Printing problem - IMac G5 PPC

I have a 2nd hand G5, PPC chip, OS X 10.4.11. It has a printing problem. It wont send any jobs to print to either of my printers. (Kadak ESP 5210 - wifi conn, or EPSON Photo R200 - USB Connection). keeps coming up with 'Invalid Page Range' error message. The page range stipulated in the dialogue box is a standard default of '1' to '1'. Any ideas how I can resume printing?
Chris

No I didn't, for that reason. Do you think the installation itself might introduce a driver that caused the problem? Would that cause the Epson to stop working, too? Maybe I should just deinstall the Kodak software, and see if that fixes the Epson problem.

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1 Printer Driver
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2 Scanner Driver
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3 Network Tool
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Canon Software for using advanced printing and scanning functions (while connected to network)
4 Solution Menu
(Canon Solution Menu Ver. 1.4.1 (27-Jul-2012 ))
5 MP Navigator EX
(Canon MP Nav EX Ver. 2.1.3 (02-Auf-2012))
6 Easy-PhotoPrint EX
(Canon Easy-PhotoPrint EX Ver. 4.1.6 (21-Jan-2013 ))
Canon Support (HK) – check your local site
http://www.canon.com.hk/en/download/main/index.do
Select Product and drivers from support site eg http://support-hk.canon-asia.com/
1. Choose a product category
Multifunctional Printers
2. Choose a product series
Pixma
3. Choose a product model
Pixma MX868
4. Choose type of document
Downloads or FAQ
If you have problems installing the software under 10.8, see the FAQ on Canon site. You will need to allow software installs from “unidentified developers by using “Control” Key or by changing your system preferences)
2) Check Canon Printer and Software Working while connected via USB
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3) Add new network printer using ‘apple menu’ / ‘system preferences’ / ‘print and scan’ / “+”).
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Frequent problems in Apple PPC computers with OSX Leopard10.5.8
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http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/3200DDR2GBP/
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I think you should get Applejack...
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Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
Trash old Log files.
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Disconnect the USB cable from any Uninterruptible Power Supply so the system doesn't shut down in the middle of the process.
Is Leopard 10.5.8 just a peace of JUnk just like windows Vista was and I should alwasy use Tiger for PPC and Snow leopard for Intel.
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If I select the former, which is what I always did in the past, the Deskjet 3325 printer appears in the right-hand window of Chooser, I select it (with AppleTalk inactive) and then the document sometimes, but sometimes not, prints OK.
If on the other hand, I select the Inkjet 6.4 driver in the left-hand window, no printer at all appears in the right-hand window. If I just continue from here and give the print command inside, for example a Word document, the print dialogue appears, I click on print, but am then told that I have selected a model called HP 6670, which is the wrong model of printer, and must therefore select the right model. The Inkjet Printer Utility does not offer me the option of selecting the right model viz the 3325, or indeed any model.
It may or may not be relevant, but I have Word 5.1 and Word 98 on the G3. Printing problems seem to occur far more with Word 98 than Word 5.1.
I would be most grateful for any help. Thanks.
Nick
G5 iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Well. I'll answer my own question in case anyone is interested.
Uninstall the HP printer drivers.
To do this, delete all references to HP in the Extensions, Disabled Extensions, Preferences and Startup folders, all of them in the System folder, by selecting them, dragging them to the Trash and emptying the Trash.
Then do the same with all references to HP items in the Applications folder.
Download and reinstall the most-up-to-date printer driver avaialble for your printer from the HP website.

Imac mini ppc version suddenly stopped working

Hi all,
my mac mini worked fine until last saturday.
Since this time my Mac switches off immediately without any recognizable reason.
I can get him working, if I do the following steps:
- unplug the mac from the electricity mains, without doing that, the mac starts never again
- wait some minutes
- plug the mac mains cable back
- switch power on, the mac starts again
Mac remains working until he switches off automatically
There are no informations in the log files.
I have also run the hardware diagnostic from disk 1.
All tests are fine. No hardware problems found. All looks good.
What can cause the problem ?
imac mini PPC Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi Stefan,
My first instinct here would be to advise re-setting the P-RAM. In order to do this, follow your procedure of unplugging the mini from the mains and leave it for some time. Once you power up your mini, immediately hold down the keys "OPTION + APPLE + P + R" until you hear the startup chime twice. Once your mini has chimed twice, them P-RAM has successfully been reset and you should be able to use your mac without any problems. I will however, advise that you immediately repair permissions in the disk utility and check your hard drives smart status which can also be found by verifying the hard drive in the disk utility.
Fingers crossed, everything will work out fine, however if the problem does re-occur then I can not really be of any further assistance and another member of the discussions may well solve your problem in two minutes!
Hope that I may have been of help
-Pos

Printing problem - IMac G5 PPC

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