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can't print out of 8.1 w/ MAC G5 & 10.3.1

I'm running a MAC OSX 10.3.1 on a dual 2 ghz G5. I can't print out of 8.1, it crashes immediately upon selecting the print dialogue box. I have reinstalled 8.1 to no avail. I sent the file to my G4 running OSX 10.3.1, but it also would not print. I d...

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Urgent advice videocard please

Please tel mee if you know about Gigabyte Radeon 9600 pro incompatibility problems with archicad 8.1 or if this card will work smoth if i buy it.

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IP address for plotter

Hi all: Does anyone know how to assign a MAC address to a plotter on the network, that does not have an IP address. I understand that the IP address is assigned by the print server box- in most cases jet direct- but we are using a castelle print serv...

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Message: Cannot save Plan file!

Since we upgraded to V8 we ocasionaly sometimes very frequently get a message 'Cannot save Plan file!' when we save normally , or even just after saving without having made any changes at all. Than saving again and it works. Sometimes it takes two or...

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Resolved! Protection Key problem with version 6.5

I recently ran into a problem with an older version of ArchiCAD, version 6.5, when it stopped working stating that the protection key was not responding. The parallel key works fine on other machines but no matter what key I try, this machine won't r...

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Oce 9300 plotter

We have just had more than a week of trying to get this printer to work in our office. We found out more by chance, that this thing needs to have two drivers installed for it to work. A native windows HP650 driver and the Oce 9300 driver supplied wit...

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help with 8.1 installation.

Windows cannot find the wibu key. I told it to search the archicad 8.1 disk, and the internet and it found nothing. The website for wibu won't come up. Now I cannot even pull up 7.0 either. what is going on here!!!!! Did Graphisoft not have the forsi...

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Removing AC8 from OS 9

I dont know much about Macs. I installed 8r3 on a Mac so I could create a UI for our objects that is Mac friendly. I need to remove AC8 from the machine before I install v7. Is it as simple as deleting the archicad folder or is there some proceedure ...

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Server Recomendations

I haven't been able to get any answers to my slow navigation times except that maybe it is the equipment. Currently we have a 400mhz G4 for our server, and it is not running server software it is maxed out on ram and it only has a 20 gig hd. So I was...

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