Laserjet 2550L

My office recently has new carpet put into it. I reconnected my printer as before and can not print. I have reinstalled the drivers. I am told by the computer that the printer is out of paper but there is paper in the printer and the printer lights indicate that it recognizes the presence of the paper. It prints a test page from the printer but not from the computer. Any ideas?

Try removing all the toners, turn off the printer and then turn it back on. Put each toner in as requested 1 at a time and see what happens. The printer does not know the age of the toners and the only item on the printer that could fail and cause the problem is the toner memory chip reader.

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HP Laserjet 2550L Won't Print In Color

I recently upgraded to Leopard, and now my HP Laserjet 2550L will not print in color. I've tried printing for several different apps, but they always come out in b & w. It does however print in color when printing a test page from the printer itself, so it must be a driver issue.
Currently I'm running with the "HP color Laserjet 2550 series" driver available via PPDPicker. I've also tried several other drivers listed there to see if by chance one of them would work, but to no avail. I downloaded and tried installing HP Laserjet v5.5.2.051 from HP's website, but I can't get it to install. Actually this driver doesn't even show up in PPDPicker, because for some reason it saves as a text file, which seems weird since the dmg file is about 17mb.
Anyway, this has been driving me nuts all night, so if anyone has a solution or suggestion, I'm all ears.
Thanks.

I see you are having a print quality issue, no color on page, with your M251nw Laserjet. You changed the toner cartridges and the printer is still not printing in color. Have you tried taking all the color toner cartridges out of the printer and reseating them to make sure they are secure in their positions?
As well, I would advise taking a look at the document linked below. It will walk you through the process for troubleshooting a print quality issue with this printer.
Troubleshooting Print Quality Issues
Let me know the results.
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Problem printing pdfs exported from IDCS3 to hp color laserjet 2550L

Since upgradingn to IDCS3, whenever I print a pdf exported from ID to my hp color laserjet 2550L, the graphics print with a red overlay and other colors change as well (black type prints brown, blue prints maroon). If I print the file to a .ps file, then distill it, I don't have the problem. If possible, I prefer to export because it's quicker. Is there a fix to this?
Thanks in advance!

Check the HP site for a newer driver for your printer.

I have a Laserjet 2550L. When I try to print 2nd time get message "Waiting for printer to become ava

Laserjet 2550L being used with Mac OSX Lion 10.7.3. After turning on, it will print once. When trying to print a second time I get a message "waiting for printer to become available." I have to turn it off and then back on to get it to print again.

Hum. Let's uninstall with the 'scrubber option' like this:
1. Go to Applications/Hewlett Packard/ click on HP Uninstaller and click Continue
2. Highlight your device on the left pane
3. Hold the Ctrl, Opt and Cmd keys and click on Uninstall
4. There will be a pop up that asks if you are sure you want to uninstall ALL hp software. (At this point, if you continue, any HP printers you have installed will need to be reinstalled)
5. Click Continue and let it finish
Now, run a Software Update. This can be done by clicking the Apple in the top left of the screen then clicking Software Updates.
Next, let's reset the printing system:
Go to System Preferences > Print & Scan
- Right (or control) click in the rectangle listing your printers and select Reset Printing System.
WARNING - this will delete ALL of your printers!
- Select the plus sign to re-add a printer. Select the Default tab on the top of the window. Look for the printer, select it and wait until the "Add" button becomes available. Click it.
Let me know how this works for you.
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"waiting for Color Laserjet 2550L to become available" when trying to print

I have been successfully printing to a Color Laserjet 2550L for over 4 years yet suddenly within the last 2 weeks each time I try to print I get this message from the printer window: "waiting for printer to become available"? Oddly enough, if I power the printer off and then back on the printer usually (although not always) prints whatever has not been completed in the queue. I have tried using different USB cables, deleted and then added this printer again ... not sure what else to try?
I was messing around with my network in trying to get another Color LJ to work but don't see how that could affect this printer since this one is running direct via USB and seems to be getting the info just not printing without the power down? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks

OK, that's strange. Apple and HP list it as being supported by Snow Leopard here.
Can you run a self-test from the front of the printer?
Try downloading updated software from Apple here.
Say thanks by clicking "Kudos" "thumbs up" in the post that helped you.
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HT1341 I can't add an HP color LaserJet 2550L printer to Mac 10.8.5

