Losing Printer

I've set up my hp 1525nw at least twice already for use with ePrint. After each set up, created the list of authorized email addresses and tested the ePrint facility and it worked.
Then I don't use the facility for a week or two, come back to my ePrintCenter and find that the printer that had been set up is no longer in my printer list. In fact, there are no printers available. As mentioned, I've done this twice - tested the facility successfully twice - and twice have lost the printer after a few days of not using it.
I'd appreciate any advice / thoughts on this!

I'd say you have a system software problem. Try these one at a time:
Repair permissions (Disk Utility).
Reset Printing System (new in Tiger) - In Printer Setup, click this menu item found just above Quit Printer Setup.
Repair the hard drive - start up with the install DVD - don't start the installer, instead, find Disk Utility in the top (Finder) menus and use it to repair the hard drive.
If there is a downloadable Combination Updater from Apple, use it to re-Update OS X.
Try Printer Setup Repair from www.fixamac.net.

Similar Messages

Losing Printer Options after Snow Leopard Upgrade? Any solution?

I've lost the ability to print multiple pages on one page with my Samsung SCX-4500 printer. The only factor that changed is upgrading to Snow Leopard.
I've reinstalled printer drivers but the Page Setup/Layout drop down screen is not available.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? Does anyone have ideas as to how to solve it?
I hate wasting paper and the multipage function was a factor in purchasing this printer from Apple.
Thanks.

clgclg wrote:
I've lost the ability to print multiple pages on one page with my Samsung SCX-4500 printer. The only factor that changed is upgrading to Snow Leopard.
This ability shouldn't be tied to the specific printer you are using.
I've reinstalled printer drivers but the Page Setup/Layout drop down screen is not available.
What application are you printing from? Some applications don't have a Page Setup.
The Layout panel is in the menu that contains the current application's name. For instance, if you are printing from Safari and the print dialog is expanded (use the disclosure triangle to the right of the printer's name if it isn't), clicking on "Safari" will show the Layout menu.
Hope this helps.

Losing Prints on Shared Printer

I posted this on a different discussion and was advised to post here. Here is a link to that post: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3834099#3834099
I have searched and searched these discussions to no avail for a fix to my problem. I have found fixes for my Boy Scout troops Windows machine shared print problem, but not for my iMac, so here I go.
I have an iMav DV 400 with an Airport card and an iMac G5 1.9 with Airport Extreme with an Epson Stylus Photo R200 connected to it by USB. All these go through a D-Link DI524 wireless router.
I can print wonderfully with the G5 through USB and the Windows machine through the wireless, but I can't get the G4 to print. The G4 seems to stream the prints to its print spooler, then it disappears from there to wind up in the bit bucket somewhere. Nothing shows in the log of the G5 and the printer never acts like it wants to print.
My son tries to use the G4 for homework, but not being able to print makes it tough.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Hello Todd,
First of all I would have a look at the cups error log (Applications > Utilities > Console > /var/logs/cups/error_log) on the G4. This may give some clues why the job is failing to spool to the G5.
On the G4, can you explain how you are adding the printer. I know that for a number of the Epsons you need to go to More Printers and then select Epson USB before selecting the model. What I don't know is if you still need to do the same for connecting to a shared printer.
Regards,
Paul

WRV54G Losing printer connections

I have a WRV54G and about every 24 hours it either reboots or something causes it to lose connections to my printers and computers. When it does this it also assigns new IP addresses to each device and of course the printer ports assigned to each printer are no longer a valid address so I need to go into each printer setting and assign a different port coresponding with the new IP address it has been assigned. This is causing a lot of work and headache and there should be a way to get around it but to date I have not found a way and can get no help from support on this issue. Does anyone else have any knowledge of this issue and have you found a way to get around it. My old Linksys did not have this problem nor did my D-Link
Thanks in advance
Message Edited by oldpup223 on 08-25-2008 09:27 AM

Why not assign the printer a permanent ip outside the range of the DHCP, but in the same group? For example, if the router's ip is 192.168.1.1, the DHCP might be set to assign in the range 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.150. Assign the printer 192.168.1.151, and the router won't assign that to anything else.

