Mac Os X 10.4 Error While Printing
10.4: Fix a CUPS remote printing problem Jun 06, '05 10:08:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous After upgrading to Tiger (fresh install), I could no longer use my TiBook to print over the network to my Samsung ML-1710 laser printer, which is connected via USB to my linux server "beigeg3" (running CUPS) in my home office. Even worse, once the network printer was selected in the Tiger print dialog, I couldn't do any kind of printing task -- not even Save to PDF for transferring to the linux server. All attempts ended with the unhelpful error message "Error while printing". I haven't been able to find any reference to this problem on the net, but the fix is so simple, I think it's worth sharing. Using the CUPS http interface (http://localhost:631) to try to print test pages gave me useful error messages: apparently Tiger reported the Linux server hostname to cups as "beigeg3," but CUPS didn't know where to find that host (no DNS server runs on the LAN). Adding this line: 192.168.0.4 beigeg3 to the /etc/hosts file on the TiBook let CUPS know where to look fixed the problem. Of course you'd want to use the IP address and name of your own print server there. This seems like a bug to me (shouldn't CUPS be able to access NetInfo to get this address?). • Currently 2.50 / 512345 (2 votes cast) [16,013 views] Hint Options Printable Hint Format Subscribe to 'macosxhints.com network tips' 10.4: Fix a CUPS remote printing problem | 7 comments | Create New Account Newest First Oldest First Flat Nested No Comments Threaded Click here to return to the '10.4: Fix a CUPS remote printing problem' hint The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say. 10.4: Fix a CUPS remote printing problem Authored by: justice on Jun 06, '05 11:24:36AM This is an interesting coincidence. I'd been having the same problems printing to my HP LaserJet 1100 connected to my Linux system (running CUPS) ever since upgrading to Tiger. I finally beat my PowerBook and (newly acquired) Mac Mini into submission on this front this weekend, but I had no clue what I'd done that had fixed things. However, this hint clears up what happened, I think. Tiger, by default, does not consult NetInfo for name resolution, or else
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Password Your News Feed Likes You've Received Your Content People You Follow People You Ignore Log Out Show online status Conversations Show All... Alerts Alert Preferences Show All... macosx.com Home Forums Forums Quick Links https://macosx.com/threads/error-while-printing-with-save-to-pdf-or-preview.265433/ Search Forums Recent Posts Media Media Quick Links Search Media New Media Members Members Quick Links Notable Members Current Visitors Recent Activity New Profile Posts Menu Search titles only Posted by Member: Separate names http://support-au.canon.com.au/contents/AU/EN/0900464201.html with a comma. Newer Than: Search this thread only Search this forum only Display results as threads More... Useful Searches Recent Posts Mac Support Forums Mac Help Forums Mac OS X System & Mac Software mac os "Error while printing" with Save to PDF or Preview Discussion in 'Mac OS X System & Mac Software' started by bpq042, Dec 27, 2005. bpq042 uix_expand uix_collapse Registered Joined: Dec 27, 2005 Messages: 2 Likes Received: 0 I am a new OS X user (10.4), having just switched from Windows. I've used Linux a lot too so I am pretty bold about mucking about in system files (but not for mac os x fun, only when necessary!). I don't know how this happened, but somehow my user account got into a state in which I was unable to use "Save to PDF" or Preview from the print dialog. This happened in all applications I tried. My user account is not an administrator. The other non-administrator account on the machine had no problems, nor did the administrator account. I got some hints from another post on this site, so I looked around for .plist files in ~/Library/Preferences and found the following: com.apple.print.favorites.plist com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs.plist com.apple.print.custompresets.plist The first two did not appear in the Preferences directories of the other accounts. I deleted those two, leaving the custompresets file. Problem solved! I wonder if anyone can explain what happened. I used od to dump the .plist files but didn't see anything that rung a bell. I recently installed Quickbooks Pro 2006, wonder if it broke something. Where can I look to find out more about the .plist files? #1 bpq042, Dec 27, 2005 gattiger91 likes this. symphonix uix_expand uix_collapse Scratch & Sniff Committee Joined: Jul 18, 2001 Messages: 4,018 Likes Received: 1 Have you examined the files themselves in a text editor or XML editor? There is a PLIST file editor installed
Mac OS X v10.4 Mac OS X v10.3 Mac OS X v10.2 Outline This product is a printer driver for Canon IJ printers. Update History [Ver.4.8.3] -Newly supports Mac OS X v10.5 System requirements Mac OS X 10.2.8/10.3.9/10.4.11/10.5.8 Caution Mac OS X v. 10.2 1. Even during printing, the Print Center status bar message "Opening printer connection" does not change. 2. Error messages are displayed in English. 3. In Preview, a Tiff file cannot be printed, and the error message "Printer Error. An error occurred while printing." is displayed. 4. During printing, if an error dialog is displayed, and if the button in the dialog is clicked, Print Center is immediately closed, or the same error message will appear at resumption of printing. 5. If Advanced Options is selected in the Print dialog first, and then the Presets setting is changed, the LED keeps blinking in green, and printing does not start. 6. In the Spanish version, in Utility, the Quiet Mode time setting cannot be switched to "am" from "pm". (It stays with "pm".) 7. When printing multiple copies in auto duplex printing, collated printing is not possible. 8. When attempting to print, the printer does not operate in some instances. Mac OS X v. 10.3 to 10.4 9. Installation of the printer driver may require a little time to complete, and it takes 3 to 4 (possibly as much as 8 to 9) minutes from when the Continue Installation button is clicked until the Restart button is displayed. 10. In wireless connection, after print head alignment, the operation panel does not become active again, and the utility cannot be used in some instances. 11. Multiple numbers of the same printer name are registered to the Printer Setup Utility in some instances. 12. Even when an error is released, the error message remains in some instances. 13. When attempting to print, the printer does not operate in some instances. 14. In the following environment, even after clicking "About ink" in the Ink Level Information menu of the Canon IJ Printer Utility or "Initial Check Items" in the confirmation dialog for nozzle check pattern printing, nothing is displayed: Security Update 2005-005 or Security Update 2005-006 is installed in Mac OS X Ver. 10.3.9 15. In Mac OS X Ver. 10.4 or later, the nu