Further Printing Problem/Question

Well first, I am extremely sorry that I installed Snow Leopard. I am basically unable to use my Epson Stylus Photo R380, and several programs have frozen many times. Never had a single issue before I updated. Anyway my dilemma is this:
I have followed several of the "fixes" here such as deleting the Epson folder from the printer library and reloading from the Epson site. Well first of all, I never see specifically a choice for the "R380"...only the photo pro series from numerous choices in the drivers. If I choose that, I get the following printer error:
"cgpdftoraster unsupported coloSpace: colorSpace = -1, colorOrder = 1, bitsPerColor = 1
If I use the "Gutenprint" R380 (which many people say is a lousy driver) it prints, but with poor quality. With either driver in both photoshop and in iPhoto, I never get a choice of the type of paper/photo paper/quality to print on. Furthermore, using Discus, I never have the choice to print on a CD/DVD
Prior to "Snow Leopard", printing was easy and flawless. I will NEVER update another program again until at least six months has passed from release.

roberot60 wrote:
I have followed several of the "fixes" here such as deleting the Epson folder from the printer library and reloading from the Epson site.
The other half of the fixes mentioned here include downloading the latest software using Software Update. According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669, there is a recently updated driver available through Software Update. Delete the <hard drive>/Library/Printers/EPSON folder, delete the printer from Print & Fax Prefs, run Software Update to download the latest Epson update. After installing the update, restart, then re-add the printer.

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# systemctl status cups
cups.service - CUPS Printing Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2013-01-29 13:26:21 BRST; 4h 43min ago
Main PID: 525 (cupsd)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/cups.service
└─525 /usr/sbin/cupsd -f
Jan 29 17:39:46 XXXX-archs hp[12186]: io/hpmud/musb.c 588: invalid usb_open: Permission denied
Jan 29 17:40:14 XXXX-archs systemd[1]: Started CUPS Printing Service.
Jan 29 17:43:27 XXXX-archs systemd[1]: Started CUPS Printing Service.
Jan 29 17:44:19 XXXX-archs systemd[1]: Started CUPS Printing Service.
Jan 29 17:44:26 XXXX-archs systemd[1]: Started CUPS Printing Service.
Jan 29 17:44:51 XXXX-archs systemd[1]: Started CUPS Printing Service.
Jan 29 17:45:05 XXXX-archs systemd[1]: Started CUPS Printing Service.
Jan 29 17:56:35 XXXX-archs systemd[1]: Started CUPS Printing Service.
Jan 29 17:56:36 XXXX-archs systemd[1]: Started CUPS Printing Service.
Jan 29 17:56:36 XXXX-archs systemd[1]: Started CUPS Printing Service.
# systemctl status cups.socket
cups.socket - CUPS Printing Service Sockets
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups.socket; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2013-01-29 13:26:10 BRST; 4h 45min ago# /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb
DEBUG: list_devices
DEBUG: libusb_get_device_list=10
DEBUG2: Printer found with device ID: MFG:Hewlett-Packard;CMD:PJL,PML,PCLXL,POSTSCRIPT,PCL;MDL:HP Color LaserJet CP1515n;CLS:PRINTER;DES:Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet CP1515n;MEM:MEM=55MB;COMMENT:RES=600x8; Device URI: usb://HP/Color%20LaserJet%20CP1515n?serial=00BRAS85501Y
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Jan 29 13:26:10 XXXX-archs systemd[1]: Starting CUPS Printing Service Sockets.
Jan 29 13:26:10 XXXX-archs systemd[1]: Listening on CUPS Printing Service Sockets.
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Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03f0:4417 Hewlett-Packard EWS UPD
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0c45:648d Microdia
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0cf3:e004 Atheros Communications, Inc.
# /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb
DEBUG: list_devices
DEBUG: libusb_get_device_list=10
DEBUG2: Printer found with device ID: MFG:Hewlett-Packard;CMD:PJL,PML,PCLXL,POSTSCRIPT,PCL;MDL:HP Color LaserJet CP1515n;CLS:PRINTER;DES:Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet CP1515n;MEM:MEM=55MB;COMMENT:RES=600x8; Device URI: usb://HP/Color%20LaserJet%20CP1515n?serial=00BRAS85501Y
direct usb://HP/Color%20LaserJet%20CP1515n?serial=00BRAS85501Y "HP Color LaserJet CP1515n" "HP Color LaserJet CP1515n" "MFG:Hewlett-Packard;CMD:PJL,PML,PCLXL,POSTSCRIPT,PCL;MDL:HP Color LaserJet CP1515n;CLS:PRINTER;DES:Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet CP1515n;MEM:MEM=55MB;COMMENT:RES=600x8;" ""
# lpinfo -v
network ipps
network smb
direct hp
network socket
network http
network ipp
file cups-pdf:/
network lpd
network beh
network https
direct ptal
direct hpfax
# usb-devices
T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=01 Dev#= 3 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=03f0 ProdID=4417 Rev=01.00
S: Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard
S: Product=HP Color LaserJet CP1515n
S: SerialNumber=00BRAS85501Y
C: #Ifs= 2 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=2mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=(none)
I: If#= 1 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=01 Prot=01 Driver=(none)
The out put from the last command (usb-devices) I only copyed the relevant part from the printer in question.
the couple of last lines of CUPS error.log are;
E [29/Jan/2013:17:44:48 -0200] [Job 14] Stopping unresponsive job.
E [29/Jan/2013:17:52:25 -0200] [Client 14] Request for subdirectory "/admin/log/error_log?".
E [29/Jan/2013:17:52:41 -0200] [Client 14] Request for subdirectory "/admin/log/error_log?".
E [29/Jan/2013:18:05:47 -0200] [cups-deviced] PID 14408 (dnssd) stopped with status 1!
E [29/Jan/2013:18:16:37 -0200] [cups-deviced] PID 15151 (dnssd) stopped with status 1!
I hope somebody could help me out to find where to change permission (if necessary) or point me out to an different road.
Thanks
Last edited by camarao (2013-02-08 02:36:36)

