I'm having a printing problem on my G5 w/10.5.8 and HP LaserJet 4 printer attached via a USB-parallel adapter connection. The printer has worked fine with identical setup for several years.
Things I've done: Deleted and re-added the printer in Printing & Fax preferences. Checked that CUPS was running. Rebooted the System (several times). The symptoms are always the same, I press "Print" and get a window saying the "Printer is Paused". If I hit the "Resume Printer" I get "Printer is Ready", but the job is stopped. I press "Resume" button (for the job) I get a message "Operation Not Possible: client-error- not-possible". If I delete the job while the "Printer is Ready" and then print again, this causes the printer to "pause" again, so it's a vicious circle. The CUPS page http://127.0.0.1:631/ loads normally, but if I press "Manage Printers" (http://127.0.0.1:631/printers) the page gives the Spinning Beachball until finally it "times out" with and error page saying "the server unexpectedly dropped the connection". If I use the Terminal command "lp -info", I get the reply "bus error". I thought perhaps there was a problem with the USB-Parallel adapter, but the correct kext is loaded, and the adapter (a Prolific PL-2305) is shown in System Profiler as working. I've checked the driver for the printer several times, and repaired permissions "just in case". Nothing seems to work. I'm out of ideas. Anyone? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
