Printer just lost connection

I have been using an Appletalk network printer and this morning it has lost connection!?!?! I just printed to it a few days ago. It is a Xerox printer running through our network here at work. Nothing happened to the actual printer... it is still up and running. This printer is in a work enviroment and can be accessed from other computers in the office. It is weird because I have a different printer that I also use on the network and 2 days ago I lost connection to it as well. I was able to get that connection back. This one won't reconnect though....... I am using a G5 desktop computer running 10.4.5, which I need to upgrade to 10.4.6 but I don't think this has anything to do with it, I use this printer all the time. I have run disk utilities and have deleted and added the printer several times. I did get this while the printer was trying to connect when I added a new one.... nbp_sendfailed got=-1 ...... I have pinged the IP address and it works fine....
Any help would be greatly appreciated......
Marc[

Any luck on a solution to this yet?
I just had the exact same problem. Printed a couple of hours ago, then nbp_sendfailed error message when I tried to add any printer in the building. None of my existing printers will work.
OS X 10.4.6
Lexmark printers
Nothing new added or changed.
I have run Disk Utility and Disk Warrior.
Any other suggestions would be very helpful.
Thanks.

Similar Messages

Clicking on "order prints" just says "connecting" then does nothing ...

I fear that I screwed up somewhere in setting up my 1-click setting and now when I select a photo and click on order prints, it just says connecting then does nothing. It doesn't even take me to the 1-click screen to allow me to change account info. Does anyone know of a way to at least get me back to the 1-click page to allow me to associate my mac account to iphoto?

Hi bplatinum,
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303168
This Apple kb says to reinstall iPhoto 6. Hopefully that will solve it for you.

My wrt300n just lost connection

My power went out and my wrt300n router is not working properly. The pc link on my modem does not light up when I connect, but works fine when connected directly to computer. The lights on the router stay on continuously even though no cables are plugged into the ports. Is there anyway to reset this or is my router just dead?

Hi GregW and welcome to the forums!
You can try resetting the router to factory defaults. Here is the link for the step by step procedure.
Resetting the Linksys Router to Factory Default
If the router's lights still continue to stay on even w/o anything plugged in, then it may be faulty. Hope this helps.

Printer has lost connectivity with router.

The HP 7610 all in one is connected through a router to a desktop computer running Linux Ubuntu. When trying to print I get an error message saying connection error. HP Print Doctor wll not run under Linux. I did run the HP Network Configuration Page from teh printer itself. It indicates the Network status as ready. It also shows totall packets transmitted = 238. Total packets received = 285

Here's a website with some possible suggestions for the 6C10 'valve cam sensor error' that you are getting.
http://fix-your-printer.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-fix-error-6c10-on-canon-prin ters.html
For error 300 try removing and re-adding the printer in the printer system preferences.
Hope you're able to get back up and printing without too much trouble.

My wifi canon mg5250 printer has lost connectivity with my imac

Hi, i am using operating system 10.9.5. I started to get an error 300 code for my printer so I removed the printer, restarted my router, computer & printer and then tried to add the printer but now the printer doesn't appear in preferences as being available to add. I have checked for updates and also reset the printer settings with no joy. Any ideas?

Here's a website with some possible suggestions for the 6C10 'valve cam sensor error' that you are getting.
http://fix-your-printer.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-fix-error-6c10-on-canon-prin ters.html
For error 300 try removing and re-adding the printer in the printer system preferences.
Hope you're able to get back up and printing without too much trouble.

Printer doesn`t Connect

I`ve been trying to print out some papers from my laptop (Mac Book 10.5.4). I tried to get connection from plugging the printer`s wire in my laptop, and using Wi-Fi (I have Air Port Extreme). Both won`t work. The printer just says connecting... connecting... Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks!
Message was edited by: ogasawaramiyuki

I apologize for the rush, but does anybody have any idea?

Photosmart wireless B110 printer has lost its connection with my desktop PC.

My Photosmart wireless B110 printer has lost its connection with my desktop PC. I can still print from my laptop so I know the printer is working fine.
When I check ink levels through 'Printer Proerties' the message I get is 'The computer is unable to establish two-way communication with the device', so I guess this is a clue. I would appreciate any help you can give.
THank you.

