This is wonderful! Thanks. I'm gonna try that. My only fear is that I don't want to delete any preinstalled recognition or drivers for hp, since I want to try just changing the printer and seeing if they have mine as suggested earlier.
On 08/10/2008, Fonzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi tiffany, how are you doing? > > If you are wanting to remove all associated stuff from a application, > do the following. > > First, delete the application from your Appplications folder. You can > get to it quickly by hitting Command+Shift+A, if you are in the finder > window. Anyhow, delete that. Then, in that same window, hold down > Command and hit the Up Arrow, that will take you to the previous > folder within that directory. Go into library, and look for anything > associated with your printer there. In the library folder, you will > want to look for a folder that is related to the printer you > installed, and then you are going to want to delete that. Afterwards, > in that same library folder, look through the Cache folder, the > Receipts folder, and Preferences, and PreferencePaines folder. You In > these folders, you will want to look for what is associated with your > printer. It might say .hp pritner, or something to that affect, or > just have a printer name, or printer number. > > If you want to further delete stuff associated with your printer, open > your Macintosh HD icon on your finder window, look for Users, then the > user name you used for your computer, and hit Library there. In this > folder, you will go through the same areas, Cache, Preferences, and > Preference Paines. Also look for a folder that is related to your > printer, or printer company as well within the library main folder. > > I know it sounds like a lot, but if you are wanting to delete it like > this in a manual way, this is what you can do. > There are programs that do deletion of programs for you. I don't know > of what they are actually called. But, I hear they do a good job of > deleting everything from system files, to the application associated > with waht you want to uninstall. If you don't want to go through all > what I have mentioned, I could try and find a application for you. > > Also, I know there is a way to do it in terminal, if your comfortable > with that. I don't know the command for it, but I can certainly try > and hunt it down if you would like. > > sorry to dump all this on you. > > I hope this helps. > > Fonzie > On Oct 8, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Tiffany D wrote: > >> Ok, so I should delete this new installation? How do I find the prefs >> pain? Good idea about choosing a printer. >> >> Thanks, >> Tiffanitsa >> >> >> On 08/10/2008, David Poehlman >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi Tiff, >>> >>> The only thing I can offer is to have you make sure everything is >>> uninstalled and the trash emptied, hunt down the prefs paynes too >>> if you >>> have to. Then, when you go to install, don't use the disk. just >>> ad a >>> printer and see if you can find a match in the list. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tiffany D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:52 AM >>> Subject: Printer Issues (slitly ot) >>> >>> >>> I have two printers that are Mac compatible. The first is an HP >>> Photosmart C4200 and the second is an Hp Deskjet 5650. I tried >>> installing the photosmart and using it. The installation wasn't 100% >>> accessible with VoiceOver but I got through it. It said something >>> about the trap monitor program not being installed. Then, in the >>> setup assistant, it wouldn't let me choose a device. I got sighted >>> assistance and was told that no items were showing up in the >>> table. I >>> couldn't hit next so I quit it. I tried to print something out and >>> it >>> just said something like error in printing. It didn't tell me why or >>> give me a number. I tried to use the uninstall program and it was >>> completely unresponsive. So I just manually deleted everything and >>> did a reinstall. This time, it said everything was successfully >>> installed but when I went to print, I had the same problem and the >>> same one with the setup assistant. I really need to print a few >>> things for my job and short of putting them on the pc and doing it, >>> I'm out of options. I didn't even try the scanner part of this >>> all-in-one device yet. I also haven't tried the Hp Deskjet 5650 >>> but I >>> heard it works with Leopard. I want to make sure of this before I >>> have my mother set it up. (Not readily available due to house >>> renovation.) Can anyone help me please? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Tiffanitsa >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://tiffany.yourpassionconsultant.com >>> (Adults only. Parties and products for your sentual needs! >>> Educational, tasteful and fun!) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> http://tiffany.yourpassionconsultant.com >> (Adults only. Parties and products for your sentual needs! >> Educational, tasteful and fun!) >> > > > -- http://tiffany.yourpassionconsultant.com (Adults only. Parties and products for your sentual needs! Educational, tasteful and fun!)
