Dunno David My expertise stops at installing the driver...for me it worked. You've done all the obvious things like disconnecting and reconnecting the printer, switching it off and on, restarting the system, etc? If so, maybe a general call to the experts is warranted... Good luck Mike
On 07/04/2010, at 5:57 PM, David Noel wrote: > > Hi Mike -- > > -- Thanks very much for the suggestions. I've followed them through, > but can't get to the working stage. I can get tthough to "System > Preferences > Print & Fax > (select your printer or add a new one) > > Options & Supplies > Driver" and find the driver 'HP Laserjet 5MP > Foomatic/hpijs' but can't establish the printer. > > -- Under 'Print & Fax', clicking the '+' at the bottom of the printer > list brings up 'Add Printer'. I added a printer I called HP 5MP, it > shows 'kind' as 'HP Laserjet 5MP Foomatic/hpijs', but attempting to > print gives 'printer paused', Job Info gives 'Unable to locate printer > ' 'Add '!'. Any idea what needs doing here? > > Cheers -- > > David Noel / Apr 7 > > ===== > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Mike Murray <mdmur...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: >> >> David >> >> Have you tried the foomatic printer drivers? There's one for the HP Laserjet >> 5MP. >> My recent email to wamug explained how I got my HP1220C A3 priner working. >> Quoted below... >>> I got this from another list and include it here for others. Worth having a >>> look if you're having problems with the gutenprint drivers. The link is >>> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/hpijs >>> >>> >>>> I was disheartened to find that my HP 1220c as well as dozens, if not >>>> hundreds, of other printer models are no longer supported by Snow Leopard. >>>> But I stumbled across an open source line of printer drivers which seem to >>>> be a superior alternative to the Gutenprint drivers. They make dozens of >>>> unsupported printers OS X & SL compatible. >>>> >>>> OpenPrinting/MacOSX/hpijs - The Linux Foundation >>>> >>>> The instructions here are a little vague, but it's really easy. >>>> >>>> 1. Install Ghostscript >>>> 2. Install Foomatic >>>> 3. Install hpijs. >>>> 4. System Preferences > Print & Fax > (select your printer or add a new >>>> one) > Options & Supplies > Driver >>>> 5. See if a new Foomatic printer driver is listed as an alternative to >>>> your model. >>>> >>>> The Foomatic drivers have options for print quality, grayscale, etc which >>>> Gutenprint is often missing. Included are printers from a variety of >>>> manufacturers, not just HP. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps someone! >> >> >> >> On 07/04/2010, at 1:19 PM, David Noel wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Stuart -- >>> >>> -- Yes, there have been many reported problems with HP laser printers >>> not working under Snow Leopard. I have an HP Laserjet 5MP printer, and >>> in spite of a lot of suggested fixes, I've still not got it working >>> with SL. It's on an ethernet network (via a Belkin router), and the >>> printer works as normal from an older iMac running Leopard on the >>> network. >> >> Cheers >> Mike >> >> >> Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester >> TimeTrackers >> East Fremantle >> Western Australia >> >> Tel 08 9339 8078 >> Fax 08 9339 0519 >> >> British and Australian genealogical and historical research, >> education, publishing and film-making >> >> www.timetrackers.com.au >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> >> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
