[Ham-Mac] OT - My mac won't print

[Bill Tuttle]

Bob -

What kind of printer is it? Laser/Ink Jet? Make & model? Do you have  
the drivers for that specific printer?

    ---Bill Tuttle <> KI4SKM

On Dec 6, 2007, at 9:13 PM, Bob Nielsen wrote:

> Sorry to bring up a non-ham problem, but a few days ago my PPC Mini  
> stopped printing and hopefully some of the gurus here can help.   
> When I send a document to the printer (the dialog looks normal),  
> the motor in the printer makes some noise and I see the blinking  
> LED showing that the file is being transferred to the printer.  At  
> that point it just stops.  The printer queue says the job stopped,  
> but restarting it just causes the same thing to happen again.  I  
> installed another printer and got the same results.  Both printers  
> work correctly when I try them with a Windows 98SE computer, just  
> not with the Mac.  All other USB devices appear to be working  
> fine.  If I remove the printer and then reconnect the cable it is  
> recognized and the driver shows up but it still acts the same.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA.
>
> 73, Bob N7XY
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