Re: OS9 printing...?

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:08:05 -0500, dunkan wrote
(in article <2005112021080516807%dunkan@spamcopnet>):

> On 2005-11-20 17:53:52 +0000, Charles Dyer <charlesd@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
>> You _should_ have no problems printing to networked lasers from Classic
>> under Tiger. Starting in Tiger, Apple changed the way Classic printing
>> works. You might want to look at
>> <http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/classic/> in general and
>> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh660.html>
>> in particular.
>>
>> Basically, though, what you should do with a networked laser is to use
>> Apple's LaserWriter 8 driver under Classic. (This is the default,
>> anyway). Make sure that you have AppleTalk set correctly (if the
>> printer is accessed over a wireless net, set AppleTalk to work with
>> AirPort; if over a wired net, set AppleTalk to work with Ethernet) and,
>> if necessary, select the correct PPD using the Chooser. Make sure that
>> the printer is set up under OS X itself. Under Tiger, LW8 will hand off
>> printing to OS X's print subsystem.....
>
> OK, I've done all that - but it's STILL not working!
>
> The printers show up under OSX, and work perfectly from USX applications.
>
> Airport has AppleTalk selected; but the printers don't show up in the
> Chooser.

LW8 doesn't show the printers? Are the printers PostScript? If so, LW8 is
_supposed_ to show them. If not, LW8 won't show them, but they'll be in the
dialog and print properly anyway. I wish that Apple would fix that, it annoys
the hell out of me.

> If I carry on and try to print anyway, I get a print dialog
> which DOES show the available printers;

That's as it should be.

> but selecting one throws up the
> error message:
>
> ---------------------------
> The document "documentname" could not be printed. The application
>
"file://localhost/Users/dunkan/Library/Printers/printername.app/Contents/MacOS

> /PrinterPro"
> could not be found.
>
> -8882
> ---------------------------

That's not good. That means that Classic is not finding the OS X printer
applet. I get that message under only one circumstance: if I've deleted the
OS X printer in question but Classic doesn't know it. Classic generates a
folder in the OS 9 System Folder/Preferences called 'Printing Prefs'. In that
folder will be at least two files, 'LaserWriter 8 Prefs' and 'Printing
Plug-in Prefs', plus a folder 'Parsed PPD Folder'. Parsed PPD Folder will
contain the printers LW8 knows about. Printers which _used_ to be available
in OS X but aren't anymore will still be in that folder, and therefore will
be available to print from the LW8 dialog, but don't really exist, and so
will generate the error message you see. You can reset LW8 by shutting down
Classic, deleting the entire Printing Prefs folder, and restarting Classic.
The LaserWriter 8 Prefs file and the Parsed PPD Folder will be updated to
reflect reality. Only the printers really available should show. If you
_still_ can't print after that, then there's another problem: HP's installers
are notorious for messing up the permissions when they install printer
drivers. I'd shut down Classic again, delete the Printing Prefs folder again,
repair permissions using Disk Utility, and then start Classic again. If
_that_ doesn't work, then something's _really_ screwed on your machine, and
what you've got here is just a symptom of that serious screwing. To fix that
will require more data to do some troubleshooting. At a minimum I'd run
repair disk in Disk Utility, or just dig out Disk Warrior or Tech Tool Pro
(NOT, repeat, NOT, under any circumstances whatsoever, Norton Utilities or
anything else made by Symantec) and have the utility try to fix the problem.
I can't say more, as I don't know what the problem might be.

>
> Help & advice VERY much appreciated!!
>
> + dunkan
>



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