HT204135 adding a network printer to Lion 10.7.4

I'm trying to add a postscript printer HP 2100 TN to my mac running 10.7.4 (Lion). Using Adobe Illustrator 5.5. Can't find the PPD file?

Latest driver:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907

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Adding my network printer to my new mackbook pro

I am trying to add our networked Canon CLC ir C3220 printer to my machine.
Tried adding an IP printer with the printers IP address, choosing both Line Printer Daemon - LPD and Internet Printing Protocol - IPP.
Cant get it to work at all, any ideas what I do?

If your C3220 has an imagePASS C2 print controller then the LPD queue name needs to be print and it must be entered in lower case.
If it is not using the imagePASS then try using IP > HP Jetdirect for the queue. This does not require a queue name.

Adding a network printer

how do i connect a network printer to my Macbook pro?

Thanks for responding. Yeah I have checked that. I can actually get as far as clicking the add printer, then selecting wireless, i then slect the printer that I want which is listed then tells me it cannot find the correct drivers. I even tried installing the original software disk to the printer and it still told me that it cannot find the correct drivers and is not compatable. I did this very same thing to my daughters laptop which has vista and it worked just fine. Her version of vista is a littile different. Is it possible that certain printers are not compatable with certain vista programs. I have never heard of that though. Thank You again for responding. I will look forward to any other help you could give me.

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I am using small business server 2012 essentials and looking to purchase a network printer. The issue I see is that many of the printers I have researched do not have drivers for essentials. Some will list out R2, but I do not have that, only Essentials.
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Hi ChrisCJK,
I agree with Cliff Galiher’s viewpoint.
Please browse the web site of printer manufacturer, and check if you can get a latest version of the driver. Then monitor if it can help you to add the printer for
Windows Server 2012 Essentials.
Meanwhile, please refer to the following article. It provided the details of installing Network Printer to Windows Server 2012 Essentials. The printer is different
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http://titlerequired.com/2012/10/24/windows-server-2012-essentials-add-a-network-printer/
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I have a Deskjet 5150 printer conntected to a desktop running on Windows XP. It is set up as a shared network printer. When I attempt to add this networked printer to my laptop has Vista Home Premium Edition 64-bit OS, I get a message that states "The server for the 'hp deskjet 5100 series' printer does not have the correct printer driver installed. If you want to search for the proper driver, click OK." I can not find the *.INF file that is needed. I have downloaded the proper driver to the desktop and my laptop, but I do not know where to "browse" in order to locate the file.

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I used the shared printer name "printer" in printer propertys for mine.
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\\John\HPprinter
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Problems with network printer in Lion Moutain 10.8.2.

When I upgraded my Mac Air 2011 to iOS 10.8.2, I couldn't printing on my Canon LBP 3500 through WIFI anymore. I can ping its IP address through Network Utility, but the answer always is Unable to verify the printer on your network when I add printer.
Please tell me why the problems come, I still can printing in previous iOS version.

Here it is :
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Trouble adding a network printer

Hi everyone
I have the following problem:
There is a Ricoh Aficio MP 1600 printer connected via Ethernet to the WLAN router I am using.
I used this printer to print with my old Mac Book Air via WLAN. It worked perfectly.
Now, I have a new Mac Book Pro (running on Yosemite 10.10.1) and it doesn't work anymore.
I was able to add the printer using the IP set up mode. I entered the IP address of the printer and everything looked fine with respect to the set up. The printer shows up with a green light next to it in the printer setup window. When I print a test page or a simple word document, the printer starts to print the following text:
either:
"%!PS-Adobe-3.0 %APL_DSC_Encoding: UTF8 %APLProducer: (Version 10.10.1 (Build 14B....."
or:
"%!PS-Adobe-3.0 Query userdict (\004)cvn{(\004) print flush}put %%?BeginFeatureQue......"
This is followed by many empty pages (until I cancel the job directly on the printer).
What I have done so far:
- I use "LPD" but have also tried IPP and HP Jetsocket
- Updated the print driver (download from Ricoh website, now have the newest Version 4.0)
- Shut down and restarted computer, router and printer
All that didn't help. The printer still responds to my printing jobs but keeps printing what I have written down above.
Thans for any help!
Martin