I'm trying to connect my 15" MacBook Pro early 2011 (MacOSX10.8.5)
to HP color LaserJet 2550L
using USB
The cable works fine on Windows PC.
No printer can be added at all. This is a Bug in Mac OSX Lion

Read the user manual that came w/the printer and/or contact HP Support.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11070 OS X Mountain Lion: Troubleshoot a network printer
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11143 OS X Mountain Lion: Reset the printing system
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669 Printer and scanner software available for download
This is a Bug in Mac OSX Lion
Which is OS 10.7.x.
You stated in your post & confirmed in your profile that you are using Mountain Lion (OS 10.8.5). If you feel that you have found a bug, report it by completing a Bug Report.

Problems printing to HP Color LaserJet 2550L

Hello - ever since updating to ML 10.8.5, the above printer no longer prints. I've updated the drivers to the latest from the Software Update (2.16.1 I believe as of this posting?). This thread: https://discussions.apple.com/message/22875508 explains pretty much exactly the same problem I am facing. I have also tried resetting the printing system, rebooting, unplugging the printer and powering it off. Then checking System Update (making sure there is no more updates), powering on the printer and plugging it in (USB). I've also tried repairing the disk permissions.
The MacBook recognizes the printer and begins to install the software. Once it finishes everything looks good, except that after printing one job, it consistantly reports that it is 'waiting for the printer to become available' when you go to print the next job. The only "fix" has been to power off the printer, then power it back on which isn't really a fix.
Does anyone have any ideas / suggestions, aside from reinstalling ML? Has anyone had this and had it fixed by upgrading to Mavericks? Searches reveal that this issue seems to be pretty common, but no solid answers as far as a fix goes.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

I have exactly the same problem and same printer connected over usb.
Again only way to fix is to power off/on

HP Color LaserJet Problems with intel iMac

Can anyone give me advice on the following:-
When I try to print from my wife's new intel iMac 20" to our HP Color LaserJet 2550L, it doesn't work and print center gives me the following error message ... "The process "hppostprocessing" terminated unexpectedly on signal 5" .
The printer is connected directly to the iMac via USB. It's not on a network.
I ran the HP Color LaserJet installer from the original CD that came with the printer and when that didn't work I downloaded another (latest) Color LaserJet installer (dated 2004) from the HP website. Still getting the same error message from PrintCenter.
When I look at the HP installer log, it appears that the installer tried several times without success to install plugins into the PPD folder (HD->Library->Printers->PPD).
After trying installation and checking out my PPD folder (above) there is nothing in it.
This printer has been (still) working fine with our older 20inch iMac.
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

Same happened with my photosnart. Here is part of the email from HP
Thank you for contacting HP Total Care.
I understand from your email that you are not able to print to your
photosmart 1218 printer from your new imac.
I believe you are correct when you mention the glitch between the new
Intel processor in the iMac.
I have checked the Apple website and noted the pre-installed printer
drivers that ship with this operating system, do NOT include drivers for
the Photosmart 1218 printer. There are Gimp print drivers available for
the Photosmart P1000 printer. They may work, but provide only basic
printer functionality. (see the Apple document listed below).
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303057#hpdrivers
I understand that our engineers are investigating the driver issue with
the Intel-based Macs, however, I cannot provide you with an expected
date of resolution. Your printer was manufactured in 2000, and the most
recent drivers are from Aug 2005. These drivers were created before the
Intel based macs were available.

HP Color LaserJet 2550 series

Hi,
I installed the HP Printer Driver Pack available on the Apple site for my HP Color LaserJet 2550 series printer. It works, but there are some odd things here.
First, the driver can't read the printer state. Like how much is left for each colour and things like that. It just says, No information available.
Second, When I print after I already printed something else the printer will be unavailable according to the driver. I need to turn of the printer and back on for it to print again.
Third, When there is an image on one of the pages (LibreOffice) it takes forever for that page to be printed.
Via the App Store I get new versions of the driver pack, so I am up to date.
Also, when I connect this same printer to my Laptop (Linux) everything works. These are HP drivers for Linux. My laptop can read the printer and ink/toner status. I don't have to turn off the printer after each job and images print a lot faster. Ok, real big high ress photos not, but normal images just roll out. Whilst on my Mac it takes minutes.
So in my opinion there is something wrong with the driver. I reinstalled the printer, and due to some other issue I reinstalled OS X but the problem remained.
I hope there is a resolution for this.
Thanks,
Ricardo

