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

[Bob Nielsen]

I tried two laser printers, a HP LaserJet 1020 and a Samsung  
ML-2510.  Both are dumb printers and the driver has to do more than  
just speak PCL.  I posted the question on the local Mac usenet group  
and someone suggested a link which led me to an app called Printer  
Setup Repair.  I used that to clean out the drivers, etc. and when I  
reinstalled, the HP now works (I haven't tried the Samsung).  I had  
to use an older HP driver, since this printer isn't supported in the  
new ones (Windows only).  The Samsung came with Windows, Mac and  
Linux drivers.  These are cheap ($100 on sale) printers but when they  
work, they are all I need).

Thanks for all the responses.

Bob, N7XY


On Dec 8, 2007, at 12:32 PM, Bill Tuttle wrote:

> 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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Bob Nielsen
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