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Multifunctional Printers
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Pixma
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Pixma MX868
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Having had the same problems printing from LR as many others are complaining about, I thought that I might give my 2 cents to what I did to solve (?) the problem. I have to run with current setting in a while to be convinced that it is not just an intermittent fix though ;-)
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I used following setting:
- In printer driver: "No color management" was selected
- LR and PSE color management; printer profile: Epson Stylus Photo 890 Premium Glossy Photo Paper, Rendering Intent: Perceptual
. LR Print sharpening: High
- LR Print resolution: 360ppi
When the photo was opened in PSE and I had printed a small print with above mentioned printer driver/color management settings. The print looked good, but with a little magenta color cast, so I thought that if I used a different printer profile this might help (I have no ICC profile for the Ilford paper). So I chose the "Epson Stylus Photo 890 Photo Paper" instead and printed again, and this time the photo looked as it did on my calibrated monitor. I have to admit I was a bit delighted even though it was from printed from PSE and not from LR, but seeing that color management worked in other applications was a relief.
In PSE, I also I tried changing to a different Rendering Intent before changing printer profile, but with no success.
Another thing that helped further was to change Media Type in printer driver from "Premium Glossy Photo Paper" to "Photo Paper".
After the print success in PSE I went back to LR and changed the Printer Profile to "Epson Stylus Photo 890 Photo Paper" (still with "No color management" and "Photo Paper" selected in printer driver) and printed the photo again. Now the photo looked as good as it did in PSE (!!!???).
Now I have made a few printer preset in LR for various print sizes, and the prints look fantastic. Every time! Do I have to mention that I am a happy guy ? :-)
BTW, remember that a printer preset also saves the printer driver settings. Forgetting this can easily cause some unexpected results.
The only thing is that, I still do not know what fixed the problem, and I am a bit worried that the problem might come back again. Maybe the print related changes made in PSE and the following selection of the same settings in LR did - somehow - "synchronize" LR to a proper color management. Sounds weird, but if it works...
I hope this long explanation was useful to - at least - some of you, who experience printer problems in LR. LR is a fantastic application, and I enjoy using it, but the printer problems has really been frustrating.
Good luck!
/Per

Little unclear about the border thing- you say it prints with a too wide border, but also say:
When I print the image with this set up, it still is printed without a border.
It's a factor of your printer, though; some can never print without a margin around all sides; this can be a border, or cut off. Good news, though; you can have a 5 x 7 borderless, or with any size border you wish if you print on larger paper, and trim to taste.

