Wednesday, September 28, 2011

GBookmarks - a Firefox Add-on for Google Bookmark access

Google Toolbar for Firefox is compatible with Firefox version 4 or older. If you use Firefox version 5 or newer, you won't be able to use Google Toolbar. To access services such as Google Bookmark, we will need to install other Add-on for Firefox. One of this Add-on is the GBookmarks.

GBookmarks is a Firefox for Add-on to create a menu to access Google Bookmarks from any computer. Of course, you should have a Google Account to access Google Bookmarks and use this extension.

YAGBE - Google Bookmark access in Chrome

I was reluctant to use Google Chrome at the beginning - there is no Google toolbar available on it.

With YAGBE (Yet Another Google Bookmarks Extension), Chrome user can can now easily add Google Bookmarks support to Chrome.

YAGBE is Google Chrome Extension for managing Google Bookmarks and displayed it in a tree structure.

Features include support for nested labels, add/edit/modify bookmarks and labels, searching, sorting, and emailing bookmarks.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

KB2522422: Fix for Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) compatibility issue with Canon Printer Drivers

There is an issue reported that Canon printer may experience failed print jobs when trying to print a web pages in the Internet Explorer 9 (IE9).

Common error messages that pop up include “Script error An error has occurred in the script on this page” and “Message from webpage There was an internal error, and Internet Explorer is unable to print this document”. Microsoft confirmed that users may see variations of error messages on their computer.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Postscript Emulation in printer

Postscript in printers is a page description language and the embodiment of that language on a chip inside a printer. It is an Adobe invention and protected by either copyright or patent law. Anyway, Postscript is open published code, and printer manufactures can choose to license from Adobe, or build their own interpreter based on the PS specifications to avoid the fee structures charged by Adobe. Some do a better job then others.

Generally, PostScript emulation tries to emulate the results of genuine PostScript technology, achieving a printed document that can be very close to the desired result. For most stuff, an emulation will just be as good as the original version. However, the emulation will never achieve results that are precisely the same as a genuine PostScript printer. Some have claimed that certain files fail in emulated PS that work in Adobe. But it is pretty rare case.