Printer drivers constantly becoming corrupt

We have a large mixture of HP and Ricoh printers in our environment. They are all linked through a Server 2007 Enterprise edition print server. For the HP printers, some of them do use the specific print driver and other use a universal print driver, also a mix between PCL 5 and 6. Most of the problems are occurring on Windows 7 (we don't have many windows XP and they use a different print server)and we are just starting to see some of these problems on Windows 8 (just starting to deploy). Here are the problems we are having:
1. Randomly the HP printer will stop working. Everything appears to be correct on the server and the PC and it works fine from another PC, but it doesn't appear to be communicating to the printer at all. You click Print in any application and it never actually does anything. If you just delete and re-add the printer you get problem #2. To actually fix it, you have to remove the printer, go into Print Management and delete all HP drivers (on one of the Windows 8 device just removing the one associated with the printer didn't work but removing them all fixed the issue) and telling it to redownload the print driver from the server.
2. The HP printer will randomly or on first install start printing "strange characters" and will keep printing until the job is canceled. Again we found that removing the printer and completely removing the drivers from Print Management and reinstalling the print will fix this.
These keep reoccurring with the same users and occationally new ones and we are starting to get bombarded with calls on our helpdesk. Let me know if there is something I can check to try to prevent these drivers from becoming corrupt on the PCs.
Thank you!

Hello everyone.
I understand you having software conflicts on multiple computers. So I can assist you, I need to find out what printer you have. Please click on this website to find out this information: Model Number. (Only the printers that are experiencing issues please)
On each of the computers; do they all have different connections or the same connection? Please verify if it's wireless, USB or Ethernet connection?
Once I know the connection I can further assist you on your "unable to communicate with your printer" issue.
I have a HP document that will help you resolve your issue on Continuous Pages of Strange or Garbled Characters.
Look forward to hear from you.
I worked on behalf of HP.

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Hi Greg, thanks for the reply.
I went ahead and downloaded the 10.4.6 Combo Update and reinstalled it on the 20" iMac successfully, but curiously the driver remains "hp color LaserJet 1.4". I didn't bother reinstalling the Combo Update on the others that are already pulling up "hp color LaserJet 1.4.5" due to your comment about the Intel versions being "different" - I figure 1.4.5 is the latest version for the PowerPC code.
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Indesign CS5.5 with all updates
FIles:
small 20,000 word book (1 single document) with no pictures, from a Word file
500 page book (1 single document), with 20 small jpgs (about 2MB total), text generated from scans/OCR, inserted as unformatted text
various copies, new/moved, new/IDML, etc. generated as tests
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Here is the code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Linq;
namespace FaxPrinter
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Hello Petter,
From your description, it should be that you code is ok since it works on win8, and the underlying driver the PrintDocument class called could be the caused reason due to different windows operation system. For this, I move it to the driver related
forum, since this forum is for .NET class libraires.
Regards.
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Network based printers should be on the same subnet; you shouldn't have to worry about this if your printer is on your home network.
Use Software Update for the latest available updates.
Delete the affected printer from Printer & Fax System Preferences, then re-add the printer.
If you still have an issue, try these extra steps:
Reset the printing system (see above). Then, add the printer again.
If the issue persists, reset the printing system (see above). Download and install printer drivers from here. Then, add the printer again.
If the issue still persists, contact the printer vendor and/or visit their website for printer software and support.
Links
Click here for a list of Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard printer drivers
Click here for information about troubleshooting printing issues in Mac OS X
Click here for Printer troubleshooting for AirPort Base Stations and Time Capsule
Click here for information about Bonjour
Click here for information about Windows CIFS browse protocol
Click here for information about troubleshooting Windows CIFS protocol
Click here for HP's web site
Click here for Canon's web site
Click here for Epson's web site
Click here for Brother's web site
Click here for LexMark's web site
Click here for Samsung's web site
#2
Note: I know these steps are very similar to the steps to install the 8600 SW over the 8500A, but in this instance, the 8500A software is removed, and only the 8600 software is installed. The 8500A drivers are installed from ASU, and the 8600 software is utilized for scanning, and HP Utility. These steps have been tested and confirmed to work for instances where installing the 8600 software over the 8500A did not resolve the issue.
Step 1: Run the HP Scrubber Utility
Scrubber
1. Open the HP Uninstaller (Finder --> Applications --> Hewlett-Packard --> HP Uninstaller)
2. On the screen where you select your product, press and hold the Ctrl, Opt, Apple keys (all 3 keys in the bottom left of your keyboard) while clicking uninstall.
You should receive a warning message asking if you are sure you want to uninstall ALL HP Software.
3. Authenticate with your user name and password.
4. Let the scrubber do its thing, then click Finish.
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1. Open Finder
2. Click the icon for your hard disk in the navigation pane on the left
3. Navigate to /Library/Printers
4. Delete the hp folder
5. Navigate to /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources
6. Delete all entries for HP devices from this folder.
7. Empty the Trash