Why does my network stop recognizing my printer and telling me it is offline.

I got a photosmart 6510 printer and it loses wifi connectivity. in order to get it working again i have to toggle the wifi on and off on the printer. It only maintains a connection for a short time and i have to toggle the wifi on and off again. The connectivity seems to only be lost between the printer and laptop (running windows 7) or the printer and phone (android ginger bread). I have a ps3 on the same network and connectivity to that device is never interrupted. The ps3 connection works even when my computer and phone report the printer is offline. I have enabled full trust to my computer and phone and even established a static IP address for the printer. The update IP address application can't even find the printer when i input its static IP address. please someone help.

Thanks for your help.
I was able to find the address line and I did find the screen that allows a person to change the static IP address.
I decided not to mess with the static IP address.
Instead I moved my G router, which is in the basement to another location.
I went 10 days w/out losing printer connection to the network for 10 days.
I did not use the printer during those 10 days.
Right now, I am leaving the printer off until I used it.
I see no reason to leave the printer on for an extended period, if I'm not printing.
If I lose connection, the next time I try to print, then I will move the printer to the first floor.
Otherwise I will buy an N router.
I've been losing connection from my pc to the G router more often lately,
so maybe the router is failing.

Document size and final print size

I am beginning a new aerial drawing in Illustrator CS4 on an 2009 imac, to be printed at 40x40". If the document is sized at 40x40, the computer slows down as detail accumulates. Since Illustrator is a vector-based application, can the document size be set smaller than the final print size, say at 20x20" or 10x10", to keep file size down and speed faster, without losing print quality?
Thanks for any help!

function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
without losing print quality?
Depends on the specific content of the file and what exactly you mean by 'setting the document size smaller.'
Better would be to try to discern what is causing the performance issue. Again, that comes down to what the content is.
JET

Lost printer on Macs not PC

Don't really know where to post this, so here goes- I am running wireless on my iMac and on my Macbook Pro, and my Sony VAIO. The base station is Apple Express with Bonjour for the wireless. Also Bonjour for the PC. I lost the ability to connect my printer, Canon IP3000 on only my Macs. I cannot add the Canon IP3000 printer. I can connect directly thru USB port but no wireless on any Mac. I can still print wirelessly with the PC, no problem there. Have reloaded the drivers and corrected permissions. In the printer dialogue box it shows the printer I want to add, but will not add it. It says "adding printer" but spins intermenably. Worked alright up until last nite. Strange losing printer on both Macs at the same time.
iMac Intel Duo/MacBook Pro 2 Gigs RAM ea. Sony VAIO/ 3 keyboards 2 hands Mac OS X (10.4.7) iMac 20" Intel core duo-250Gig HD-2Gig RAM/Bootcamp-Macbook Pro Parallels

THANKS-

Hard drive may be on it's way out - what now?

I have a CoreDuo 1.83GHz white iMac, in the past month or so the hard drive has begun acting up (most recently permissions going haywire, losing printer drivers and unable to add any), Disk Utility has reported problems which it has managed to fix (booting from the install disc) but two problems in about a month does not sound good.
Is there a free tool for checking the hardware health / status of my hard drive? Something that I can run on the iMac as-is, non-destructive. I am pretty low on internal HD space anyway so an upgrade wouldn't go amiss.
I'm led to believe that these iMacs are tricky to get into for maintenance, however I am competent with a screwdriver and computer innards so would like to give it a go. Are there any good tips or pitfalls to avoid when doing this? I saw a guide online for upgrading the CPU to a Core2Duo, I could use this for the part about getting into the machine.
http://www.maclife.com/article/createupgrade_your_imac_to_a_core_2_duoprocessor
Thanks for your advice!
PS Just out of interest, if I were to upgrade to a Core2Duo what would be the latest version of the chip that I could fit? In the guide they fit a T5600 but that was written over three years ago.
Message was edited by: Jonathan Mortimer

