Dear Chuck and Robert, Thank you! All I needed to do was to ask the printer preferences to find and add the HP5000 printer again (IP address from the printer’s info page). I should have figured this out on my own. For some reason, this was vastly easier than the initial time I was forced to print over IP (at the point when appletalk disappeared from macs). And that first IP connection has survived through at least 3 machine and many system upgrades.
What a great machine! Still going after all these years. 1200 dpi, or 600 dpi at super speed, long-lasting printer cartridges (shockingly, still available as OEM). Granted, I don’t use it very heavily, but still, it is, by far, the oldest technology in my house. 25 years old sounds about right. David Chuck Israels wrote: > Dear David, > > This is exactly the setup I have (iMac - not Macbook) ? the printer must be > 25 years old! > > In my case, this has happened and removing the printer and adding it again in > the System Preferences/printer setup has solved the problem. I think the Mac > loses th IP address and sometimes generates another new one. I don?t think it > has to do with the particular OS you are using. > > Hope this helps, > > Chuck > >> On Apr 28, 2018, at 6:25 AM, dfr...@smcm.edu wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> I?ve been using an HP5000 printer for a very long time. It still works >> great. I installed a card that allowed it to print via ethernet (so, in >> essence, it is a HP5000N). It is a 600dpi, large-format, laser printer. >> >> I use a MacBook, running Sierra (not High Sierra). Suddenly, with the last >> system upgrade from Apple (to 10.12.6), the printer is no longer found. >> >> Is anyone on the list using a setup similar to mine, who experienced the >> same problem and has a solution? >> >> Or, perhaps, could someone make recommendations for a reliable printer that >> can print up to 12x18? >> >> Hoping for help! >> >> David Froom: text/plain; charset="UTF-8” and Robert Patterson wrote: > > I think Chuck's suggestion of dropping and re-adding the printer is the > right first step. It looks like HP has stopped supporting the 5000. If > dropping and re-adding it doesn't work (as Chuck suggested), I have some > further suggestions. > > 1) Download the appropriate driver from the hp website and reinstall it. It > looks like your driver may not have been updated since macOS 10.6. But it > still might work. > > 2) Create a virtual machine of a lower macOS version and print from there. > I did this for years with my previous large-format printer, which ceased to > function correctly starting with Mavericks. Considering my usage patterns, > for me it was not a noticeable hardship to start up the virtual for a print > job. > > 3) If you are in the mood for a new printer, I just bought a HP Color > Laserjet CP5225 that I am very happy with. With the manual feeder I can go > as large as 12.5"x18.5". (The tray goes up to 11x17.) It is not super-fast, > but the results are so much better than my previous printer which had been > slowly dying for a number of years. (And it isn't any slower than that one > was.) Plus it does color! It's not great for photo printing, but for adding > color accents to a document it is perfect. It is larger and heavier than I > would like. If I live long enough to replace it, I probably won't try to > move it again by myself. It really needs two people to lift it safely. > > Final note: if you order a CP5225, make sure you get the one that has an > automatic duplexer. You have to manually duplex oversize (larger than > 11x17) sheets, but it is very handy for 11x17 and smaller, and it adds > almost no additional cost. > and Chuck Israels wrote: > > And I forgot another thing: there is a way (in the menus on the printer > settings) to have the printer print a page that has its IP address (it > sometimes randomly generates a new one). Don?t remember where that is, but > there is printer setting that prints out a page with "Printer Information?. > I keep a copy of the IP address it prints out taped to the side of the > printer so I can tell the Mac where it is, if it doesn?t find it > automatically. > > Every time something like this happens and I think I need a new printer, a > cure turns up and the HP 5000N soldiers on. > > For B&W large format ? others have recommended a Ricoh model, but I am still > using the HP. > > Chuck _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
