I spent some time yesterday doing large prints on my Canon Pixma Pro 100 printer. Printing is another perishable skill. If you don't do it all the time, you forget how to do it at all.

ChatGPT came in handy with some troubleshooting tips. It turns out that I couldn't allow the printer to choose the paper feed automatically, I had to specify "rear tray," because it kept insisting that I needed to load paper, even though the paper was already in it!

Sizes and margins were also problematic, and it kept defaulting to Letter Size.

Once I got it all figured out, I made several prints. Now I need to order more paper.

And figure out what to do with the prints.

Seems like a problem.

Anyway, I also wanted to screw around with Painteresque, an app that applies filters to images like the one above this post. I love the app, though I suppose it can be overdone.

I started to use my phone, but although the icon was there, it indicated it needed to be downloaded. When I tried to do that, it reported that it was no longer in the App Store and therefore couldn't be downloaded.

Well, long story short, I went to use one of my iPads and the only one the app was still on was the 12.9" iPad Pro (the original). I bought that with 128GB of storage, so it's never had to offload apps in order to update the OS. My 10" iPad Pro only has 64GB of storage, likewise my iPad mini. (There's another iPad around here with 256GB of storage that might have it, I just can't seem to put my hands on it.)

I suppose if I'd have been backing up all my iPads, I could have restored it from backup? I don't know, but it seems kind of weird that an app you've purchased can just disappear. Maybe it's a compatibility issue? The 12.9" Pro has stopped getting the latest releases a couple of years ago. This one is on 16.7.10.

At least I still have it on the 12.9", so I can make some images that might be appropriate for holiday cards. (Not the one above.)

The beat goes on...

Originally posted at Nice Marmot 07:16 Monday, 16 December 2024