Inability to print from all applications

When I try to print I get various error messages:
Word; Word cannot print due to a problem with the current printer.
Safari & TextEdit: Error while printing.
Printer works fine with PC; not when connected by ISB to Mac.
Software all up to date.
Might have started with Leopard install?
Thanks for any suggestions.

First thing to try is permissions repair. If that fails, I would consider archive and install, since there may have been a faulty install of the drivers.
Good luck!

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as it is written in the subject.
Up to yesterday, I had OS 10.3.9, everything ok, could print from any application.
Then I moved to Tiger and to the last version (10.4.8).
And today the "nice" surprise: either from Preview, Texshop, Word, any web browser... I cannot print anymore!! As soon as I go to file/print, the application crashes, any suggestions??
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Hmmm. It sounds like a possible problem with the system prior to updating. If you've done this already don't be upset by the suggestion. I'm just trying to cover the bases.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. Then select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your OS X volume from the list on the left, click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
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Download the standalone 10.4.8 Combo Updater (be sure to get the correct version - Intel or PPC - for your Macs. Reinstall the update using the Combo Updater.
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I have used the hp install wizard
I have a downloaded the windows 7 update.
I can ping the device
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I have tried NET STOP SPOOLER / NET START SPOOLER.
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here is the part that I believe appears to be different from the other case on the forum.
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I had already tried this and it didnt work on your advice I repeated the process with same results it appears in devices list but with an exclamation mark but trouble shooter fails to find any problem
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I would recommend taking a look at the troubleshooting steps found in the article below. Note: While the article was written for printer issues, many of the same troubleshooting steps apply to scanners as well.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3147
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This is a user forum I feel you need to deal with Adobe customer services or support chat did not work in you case.

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jorgeche wrote:
If I must past on Carbon which API I'm I supposed to use?
Cocoa
About your pseudocode:
· is that AppleScript? our application is C++, if so, I suppose there must be a library or something which allows me to use it from a C++ app.
That isn't pseudocode, that is Objective-C code from my application.
Many people doing a "porting job" are reluctant to use Cocoa because they think they have to re-write everything. You don't. You can write a simple application shell using Cocoa and use that do to all the primary MacOS X interfacing (opening files, saving, printing, etc.) You can and should keep all your code in C++.
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cytan,
As Matt pointed, an application printing to CUPS controls only the format of the input. It has no direct control over the chain of filters inside the printing pipeline. Acrobat isn't coded to use pstoraster, it is simpling submitting postscript to the print queue. In an un-molested Apple supplied CUPS setup, that works fine.
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# pstoraster is part of GPL Ghostscript...
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On wating for Adobe to fix this...
Acrobat provides enough things to scream about without pinning non-Acrobat problems on it as well. Not only is this problem not the fault of Acrobat, but suggesting that Acrobat should reach into a CUPS system broken by some unknown third party and fix it is only going to complicate the situation by having two third party products trying to un-do each other's configuration of a system resource. Do you really trust Adobe to fiddle with system components it doesn't own? No, I didn't think so. Adobe installers and updaters have enough trouble with the stuff they do own.
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