybe just have them printed commercially
>> and
>> quit worrying about doing it myself? That might be the cheapest and most
>> effective way to get good prints.
>>
>> My printer is an HP 952C, BTW, but doesn't seem to be close to unique in
>> doing
>> this. The streaking is not really bad, but can be seen in homogeneous
>> color
>> areas like sky areas.
>>
>> Dave Head
>

 

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From: "Dave Head" <rally2xs@att.net>


|
| Thanks. I'll give the cleaning a try. I seem to have everything I need
| (swabs, distileld water) to try that except the time (gotta get to work...)
| Maybe tonight.
|
| Hopefully I won't have to send it someplace for maintenance...
|
| Dave Head

Isopropyl Alcohol is better at removing ink.

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Dave Head wrote:
> Hi,
>
<snipped>
>
> Do they all streak, and people just put up with this? I'd get a
> laserjet except for the hideously expensive price of the ink
> cartridges, somewhere around $300 on some of them. Maybe just have
> them printed commercially and quit worrying about doing it myself?
> That might be the cheapest and most effective way to get good prints.
>
<snipped>

Personally speaking, I am getting tired of inkjet printer nozzle foibles,
and am changing to a High-Touch 730PS Dye-sub printer which does up to 6"x8"
in size for my photos. Choice of Matt or Gloss finish and water resistant to
boot. Costing about £300 new here in UK, and paper/ink ribbon cost £18 for
60 sheets of 6"x4" and £21 for 30 sheets of 6"x8". As we are nearly always
dearer proportionally than USA prices, I've no doubt you will be even more
pleasantly surprised.

However, this is OT for this group, so suggest we leave it at that for now.
;-)

Kind regards

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Dave Head wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:02:44 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
> <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>
>
>>From: "Dave Head" <rally2xs@att.net>

> Thanks. I'll give the cleaning a try. I seem to have everything I need
> (swabs, distileld water) to try that except the time (gotta get to work...)
> Maybe tonight.
>
> Hopefully I won't have to send it someplace for maintenance...
>
> Dave Head

Keep a particular eye out for dust/fibers stuck to the underside of the
print carriage. They can stick to some drying ink on the carriage and
proceed to paintbrush every swath of new ink. This drove me nuts for a
couple weeks once with an old HP inkjet until I found it.

Dave

 

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On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:39:40 -0400, David Geesaman
<dgeesamanIHateSpam@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Dave Head wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:02:44 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
>> <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>From: "Dave Head" <rally2xs@att.net>
>
>> Thanks. I'll give the cleaning a try. I seem to have everything I need
>> (swabs, distileld water) to try that except the time (gotta get to work...)
>> Maybe tonight.
>>
>> Hopefully I won't have to send it someplace for maintenance...
>>
>> Dave Head
>
>Keep a particular eye out for dust/fibers stuck to the underside of the
>print carriage. They can stick to some drying ink on the carriage and
>proceed to paintbrush every swath of new ink. This drove me nuts for a
>couple weeks once with an old HP inkjet until I found it.
>
>Dave


Yes - I thought of that as soon as I saw the procedure for cleaning the
undercarriage for the print cartridges in the manual I downloaded. They have
never been cleaned, and I've had the thing for maybe 3 years... <G> I forgot
you actually have to clean it! I figured that the changing of the ink
cartridges periodically would take any foreign matter with it - forgot about
the possibility of stuff accumulating on the cartridge carrier. Aw well,
cleaning stuff is one of my least favorite activities, anyway...

I'm getting ready to take a pile of pictures at ham radio field day this
weekend, and so will new pictures to print. Will clean it and print some
things and we'll see.

Dave Head

 

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On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:15:14 GMT, "Siggy" <iamsiggy@thisblueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:

>Dave Head wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
><snipped>
>>
>> Do they all streak, and people just put up with this? I'd get a
>> laserjet except for the hideously expensive price of the ink
>> cartridges, somewhere around $300 on some of them. Maybe just have
>> them printed commercially and quit worrying about doing it myself?
>> That might be the cheapest and most effective way to get good prints.
>>
><snipped>
>
>Personally speaking, I am getting tired of inkjet printer nozzle foibles,
>and am changing to a High-Touch 730PS Dye-sub printer which does up to 6"x8"
>in size for my photos. Choice of Matt or Gloss finish and water resistant to
>boot. Costing about £300 new here in UK, and paper/ink ribbon cost £18 for
>60 sheets of 6"x4" and £21 for 30 sheets of 6"x8". As we are nearly always
>dearer proportionally than USA prices, I've no doubt you will be even more
>pleasantly surprised.
>
>However, this is OT for this group, so suggest we leave it at that for now.
>;-)
>
>Kind regards

Thanks for the tip. That looks interesting. If things are still
unsatisfactory after I clean the HP, I might be buying yet another printer, and
that might just be a solution!

