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Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 3:10 P.M.: I took four of my eight 4 inch by 4 inch cork bottom Christmas Tree coasters that I bought at the gift shop at the Bush-Holly House Museum Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich about 15 year ago for $8 at their annual Christmas display, and I placed one of each of the four underneath the full B&M Maple flavor baked bean cans on top of the corner positions of the HP LaserJet IID printer that supports my improvised printer stand assembly to give the cans more secure resting positions. One has to remember when the Epson inkjet on top prints, it tends to wiggle back and forth a little bit, so hopefully when I use it, the whole assembly will not come tumbling down. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 2:35 P.M.: I chatted with two relatives. I improvised a printer stand sitting on top of the HP LaserJet IID laser printer. I put four 16 ounce cans of B&M baked beans at each of the four widest resting points around the HP paper eject area. I then put the largest of the three tea trays upside down on top of the cans, so the rim of the tea tray keeps the cans from pulling away and falling off the edge of the HP. I then laid the large flat book about Egypt on top of the tea tray. I then centered the EpsonStylus Color 880 printer, so the weight is evenly distributed on top of the tea tray. It works very well, so one can easily use either without any problem. However, if there is a paper jam in the HP, and one has to open up the inside of the HPfrom the top, so one would have to remove the Epson and place it on top of the Lexmark X1185, and then remove the book, tea tray and cans. However, the HP does not jam that much, and I only use it once every four months to print out my Scott's random notes in Postscript font which prints out fairly fast in Postscript on the HP printer. The HP does not print out graphics or true type fonts very fast. However, I have a new 3,000 sheet generic cartridge in the HP with about 400 sheets used, and I have two new spare cartridges one HP 95 and the other Xerox 95, so I thus have about 8500 sheets of spare toner cartridge capacity left on the HP. However, there are other things that can go wrong with the HP, which I would not pay to have repaired, if they ever do occur. When it was new about 12 years ago, it would be regularly serviced. However, new it was probably about $4,500, so it is a work horse of a printer. I have the manuals too. Basically from what I can tell, it is available for heavy duty postscript printing. One removes the HP printouts from the side, since the cans make the front opening smaller underneath the tea tray. I chatted with two relatives about what I have been doing. I will now post a couple of pictures of the HP LaserJet IID and EpsonStylus Color 880 and the Lexmark X1185 printer setup on my dining room table with the improvised tea tray and cans supporting the Epson on top of the HP. Pictures follow
In the following picture underneath the light on the right is where the Lexmark E238 laser printer is going on top of the clear Plexiglas IBM printer stand that holds my used paper on the lower side. http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/hp-laserjet-IId-with-tea-tray-resting-on-bean-cans-supporting-epsonstylus-color-880-with-lexmark-x1185-along-side-on-oak-dining-table-with-bric-a-brac-121105.JPG . CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 12:25 P.M.: Two grand after a grand rebate Xerox Office - WorkCentre C2424 Color Multifunction is a three in one for your office . I think I mentioned in my notes, the only person that bothered to continually pay attention to me and keep an eye on me and try to keep me interested in the business was Joel from Laguna Beach, California who looked like Nelson Rockefeller, and he was the head of Xerox Parc back in 1980, and so he could afford a beach house in Laguna. Of course he probably thinks I am robbing them blind since I live in Greenwich. XEROX Trade-in Center if you look at the link, one can get a $500 rebate on the machine, but they will give you another $500 rebate trade in if you have a machine like my HP LaserJet IID, so somebody could use it for a trade in. Look at this page Current Xerox Office Product Rebates . A $500 trade in ain't chicken feed. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 12:10 P.M.: This is for the even Bigger Big Buck Boys Staples.com®. that was easy™. HP LaserJet 2840 Color Flatbed All-in-One for a cool grand less a C note rebate if you feel like printing your own money . However, once you get into that price range www.xerox.com might have some alternatives. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 12:05 P.M.: More printer stands KENSINGTON Printer Dock Printer/Office Machine Stand, Platinum KMW60041 60041 IM1236670 040033 KMW60041 040033 g641 N160041 10085896600418 KMW-60041 and more small printer stands Printer stand: Find, Compare, Read Reviews & Buy Online @ Yahoo! Shopping and more Kensington Printer Stand - compare prices, reviews and buy at NexTag - Price - Review . I guess you could use an old plastic beverage crate if you still had one hanging around. I used to have about a half dozen red plastic Coca Cola www.coke.com beverage crates, but they have Gone with the Wind a long time ago. Actually, since I have the EpsonStylus Color 880 printer sitting on top of the HP LaserJet IID, I was think it would be easier to use the HP if the Epson were on the Kensington Adjustable desktop stand Buy.com - Printer stand - light gray - plastic - 50545 $18 free shipping , but at the moment, I do not feel like making the investment. I might be able to improvise something later. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 11:45 A.M.: For the Big Buck Boys Staples.com®. that was easy™. Save $150 Konica Minolta color laser printers for $250 and $350 after rebates. Remember each one takes four $80 toner catridges when you go to replace your toner cartridges . CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 11:00 A.M.: Greenwich Time - Where plates collide . Old rocks in Northwest Greenwich. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 10:45 A.M.: CNN.com - Hawaiian king's time capsule found, but will stay buried - Dec 11, 2005 . CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 10:45 A.M.: I went out, and I removed the frost from my car windows. The driver's side windshield wiper was not removing all of the moisture on the left side of the glass. I switched the windshield wipers around, and there was still the same problem. I then bent the driver's side wiper in towards the windshield a small bit, and that seemed to fix the problem. I then went downtown to CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I picked up two prescriptions. I also bought a 7 ounce bag of black licorice for $1.39 plus .08 tax for $1.47. I then bought a $14.99 package of Nuprin 200 mg. ibuprofen tablets 225 count on sale for $6.99 plus I had a $5 off CVS 225 count Nuprin cash register coupon, so I only paid $1.99. I then drove down by the waterfront, and then I returned home. The passenger side cleaner spray tube that came detached from the small wiper arm on the passenger's side front head lamp on my Volvo station wagon might have broken off from its arm. When I have some time, I can resecure it with some black plastic electrical tape. It looks to be a nice day. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 8:50 A.M.: I look at Cheapstingybargains.com - Free Online Coupons, Dell, Overstock, Amazon! frequently, I found this Staples.com®. that was easy™. Memorex 512MB Travel Drive at Techbargains - discount computer sale buy cheap digital camera review cheap laptop techbargain tech bargain - Techbargains.com . I will now put the computer on standby, and I will go out, I have to go by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and then I will return. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 8:40 A.M.: This is a pretty popular look around this neck of the woods Cheap Stingy Bargains: Amazon has Lee Jeans for Dirt Cheap . CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 8:30 A.M.: I might order this if I think I need it Desktop Adjustable Stand for 80/132-Column Printers, Gray by KENSINGTON KMW50545 $20 or cheaper Buy.com - Printer stand - light gray - plastic - 50545 $18 free shipping . I like putting my printers on stands, so I can store items like paper underneath them. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 8:25 A.M.: UPS tracking for the Staples.com®. that was easy™. Lexmark E238 for $179.98 less $36 online coupon and $80 online Easy Rebate for $64 plus tax and free shipping and I ordered it for $143.98 plus $8.64 tax for $152.62 with free shipping and I filled out the $80 Easy Rebate online Staples Easy Rebates , so after I receive the $80 rebate in a month, it will cost me $72.62 total is UPS Package Tracking Lexmark E238 laser printer from Staples for Mike Scott . I toasted two pieces of Arnold multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both slices. I put four 1/32nds thick slices of rare roast beef on the sandwich and then five 1/32nd thick slices of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese and then I added six medium spinach leaves, and I seasoned the sandwich with salt and pepper, and I put the top piece on, and I cut it in half, and I ate it with a glass of ice tea. I finished going through my email. CIO End of Scott's Notes week of 12/11/05: Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 6:45 A.M.: I fixed the problems with Vista beta 1 build 5231 on my primary computer secondary partition Michael Louis Scott's Microsoft Vista Beta Notes . I will now send out my weekly notes. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 2:30 A.M.: Now I am going to reboot in Vista beta with the router turned on, and time how long it takes to boot up. Thus the next note will be from Michael Louis Scott's Microsoft Vista Beta Notes , but I can post non Vista beta notes with Microsoft Word 2003 installed on the Vista beta partition as well as the Vista notes. I will also uninstall the Logitech drivers. CIO Note: <888> 12/11/05 Sunday 2:15 A.M.: I went out after the last message without cleaning up, so I could get over to CVS at the Riverside Shopping Plaza before this past week's sales ended at midnight. I cleaned the snow off the hood of my car and the windshield. I need to get a new set of windshield wiper blades, since the moisture on the far left of the windshield is not wiped off properly. I drove over to CVS at the Riverside shopping center on Interstate 95 East from exit 2 to exit 5 to put a little bit of higher speed mileage on my Volvo station wagon. I bought buy one get one free two RTH 15 foot white extension cords for $3.99 both, a 60 yard roll of Tartan 18 mm white utility masking tape for $1.99, and 7 ounce container of Edge sensitive skin with aloe shave gel for $2.29 plus .50 Connecticut 6% sales tax for $8.77 total. I then went downtown, and I sat out briefly. I then drove down by the waterfront. The staff at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club are using all of the parking places at the end of Steamboat Road, so there is little or no place to park down there. Technically nobody is supposed to be parked down there after 9 P.M., and it is well posted. However, as usual the people affiliated with the Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich always seem to think they are above the law. At least their weather station still works Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Greenwich, Connecticut Real-Time Weather . Since Tom Watson was ambassador to Russia, and they were members of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, more than likely we have a few Russians around the facility. I then returned home. I brushed the rest of the snow off the hood and roof of my Volvo, since the heated inside temperature warmed up the roof. I had to reinstall the left passenger side headlight wiper blade, but the spray washer nozzle is disconnected, and I can not figure out how to reattach it in the night light. I then went back up to my apartment, and I showered, and I cleaned up. Splish Splash I was taking a bath all about a Saturday night. I started up the primary computer in XP. I put two new AA Duracell batteries in my Logitech cordless optical mouse, and I reset its wireless connection by pressing the sending unit button and then the button on the bottom of the mouse. When working with the Logitech wireless optical mouse, the red laser light is always on, so one should be careful not to shine it in one's eyes. I put the old batteries which still have some life in them in my used battery bag on the battery shelf on the side board in the bedroom. When I started up XP, and I clicked on a desktop icon, all of the icons to the left and up above it were high lighted. I had to reboot. It lead me to believe that somebody had been once again tampering with my computer. I have only told one person the CMOS password. I have further proof, since I ran Ad-awareSE personal edition before shutting down this past morning, and I only booted XP to post a note briefly before going out. When I ran Ad-awareSE again, it caught 33 spyware problems, which should not be on a system unused for a day. I also mentioned the password out loud in my apartment, so somebody technically could be monitoring my apartment sound or through the internet and have gotten the password that way. The other possibility is that there is a universal CMOS password for my motherboard and motherboards in general. The XP password is not hard to override. Thus there is still mischief afoot at a high level of competence. I put the two new 15 foot electrical extension cords in the cable box underneath the living room desk. CIO Note: <888> 12/10/05 Saturday 10:40 P.M.: I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee. I chatted with a relative. I watered the plants, and I threw out the garbage and old periodicals. I need to clean off the snow of my Volvo station wagon when I go out in a little while. When Vista was in screen saver mode, and I brought it out, the mouse was frozen, and it rebooted, so now I am back in XP. CIO Note: <888> 12/10/05 Saturday 8:20 P.M.: I was awake at 3 P.M.. I have been working with the Vista beta Michael Louis Scott's Microsoft Vista Beta Notes . I am using Word 2003 in Vista beta 1 build 5231 to post my notes from Vista. I went downstairs, and I picked up my mail earlier. I made my bed. I still have to eat breakfast. I am not going to do my house cleaning this week, since the apartment does not really