I have my laptop networked to my printer

Can someone help me here, whenever I open the hp solutions center page and I put in all the information then do the test run it's giving me an error saying check the device what could be wrong?

I have done a lot of research on this and have not found one solution that actually works. Apparently, the issue is caused by preview and textedit now being sandbox applications. Some printer drivers, for some reason, are not compatible with this new "feature".
Obviously, the people who fixed this issue by either erasing the preferences or changing permissions either don't have quite the same problem or are not using the same type of printer drivers.
In my case, I think I am using the same printer as you as my error message is regarding the same file. This file is a printer plugin used with a Canon iRC4080/5180 with an imagepass-H1.
Now, if you go into Macintosh HD all the way to /Library/Printers/Canon/PS3/PDEs. You will find this file "EF124235 (FF) plugin". All I did was deleting it. So, I just dragged and dropped it into the Trash. So far, everything works fine after doing so. I have tested printing normally, stapling, double sided, etc and so far, everything works. I have not done extensive tests on this, but it is still safe to at least try, as this file is installed during the printer driver installation. So, if this does not help or causes other printing issues, you can always reinstall the printer driver and it will be back to "normal". Meaning, everything else but Preview and Textedit will work fine. When I say reinstall, I mean, from scratch. So, if you do not have the "driver package" still, you will need to download it again then double click on the "OSX installer.mpkg" which will add all the drivers and plugins where they should be again. After that you can go into System Preferences + Printers and add the printer again. But, hopefully, it won't come to that and everything will work fine just by deleting the plugin file mentioned above.
Fingers crossed!!!

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Hi Newent1,
Under a normal Airprint configuration, the printer should be joined to your primary wireless network as a client. That way, you should not have to switch networks to print (print data goes from iPad => router => printer). If something has changed in your configuration, you may need to set your printer back up to rejoin your network. You may find the troubleshooting portion of the following article helpful:
Apple Support: AirPrint Basics
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4356
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Hi Bayratlj
Dunno if you've sorted your problem out, but I had exactly the same problem with a HP Photosmart 3100. I found some advice on http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6201674 regarding the firewall on the Mac and yes that is the problem. But as you'll see with my last post in that topic I cant figure out how to keep my firewall on AND have printer sharing. Just allowing printer sharing in the firewall settings is no help.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712

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Looking at the Konica web site for the PagePro 1300W, I saw the following note.
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I am attempting to print via a wireless (secure) network to an HP4050n printer. The document prints AFTER I choose "GO" on the printer. It is waiting as it wants me to load the JIS B5 paper/tray. I have the printer defined as Letter but in spite of that, it is requesting a different setting. I am thinking that because I am using the Generic PCL setting (I also tried the HP 4/5 PCL ) it is not communicating correctly. It does print once I get up and hit the GO button.
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Printing on HP LaserJet P1102w from iPad2 via AirPrint: is printer supposed to have its own network?

Or is printer meant to have its own network? When I want to print, I have to disconnect my iPad2 from my 'Belkin54g' home WiFi network & connect it to the 'HP-Print-4F-LasetJet 1102' network that is listed (under 'Choose a Network' on my iPad2's Settings/WiFi page).
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And if so, where/how I would need to change this? I was going to have a look in the web-page based Config pages for the printer & my router.
Any help/advice would be gratefully received. It seems to take ages for my iPad2 to reconnect to the WiFi router once I finish printing (upto 20mins, which makes printing very time consuming, although this is probably a separate issue in itself!).
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Hi simonbond,
I understand you have a new router and are unable to setup the printer on the new network.
Thank you for your reply.
I will be happy to help you with this.
I would reset the printer first to clear out any previous network settings.
Turn the printer off, hold down the wireless button and cancel (x button) while turning the printer back on and don't release the two buttons until the printer stops making noise.
Print out a configuration report and make sure the SSID and IP address are cleared. (hold down the x button and when the printer makes a noise let go)
After the reset, disconnect the routers power cable, wait 10 seconds, then reconnect the power cable. Wait till it's ready.
Since the software is already installed then I would setup the wireless again by connecting the printer by USB to the computer.
Then go to start, all programs, HP, Laserjet, wireless configuration wizard, follow the steps to setup the wireless. When finished remove the USB cable.
Then try and print.
Hope this helps.
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You are asking several different questions. If you need to store your photos, music, and movies on an external volume, you certainly can. Any externally connected hard disk drive will work, connected either directly to your Mac or to your Time Capsule as a shared volume.
You should not rely upon using that as a backup device though. Although you certainly may use it for both purposes, it is a better idea to have dedicated backup devices for a variety of reasons not limited to redundancy. You would not want to simultaneously lose all your pictures as well as your backup. If they are all on the same device, that could happen. Furthermore, a backup cannot back up the volume on which it is running.
As for adding an Extreme or Express, using its LAN port for your iMac, and then enable Internet sharing so you can effectively use the iMac as a "hotspot", you can do that too, but I am unclear on what benefit you believe this arrangement would convey for you.
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