As you may remember, last week I purchased a new MacBook Pro from MacAuthority.
One of the first things I did after connecting the computer to my home network was set up my HP printers, a USB connected inkjet and a LaserJet 1200 connected via a printserver to my network. It was a quick process and everything went smoothly. I began installing apps and doing work including printing, mostly to the LaserJet. Last night I needed to print something and the LaserJet was not in the printer list - strange! So I opened up the Printer Pane in system preferences and set up the LaserJet but when tried to print a document nothing happened. So I deleted the printer and tried again - still not printing. I could print to the Laserjet from my wife's pc and from my old iBook. I could print my document to the inkjet printer. But I still could not print to the LaserJet from the MacBook Pro. I played around with the printer preferece pane, restarted the computer, restarted the printer and it's printserver, still I was not able to print to the LaserJet. I finally turned the computer off and went to sleep. This morning the problem was still there. Sherry and I rode our tandem bicycle to the swimming pool, swam laps and returned home. Still wouldn't print. I figured I was going to have to delete all the printer preferences and perhaps uninstall all those apps. Then I was struck by the proverbial bolt of lightening - "Repair Permissions, idiot." I did and the printer works just fine. So let this be a lesson to all of you out there. When things don't work as they ought, repair permissions. Harry BTW does anyone know how to repair permissions on my lower back....?
