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Too many printers....
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Vax
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Dec 21, 2002, 11:00 PM
 
Hi,

I just noticed that my Library->printers directory is 500 Megs big. Hm, a lot of for my small ibook and I don't use any printers at the moment.
Can I delete the printer files without any problems?
I really need the space.

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Vax
--:: Insanity is also a state of mind ::--
     
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Dec 22, 2002, 03:37 AM
 
i'm always wondering this too...
any thoughts anyone?

pc.
     
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Dec 22, 2002, 06:22 AM
 
Originally posted by poocat:
i'm always wondering this too...
any thoughts anyone?

pc.
I thought of the same thing when installing Jaguar originally, all those localisation files for diff languages and printers took up like 800MB so I didn't select to install them either. Don't see what would go wrong if you just deleted all the printer files though manually when installled...
fingers crosses I guess..
     
Vax  (op)
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Dec 23, 2002, 07:19 AM
 
So, no one tried to delete the printer files?
Hm, is it possible to reinstall the printers from the Mac OS X cd?
Any experiences?

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Vax
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Dec 23, 2002, 09:46 AM
 
Originally posted by Vax:
So, no one tried to delete the printer files?
Hm, is it possible to reinstall the printers from the Mac OS X cd?
Any experiences?

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Vax
I deleted all the HP printer drivers when I freaked out about the crappy HP driver problem. No problems here.
     
   
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