{quote:}The thing is that I really like my white iMac, I'm not at all keen on the shiny metal look of the new ones (especially not the gloss screen, that's just wrong and impractical for me){quote}
I know exactly what you mean, that's why I'm still using my 17" iMac with a connected 21.5 LG display.
{quote:}Hmm. I have freed up some space so I now have 51GB free, however I am a little puzzled as to where all of the remaining space has gone. It is a 160GB hard drive (152GB), my home folder uses about 73GB, that leaves about 80GB! I know OS X only uses about 6~8GB so where is the rest of the free space?{quote}
The Drive could be somewhat fragmented because of iMovie, you might want to clone the Internal HD to an External Hard Drive and then back using the Restore feature in Disk Utility or SuperDuper. All-though I advise using a second dedicated External HD (FireWire 400 is faster than USB for cloning the OS X), so that you have a second untouched backup on your 1T in case something goes wrong. If you decided to swap the Internal HD to say a 320 or 500GB then a second External HD or USB/Firewire enclosure for your OEM 160GB drive will also come in very handy for restoring the OS X to the new drive and later backup or storage.
In short: I never trust or rely on just one drive Internal or External with any of my data and always keep it on no less than two drives....
I will help some folks that want to swap out there Internal HD and some that have already made a mess inside there iMac. But the two biggest problems are: (1) the White Intel iMac's are most difficult to open and work in without damaging other components in the process. (2) internally they tend to run hot and at 4 years old, Display connections, Display cables and pretty much everything else is very brittle and easy to damaged.

Photoshop CS5 doesn't recognize scanner

Hi there,
I bought a new iMac G5 (OS 10.6.4) four days ago only to find Photoshop CS5 was not recognizing the scanner on my two year old Samsung SCX 4500 Printer/Scanner (the printer works fine). I downloaded the most recent Samsung scanner driver (1.0) and Photoshop still doesn't recognize it. Both Preview and Image Capture on the Mac recognize the scanner which enables me to scan and then upload to Photoshop, but that adds a step I'd rather avoid. Unfortunately it seems that a lot of people are losing printer/scanner compatibility when they upgrade.
Any thoughts on a fix?
thanks
dg

Please see here:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405072.html

Scanner not recognized by Photoshop

Hi there,
I bought a new iMac G5 four days ago only to find Photoshop CS5 was not recognizing the scanner on my two year old Samsung SCX 4500 Printer/Scanner (the printer works fine). I downloaded the most recent Samsung scanner driver (1.0) and Photoshop still doesn't recognize it. Both Preview and Image Capture recognize the scanner which enables me to scan and then upload to Photoshop, but that adds a step I'd rather avoid. Unfortunately it seems that a lot of people are losing printer/scanner compatibility when they upgrade.
Any thoughts on a fix?
thanks
dg

all the components for the mac can be found here:
http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/
you want to first download libusb as a binary for 10.6
http://www.ellert.se/PKGS/libusb-2009-09-10/10.6/libusb.pkg.tar.gz
and then install it
then download SANE backends as a binary for 10.6
http://www.ellert.se/PKGS/sane-backends-2010-01-17/10.6/sane-backends.pkg.tar.gz
then install
then download TWAIN SANE Interface as a binary for 10.6 and install
http://www.ellert.se/PKGS/TWAIN-SANE-Interface-2.9/10.6/TWAIN-SANE-Interface.pkg .tar.gz
reboot, open photoshop,
you should now have a "sane.." listed as an option as you would your old scanner.

How do i print from indesign (CS4) landscape without losing the edges.

i'm a PC to MAC newbe. Also moved from CS2 toCS4.
can't for the life of me figure out how to print from indesign in landscape layout without losing the left 2.5 inches of print. having the same trouble with #10 envelopes.
your help would be appreciated!