Leopard 10.5.6 and HP Wireless printing problem

I have a client with a iMac 20" model, shes been having problems with her HP wireless printer for a while now (Photosmart 7280), its setup with static IP, installing the HP software, it can sense the printer, both Bonjour and IP, but when come to printing, it will start the queue as you would expect, but on the printer it simply display 'Printing' and thats it, it just sits there doing nothing else, you cant even cancel the printing, thinking its a fault with the printer, we went out and got her the latest HP Photosmart 8180, guess what ? it does the same thing.
I searched through HP forum, and people are blaming OSX that after 10.5.1 it broke the wireless printing, because I recalled that her old Macbook running tiger never had this problem with the old 7280 printer (sadly its been upgraded to the latest Leopard before Xmas)
With the new 8180 , I use my Notebook running XP Pro and connected to it wireless and printed first time, so the problem does seem like its coming from OSX Leopard, but sadly I cant find a solution, I posted twice on their messageboard but not a single reply after 2 months, so I am hoping that some experts here may have a solution or workaround to this.

dimsumbox,
I am probably having the same issue as you are. The "HP IP Printing" is not listed in the drop-down menu under "More Printers". As such, attempting to print over the wireless is not working.
Using a wired connection, and selecting "Default" I am able to add the printer and print to it.
On a home network, you may see the printer under "Default". Unfortunately for me, my wired and wireless networks are separate and this option does not work for me.
The printer in question is a Color LaserJet 3500n, and I'm attempting to locate how I can add the "HP IP Printing" option without reinstalling the entire system.
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HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus "unspecified printer problem"

I just set up my HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus e-All-in-One. The set-up seemed to go okay, but when I go to the "devices" tab for "HP Connected" it has a yellow yield sign and says that I have a problem with my printer. When I click on the yield sign symbol, the box says that "An unspecified problem was reported. Please check your printer." When I check the printer pannel, there are no problems reported. The machine seems to print okay, but I'd like to clear up this error that is shown. Any ideas?
Also, I've already done the restart and sign-off/sign-in stuff, so we can move on to second-order trouble shooting. Thanks.
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HELP!
I am having exactly the same problem. I am simply swapping out an existing Deskjet 3512 that worked perfectly at all levels, so i KNOW i dont have router/port/network issues. eprint was and is flawless. I just plugged it back in to check and it still works just fine with eprint.
Using my new Pro8600, I send emails to my eprint address and they seem to go...and then nothing. they just don't print.
I get the"Officejet Pro 8600 Plus "unspecified printer problem"" message but my front panel reports no issues.
I'm a step away from taking this back and buying an Epson.
My experience with their support has bee stellar at a commercial printer level.
This seems to be a very common problem and I just dont have hours to monkey around with something that should work out of the box.
any help will be appreciated.

HP DESKJET 2540 Printing Problem

21-2015 08:06 AM
Good evening everyone, I'm a professional that working in the computer industry , but alas this time are messed up with my work .
The printer in question is a product that I give regularly , I will have installed a dozen , this today is really nasty . I completed the installation as always , the printer , when I send something to print from the PC , not the press , the beauty is that does everything as if he had printed , ditto if I print a test page . The printer is ' USB connected to the PC . Converting the door and turning it into a network printer, the IP they can control work it on the Web page , but if I put the IP as a TCP / IP port is the same as with USB .
The scanner works perfectly from PC .
If I send photos in Wireless all work perfectly even those from IPHONE IPAD etc.
I tried HP SCAN AND PRINT DOCTOR , gives me an error in STEP DRIVER , but the driver is updated at last for the system I use, if I give him the test print from internal it give me the press !!! only by them can then print with the pc .
And ' absurd all this . Anyway the PC in question is a pc just a year with Windows 8 64-bit a colleague has an idea ?

Does this occur with every line printed or only on the last line of the page?
If you change the print quality to "best" does that clear up the issue?
If the answer to either is "yes" then try cleaning the cartrdige contacts as shown here.
Regards,
Bob Headrick, Microsoft MVP Printing/Imaging
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Duplex Printing Problem - Word 2007, Vista and HP Officejet Pro L7780

I'm having trouble with duplex printing on my new HP Officejet Pro L7780, from Word 2007, running on a brand new Vista system. I've also had this same problem (repeatable) with two other computers, running XP Professional/Word 2003, XP Home/Word 2003. All of the service packs have been installed for the operating system, word, and printer.
If you print a landscape document, using the auto duplex setting for the HP printer, the margins will print out offset by .25 inches, on the left and rigt margins. So if your margin is 1 inches on right and left, the margins will print to .75 on one side and 1.25 on the other. This would be annoying, except that I'm trying to print brochures and books, which requires that the pages print out exactly as set up... "close enough" isn't working for me
The way I have replicated this problem is as follows: set up a document in landscape format, using the default margins. Insert an image on page one, size it so it takes the full margin area. On the second page, fill it up with text. Print the document, selecting the printer properties and setting Print on Both Sides=Automatic. The easiest way see the problem is by holding the document up to the light. The front and back margins should match and they don't.
Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.
Diana