Oops. I found it with this part. Nevermind...
To reset the printing system (if necessary)
Control-click or right-click a print queue in the "Printers" pane.
Choose "Reset printing system..." from the contextual menu.
Click "OK" in the "Are you sure..." confirmation sheet.

Printer Drivers Disappeared

Does anyone have any idea why my printer drivers just up and disappeared. The Printer set-up utility can't find them. A search can't find them. I didn't delete them... I don't even know where they are (or were?).
Thoughts?
Thanks
c.
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1GB RAM

Reloading can be a scary concept until you consider the alternative which is to not be able to use your system at all. I believe that your system has links/files that are corrupted/broken that have taken down your ability to print. It seems that everything is there but just not connected which makes me wonder what else is wrong.
As to reinstalling it is a no brainer if you are backed up. EVERYONE should have a cloned system as a minimal back up. Consider that your main hard drive will fail sooner or later and will leave you with few alternatives.
You can back up your user files to cd/dvd which is good but still leaves you with days of reloading and re installing systems and applications if your hard drive fails.
The best way to keep going without a hitch is to have a hard drive with a clone or two on it. You can test solutions to problems on a clone. If it does not work then trash the clone and reclone. You can start your mac off a clone if your main drive fails and keep working. If you have never had a drive fail or an upgrade that trashes your system then you don't see the benefits of cloning/backing up. The day a serious problem occurs then you will realize what I am talking about.
If I was suggesting that you archive and install without any back up then, yes, it would be scary. If you are fully backed up then there is no risk. The only way that I know of to be Fully backed up is to clone. It requires an external hard drive for a laptop but you should have one anyway. I believe that your ppd exists but is not where I told you to look.
Click on the desktop and do a "command f" to bring up the find/sherlock window. You are going to look for CUPS but first have to expand the search to look for invisible files (use the + sign in blue) and add the visibility is....
Put CUPS into the file name field and with visibility set to invisible you are ready to search. You should get a lising of files that have cups and are invisible. One has the parent folder of Share. Double click on that folder.
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/share/CUPS/model/C/the model of the printers that you are looking for.
In your case it will be escp2-750.ppd.gz (which stands for Epson Stylus Color Printer). If you find it then your library has the printer description but the connection to it has been corrupted. The question is now what else is messed up and waiting to take down your system to the point that it cannot be used.
I would get the backup drive big enough for 2 clones of your hard drive, partition it in half. Clone twice and practice on the clone. If you trash the clone you still have 2 copies of your system. You can always trash a clone, reclone, and work on it till you get it right. If my suspicions are correct, some future update of your system will make it unusable because of what has brought you to the Apple forums in the first place. You are sitting on a ticking data bomb. At this point you have a chance to fully prevent any loss of data and use of your computer.

Can SCCM delete print drivers?

