Ok so i got the right file type now, not sure where i got the other from but it was .zip not .jar and totally different. put the jar file into my mods folder and getting a message saying "a list of ID conflicts has been written to the file IDConflicts.txt in your minecraft directory and seems to freeze on a screen saying that for some reason. the contents of the file are as follows :-
#Blocks 780: tv from cfm - printer from openprinter Suggested Ranges: 2040-2128 (89 IDs), 1755-1833 (79 IDs), 2418-2476 (59 IDs)
i have tried to add idfix minus to the folder which normally sorts out id co