Usually this problem has to do with choosing the correct size and orientation of paper, both page size and print paper size.
IOW, if you want to print to a #10 envelope, start a new document that is exactly the size of a #10 envelope. Then when you print it, choose a paper size that is exactly the size of a #10 envelope.
What size page are you printing, and what paper size are you choosing when you print it?
Ken

All in One Printer, losing network connection

I have an HP Photosmart, 5510. It's only about a year old but is now always losing the network connection. I have it set up properly (it has actually worked!) to the wireless router. Most times now when I need to print, it tells me the printer won't communicate with the computer. I have taken it off the network, put it back on, and it says it is all connected. I have printed out the network status page, all is okay, no problems found. Why then am I still unable to print? This is very frustrating.
I have it set up to my Macbook Pro and my iPad. It has previously worked on both devices, but I can't seem to get it back to working order now.
I have looked at the forum here and have seen many many people with the same problem, but most seem to be using a Windows operating system. Any ideas on what to do? I really need to print!!
This question was solved.
View Solution.

I feel that perhaps either my post was in haste or in error since I did not see the above solution you provided when I posted this. I do not mind helping you out with router and network problems either way, but since you do not know the name of your router, it will be hard for me to assist with that. I will say, you can always contact your internet service provider and have them check for a firmware update if you have to reset the router that often. If you look on the back of the router you will see little numbers (specifically a model number).
Is that IP address that of the router or the printer?
Either way, I am very happy to hear you were able to get it working again. If you need any more assistance let me know which device has that IP address and at least a model number so I can look up your type of router and let you know if a firmware is available. I'm happy to help!
Don't forgot to say thanks by giving "Kudos" if I helped solve your problem.
When a solution is found please mark the post that solves your issue.
Every problem has a solution!

HT1338 Why do I keep losing my Canon Printer with OS X Maverick?

Does anyone else have a problem with Maverick OS X losing the printer. I have a Canon imageclass4570Dn and the printer keeps disappearing.

UPDATE:
I thought I'd see what happened to Airplay just using an iPhone. If the Apple TV has been asleep for any length of time, the iPhone cannot find it until it's been reset or I reconnect to the network.
iTunes also cannot see Apple TV until I reset or reconnect.

Losing express pc to printer connection

We have an Airport Express network at home with 3 Macs and a Dell notebook running off it without any problem. We have an Epson C86 hooked up as our network printer and it works fine with the Macs. I've had trouble establishing and maintaining the Dell connection to the printer through the network. I am using Bonjour for Windows to make the connection. On a daily basis we seem to suddenly lose the printer connection from the Dell, although the airport network is working fine on the Dell otherwise. I seem to have to delete the printer, restart the Dell, then using the Bonjour wizard re-add the C86 back, usually taking several attempts. Typically the printer doesn't show up the first couple of tries in the Bonjour window. It's typical computer hocus pocus; I unplug the USB to the Express, plug it back in, restart the Dell, wave my arms around, and finally the C86 shows up in the Bonjour window and I can get it to work again. Does anyone have an idea why I keep losing this Windows to Express printer connection?
ds

Thanks for your interest Henry. You seem to be the only one chiming in on this subject. I actually had even more trouble getting the network printer to work using the method you linked. The Bonjour software works well when it works, but it seems glitchy. It does seem possible that some other protection software might be interfering. I use Trend Micro's pc-cillin for anti-virus protection. There is also some built in Dell firewall running. I tried undoing that but I wasn't clear in my mind if it matters if I have my Trend Micro running and Dell's internal firewall off, if that is a dangerous configuration (boy, that is some bad syntax or grammar in that sentence). In an earlier version of this post you mentioned the possibility of a VPN affecting this connection. My wife does have a VPN with her real estate firm that she uses on her Dell notebook, so I have instructed her today to see if after she uses the VPN if we lose the printer connection. I am trying to convince her to let me just hook up an extra printer directly to her notebook, but the area she is working in is crowded already.
David

I have set up my HP air print printer to my ipad 4 but it keeps losing it. When I try and print it says no air printer found.

I Have set up my HP air printer to my IPad 4. It keeps losing it. I am trying to print and it says no air printer found. Once I get it set up again and then don't use it for a while it has gone.

Have you tried ....
Rebooting your router? Unplug it for about 30 seconds and then plug it back in again.
Turn the printer off and then turn it back on again.
Check for a firmware update for the printer.
Reset Network Settings on the iPad. Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings.
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

Losing Printer

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for