Computer Problems and\or Advice 2008 to 2011

[maggiepie]

David, I am sure you will like using gmail.
Btw, why not just edit your profile and change your contact address to the new gmail addy.

[Michael J Campbell]

David,you have made a good decision,now go into your profile and change your email address to the gmail one.  Your personal messages will not be affected as they are on the web.

[Michael J Campbell]

Helen,I think our posts crossed

[maggiepie]

Michael, gmta 

[David Shaw]

Because I didn't know that I could! On my other gardening blog site if I tried to change my mail address I would also have to change my user name. On this site I want my 'David Shaw' name to stay. Thanks for your support, folk, including Maggie who offered to help me out - again.

[David Pilling]

My text jumps around in the text box also but only when I'm writing a private message

There seems to be a known bug in Internet Explorer 8 - as soon as I got it I started to have problems entering text. The SRGC forum runs on the Simple Machines Forum (SMF), there's been much discussion in that context e.g.:

http://dev.simplemachines.org/mantis/view.php?id=3354

Apparently the problem can be avoided by changing the forum design, but a mystery why there's been no IE8 fix.

[Michael J Campbell]

Download Firefox and you will have no more problems. I never use IE.

[Maggi Young]

Because I didn't know that I could! On my other gardening blog site if I tried to change my mail address I would also have to change my user name. On this site I want my 'David Shaw' name to stay. Thanks for your support, folk, including Maggie who offered to help me out - again.

 Glad you're sorted, David! I've made a note of your new email in my address book.

[Martinr]

Aaargh, the printer's given up the ghost . My Canon i550 says it needs a new print head....costs as much as a printer! Cleaning & service tips gleaned via google haven't fixed it.

So...who recommends what in the printer line at the moment? I use it for low frequency printing and printing photographs, again infrequently but I like a decent quality.

Suggestions please!

[maggiepie]

Martin, we currently have the canon pixma iP5000 but will probably have to replace it when our current lot of ink is used up.
( It is getting hard to find places that stock the ink cartridges for this model )

I would seriously look at the Canon Pixma MP560

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/21/review_printer_canon_pixma_mp560_multifunction_inkjet/

[Martinr]

Thanks Helen, I don't need the scanner/copy functions as I'm more than happy with my current model. The pixma iP3600 looks like it has much the same printer functionality as the MP560 for a lot less money. More research ongoing as we speak.

[Michael J Campbell]

HP photosart should do the trick,cheap ink cartridges too if you buy the refills.

[gote]

I recently bought a HP Color laserjet CP1515n.
It is a great success - especially with Canon laser printer paper.
The pages look like very good professinal printing.
I had a HP inkjet before and it was cheap but I paid its price in ink before scrapping it.
This one cost me less than £200 - twice an inkjet but the running cost is about a third so it will soon be paid off.
Until nowCheers
Göte

[mark smyth]

Kodak is advertising on TV just now and claiming to have the cheapest cartridges.

Tesco has half price printers.

[Martinr]

Thanks all for your inputs on printers. I can't justify a colour laser printer as I don't do the volume to make it pay for itself. I had an interesting hour on Amazon reading customer comments on a range of machines. I'd narrowed it down to a Canon iP4700 or one of the new Kodak range. After reading aforementioned comments I went for the Canon. Worth a read if only to make up your own mind about how cheap the Kodak ink is.

Then I went price hunting. Local big chain retail outlet £110, Online major retailer £78. Guess which one I chose!