On Apr 7, 2013, at 10:43 AM, les simo wrote:
Hi all,
I have a PPC G5/2Ghz iMac running OS X 10.4.11 and a HP F2210 all-in-
one printer/copier/scanner. When I attempt to print a document, the
computer sends data to the printer but nothing happens. The scanner
works from the computer, so the two are communicating. Also, HP has
a maint. mode whereby the driver is by-passed and in this mode the
printer prints out a test page perfectly. I re-installed the driver,
changed the USB cord but still no go. Seems to me the problem is in
the OS. Any help is appreciated
CUPS probably isn't running? In any browser go to either:
<http://127.0.0.1:631/>
<http://localhost:631/>
You should see a page for CUPS (Common Unix Printing System)
If you don't see this, and get some error message, CUPS isn't running.
The easiest solution is to reinstall CUPS, which you can get here:
For 10.4.11:
<ftp://www.cups.org/pub/cups/1.2.12/cups-1.2.12.dmg>
IF CUPS is running normally, and you still can't print, the problem is
with the HP software. This software is notorious for being resource
hungry and buggy. There are several versions available. Even though
you're using 10.4.11, it's probably possible and best to use the final
PPC version for 10.5.8. All versions are available here:
<http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=219&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=79499#N217
>
There are other possible replacements for the HP software, such as
using the GutenPrint drivers, or the HPIJS drivers, but these won't
scan unless you get alternative scan software like SANE for OS X
(Scanner Access Now Easy), which normally is used in background
through a TWAIN plugin that gives a "Scan" function within various
apps such as Photoshop, Word, GraphicConverter, etc. Here are links
for GutenPrint, HPIJS, and SANE for OS X. If you go this route, you
should uninstall the HP software. HP installs a couple launch daemons,
so you'll need to either use an HP uninstaller, or search out all
instances of HP software within system folders, which would have names
like "com.hp.launchurlagent.plist" and be located in folders such as
Library>LaunchAgents. After a reboot, if you open Activity Monitor
there should be nothing running with "HP" in the name after
uninstalling.
GutenPrint 5.2.9:
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-print/files/gutenprint-5.2/5.2.9/gutenprint-5.2.9.dmg/download
>
HPIJS (THREE installs necessary:HPIJS, foomatic, Ghostscipt):
<http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosxhpijs
>
SANE for OS X (FIVE installs necessary:SANE TWAIN, SANE backends, SANE
Preference Pane, usblib, gettext):
<http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/olderversions.html>
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