Reinstalling windows printer to print in Tiger

I recently had to uninstall and re-install my windows XP printer (the Brother HL-1435 laser printer) in windows. In doing so, my Powerbook G4 couldn't print to it, so I had to uninstall it and try to re-install it on my mac. The problem is, now i get NTSTATUS_ACCESSDENIED error. I add the printer by going to Print & Fax, and then adding the printer. I tried "Windows Printer" and found it on the network fine, but it won't communicate with it for some reason. I've searched online for this type of problem and found many confusing solutions, but of the few I've tried, none of them work.
Does anyone know why all of a sudden I can't print from my Mac to my PC printer?

OK, start by printing a test page as shown here. Do the colors appear correctly in the test page? If not, are colors missing or are they printing but in the incorrect shade?
Are the cartridges HP originals or third party? Did you check the cartridge dates as shown in my previous link? (I have heard of cases where some stores were selling outdated cartridges.)
Bob Headrick, HP Expert
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Problems Printing to Shared Windows Printer Via SAMBA (foomatic error 255)

I can NOT print from my MacBookPro to a printer that's shared out from my Windows PC. Of course, printing to this same printer from my PC works fine.
Please help me resolve this printing problem.
Read on for more details regarding my printing woes!
I can successfully setup my printer on the MAC side using the Printer Setup utility. I see the shared out printer on my MAC; I can pick the printer's manufacturer and model. Everything looks ok regarding the setup of the printer on the MAC side.
However, when I try to print a file from the MAC, the printer never prints. The print job appears to get queued on the MAC side. However, after a few seconds, the printer queue displays "foomatic-rip stopped unexpectedly with error 255" (if I selected a foomatic printer driver from the hpijs). Otherwise, it says "NTSTATUS_NOMEMORY" error (if I selected a gutenprint driver instead).
The PC's Windows event logs show no problems. Indeed, the Security event log shows successful authentication & access to the printer.
The MAC's CUPS error_log displays the these error messages:
GutenPrint fails with NTSTATUS_NOMEMORY error, then says Cannot connect to SAMBA host
hpjisGhostscriptFoomatic fails with "The process 'foomatic-rip' stopped unexpectedly with status 255"
Later, I will post the exact entries from this log (I am currently separated from my MAC laptop until later this evening).
My Apple MacBookPro is running MAC OS X 10.4.11 ("Tiger"). The printer is an HP DeskJet 5150 connected via a USB port to my DELL 8400 PC. This desktop PC is running Microsoft's "Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2").
Based on reading other posts (here) and at the Linux Open Foundation (printing), I have already done the following:
Installed gutenprint;
Installed foomatic (foomatic-rip v3.42.2.15);
Installed ghostscript (espgs v7.07.1); &
Installed hpijs (hpijs v2.7.10).
NOTE: This is NOT the same problem that I posted earlier regarding inability to print to a shared printer with Leopard (MAC OS X 10.5.0). Today's posting deals with my inability to print to the shared printer from Tiger (MAC OS X 10.4.11).
NOTE: This may be a "red herring" but you may need this additional background to help resolve my printing problem. Originally, I ran "Tiger" (MAC OS X 10.4.10) on my MacBookPro laptop. Of course, networked printing worked fine at this point. On October 28, 2007, I upgraded to "Leopard" (MAC OS X 10.5.0). Leopard was a "disaster" for me (printing, networking & many other problems). On November 9, 2007, I "punted" and re-installed "Tiger" (MAC OS X 10.4.10) from Apple's original CD. On November 15, 2007, I upgraded to MAC OS X 10.4.11 via Apple's software update utility. I vaguely recollect that networked printing was working after I returned back to Tiger.
/s/
Tony H.