Dave Head

 

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In article <uiomb11ks9fpnhgr86fjjjdn0ah4efm036@4ax.com>,
Dave Head <Rally2xs@att.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:15:14 GMT, "Siggy" <iamsiggy@thisblueyonder.co.uk>
>wrote:
>

[ ... ]

>>Personally speaking, I am getting tired of inkjet printer nozzle foibles,
>>and am changing to a High-Touch 730PS Dye-sub printer which does up to 6"x8"
>>in size for my photos. Choice of Matt or Gloss finish and water resistant to
>>boot. Costing about £300 new here in UK, and paper/ink ribbon cost £18 for
>>60 sheets of 6"x4" and £21 for 30 sheets of 6"x8". As we are nearly always
>>dearer proportionally than USA prices, I've no doubt you will be even more
>>pleasantly surprised.

[ ... ]

>Thanks for the tip. That looks interesting. If things are still
>unsatisfactory after I clean the HP, I might be buying yet another printer, and
>that might just be a solution!

I know that I printed a particular photo at 8x10 size from my
D70 (closeup of the cat) on my Epson ink spitter, and compared that to
the same image (carried in on a CF card to the local photo store)
printed to the same size on a dye-sub printer which they were promoting
at the time.

The colors were perhaps a bit more accurate. (I had to go back
to the objects in the original scene to be sure.)

But -- the resolution was terrible compared to the Epson. Areas
where I could count individual hairs on the cat in one photo were just
colored blurs in the other.

So -- for my purposes, the Epson is more satisfactory.

The only problem is that both printers only have a USB port
(plus a slot for sticking CF cards into), and my serious computers don't
use USB, so the CF card is the only way to feed it an image.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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"DoN. Nichols" <dnichols@d-and-d.com> wrote in message
news:d9fsle$1ee$1@Fuego.d-and-d.com...
> In article <uiomb11ks9fpnhgr86fjjjdn0ah4efm036@4ax.com>,
> Dave Head <Rally2xs@att.net> wrote:
> >On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:15:14 GMT, "Siggy" <iamsiggy@thisblueyonder.co.uk>
> >wrote:
> >
>
> [ ... ]
>
> >>Personally speaking, I am getting tired of inkjet printer nozzle
foibles,
> >>and am changing to a High-Touch 730PS Dye-sub printer which does up to
6"x8"
> >>in size for my photos. Choice of Matt or Gloss finish and water
resistant to
> >>boot. Costing about £300 new here in UK, and paper/ink ribbon cost £18
for
> >>60 sheets of 6"x4" and £21 for 30 sheets of 6"x8". As we are nearly
always
> >>dearer proportionally than USA prices, I've no doubt you will be even
more
> >>pleasantly surprised.
>
> [ ... ]
>
> >Thanks for the tip. That looks interesting. If things are still
> >unsatisfactory after I clean the HP, I might be buying yet another
printer, and
> >that might just be a solution!
>
> I know that I printed a particular photo at 8x10 size from my
> D70 (closeup of the cat) on my Epson ink spitter, and compared that to
> the same image (carried in on a CF card to the local photo store)
> printed to the same size on a dye-sub printer which they were promoting
> at the time.
>
> The colors were perhaps a bit more accurate. (I had to go back
> to the objects in the original scene to be sure.)
>
> But -- the resolution was terrible compared to the Epson. Areas
> where I could count individual hairs on the cat in one photo were just
> colored blurs in the other.
>
> So -- for my purposes, the Epson is more satisfactory.
>
> The only problem is that both printers only have a USB port
> (plus a slot for sticking CF cards into), and my serious computers don't
> use USB, so the CF card is the only way to feed it an image.
>

Isn't it time to get a newer "serious computer", I assume they don't have
Firewire, either? Sun Blade 2500, maybe?

Greg

 

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In article <11bn3fgo7e4pn72@corp.supernews.com>,
G.T. <getnews1@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>"DoN. Nichols" <dnichols@d-and-d.com> wrote in message
>news:d9fsle$1ee$1@Fuego.d-and-d.com...

[ ... ]

>> The only problem is that both printers only have a USB port
>> (plus a slot for sticking CF cards into), and my serious computers don't
>> use USB, so the CF card is the only way to feed it an image.
>>
>
>Isn't it time to get a newer "serious computer", I assume they don't have
>Firewire, either? Sun Blade 2500, maybe?

