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

[Bob Nielsen]

Just one last follow-up note.  I have the HP connected to my Mac and  
connected the Samsung to the Linux box in my shack (yeah, I  
know....)  I don't believe there is a Linux driver for the HP 1020  
(and don't understand why they dropped OS X support but fortunately I  
found an older driver).

With CUPS printer sharing enabled, I can print to either printer from  
either location.  That is nice :^)

73, Bob N7XY

On Dec 8, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Bob Nielsen wrote:

> 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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