Printer sharing problem

Le 08-04-24 à 18:20, Laurence Hawkins a écrit :

> My HP Deskjet D2360 printer is connected to my iMac running OS 10.3.9
> which is set to share with two other Macs through a wired Ethernet
> connection. This has always worked smoothly, but recently neither of
> the "other" Macs can see the shared printer. Any attempt to print,
> results in a spinning icon, necessitating a forced quit of the
> application involved. I have run Disk Utility to repair permissions,
> and of course checked the "Print & Fax"" page in my System
> Preferences. Still no solution! Any ideas?
>
> Laurence Hawkins


I have had continuous problems with my printers since OS 10.5.X came
out. The easy way, a sure way (?), but a fairly long way, is to get
rid of your printer(s), reinstall the driver if required, and start
fixing the sharing and preferences. That is the conclusion I have come
to.

Bertrand Morin

Bertrand Morin wrote:
>
> Le 08-04-24 à 18:20, Laurence Hawkins a écrit :
>
>> My HP Deskjet D2360 printer is connected to my iMac running OS 10.3.9
>> which is set to share with two other Macs through a wired Ethernet
>> connection. This has always worked smoothly, but recently neither of
>> the "other" Macs can see the shared printer. Any attempt to print,
>> results in a spinning icon, necessitating a forced quit of the
>> application involved. I have run Disk Utility to repair permissions,
>> and of course checked the "Print & Fax"" page in my System
>> Preferences. Still no solution! Any ideas?
>>
>> Laurence Hawkins
>
>
> I have had continuous problems with my printers since OS 10.5.X came
> out. The easy way, a sure way (?), but a fairly long way, is to get
> rid of your printer(s), reinstall the driver if required, and start
> fixing the sharing and preferences. That is the conclusion I have come
> to.

Bertrand Morin

Was your 10.5.x install a clean one or an upgrade with setting copied form a prior system?

David

Le 08-04-26 à 12:29, David Ross a écrit :

> Bertrand Morin wrote:
>>
>> Le 08-04-24 à 18:20, Laurence Hawkins a écrit :
>>
>>> My HP Deskjet D2360 printer is connected to my iMac running OS
>>> 10.3.9
>>> which is set to share with two other Macs through a wired Ethernet
>>> connection. This has always worked smoothly, but recently neither of
>>> the "other" Macs can see the shared printer. Any attempt to print,
>>> results in a spinning icon, necessitating a forced quit of the
>>> application involved. I have run Disk Utility to repair permissions,
>>> and of course checked the "Print & Fax"" page in my System
>>> Preferences. Still no solution! Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Laurence Hawkins
>>
>>
>> I have had continuous problems with my printers since OS 10.5.X came
>> out. The easy way, a sure way (?), but a fairly long way, is to get
>> rid of your printer(s), reinstall the driver if required, and start
>> fixing the sharing and preferences. That is the conclusion I have
>> come
>> to.
>
> Bertrand Morin
>
> Was your 10.5.x install a clean one or an upgrade with setting
> copied form a prior system?
>
> David
>


David,

It was a clean install of Mac OS 10.5.X on an Intel iMac, plus the
update afterward; nothing from a prior system. But, I do remember a
similar problem (according to the best of my memory…) with TIGER, and
probably PANTHER.

Friends have also mentionned that matter over time, but they are
mainly EXPERT, and worked directly into the Unix core when in deep
trouble. Apple should look into that matter to really simplify matter;
the number of printer pilots included in the System makes it hard to
know exactly what is going on; for example, the relation between the
driver you install and the one coming with the System.

I have two Canon Inkjet (color) and a Samsung Laser (b & w).

The best of luck and, especially, patience.

Bertrand

I made a minor adjustmant to the orientation of my router, which was running a littlr hot, to improve convection cooling, and this sems to have improved my broadband connection and solved the printer sharing problem! Or was I just lucky?

Laurence Hawkins

Le 08-04-29 à 08:44, Laurence Hawkins a écrit :

> I made a minor adjustmant to the orientation of my router, which was
> running a littlr hot, to improve convection cooling, and this sems
> to have improved my broadband connection and solved the printer
> sharing problem! Or was I just lucky?
>
> Laurence Hawkins

Very lucky! Maybe a poor connection was lurking. I do disconnect my
router when I have problem witn Internet and network, before doing
anything else! I does solve 99% of the problems… before attacking the
printer matter mentioned earlier!

Bertrand Morin

From my experience, and perhaps a germ of an idea will assist your problem...I have struck similar problems with Printer Sharing. The rules appeared to be; Put the printer on the newest Mac with the most modern OS version. Install the latest drivers for that combination. Install the same version drivers onto the other Macs. I strike problems almost weekly now, that are resolved by matching printer drivers. It seems that in the AppleTalk days, any driver for the printer would happily co-exist, but now with TCP/IP printing, any driver mismatch causes trouble of one sort or another. Tray selection not matching, printer disappearing, print jobs jamming the queue, etc.