I managed to get some success by rebuilding as described in another posting:
Dominique Simon
Re: HP Laserjet 2550L prints one job then hangs
Jun 15, 2012 2:13 AM (in response to Fami R.)
I had this issue too with my HP 2550. No more printing after the first printjob possible
I managed to get the printer working as expected by removing the hp_io_enabler kext.
sudo -s
mkdir /Valhalla
mv /System/Library/Extensions/hp_io_printerclassdriver_enabler.kext /Valhalla
exit
Wait for the systemcaches to be rebuilt and reboot. You can see if the caches are being rebuilt by opening the Activity Tool, the process is named kextcache.
You need to have the Valhalla Folder in root of course.
Not very mac-like, but it works

Color LaserJet HP 2550

My system is a MacPro Mid 2010 running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5. I am having problems with printing on my hp color laserjet 2550 printer. It is connected via a USB connection on one of the front ports. The issue is that I must power cycle the printer to submit a print job successfully to the printer. Otherwise, I get a message stating "busy waiting for the printer" when submitted the second print job even though the print queue shows the state of the printer to be in a "Printer Ready" state. So, it simply cannot mantain a proper connection with the printer. When the data successfully gets to the printer, it prints as expected.
I am currently using the Apple supplied HP Printer Software Update version 2.11. The installed printer driver is the "HP color LaserJet 2550 series" version 18.4. The problems have persisted no matter how many updates Apple has provided. HP's support basically says that it is supported by Apple and it should work with the drivers that Apple supplies.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've tried many of the suggestions on this forum, but none have worked. I noticed that one person simply bought a new printer.

I managed to get some success by rebuilding as described in another posting:
Dominique Simon
Re: HP Laserjet 2550L prints one job then hangs
Jun 15, 2012 2:13 AM (in response to Fami R.)
I had this issue too with my HP 2550. No more printing after the first printjob possible
I managed to get the printer working as expected by removing the hp_io_enabler kext.
sudo -s
mkdir /Valhalla
mv /System/Library/Extensions/hp_io_printerclassdriver_enabler.kext /Valhalla
exit
Wait for the systemcaches to be rebuilt and reboot. You can see if the caches are being rebuilt by opening the Activity Tool, the process is named kextcache.
You need to have the Valhalla Folder in root of course.
Not very mac-like, but it works

Is anybody using an HP LaserJet 2550 with OSX Lion 10.7?

I am using OS X Lion 10.7 on my MacBook Pro. I installed my HP LaserJet 2550L color printer but the color isn't right. Any suggestions?

Thanks for taking the time... but didn´t resolved the problem. I downloaded both installers (drivers and SMU), check in software update and download the update for the HP drivers.... all of that with the plotter connected via USB...

Printing only odd/even numbered pages does not work

I've got following problem: Printing only odd/even numbered pages does not work. Not in Preview, nor Adobe Reader. I Don't know why. i'm using a hp Color LaserJet 2550L. I just worked fine, but I cannot remember the time this failing first occured. I really hope the problem will be solved quick and easy.
Thanks so far
Bastian.

Mine does not work either. I have trashed prefs, rewrote permissions, ran Disk Utility from a separate HD, etc. and I cannot get this feature to work.
I got 45 odd pages to print last night and now it won't print odd or even pages. I am reduced to printing every backside page one at a time. If I would have known about this problem before I could have saved myself an hour and just printed them all on single sided sheets. I tried to save paper and now I'm screwed (timewise)......
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
Dave Buckley

Operation could not be completed. client error not possible.

I have a mac mini running OS10.5.8. All of a sudden I can not print with my HP1315v all in one printer. I can print a test but that is all. I get this message. "Operation could not be completed, Client error no possible". I re-installed the HP software but that didn't help. I ran a permissions repair with Disk Untilities but that didn't correct the problem. Any help would be appreciated. :-) Dave

I can't help, because I'm getting the same ERROR suddenly with my Samsung ML-2010 laser printer. NOTHING will print and the "Status" of the print job(s) all show "Stopped". It's driving me nuts!
For some bizarre reason, I can still print to my other printer, a HP laserjet 2550L. It does not see to be affected in the least.
Anyone got any ideas for a remedy?

