Re: Printer Woes - What do I trash?
On 4/8/10 6:02 PM, Bruce Johnson of john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu sent On Apr 8, 2010, at 1:17 PM, DLC wrote: Greetings all. A little assistance would be appreciated. I have an office G5 running 10.5.8; attached via USB is the printer, an HP Laser Jet P1505n. Recently, the printer suddenly decided to NOT print but instead send all requests to an ever-increasing queue list, with no intention of ever printing them (pause-resume-delete items proved fruitless) After deleting this list, I deleted the printer as a default printer and re-loaded it; no go. Re-installing drivers did not help either. I am now at the place where, if I select it as a recognized option for adding it to my personal list of printers in the Print and Fax preference, I get the following error message: An error occurred while trying to add the selected printer. successful-ok-conflicting-attributes I believe I am at the point where I need to throw away *everything* related to the printer, compelling the Mac to completely forget that the printer ever existed, so to speak. What do I throw away? Delete the printer in System Prefs. go to: /Library/Printers/ You probably have a folder named 'hp', go looking for a folder in the laserjet subfolder with that model printer. Trash it with extreme prejudice. Go into the PPDs folder, find the ppd associated with the HP, and delete it. This is one of HP's icky host-based printers, so there might be cruft in /Library/Printers/PPD Plugins folder associated with it, too. This, in theory should completely suppress your computer's memories of that awful printer. (Can you tell I've got a mild dislike of the 1500 series? 8-) Greetings, Bruce. Thank you for the replay and instructions. I would agree with your assessment of the 1500's. Most of the indicated folders you mentioned weren't in the system, even after I ran a fresh install of HP's designated driver - wonder what's up with that? I think in the end I am going to swap this unit out for the 1120 that's attached to my office's PC station - both printers are compliments of our IT - thanks, IT! :-P Thanks (genuine) Bruce. Best regards, Dana -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject.
Re: Printer Woes - What do I trash?
Try getting new drivers from the HP website. That might help. It worked for me that time when i bought an HP Photosmart C4200 and after a while i ran into the same problems that you did. I unplugged and-replugged everything, un-installed the printer, and re-installed it using downloaded drivers. On 4/10/10, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: On 4/8/10 6:02 PM, Bruce Johnson of john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu sent On Apr 8, 2010, at 1:17 PM, DLC wrote: Greetings all. A little assistance would be appreciated. I have an office G5 running 10.5.8; attached via USB is the printer, an HP Laser Jet P1505n. Recently, the printer suddenly decided to NOT print but instead send all requests to an ever-increasing queue list, with no intention of ever printing them (pause-resume-delete items proved fruitless) After deleting this list, I deleted the printer as a default printer and re-loaded it; no go. Re-installing drivers did not help either. I am now at the place where, if I select it as a recognized option for adding it to my personal list of printers in the Print and Fax preference, I get the following error message: An error occurred while trying to add the selected printer. successful-ok-conflicting-attributes I believe I am at the point where I need to throw away *everything* related to the printer, compelling the Mac to completely forget that the printer ever existed, so to speak. What do I throw away? Delete the printer in System Prefs. go to: /Library/Printers/ You probably have a folder named 'hp', go looking for a folder in the laserjet subfolder with that model printer. Trash it with extreme prejudice. Go into the PPDs folder, find the ppd associated with the HP, and delete it. This is one of HP's icky host-based printers, so there might be cruft in /Library/Printers/PPD Plugins folder associated with it, too. This, in theory should completely suppress your computer's memories of that awful printer. (Can you tell I've got a mild dislike of the 1500 series? 8-) Greetings, Bruce. Thank you for the replay and instructions. I would agree with your assessment of the 1500's. Most of the indicated folders you mentioned weren't in the system, even after I ran a fresh install of HP's designated driver - wonder what's up with that? I think in the end I am going to swap this unit out for the 1120 that's attached to my office's PC station - both printers are compliments of our IT - thanks, IT! :-P Thanks (genuine) Bruce. Best regards, Dana -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe, reply using remove me as the subject. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Printer Woes - What do I trash?
Greetings all. A little assistance would be appreciated. I have an office G5 running 10.5.8; attached via USB is the printer, an HP Laser Jet P1505n. Recently, the printer suddenly decided to NOT print but instead send all requests to an ever-increasing queue list, with no intention of ever printing them (pause-resume-delete items proved fruitless) After deleting this list, I deleted the printer as a default printer and re-loaded it; no go. Re-installing drivers did not help either. I am now at the place where, if I select it as a recognized option for adding it to my personal list of printers in the Print and Fax preference, I get the following error message: An error occurred while trying to add the selected printer. successful-ok-conflicting-attributes I believe I am at the point where I need to throw away *everything* related to the printer, compelling the Mac to completely forget that the printer ever existed, so to speak. What do I throw away? Many thanks for some thought, Dana -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Printer Woes - What do I trash?
On Apr 8, 2010, at 1:17 PM, DLC wrote: Greetings all. A little assistance would be appreciated. I have an office G5 running 10.5.8; attached via USB is the printer, an HP Laser Jet P1505n. Recently, the printer suddenly decided to NOT print but instead send all requests to an ever-increasing queue list, with no intention of ever printing them (pause-resume-delete items proved fruitless) After deleting this list, I deleted the printer as a default printer and re-loaded it; no go. Re-installing drivers did not help either. I am now at the place where, if I select it as a recognized option for adding it to my personal list of printers in the Print and Fax preference, I get the following error message: An error occurred while trying to add the selected printer. successful-ok-conflicting-attributes I believe I am at the point where I need to throw away *everything* related to the printer, compelling the Mac to completely forget that the printer ever existed, so to speak. What do I throw away? Delete the printer in System Prefs. go to: /Library/Printers/ You probably have a folder named 'hp', go looking for a folder in the laserjet subfolder with that model printer. Trash it with extreme prejudice. Go into the PPDs folder, find the ppd associated with the HP, and delete it. This is one of HP's icky host-based printers, so there might be cruft in /Library/Printers/PPD Plugins folder associated with it, too. This, in theory should completely suppress your computer's memories of that awful printer. (Can you tell I've got a mild dislike of the 1500 series? 8-) -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