Diana,
This problem is perhaps much larger than you might have imagined. We have tried to work with Hewlett Packard for over two years on the duplex printing problems. In the process, we have expended over 100 hours of effort in troubleshooting the problem which has included updating software, reinstalling software, developing test documents, escalating issues, submitting technical findings, and in purchasing replacements. Unfortunately, our efforts to interact with Hewlett Packard excalated support have resulted in an aire of apathy, disinterest, incompetence, frustration, redundancy, occasional discourtesy, and an outright lack of professional decorum - something inconceivable of a large, reputable company.
We have identified several problems with duplex printing. The duplex printing problems include irregular margin increases (.25 to .50 inch), margin shifts, cut-off text, compressed text, and compressed graphics. Please note that most of these problems are only evident when printing documents from computer applications to the printer. If the user simply uses the front printer panel to copy in duplex mode, these problems are not always evident. This suggests that the printer mechanics are capable of properly duplexing and that the problem lies in the drivers.
The problem is evident on the HP OfficeJet Pro L7780, Photosmart L7180, Photosmart C6150, Photosmart 3310, and likely on many, many other HP models. The problem is evident on many computers (HP, IBM, Toshiba, and Dell), is evident in multiple applicatons (Word, Wordperfect, Excel, Peachtree, Notepad, and many more), and is evident on multiple operating systems (Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Media Center Edition, and Microsoft Vista).
We consider ourselves to be extremely polite, patient individuals, but have nearly been driven to outrage by the indignant disregard offered us by HP's escalation support department; a department which should represent the cream-of-the-crop in both service and technical expertise. Given the ease with which the problem can be duplicated, we expected an extremely quick resolution by HP who, to our knowledge, has never even made the effort to duplicate the problem in-house on our behalf.
Ironically, HP highly advertises their J.D. Powers rated technical support, yet it appears that they actually have extremely poor published consumer rankings in some of today's mainstream computer magazines. HP technical support makes no apologies for the fact the user cannot use a major feature of their printers, offers no indication that the problem is even being addressed, and off-loads the responsibility by suggesting that we contact Microsoft (who is to blame for this issue).
Thank you, Diane, for your message. We had a hard time imagining that we were the only one experiencing this problem, especially when HP promotes such a representation. Which also begs the question why HP plays like the problem does not even exist? I also fail to understand why HP technical support shows so little interest in a problem that is easily duplicated and adversely affects a major feature of the printer which is commonly used by individuals purchasing equipment for its duplex capabilities.
This is sad because we have been a loyal customer of HP for over twenty-five years. There was a time when we would have happily endorsed HP's steller products and steller support (provided you could get a problem escalated). Now, however, they all-too-often appear to offer equipment that fails to support advertised features which is backed up by sub-standard support and extremely expensive ink. This is an especially sad commentary for users who are buying HP's upper-end printers and computers.
We desire to know if there are others out there experiencing similar problems? If you have experienced these problems or would like samples of the problems we have duplicated, please respond. I think the more information we gather, the better our chance of a successful resolution to a serious problem.
Thanks Everyone!

Printer problem with AW 6.2.9

I have a recurring printer problem with both hp deskjet 5150 and Epson R220. After much work with techs at both, we have determined that it is an AW problem (v. 6.2.9) Other files print okay. I've searched through recent posts and found similiar questions, but the answers aren't specific to my problem. I gather that it involves trashing certain AW files, such as Appleworks.plist and other Appleworks prefs. It will help it I know the specific files to trash and as much detail about how to find them on the HD. I will be infinitely grateful for any help.
OSR
Mac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)
Mac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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You are correct that deleting the AppleWorks preferences can fix some printing problems. I'm surprised that in finding that information you didn't come across a post with the specific information or a tip to my user tip, AppleWorks has stopped working correctly, that explains which preference files ot delete.
Make sure you have the newest printer driver for each printer. Also, use Disk Utility to repair permissions after any system update or upgrade.

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