Just as a preliminary step, we're going to go through a complete and clean uninstallation and reinstallation. First if you use a USB cord, make sure to remove it. Do not plug it back in until the software directs you to. Then go through the Devices and Printers, Programs and Features and Device Manager folders and insure that all copies, files, and programs related to the printer are removed. Then as directed, restart the computer.
In the START menu type "%temp%" and press ENTER. Here I want you to press Ctrl+A and hit DELETE. Some of the files will not allow you to delete them, skip those files and delete the majority that allows it.
Then follow this link to download the full feature software and drivers for the printer (be sure to select your correct OS):
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=4022343
Install that and let me know the result!
Have a great day!

We just added a new printer and bluetooth connection to our iMac. Now iTunes does not recognize our iPads as devices. Have already tried restarting everything. Any other suggestions?

We just added a new printer and bluetooth connection to our iMac. Now iTunes does not recognize our iPads as devices. Have already tried restarting everything. Any other suggestions?

You can try the steps recommended here: http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/itunes/

My iMac running mountain lio SO 10.4 has lost connection with my Kodak ESP5200 printer. Both are connected to my ISP router OK

My Imac conputer has lost connection with my printer.
The Computer is running Mountain Lion OSX10.4
The printer is a ESP5200
Both are commected to the router.
Any ideas ??

Follow the steps @ > Troubleshooting printer issues in OS X

Can't use my HP Deskjet F4580 Wireless Printer with the AirPort Extreme Base. The printer is NOT connected at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme, and is placed in another room. It worked just fine with my previous router (Linksys WRT54G). Help me!

Hey Guys!
I just got my AirPort Extreme Base, but I can't use my HP Deskjet F4580 wireless printer with it.
The printer is not connected to the AirPort Extreme's USB port. It is placed in another room, and I'd like to use it (the printer) wirelessly (not connected to the USB port os the AirPort Extreme), as I used to. There is no place for the printer close the AirPort Extreme. It worked just fine with my previous wireless router (Linksys WRT54G). I'm very disappointed with the AirPort Extreme Base Station because of that!...
Can you help me? Please?!
Thanks Folks!

This must be a tough one, no suggestions at all.

Had to purchase two OS X system upgrades, new iPhoto etc. just to connect new iPhone 5 and now half my apps won't work. No rosetta and missing lost dogs pics from iCloud...HELP!

I had to purchase two OS X system upgrades, snow leopard and mountain lion, just to connect my new iPhone 5 and somewhere between uploading iPhone 4S pics to iCloud some important pics disappeared then installed new iTunes and purchased new iPhoto all just to connect new iPhone 5 and now half my apps won't work. No Rosetta to make apps work but its not as simple as upgrading apps and missing lost dogs pics from iCloud...HELP!

File a complaint with Apple for not giving adequate warning before upgrading OS X that it would render PPC programs dead.
That someone at Apple said requiring the iPhone 5 to have 10.8 (10.6.8 is the minimum actually) and in order to remain a loyal Apple customer they need to fix this mess and revert your machine and software back to 10.6.8
You see, 10.6.8 would have ran your iPhone 5 and ran your PPC based software, so whoever told you to upgrade to 10.8 was wrong and they need to fix your machine.
It can be reverted to 10.6.8 yourself.
How to revert your Mac to Snow Leopard
Most commonly used backup methods

Lost connection to shared windows printer after update

I've recently updated to Tiger by migrating all of my info from an old powerbook running 10.3.9 to a new Mini, and noticed that something broke my connection to an HP inkjet printer that is connected to a Win2k box that sits on my LAN. Things are quite foggy now as to how I got the connection to work originally, but vauguely recall using specific generic (i.e. non HP) drivers in OSX to get this working.
Now when I attempt to send jobs to this printer, everything on the Mac side looks as though the job went through. I can see the jobs listed under the completed tab for the printer in Tiger etc, but nothing is making it to the pritner. Can anyone point me in the right direction for solving this, as I can no longer find the disscussion posts I used ages ago to set this up.
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.4)

See if this web site can be of help:
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/

New router, lost connection to HP printer HP photosmart premium 309g-m

After connecting a new router , my apple macbook cannot connect wirelessly to the printer - HP photosmart premium 309g-m. . THe printer is connected to the same network as the computer - a printout that the printer does after the new network was found shows the printer is connected to the correct wireless network, but when trying to print it says printer not connected. I have managed to get it to print one or two pages intermittently, but most of the time the error message pops up that the printer is not connected. ANy suggestions please? i had no problems with this prior to connecting the new router.

