Sorry, my previous email may not have been relevant to your problem. As I understand it, the Icon showing up in the left side of the CHOOSER WINDOW is determined by the printer drivers in your system files. When you click on that Icon and it shows up as selected on the right side of the CHOOSER window, the computer is communicating with the printer. If you have a bad cable or in rare cases a bad printer port on your computer it would not show up, i.e., they aren't talking to each other ... however the problem could be with the printer. Hold down the Go Key and the Cancel key at the same time and print a test page. This will tell you if the Post Script is working and other facets of the printer configuration. Pushing the GO key by it's self prints a PostScript test page. If both of the test pages print with the correct information ... then you have a communication problem ... the printer SHOULD be OK.
I'm read up on all this as I'm having a problem getting a HP 6MP to communicate with my PCP 210/ G3 400 w/512 mb ram. So saying, I have been reading the HP service manual on this turkey very assiduously. I have also installed the latest HP S/W drivers for OS9.1. It's a bitch, here in the boonies, I don't have another printer cable to SUB and my cable tester is 1400 miles away from here. RHB > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Power Computing List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 12:56:58 -0500 > To: "Power Computing List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Sudden Printing Problems > > My printer, an HP LaserJet 2200, has unexpectedly > disappeared from my computer. It�s hooked up to my > PowerWave 604/130 running OS 8.6 via a UBS card I > added four years ago and has worked seamlessly > during the ensuing years. But yesterday when I turned > the computer and printer on and went to print, the > printer at one point couldn�t be found (error message > =-8878) and at another point "didn�t respond" (error > message �8993). When I checked the Chooser, the > printer had disappeared. I�ve reinstalled the driver, > created a new Desktop Printer, unplugged and > replugged the UBS cable (and even changed from port > 1 to port 2 and back) but with no success. I�ve also > turned the printer off and on a few times. > > Then to see if the fault was computer specific, I > installed the HP software on my G3 PowerBook running > system 9.0.4, cabled printer and PowerBook together > and got the same results, which leads me to suspect > the cable or the printer. Yet neither have been subjected > to anything abnormal in the last two weeks to which I > might attribute the failure. And the printer appears to be > fine in isolation in that I can print a test sheet without a > hitch. > > I�ve searched both the Apple and HP websites for > suggestions or leads but can find nothing that will help. > > Any suggestions for what path I might pursue next? > > Kelvin Kean > Freezing (it's in the mid 20's now but was near 70 on > Monday) in Elverson PA > > > > -- > Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
