Mac printing issue

I have one mac 10.5 it tries print to a dell network printing it seems to allways put the job on hold in the que the user has to release it and connect to every time
Please help me resolve this issue

franku wrote:
I have one mac 10.5 it tries print to a dell network printing it seems to allways put the job on hold in the que the user has to release it and connect to every time
Which printer is in use? In particular, does Dell publish a driver for Macs for that printer, or is a 3rd-party driver in use, and if a 3rd-party (likely, as most Dell printers do NOT support Macs) which 3rd-party driver is it?
How is the printer connected to the network, wired or wireless or by being shared from a computer? If being shared from a computer, how is it connected to the computer, and how is the computer connected to the network, wired or wireless?
How is the Mac connected to the network?
Does the network use fixed IPs or DHCP? In particular, are the nodes in question (the Mac and the printer) set using DHCP or fixed IPs?
Please help me resolve this issue
we need a bit more data.

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    3) Replacing the yellow ink cartridge.  The ink level was showing about 15% remaining but in fact I was out of yellow ink. I had read that the ink levels were not always accurate.
    So for me this issue has been solved.  Thanks for the help.
    -D

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