I can't install my printer

[DonIgnacio]

A few weeks ago I bought a computer and a printer but my printer does not appear in the list and does not work. How do I do this?

[Nemo]

Proximity or sympathy usually don't work, try to install it following the manufacturer's instructions, you know... installing the contents of those discs that come with it and connecting it when the installation wizard that probably comes with it asks for it. For everything else... here you have all the information.

Best regards and welcome

[Sylver]

And above all, if you want us to give you some useful information, give us some first, such as the brand of the computer, model, printer brand, type of connection to the computer... because here we are mostly good people, we have experience (some more than others), knowledge... but so far we do not have mental powers or are fortune-tellers, although we try.

Greetings

[DonIgnacio]

Thanks for replying. I don't know much about computers. The discs you are referring to is the compact disc that comes inside the printer box, right? I have measured it on the compact disc player of my new computer and it does nothing.

The installation instructions are only a couple of pages. They say they are for Windows or for Mac and I don't understand that.

So, when I turn on my computer and it says C:> what do I have to put?

[DonIgnacio]

Hello Sylver. I don't know anything about computers. Look, I had a computer that I bought in 1988 and a few weeks ago it stopped working. Fortunately, I had all my work saved on diskettes. So I went to a store down the street from my house and said I wanted a really good computer that would last a long time and that they install Word Perfect 5.1 on it, which is what I use. The man at the store (very nice people by the way), told me they had the latest model that cost 2000€ and that Word Perfect 5.1 would work very well on it. And it's true that it works very well (it's in color and everything), but the printer doesn't work.

I went to ask the salesman, but he told me that the printer installation is 200€.

Anyway, I asked my brother-in-law who also has a computer but he couldn't tell me. He left me a modem (do you know what that is?) and a diskette with the Arachne Browser (I assume you know what that is) and told me that if I connected everything, I could access the internet where there were answers to many questions like this. I've spent the last two weeks trying to ask a question to get an answer and a while ago I was able to do it and the truth is I'm not very sure how I managed it. So forgive me if I don't communicate correctly through this medium because I'm a newbie.

In summary, I don't know what model of computer I bought. I only know it's the latest model. And the printer connects via the USB port (or at least that's what the instructions say). The invoice seems to have more details; if you need them, let me know and I'll copy it for you.

[Nemo]

Does your new computer have an operating system installed? Which one, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS snowleopard, lion, Linux Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint? What make and model of printer? Have you connected it via USB? Have you turned it on with the ON/OFF button? Have you run the contents of the disk(s)? Have you tried following the steps on the installation sheets?

Ale!! you already have work to do :risitas:

Happy Day of the Holy Innocents…because this can't be true... :risitas::risitas:

Best regards.

[incrediboy]

according to the rules, multiple accounts are prohibited…

2.2 Nicks
It is strictly forbidden for one person to use two nicks. This infraction is sanctioned with permanent banishment.
Changing your nick is not allowed.

who will be the next to fall... place your bets!

[Sylver]

Fuck Nemo thanks for reminding me that it was the day of the innocent saints, I was already freaking out… xDDDDDD
In the vip area I expressed my madness at this post :risitas::risitas::risitas:

It's crazy, I had been caught but caught... for a while xD

Greetings friends! :risitas:

[DonIgnacio]

I still don't understand this system of linear and temporally unchangeable communication and at the same time I am unable to understand certain terminology included in the cited rules, so I don't know if I am breaking them.

The thing is, I am a writer and I would like to print a fragment of my work but my printer doesn't appear in the list of printers in Word Perfect 5.1, and the compact disc does nothing when I insert it into the compact disc player.

[cobito]

Hello Ignacio, if they have charged you €2000 for the PC, why don't you pay the €200 for the installation?

[DonIgnacio]

Hello cobito. I have already spent 2000€ which is all that I had earned in the last 20 years with my works, so I cannot afford that extra expense.

I have visited the questions form of the said google and it has responded to me with an astonishing speed with a prop called DOS2USB that I have been able to install without difficulties.

Now my new printer already works with my new and shiny latest model computer.

Thanks to everyone for the help.

[Sylver]

I can't believe it…

[Tecnho]

@DonIgnacio:

Hello cobito. I have already spent 2000€ which is all that I had earned in the last 20 years with my works, so I cannot afford that extra expense.

I have visited the questions form of the aforementioned google and it has responded to me with an astonishing speed with a prop called DOS2USB that I have been able to install without difficulties.

Now my new printer already works with my new and shiny latest model computer.

Thanks to everyone for the help.

I would install windows 3.1, important for the printer is to put a 5.25 reader, that's what new technologies have.

[packosoft]

Lucia Etxeberria, is that you?

[DonIgnacio]

Hello Tecnho. The 5.25-inch floppy drive thing is already done because it's the only way to install Word Perfect 5.1 and to recover my backup copy. As for Windows 3.1, I would have to buy a mouse and it's a hassle because it seems very complicated to use this new device.

Without further ado, I bid you all farewell and hope you have enjoyed this April Fool's joke sponsored by cobito

[cobito]

Well guys, I hope no one took the joke amiss.

So as not to leave the topic empty, I'll put a couple of articles, one that I wrote in this forum and another that I found around:

On the possible consequences of using digital media to store information:
The dark digital era - HardLimit

Of how even today there are those who use WP 5.1:
RafaLinux » Wordperfect 5.1 (I)

[Nemo]

You're a great guy, buddy…:risitas::risitas:

Best regards.

[Sylver]

Did I say it or not, Nemo? :risitas: What an artist little one… I'll give it to you next year, and to everyone xD
You've left me very crazy this morning, just so you know :risitas:

Best regards!