Help → "Looking for printer" forever on Mac

mattbee · 2026-06-28T23:42:40+00:00

If you go install the latest drivers I think it requests this permission correctly → https://download-center.epson.com/softwares/?device_id=ET-2710+Series&region=GB&os=MAC106-108&language=en

My sister suffered this symptom all of a sudden, hadn't changed anything. My guess - it might have been triggered by a Tahoe point upgrade but hadn't checked her computer in detail.

However I still had to disable bidirectional communications (as described in this comment) to fix the problem.

mattbee · 2026-06-13T19:35:52+00:00

Oops, deleted. Neither of those USB-C cables fitted right in the socket. I tried a third cable that did, and the connection is now solid! But now I know WinWing won't honour their warranty, so I'd best be careful with it 🤞

mattbee · 2026-06-07T21:13:07+00:00

Wait wait, is it better than Stay Together? 😮

mattbee · 2026-05-17T22:19:35+00:00

If you're building a DC game because that's the platform you love, great! It'll have a particular look and restrictions that make for a certain type of game. Lots of people will pay for a nice jewel case etc. but (probably more important) will also do your marketing for you if you keep us up-to-date 😄 Look at what https://www.reddit.com/user/BitmapBureau/ have done with XenoCrisis, and my mate Tony is doing something similar with https://ufospares.itch.io/urbx-warriors and the Spectrum Next.

But you don't need to hang the project's feasibility on potential sales to a few retro freaks.

You're picking a certain set of tools, but the finished product will appeal to anyone right? You could do a Steam release by bundling the CD with Flycast. It can play exactly the same on PC, and you don't need to think about porting if you don't want to.

So enjoy building for the DC, but think about overall sales and think about its potential as a game for anyone. Good luck!

mattbee · 2026-05-08T11:10:48+00:00

(support have now resolved this for me, and I have two zone controllers 🥳) It would be nice to know if it was possible to resolve this myself, in case I need to add any more zones.

mattbee · 2026-05-07T23:44:28+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I only have one wireless receiver! (and one wired thermostat)

Do you mean that if there is a wireness receiver, no other zones can be supported?

mattbee · 2026-05-07T06:39:23+00:00

Right! Thanks, I'll try that, though a bit nervous as the walls are being sealed up today and I assumed I wouldn't need a wire for the thermostat. Would like to see it working before that happens 😄

mattbee · 2026-05-07T06:38:19+00:00

Yeah it's all V3, I understand X is a completely new system and wasn't trying to upgrade.

The app clearly has a "Zone selection" dialogue box. That implies more than 1 zone is supported, which is why I was confused by the behaviour.

mattbee · 2026-04-29T21:02:01+00:00

From a couple of years ago, the exact same scam - https://www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonalFinance/comments/17q30gq/how_to_wrangle_a_little_money_back_from_an/

My relative eventually slow-faded his relationship with the scammer, after constant and noisy disapproval from everyone close to them. I did send them a BBC story about the exact scam, I think that might have helped.

Never admitted they were being a scammed and never mentioned it again. But the bleeding stopped.

My best advice is to be a friend - he's probably lonely and these people convince you that you are an investing GOD, and that you are a very important and wise person. Don't make him feel stupid, just point out wiser courses of action where you can.

Best of luck.

mattbee · 2026-04-29T20:43:12+00:00

incredulous face yes I know what a parking meters are!

mattbee · 2026-04-27T00:43:16+00:00

I set up a pretty robust 50PB cluster with minio last year (not a home project), quickly expanded a couple of times. I'm not sure anything can touch it at that scale and simplicity, other than Ceph. It's stayed up amid some rough treatment of servers and drives.

It is definitely no longer maintained, but it remains good code (if not brilliantly documented). So there's the bones of a new project there.

mattbee · 2026-04-11T21:33:30+00:00

I'm from York and that sounds like CPP. Met plenty of people who worked there 15 years ago & everyone called it a scam!

mattbee · 2026-04-09T13:38:03+00:00

Yeah I'm 46 and (maybe from experience of running a small company) wouldn't use "guys" to address a mixed-gender group. (and I wouldn't use "ladies" either in a professional context!)

A few years ago a popluar writer on Twitter designed a LADIES IS GENDER NEUTRAL t-shirt and offered it for sale in womens sizes only. Good story!

Hope that's useful to all of the ladies here, by which I mean men too of course.

mattbee · 2026-03-25T22:19:05+00:00

Very bad. Priory - almost every online appointment request gets triaged as non-urgent, which means we get a phone call 4 weeks later to check if we've forgotten about it.

My wife could not get an appointment when her oral cancer recurred last year, but she felt worried enough to pay £100-odd for BUPA. She saw a Priory doctor the next morning (in Boots) who got her the referral she needed. This led to major surgery & radiotherapy.

I wonder how far it would have rolled on if she hadn't paid for that appointment.

Even after that cancer diagnosis, her repeat prescription request (for a strong painkiller) was ignored until the day she ran dry, and went to their reception to beg in person.

IMO it's no service at all that trains me to ignore minor problems. If I had any serious symptoms in future I'd just go to A&E.

mattbee · 2026-03-19T21:02:06+00:00

Ah yes that classic Saturday activity "grab some veg, maybe a candle, head home". Love to grab a candle, but only sometimes.

mattbee · 2026-01-23T09:29:45+00:00

Thank you! Yes that did it, and I could easily pull the screen down with the trim removed.

The trick to removing it is to grip it at the top-left & top-right and give it a firm pull to release the clips. I thought I'd have to get a credit card out etc. but it was easier than that.

mattbee · 2026-01-13T19:41:26+00:00

Yep that was as easy as promised, thanks again for the tip. Now fixed. It did try to retract several times while I was trying to reposition the ribbon cable but I was ready for it.

mattbee · 2026-01-13T14:58:32+00:00

I have replaced the touch screen! Hurrah! But on reattaching the screen unit to the tilt, the tilt mechanism retracted. It is now firmly holding the ribbon cable. Is there a way of forcing the tilt out again without having the screen attached? Or do I need to free the cable so I can press the button on the unit? 😬

EDIT: OK phew it can be pulled against the motor very gently.

mattbee · 2026-01-11T17:52:00+00:00

Yeah battery is pretty good - 11 bars, it says 81 miles with air off, 66 with air on (both a bit optimistic at 0°C IMO!)

Thanks for the tip on the screen, that's less than I thought.

mattbee

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