Hi there @Bibi1405 , welcome to the forums!
I read about the issue you're facing with connecting your printer to your Mac, wireless. I have some steps I would like to suggest to you that may help.
In order, try these steps:
Mac OS X: How to reset the printing system
Repair disk permissions
Restart the Mac
Follow this guide to set the printer up: Setting Up the Printer OS X v10.7 Lion in for HP Printers
In addition, download this driver: HP Printer Drivers v3.0 for OS X
That should help you connect again!
Have a great day
R a i n b o w 7000I work on behalf of HP
Click the “Kudos Thumbs Up" at the bottom of this post to say
“Thanks” for helping!
Click “Accept as Solution” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution!

My Epson wireless printer has lost its connection with imac - how do I reconnect?

My Epson wireless printer is not responding to the print command displaying the message "looking for printer/the printer is not connected" but the printer is on and the wireless connection working - any thoughts please on how to resolve? Thanks

I've found that once in a while this seems to randomly occur. It's happened to me in the last couple of days with my Brother printer. The only way I could get it working was to go through the palaver of setting up the wifi connection to the printer again, using the control panel on the printer to rejoin the network and re-inputting the password.
The connecting can be made easier if it and your router support WPS pairing. Select WPS pairing on the printer and if offers up an 8 digit number that you input in the wifi configuration page of your router.

How to fix lost connections to original high-resolution pictures in iPhoto and how to import an iPhoto Book from one iPhoto library to another

Hi there,
I am using a MBP Pro with 8 GB cache and 1 TB HDD from beginning of 2011 with OS X Yosemite and iPhoto version 9.6 (910.29).
I created an iPhoto Book to print which contains my best pictures of 2013 and 2014. Then I got an error message when I wanted to print the book, saying (translated from German):
Book could not be created.
With photo p233432343.jpg there was an error. The original version of that photo with full resolution could not be found or is damaged. Please replace the photo or delete it from your book.
When I enquired further, I found out, that many, many pictures in my iPhoto library have that problem - only the thumbnail picture is found by iPhoto, but not the one with the high resolution. When looking at the photos in detail one sees that they are not sharp because obviously the photo book only refers to the thumbnail. When I went into the iPhoto Library using Finder, I saw that the original high res photos are still there. As there are an estimated 3000 photos with a lost connection (some still have, it but about 1/2 of my photos don´t), it does not make sense to import those photos manually. This photo book is just the tip of the iceberg, so to say.
Then I looked for solutions in some forums. I had two lPhoto libraries, one on my HDD (120GB) and one on an external HDD (175GB). Assuming there might be problems, I have deleted (moved) the one on my HDD, because the "right one" is the one on my external HDD and started iPHoto again using the alt key. But that did not work either.
I then tried to repair my iPhoto library using iPhoto Library Manager, and merged and rebuilt libraries. The library that came out was crap - all folders that had lost connections to the high resolution pictures now have zero photos in it. Also it is lacking the projects, including the photo book I created.
Then I went to find out if there is a way to import the iphoto book project from the old, corrupt library into the new, repaired library but could not find anything. It can only be exported as a file structure or website. As the file structure is missing the high res pictures, that does not even solve the "little" problem of the photobook.
I would REALLY appreciate your help on the two questions:
1- Can you advise what I need to to do to to get the connection to the high resolution photos established again ? As it is more than 3000 photos, I use an automated way of reestablishing that connection. Probably an answer to this question would make question 2 irrelevant.
2- Do you know if there is a way to export and import a book project created in iPhoto from one library to another ?

1 - Select the thumbnail of one of the problem photos and use the File ➙ Reveal in Finder ➙ Original menu option. This will take you to the folder containing the original file with that file selected by the Finder.
You can also use Find Any File to search for that file (get the file name from the Info pane in iPhoto). You will find the thumbnail version and maybe an edited version also. Made sure what is found is the large, original version and note were it's located. Search all of your drives with FAF just in case.
If you don't fine the full sized version then the only recourse is to use a file recovery application like SubrosaSoft FileSalvage on your drives to see if any of your full sized photos can be recovered. If you find enough files to make the purchase of the software worthwhile buy it and recover the files. However, since it may have been quite a while since you discovered the missing originals it seems unlikely you'll be able to recover any due to being overwritten.
2 - book projects are just entries in the library databases and can't be exported to another library.

Printer just lost connection

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for