Dear Sailor 20a,
I had exactly the same problem as you did except that my printer is an old HP LaserJet 4000n. It took me a whole afternoon to solve this issue. I first contacted getsupport.apple.com/GetSASO which suggested that it is not the problem of 10.10.1 and that it is the problem of HP. They were not right. Here is what I did to solve the problem, though I don't know what is the real cause of it:
(1) Download what is called "Cups-2.0.1" by going to: https://www.cups.org/software.php
(2) Download a printer driver called "gutenprint-5.2.10a" from: http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ You can see "
Gutenprint 5.2.10 is released!" under which you can click on the downloading sign.
(3) Install both of them in your computer
(4) You can then add a printer by going to "Printers & Scanners" in System Preferences, and delete what you may have with your printer, but add a new one with the same printer you want to do your printing job, but this time you select "Gutenprint" instead of the new driver that you downloaded for your printer.
(5) That should work if the specifications of of Gutenprint state that their driver can support your printer--I have a feeling that your printer is supported as Gutenprint driver can handle hundreds of printers. Hope this solves your problem. KenVancouver

Automator--Adding network printer

Hello,
I am trying to create an Automator service to connect to a network drive. In order to set up the connection, I have to do the following:
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Need Help Badly With Network Printing

Alright im very new to macs but have managed to catch on quickly, the only trouble im having is adding a network printer.
I go to IP Printing in the Printer Browser then click more printers select Windows Printing then select my My Home Work Group which is what all the PC's in my house use and I click on the PC that has the printer conected to it usb and it asks for me to type in a name and password.
Question is what name and password do i use i tryed using the user name of the user and there password but it doesnt work it gives me and error 256

OK, then you may want to take this up in the Mac OS X Printing forum. You'll probably be more likely to get help there, since it's not a MacBook problem, per se.
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Printing to a Windows Network printer after 10.4.9 upgrade

Very desperate with this. We have a couple macs at the office and after a move and some software updates all cannot print via a Windows network printer.
Unable to connect to SAMBA host is the only error we receive.
I checked my smb:\\ syntax, I have tried IP address, tried picking from the list (which by the way the printers do show up yet you cannot print to them)
Extremely frustrating and with an Anti-Mac IT director this gives him more ammo to say Macs are irrelavant in the workplace.
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I [22/May/2007:12:22:45 -0400] Setting FPS2ColorXerox printer-state to 3 (was 5.)
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I [22/May/2007:12:23:05 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
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I [22/May/2007:12:23:16 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [22/May/2007:12:23:16 -0400] Printer 'FPS2ColorXerox' modified by ''.
I [22/May/2007:12:23:16 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [22/May/2007:12:23:16 -0400] Printer 'FPS2ColorXerox' modified by ''.
I [22/May/2007:12:23:20 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [22/May/2007:12:23:20 -0400] Printer 'FPS2ColorXerox' modified by ''.
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I [22/May/2007:12:23:37 -0400] Adding end banner page "none" to job 5.
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Cannot Print to HP Network Printer

I'm trying to print from my MacBook to my HP LaserJet 4000N printer which is connected to a 2wire wireless router. I had no issues setting the printer up with my Windows computers using the HP Install Network Printer Wizard, but the wizard doesn't work with Mac OS. So I did a little digging and found the printer IP Address by printing out the Configuration Page, but inputting that IP Address into the add printer utility using LPD, IPP, or HP Jetdirect yields no results. I've also tried using the Gutenprint drivers for my printer with all combinations with no results. I never expected that adding a network printer for Macs would be more difficult than Windows! Anyone have any ideas or experience getting an HP Network printer to work?

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Need help installing Canon network printer on Mountain Lion

I am trying to install a Canon MF4270 network printer with my Macbook Air running Mountain Lion.
I added the printer using its IP, and selected the MF4200 driver from the list that came installed with the OS. The printer worked, but it would not allow me to print double-sided (the option was greyed out). Some research showed that other people with similar problems simply updated the printer driver.
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I tried adding the printer using the Generic PostScript Printer driver, and when I print, it says that it is printing and I get no errors, but nothing prints.
Now, I can't print at all, and no one at Canon or Apple has been able to solve the problem.
Please help.

First, delete the print queue in the Print & Scan preference pane, if you haven't already done so.
Back up all data.
Triple-click the line below on this page to select it:
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Recreate the print queue.
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Exactly the same infuriating problem we and many others get with OS X from 10.6 on when Apple dropped Apple Talk.
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Adding network printers in Lion

Is there such a thing on the Mac OS 10.x system as adding a local printer using a TCP/IP port, where you can specify the printer's IP address as you would in WIndows? If so, is it explained somewhere how to do that?
Marty

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