I've got a Sun Blade 100 (which has USB), but it wound up being
my wife's machine in a shuffle of machines recently, so I don't have it
to experiment with talking to the Epsom printer.

And the Sun Blade 2500 is still a bit out of reach. I'm
retired, on a fixed income, and I'm getting Sun computers for less than
$200.00 each, so my choices are perforce somewhat older.

Enjoy,
DoN.
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From: "DoN. Nichols" <dnichols@d-and-d.com>


|
| I've got a Sun Blade 100 (which has USB), but it wound up being
| my wife's machine in a shuffle of machines recently, so I don't have it
| to experiment with talking to the Epsom printer.
|
| And the Sun Blade 2500 is still a bit out of reach. I'm
| retired, on a fixed income, and I'm getting Sun computers for less than
| $200.00 each, so my choices are perforce somewhat older.
|
| Enjoy,
| DoN.
| --
| Email: <dnichols@d-and-d.com> | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564
| (too) near Washington D.C. | http/www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html
| --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---

At ~$10.00 US per USB v2.0 port, get a USB v2.0 PCI card.


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"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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> From: "DoN. Nichols" <dnichols@d-and-d.com>
>
>
> |
> | I've got a Sun Blade 100 (which has USB), but it wound up being
> | my wife's machine in a shuffle of machines recently, so I don't have it
> | to experiment with talking to the Epsom printer.
> |
> | And the Sun Blade 2500 is still a bit out of reach. I'm
> | retired, on a fixed income, and I'm getting Sun computers for less than
> | $200.00 each, so my choices are perforce somewhat older.
> |
> | Enjoy,
> | DoN.
> | --
> | Email: <dnichols@d-and-d.com> | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564
> | (too) near Washington D.C. | http/www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html
> | --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---
>
> At ~$10.00 US per USB v2.0 port, get a USB v2.0 PCI card.
>

Uhhh, what if he doesn't have anything but SBus slots?

Greg

 

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In article <11boi4la3lo4s2b@corp.supernews.com>,
G.T. <getnews1@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
>news:8uXue.18$B82.3@trnddc04...
>> From: "DoN. Nichols" <dnichols@d-and-d.com>
>>
>>
>> |
>> | I've got a Sun Blade 100 (which has USB), but it wound up being
>> | my wife's machine in a shuffle of machines recently, so I don't have it
>> | to experiment with talking to the Epsom printer.
>> |
>> | And the Sun Blade 2500 is still a bit out of reach. I'm
>> | retired, on a fixed income, and I'm getting Sun computers for less than
>> | $200.00 each, so my choices are perforce somewhat older.

[ ... ]

>> At ~$10.00 US per USB v2.0 port, get a USB v2.0 PCI card.

>Uhhh, what if he doesn't have anything but SBus slots?

Exactly the situation. And I have been *watching* for SBus
cards capable of talking USB -- and not seen any. Remember -- not all
the world is PC-Compatible.

Enjoy,
DoN.
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From: "G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com>


| Uhhh, what if he doesn't have anything but SBus slots?
|
| Greg
|

That'sd another story !

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From: "DoN. Nichols" <dnichols@d-and-d.com>

| In article <11boi4la3lo4s2b@corp.supernews.com>,
| G.T. <getnews1@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>>
>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
>> news:8uXue.18$B82.3@trnddc04...
>>> From: "DoN. Nichols" <dnichols@d-and-d.com>
>>>
|>>> I've got a Sun Blade 100 (which has USB), but it wound up being
|>>> my wife's machine in a shuffle of machines recently, so I don't have it
|>>> to experiment with talking to the Epsom printer.
|>>>
|>>> And the Sun Blade 2500 is still a bit out of reach. I'm
|>>> retired, on a fixed income, and I'm getting Sun computers for less than
|>>> $200.00 each, so my choices are perforce somewhat older.
|
| [ ... ]
|
>>> At ~$10.00 US per USB v2.0 port, get a USB v2.0 PCI card.
|
>> Uhhh, what if he doesn't have anything but SBus slots?
|
| Exactly the situation. And I have been *watching* for SBus
| cards capable of talking USB -- and not seen any. Remember -- not all
| the world is PC-Compatible.
|
| Enjoy,
| DoN.
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PCI is a well excepted 32bit/64bit bus supported by many vendors including SUN. I'm sorry
you don't have a system that provides PCI. But that the problems one runs into withy
proprietary systems and/or buses.

Sorry for the confusion.

--
Dave
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