On Apr 8, 2010, at 1:17 PM, DLC wrote:
Greetings all.
A little assistance would be appreciated.
I have an office G5 running 10.5.8; attached via USB is the printer,
an HP Laser Jet P1505n.
Recently, the printer suddenly decided to NOT print but instead send
all requests to an ever-increasing queue list, with no intention of
ever printing them (pause-resume-delete items proved fruitless)
After deleting this list, I deleted the printer as a default printer
and re-loaded it; no go. Re-installing drivers did not help either.
I am now at the place where, if I select it as a recognized option for
adding it to my personal list of printers in the "Print and Fax"
preference, I get the following error message:
"An error occurred while trying to add the selected printer."
successful-ok-conflicting-attributes
I believe I am at the point where I need to throw away *everything*
related to the printer, compelling the Mac to completely forget that
the printer ever existed, so to speak.
What do I throw away?
Delete the printer in System Prefs.
go to:
/Library/Printers/
You probably have a folder named 'hp', go looking for a folder in the
laserjet subfolder with that model printer.
Trash it with extreme prejudice.
Go into the PPDs folder, find the ppd associated with the HP, and
delete it.
This is one of HP's icky host-based printers, so there might be cruft
in /Library/Printers/PPD Plugins folder associated with it, too.
This, in theory should completely suppress your computer's memories of
that awful printer.
(Can you tell I've got a mild dislike of the 1500 series? 8-)
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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
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