Can anyone tell me what this messsage means and how to fix it?

I use CS3 to prepare a black and white newsletter for our village onmy MAC and frequently change colour photos to greyscale. However when printing on my HP Colour Laserjet 2550L the photo shows as a dark green colour. I've tried everything imaginable, new drivers etc. but still get the green print instead of greyscale.
The ColorSync Utility had just appeared on my desktop with the following message:
Searching for profiles...
Checking 54 profiles...
/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/EW-sRGB
   Tag 'desc': Tag size is not correct. Could not be fixed.
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/Recommended/CoatedFOGRA27.icc
   Tag 'desc': Tag size is not correct.
   The file is locked. Could not be fixed.
Repair done - 0 out of 2 profiles fixed.
Could this be the problem? And if so, how do I fix it?
Don't really want to uninstall and reinstall but expect that's the only answer. Is it? Can anyone help?

The driver is one the Apple Mac store downloaded for me.
I attach the print summary which might give a clue. When converting
files to grayscale, I use Image>Mode>grayscale. The other thing is
that I can't print in Photoshop, so I do all my editing in Photoshop
and print through Indesign. Printing in Photoshop is just a page of
text.
The other odd thing is that coloured pdf files printed in Adobe
Acrobat are just a mass of colour, no recognisable picture but if I
change the print option in Acrobat to print in grayscale I get
pictures! I just feel I'm overlooking some checked option, but I've
tried to restore to default without success. I used to use Pagemaker
6.0 to do my newsletter on my PC but had to change to Indesign when I
changed to MAC and the printer hasn't worked properly since!!!
Many thanks for your reply. Maybe someone out there might be able to
help.

Mac Pro using Mac Mini as Print Server

Hi all,
Mac Pro is wired to my network, Mac Mini is Airport connected.
I'd like to use Mac Mini as a Print Server without keyboard and mouse. I've installed OSXvnc-server on Mac Mini and Chicken of the VNC (CVNC) Client on Mac Pro.
Mac Pro's keyboard is azerty as was Mac Mini, it's impossible to loggin with Chicken of the VNC, password is not accepted, I connect an azerty keyboard to Mac Mini and I can loggin.
Typing on Mac Pro in Mac Mini TextEdit through CVNC give weird keyboard layout, not only azerty qwerty different layout.
In between my two Mac Mini there wasn't any problem using CVNC and the same server but Azerty Qwerty layout.
Is there any other solution to use Mac Mini as a print server ? What about using Desktop remote connection ?
Thanks,
Peloche,
MacPro 2.66, 6GB, 1TB; Mini G4, 1.45, 1GB; iPod 60 GB; 30" & 20" ACD; Apple IIC Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Ah… right! That explains it.
So what model printers are they?
Ned,
Printers are HP Color LaserJet 2550L, HP Photosmart 8250 and Epson EPL-5900L.
I've changed the VNC Client from "Chicken of the VNC" to "VNCThing".
Now I can log in from Mac Pro using its Azerty Keyboard as Qwerty Keyboard.
Once logged in I've set Mac Mini Keyboard to "Extended (or Expanded ?) American" keyboard within System Preferences, with this option Mac Mini see the Mac Pro Keyboard as an Azerty layout...
I've connected two printers through USB2 Hub connected to Mac Mini and the third one direct onto Mac Mini USB port.
Back to Mac Pro "System Preferences Fax & Printers", "+", immediatly the 3 printers have been proposed, I've selected them and tested all: it works perfectly.
Mac Mini is set to "restart after power cut" and is connected for power onto a remoted control power distribution sockets, that means Mac Mini is starting and stopped when printers are powered on and off.
The sole small issue is that I can't find how to display Mac Mini GUI on Mac Pro at a better resolution than 1024 x 768.
Thanks for your time,
Peloche,
MacPro 2.66, 6GB, 1TB; Mini G4, 1.45, 1GB; iPod 60 GB; 30" & 20" ACD; Apple IIC Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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