Print Crash After Driver Install

Question

I have found this problem already exists among other people in this forum but haven't found a solution that makes sense to me.
I installed a driver for a HP printer and since then everytime I try to print, from any application, it crashes. The problem seems to lie with my home printer as opposed to the printer i had to install the driver for. I have never installed software for my home printer it seemed to be part of the bundle with my iBook. I deleted all I could find with regard to the stuff i did install but to no good end. Its driving me mad now.
Any help, please.
Happy New Year
Olly

Answer 1

Hello Oliver,
When an application crashes when printing, sometimes it can be related to the permissions on certain files within your system. This can occur after an update, such as installing 10.4.8. The workaround can be to open Disk Utility and run Repair Disk Permissions.
I'm also guessing from your posting that you connect to two different HP printers. For the home printer, there are a number of provided drivers with OS X and it sounds like your model at home was one of those. It is possible that by adding the HP software for the other printer, it has impacted the files for the home printer. Usually running the Reset Printing System in the Printer Setup Utility resolves some of these problems, however the system provided drivers aren't removed and if they are damaged then you will still have the problem. Some fixes can be to download Fixamac's excellent Printer Setup Repair utility and to download the full Combo updater for the new OS from Apple.
Regards,
Paul