On Sep 9, 2010, at 4:41 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: >> At 5:54 AM -0400 9/8/2010, Lawrence David Eden wrote: >>> G5 iMac running Tiger 10.4.11 >>> >>> When I try to install a new printer, the driver won't show up on the list, >>> so installation stalls. >> >> But you don't want to tell us what printer it is? > > > I have tried several printers...same problem. Latest is a Canon Pixma.
Make extra doubly sure that you're not installing drivers for 10.5 or 10.6. Then if that's not the case, I'm going to surprise some folks here.... Try going into Disk Utility and running 'Repair Permissions'; this is the kind of issue that messed up permissions can cause. If that doesn't fix it, boot from your 10.4 DVD, run Disk Utility from the installer menu and do a Disk *repair* on your hard drive. (Repair Permissions MUST be done from the booted hard drive, Repair Disk MUST be done while NOT booted from the hard drive.) If that shows no errors, or after any repairs, you still cannot print, boot from the 10.4 drive again and do an Archive and Install re-installation of OS X. Printers are managed on a system-wide basis (if you install a printer all users on the system can see and use it), so if there's an ongoing issue like this, it's got to do with the System itself. this is one of the rare cases for a Windows solution to a Mac problem: re-install the OS. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