get that dirty, I figure I can do it every two weeks. I still have to water the plants and throw out the garbage every week. I put a new label on the LPT Siemens printer port box to reflect the printers connected to it. CIO Note: <888> 12/10/05 Saturday 2:40 A.M.: I worked in Microsoft Vista Beta 1 X86 build 5231. I was able to get it working properly without any problems. I posted these notes on what I did to fix it Michael Louis Scott's Microsoft Vista Beta Notes . I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 10:30 P.M.: Windows OneCare Live - Home . CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 10:25 P.M.: Vista beta 1 build 5231 started up all right, when I booted with the router turned off. However, once I turned on the router, and started working with it according to the Task Manager the CPU started maxing out at 100%, when it should have been just a fraction of that. It did the same when I first installed it without any of the device drivers installed, so it leads me to believe there is a memory leak in the Vista beta build 5231. I chatted with two relatives. I opened a 18 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, and I put it in a microwave proof plastic pot with lid, and I heated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven. I then put the hot soup in a large Cobalt blue soup bowl with a couple of small handfuls of Arnold regular cut seasoned croutons. I ate it all with a little bit of pepper and a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 8:35 P.M.: I downloaded and watched the Windows Vista movie available at http://connect.microsoft.com/ . I am not working as much in Vista, because product activation will not let me use Microsoft FrontPage 2002 in Vista, so it would be hard to keep my log while working. However, I do not have much to do right now, so I will boot into Vista to see if it starts up all right now. The last time I ran Norton Win Doctor 2003 in Vista, it seemed to fix the boot up problem by fixing some of its active X entries. I am not configuring Vista because beta 2 is suppose to be out around Christmas Time. My batteries are getting low on my Logitech wireless optical mouse, but they seem to have enough life in them for now. Basically, I have not been working too much in Vista, because for the last couple of months, I have been doing a little bit of apartment tweaking and computer hardware tweaking. You have to remember, my entire lifestyle including all expenses including computer expenses is on a budget of less than $10,000 a year, so I think they are living high on the hog in India or where ever Microsoft seems to think it is cheaper. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 7:50 P.M.: I researched the Lexmark E238, and it is a newer model printer, so spare remanufactured cartridges are not yet available at a discount price. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 6:50 P.M.: I stumbled across this page SlickDeals.net Forums - Lexmark E238 Laser Printer $40/$30 @Staples , and since I have a $20 off Staples coupon with a MasterCard purchase of over a $100 purchase, I thought I might check to see if I could get an extra $20 of the purchase I made earlier today. However, on the $20 off coupon, it says it can not be combined with any other coupons. I called up Staples at 1-800-3-STAPLE Staples.com® | Who do I contact if I am having problems with your web site? , and they confirmed that one can not combine coupons, so I do not get an extra $20 off. I chatted with a relative. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 5:50 P.M.: I did a little research, and I am going to try to hook up to my Siemens Speedstream 4 port router with parallel print server with another 4 port router with a USB print server. I found it at DI-704P Factory Sealed/Refurbished Broadband 4Port Router w/Print Server. for $24 refurbished and $8.59 priority mail shipping for $32.59. It is the same as this new model D-Link DI-704UP 4-Port Broadband Router Plus USB Print Server which is more expensive new. However, I do not know if daisy chaining the routers will work or not. I am not that expert on networking, but it seems like it might work. I already have the Siemens Speedstream router with 4 LAN ports and a parallel port connected to my printer port box. Connected to the Siemens router, I have another 8 port etherfast switch. Besides my LAN connections, I also have connected I think to the ethefast switch my AT&T wireless router with four LAN connections. However, I just thought about it, and I had ordered the 704P model which is a parallel port model. I called them up, and I cancelled the order, and the money should be back in my account in a couple of days. This is what I think I need to hook up my USB printers to the network DP-301U D-Link Factory Sealed/Refurbished Fast Ethernet USB Print Server , but I do not need it at the moment, so I will not order it right now. With it, I would be able to connect USB printers directly to my network, not that anyone is using the network. I should learn to not buy on impulse on bargains available. They are always around most of the time. