G4 Sawtooth os x 10.4.11 Print issue

2012-02-01 Thread Les
Kris Tilford Jan 31 02:51PM -0600 > Most likely this is a CUPS problem. Many thanks, Kris. I followed your detailed instructions and CUPS is installed and the computer recognizes the printer. However, it spews out blank pages. Perhaps it's a driver issue now. Again, many thanks for your in

G4 Sawtooth os x 10.4.11 Print issue

2012-02-01 Thread Les
>The drivers won't help if CUPS isn't working. Many thanks, Kris. I followed your detailed instructions and CUPS is installed and the computer recognizes the printer. However, it spews out blank pages. Perhaps it's a driver issue now. Again, many thanks for your invaluable assistance. Chee

Re: G4 Sawtooth os x 10.4.11 Print issue

2012-01-31 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 31, 2012, at 4:20 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: or easier, go to the HP support page and locate the driver by printer type. The drivers won't help if CUPS isn't working. HP print drivers are notoriously bad. Alternative drivers, either GutenPrint or HPIJS are often a much better solution

Re: G4 Sawtooth os x 10.4.11 Print issue

2012-01-31 Thread Jeff Bequette
or easier, go to the HP support page and locate the driver by printer type. On Jan 30, 2012, at 10:59 PM, Les wrote: Hi, G4 Sawtooth/350Mhz OS X 10.4.11 Tiger Recently my daughter's computer stopped communicating with her HP printer. I reloaded drivers, no luck. Printer works fine with my G

Re: G4 Sawtooth os x 10.4.11 Print issue

2012-01-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 30, 2012, at 10:59 PM, Les wrote: G4 Sawtooth/350Mhz OS X 10.4.11 Tiger Recently my daughter's computer stopped communicating with her HP printer. Most likely this is a CUPS problem. CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) is the software that does the printing in OS X. You can open any

G4 Sawtooth os x 10.4.11 Print issue

2012-01-30 Thread Les
Hi, G4 Sawtooth/350Mhz OS X 10.4.11 Tiger Recently my daughter's computer stopped communicating with her HP printer. I reloaded drivers, no luck. Printer works fine with my G5. Upon further investigation, it turns out her friend (in my absence) uninstalled various print software components f