Tony! Hulette
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Just launch the “Migration Assistant.app” found in your Tiger startup disks Applications > Utilities folder. It will grab all your applications, user accounts, files, network setting, etc from your old drive. Its quick and easy. You may have to upgrade a couple apps to work with Tiger or maybe redo a serial number or two, but for the most part its easy as can be.
The other option that is also easy and possibly even less problematic is to just upgrade old drive to Tiger and then boot off of it.
Tony!
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Hi Erik,
If you’re lucky, this issue can be fixed by zapping your Mac’s PRAM:
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Ditto what Bob said. SATA is the better choice for you and right now G-Tech is my current favorite for smaller inexpensive solutions. https://www.g-technology.com/Products/G-SATA.cfm
Tony!
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You’re welcome Jim, pass it forward.
Tony!
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Oh, I forgot to mention that there are a couple company’s making RIP software for non-postscript printers. Here’s one that I know of: https://www.iproofsystems.com/
Tony!
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The way to make it work is to think in reverse. You need to get the PC to be able to use Mac formatted drives (the only choice you really have). Go here: https://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/ and buy their product. It will make your life much easier.
Tony!
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Details really help us, but I’m guessing you’re trying to print to a non-postscript printer (like an Epson inkjet). That can be a real problem for a Postscript application like Illustrator. One workaround is, of course, to import and print from Photoshop, or maybe Acrobat. However, Adobe and Apple have been able to get Illustrator printing to non-Postscript printers if you get the correct versions of everything and use the right settings. Checkout this info on Adobe’s website:
https://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331376.html
Tony!
Can’t print to non-PostScript Epson printer from Illustrator or InDesign (CS, CS2 on Mac OS X)Issue
When you try to print to a non-PostScript Epson printer from Adobe Illustrator or InDesign, the file appears in the printer’s list of jobs, but one of the following problems occurs:
— The file doesn’t print.
— The file disappears from the list of print jobs but doesn’t print.
— The file disappears from the list of print jobs and doesn’t print, and the printer returns an error message, such as “Job Stopped.”
Details
You are printing on Mac OS X v10.3.9 or earlier, or you are printing borderless from Mac OS X v10.4.2 or earlier.
Solutions
Do one or more of the following solutions:
Solution 1: Print with a page size other than borderless.
Illustrator CS, CS2 and InDesign CS, CS2 are unable to print borderless to some non-PostScript Epson printer models.
Important: Solutions 2 through 5 will not allow you to print borderless.
Solution 2: Upgrade to Mac OS X v10.4 .
For upgrade information, visit the Apple website at http://www.apple.com .
Solution 3: Choose Defined By Driver in the Print dialog box. (InDesign only on Mac OS X v10.3.9 or earlier)
1. In InDesign, choose File > Print.
2. Select Setup from the list on the left.
3. From the Paper Size menu, choose Defined By Driver, and then click Print.
Solution 4: Select the printer in the Page Setup dialog box. (Illustrator only on Mac OS X v10.3.9 or earlier)
1. In Illustrator, choose File > Print.
2. Click Page Setup in the bottom left corner.
3. Select Continue if the operating system returns a warning.
4. From the Format For menu, choose the Epson printer model, and then click OK.
Solution 5: Print the file as a PDF file. (Mac OS X v10.3.9 or earlier)
Convert the file to PDF, open the resulting PDF file in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader, and then print it. You can download the latest version of Adobe Reader from the Adobe website at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html .
To create a PDF file:
— In Illustrator, choose File > Save As, choose Adobe PDF (pdf) from the Format menu, and then click Save.
— In InDesign, choose File > Export, choose Adobe PDF from the Save As Type menu, and then click Save.
Background information
Illustrator CS, CS2 and InDesign CS, CS2 are unable to print borderless to some non-PostScript Epson printer models. There are incompatibilities between Illustrator CS, CS2 and InDesign CS, CS2 when printing to some non-PostScript Epson printer models on Mac OS X v10.3.9 or earlier.
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You didn’t say which LaCie Firewire drive you’re using, but make sure you have the latest firmware for it. Here’s link and what drives its for:
“LaCie Update Tool v1.3.3 is now Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) compatible and adds the latest firmware support for d2 and Design by F.A. Porsche drives with FireWire 400 and 800 and/or USB 2.0 interface.”
https://www.lacie.com/support/drivers/
I’d also, try different Firewire cables. Try it on a different Mac. Make sure other Firewire devices are working with your G5. Try the front port (or back if you’re using the front). And search for other solutions. Firewire ports can go bad, but by far most of the cases I’ve run into were caused by something else and are usually fixable.
As far as buying another Firewire case
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Hi Michael,
I rarely do print work anymore. In the 90’s Quark was king and we all used it a lot. But with their slow updates, copy protection issues, relatively high pricing, and just lack of customer support they were hated by most long time users. Quark is still a very good application, but if I were to get back into regular print work, I’d go with the all Adobe solution and use InDesign. Having said that, the print work I occasionally still do is done in either After Effects (yes, I said After Effects), Illustrator, or Photoshop without ever touching another application (they are all fine for most single page and logo print work). If I was doing books or long documents, FrameMaker is the best, but unfortunately Adobe dropped Mac support for it a couple years after buying the application.
I probably wouldn’t consider any applications for professional work other than the ones I mentioned above (you can always find another app, but it takes many years for them to mature into a reliable, relatively bug free, pro quality solution). Stick with the biggies.
Tony!
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One scanner I like is the Epson Expression 10000XL. With its large format scanning its very versatile. Epson has some other nice (less expensive) models as well that may suit your needs.
https://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=46048262
https://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/ProductCategory.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=-8172
Also, you can find some reviews at these sites (and others): https://www.macreviewzone.com/html/reviews/magazine/hardware/scanners.php and https://www.macworld.com/topics/hardware/scanners/ and https://www.consumersearch.com/www/computers/scanner-reviews/
Tony!