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 4:10 P.M.: Save on the Krups Espremio Auto Cappuccino/Latte/Esp FNP211-42 at SmartBargains.com $65 . Save on the All Season 260TC White Goose Down Comforter at SmartBargains.com $45 . CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 2:55 P.M.: I finished going through my email. Buy.com - Crucial 512mb GIZMO! USB 2.0 Flash Drive $30 free shipping - 109962 and Buy.com - Memorex 1GB TravelDrive USB 2.0 Flash Drive $55 plus 20 mail rebate - 32509060 . CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 2:25 P.M.: Windows Live Local . CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 2:05 P.M.: I went downstairs, and I picked up the mail. It looks like we had about four inches of snow, but it is now sunny. I toasted two pieces of Arnold multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both slices. I put five 1/32nds thick slices of rare roast beef on the sandwich and then five 1/32nd thick slices of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese and then I added five 1/8th thick slices of onion and six medium spinach leaves, and I seasoned the sandwich with salt and pepper, and I put the top piece on, and I cut it in half, and I ate it with a glass of ice tea. I will now go through my email. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 12:50 P.M.: I have spent the last five hours trying to get the Epson Status monitor to work for the EpsonStylus 880 printer. After uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers a number of times, it does not work from the tray icon, but it does work when one prints out. I changed the USB cable connection on it to another port, and that did not make a difference. I installed this utility to monitor the EpsonStylus Color 880 ink status from the tray http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml . It was all pretty much a waste of time on a minor detail, but that is the nature of computers. Possibly the utility since it was already installed did something to interfere with the Epson status monitor. Of it could be some other problem. The EpsonStylus Color 880 has plenty of ink it like all of the other inkjet printers. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 8:05 A.M.: I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee. I watched a CSPAN channel 66 presentation by Senator Bill Frist on the Global Pandemic Flu Epidemic that will arrive in this country sooner or later, and he said there should be civilian volunteers getting prepared to meet it along with a lot of other interesting information. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 6:50 A.M.: Since there is no room for the second small Swiss flag on the HP LaserJet IID printer, I moved the second small Swiss flag to on top of the right primary Dell 20 inch monitor on the primary computer system. CIO Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 6:25 A.M.: I moved the EpsonStylus Color 880 inkjet printer from the lower printer stand shelf to the right of the computer to on top of the HP IID laser printer on the dining room table. One can still use the HP IID laserjet printer, attached to the Siemens parallel port box, but one would have to move the EpsonStylus Color 880 inkjet printer to open up the HP LaserJet IID if there were a paper jam. I put a longer USB cable on it, but I plugged it into the same USB port, so it does not need to be reconfigured. I did not attach the LPT Siemens parallel cable since I will use that for the Lexmark E238 laser printer along with its USB port. I left the parallel cable and another USB cable available at the top left of the printer stand to the right of the primary computer. Thus I have the space and cables all set up to install the Lexmark E238 laser printer. From that top left printer stand location, I moved the HP Photosmart P1000 printer to the middle shelf of the printer stand with the same cables. This page has the information on the Lexmark E238 laser printer Lexmark E238 -- Lexmark United States . I will run the Lexmark E238 from the USB 2.0 port on the primary computer, and I will also have it set up on the Siemens LPT port box, so it can work off any of the computers in the apartment once the drivers are install. When I put in the new AMD Athlon 3000 CPU, I will have to disconnect all of the cables from the primary computer to move the CPU, so to keep track of them I should get some masking tape to label the cables. Most of the cables are easy to keep track of, but I have 10 USB cables attached to back of the primary computer CPU, and it is easy to confuse them. CIO Download 1.37 Mb. Share with your friends:
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