Can SCCM remove print drivers from a deployed PC?
I may be in the wrong community. If so, please point me in the correct direction.
We have roughly 400 printers installed on Server 2012 R2. We are implementing a new Windows print solution due to our 2008 R2 cluster's erratic behavior.
We created a one node development box that is in place for now.
When we switched from the cluster to a stand alone solution, we had about 150 drivers that became corrupted and would not print until we performed a number of steps to remove the "broken" driver package and replace the driver of the same type from
our driver store by hand.
1. Select affected printer, go to local driver store to note location of the print driver files
2, Delete existing printer
3. Stop spooler
4. Delete driver files
5. Restart print spooler
6. Run GPUPDATE /FORCE to reapply the printer with a working driver.
Before we go live with our new solution we would like to remove the driver and package using SCCM if possible hoping to avoid the same situation.
Our current deployment method is using Security Groups (memberships) and separate GPOs to push the assigned printer to the proper Windows 7 32 bit OS PCs.
Any ideas?

The simple answer is If you can script those task then CM07 and deploy it out to either computers and/or user.
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How to uninstall print drivers Canon MF4150 issues

Hello all, I am having a nightmare of a time getting my Canon MF4150 to print. It looks from all of the threads on here it was a less than ideal choice for a Mac owner.
When I first bought the unit I managed to get it to print, everything seemed peachy.
Problems arose when I wanted to use the unit to scan. I downloaded a variety of third party software and drivers in an attempt to get the scan function working. I had mixed results, and this process seemed to upset the printing side of things. Once I scanned a document, the printer would then not work.
I abandoned the idea of scanning through the MF4150 and have gone back to dedicated Epson scanner.
Since then I have not had any luck getting the printer to print again.
I have gone through all the MF4150 related threads on these boards I can find, and followed the process to installed outlined here - https://discussions.apple.com/message/7657893#7657893 but to no avail.
I really just want this thing to print and it's driving me nuts.
I have the printer attached directly to my MacBook Pro running 10.5.2. I'm not trying to print through the Airport.
I would like to know how to completely uninstall any UFR II drivers and related software / information and start this process from the beginning again.
So far, using the answer provided by PAHU here https://discussions.apple.com/message/7657893#7657893
I have -
1. Open System Preferences > Print & Fax
> DONE
2. Select the MF4150 printer and press the minus " - " button to remove the printer. Do the same to any other printers that are in the printer list.
> DONE
3. Hold down the Control key and click in the empty printer list. A window showing 'Reset printing system' will display. Click this.
> DONE
4. Close the Print & Fax utility.
> DONE
5. Run the Canon UFR2 v1.70 installer and select Uninstall when the Easy Install menu appears
> This is where I get snagged. I'm not offered a Uninstall option. I have attached a screen grab of the window I am presented with. I am currently trying the "o1141enx_m_ufr224" version of the UFR driver. I have continued to complete the points below regardless of the fact i cannot uninstall.
6. Restart the Mac and run the v1.70 installer again to add the UFR2 files back onto your Mac
7. Go to Applications > Utilities and open Disk Utility. Select the Mac OS X partition in the left pane and select 'Repair Disk Permissions'. When this has completed, quit Disk Utility
8. Open Print & Fax and add the MF4270 again
9. Open TextEdit, type some simple text and select to print.
10. Report back if the above doesn't get you printing.
I have also attach a screen grab of the process I go through when adding the printer.
Any help with this would be amazing. I've tried everything I can think of.
My latest idea is to try and remove any trace of previous printer drivers and go from there. You can see in my list of available drivers in the file attached I now have all sorts of UFR drivers in the list.
Again, if anyone can throw me a line on this that would be great.
Thanks & Regards
Coz

Hello Coz,
It's been a while since you've posted, I hope you have not given up. I was having grief with my MF4150 as well, but got it working. There is a more current driver - search for Mac_UFRII_V230_uk_EN and install it.
Then, when you go to add your printer through System Preferences > Print & Fax, make sure you click the "default" icon in the top of the dialog. It should show your Canon MF 4100 series , then use the bottom drop down menu to choose your driver and select Canno MF410 Series UFRII LT (UK) from the list.

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