Can't you download directly to a flash drive and check that for bugs before installing?
BTW, I am still recovering from a nasty P.U.P. I picked up the beginning of the month. But that happened to my laptop PC not any of my iMacs Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 25, 2016, at 3:09 PM, Bob Whiton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Weeks later, half a box of 4x6 photo paper and $25 worth of ink wasted, and > the verdict is: It’s Hosed. > > I copied every printer related file I could find on my backup, and none of it > worked. The printer driver version number shown in the printer prefs never > changed, even though I copied a CUPS driver with an older version number into > the proper folder. > > Looks like I’ll have to be careful to never update software on my laptop and > use it for photo printing from now on. > > Isn’t technology supposed to improve over time? > > Bob > >> On Jan 26, 2016, at 5:56 PM, Google <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On Jan 26, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Bob Whiton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All - >>> >>> I recently made the mistake of letting Software Update nag me into >>> installing new printer drivers, and now I’m paying for it. Here’s the set >>> up: Aluminum iMac running OS 10.9.5, downloaded and installed the HP >>> Printer Software Update 3.1. Now my Deskjet printer misaligns photos and >>> borders. Spent a week on the HP support forum, uninstalled/reinstalled >>> printer driver, reset printing system, no joy. Tried printing from my >>> Macbook with the old driver, worked fine. Ergo, new driver bad. Neither >>> HP or Apple has the old driver available for download. Someone on the HP >>> forum sent a link to a third-party software download site for the old >>> driver (3.0), but I’m hesitant to install software from an unknown third >>> party (more than hesitant, actually). No help yet from Apple support forum >>> either. >>> >>> I do have a backup made a few weeks ago which should have the old driver >>> installed. So, is there a way to extract the old driver from the clone? >>> Another way to recover the old driver? (Since this is 10.9, i don’t have >>> an install DVD to load the driver from) >>> >>> [software update rant omitted] >>> >>> Bob >> >> Bob, >> >> Boot your iMac from your backup clone made a few weeks ago. Open up the >> contents of the backup clone hard drive. Go to the Library folder (not the >> Library in System or Users). Click on the Library > Printers folder, then >> drag and drop it on the icon for your iMac’s internal hard drive. Then >> double-click the iMac’s hard drive icon to display its contents. Find the >> Printers folder you just dropped, click on it and drag it to the Library >> folder. Choose “replace” in the dialogue window that opens. >> >> That will replace all the critical printer drivers with the old ones that >> worked. Close everything, then shut down and reboot to the iMac’s built-in >> hard drive. Your printer should be working correctly again since you’ve >> replaced all the new drivers with the old ones. >> >> If not, or if there are still issues, reboot to your old backup media, then >> do the same drag and drop process for (backupdrive) > System > Printers and >> (backupdrive) > Users > (your user folder) > Library > Printers. You can >> make your Users Library appear by clicking on your user folder, then holding >> down the Option key while selecting Go from the Finder menubar, then finally >> selecting Library from the Go spilldown menu. >> >> If there are still issues, do the same drag and drop with the relevant HP >> folders found in (backupdrive) > Users > (your user folder) > Library > >> Application Support. There also might be something lingering in >> (backupdrive) > Users > (your user folder) > Library > Preferences. >> >> Printer applications, as with many others, stick stuff all over an operating >> system. I’ve followed the steps above several times over the years to get >> rid of a printer update that did a FUBAR on my printers. Simply replacing >> the (iMac hard drive) > Library > Printers folder with a known good one >> should do the trick. But you may find that HP has stuck stuff elsewhere that >> also has to be replaced. >> >> If your backup clone is a Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper clone, then the >> above also can be done piecemeal using those applications. Also, if you’ve >> got a Time Machine backup, you can go back in time and retrieve your old >> printer stuff that way too, but it’s more difficult. >> >> There are other ways to revert your printer software back to the setup that >> worked, but these are my recommendations. >> >> CAUTION: Whatever you do, make sure all of your personal data contained in >> your user folder has been backed up separately from your “backup clone made >> a few weeks ago.” Why? If all else fails, you can re-clone your old backup >> onto your iMac, then import your current personal data from the current >> separate backup. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Jim >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "iMac Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. 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