As promised in my initial post regarding my printing problem, here are the actual error messages displayed in the Print Queue (Hp5150) and the "cups" error_log when I try to print any file to my HP 5150 that's directly connected to my DELL PC (Windows XP Pro) but shared out so that my MacBookPro should be able to print to it.
Printer Queue Hp5150 window displays:
=========================
The process "foomatic-rip" stopped unexpectedly with status 255.
/var/log/cups/error_log displays:
=====================
I [04/Jan/2008:20:25:17 -0500] Job 3 queued on 'hp5150' by 'anthonyhackenberg'.
I [04/Jan/2008:20:25:17 -0500] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/cgpdftops (PID 681) for job 3.
I [04/Jan/2008:20:25:17 -0500] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstops (PID 682) for job 3.
I [04/Jan/2008:20:25:17 -0500] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 683) for job 3.
I [04/Jan/2008:20:25:17 -0500] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/smb (PID 684) for job 3.
E [04/Jan/2008:20:25:17 -0500] [Job 3] Connection failed with error NTSTATUS_NOMEMORY
E [04/Jan/2008:20:25:17 -0500] [Job 3] Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...Insecure $ENV{PATH} while running setuid at /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip line 215.
E [04/Jan/2008:20:25:17 -0500] PID 683 stopped with status 255!
I [04/Jan/2008:20:25:17 -0500] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more.
E [04/Jan/2008:20:26:17 -0500] [Job 3] Connection failed with error NTSTATUS_NOMEMORY
E [04/Jan/2008:20:27:17 -0500] [Job 3] Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...ERROR: Connection failed with error NTSTATUS_NOMEMORY
E [04/Jan/2008:20:28:17 -0500] [Job 3] Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...ERROR: Connection failed with error NTSTATUS_NOMEMORY
Again, the system Event logs on the Windows XP side show no error messages. In particular, the Security Event Log shows that authentication was successful; so, the MacBookPro's client process was granted access to the printer on the DELL PC side of the transaction.
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Printing to a Windows Print Server

I consider myself pretty computer literate however I am comletely baffled at how to connect to a print server running Windows 2000 using my MacBook at work.
I have tried going into:
System Prefs > Print & Fax > add printer > more printers
which brings me to two pull down menus that have options the options:
"Apple Talk, Blue Tooth and Windows" printing as well as "Canon IJ Network, Epson Apple Talk & Wirewire, Espon TCP/IP etc" The second drop down says "Network Neighborhood" or "Workgroup".
I am pretty sure I have tried every combo of these and nothing recognized the two printers on the server (Samsung ML-2150 and HP Business Inkjet 1200).
I made sure I have the most recent version of both drivers for Tiger 10.4.7 and I can connect (and print) to each printer directly using USB but not through the network.
I am using Airport to do so but I have used Ethernet cable as well to test and no luck. I am also hooked up through a Linksys WRV router and tried using a second router hooked up only to myself and the printer.
Despite all of the above, please feel free to dumb down the suggestions as networking is not my strong suit.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I can update anyone with more info if there is something I have left out.
Thanks

Hi,
I have come across several of your posts in trying to resolve a problem connecting to a printer on a G5 from Windows 2000. This post I could reply to.
First off, I think your documentation is great.
I have read http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3000.html to try and connect from a Windows 2000 box to a Mac G5 running 10.3. I have followed it to a 'T', but I get the message that I can't connect to the printer -- either the name is wrong or the printer is disconnected. Checked each case, and keep hitting the wall.
I have been able to identify the Mac from the Windows box, and connect to a directory, but try as I might, the network printer will not show up in the network neighborhood. Typing in the name (queue_name) has not worked either.
I checked the /etc/smb.conf and printcap files. Should I be manuall inserting the name of the printer into the smb.conf file?
Stumped.
Any ideas? Very frustrating bit this is.
Thanks,
dbrktkt
g5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Can I print to an OS-Classic compatible printer using Tiger?

My husband works in an office that recently brought in a Sharp DM-4551 copier/printer. He takes our Powerbook G4 running Tiger to work and so far hasn't been able to find a way to print. The only drivers we can find online are for Windows or OS Classic.
I did download the OS Classic driver, and even installed the OS Classic environment in hopes of then installing the driver. If I'm able to complete the installation, is it possible to then print from OS X applications? Or will it only be possible to print from OS Classic applications?
On a side note, I have been stalled in my installation of the OS Classic driver. The Classic environment seems to work just fine. The driver and all its documentation is in a folder on my desktop. When I open it and run the installer, a box pops up asking me to insert the installation disk. There is no disk, but all that would be on a disk is in that folder on my desktop. I can't figure out how to tell the installer to look at the desktop folder instead of looking for a disk. It won't continue the installation without insertion of a disk. I tried burning the install folder onto a CD and inserting the CD when the installer asked for a disk, but somehow it guessed that this was not the original installation disk, and wouldn't take it.
This is really obnoxious to not be able to print from Tiger to this Sharp DM-4551. Please, please please, is anyone who can help??! We would be so grateful to get this issue fixed!!

Okay so I downloaded Gimp Print (now called GutenPrint) and installed the latest version. I even found the Sharp DM-4551 in the list of printers when I went to set up the driver. The hangup is now in filling in the appropirate information. What I mean is that when I set up the printer driver using GutenPrint, I'm asked for protocol, IP address and Queue name. For protocol, I chose IP, as stated in the GutenPrint directions. The IP address I obtained from another user in the office who prints to the DM-4551 with her Dell with no problems. I'm stuck on Queue, though, and can't get any further without knowing what goes in that blank. I've tried leaving it blank, and entering "lp" as instructed in the GutenPrint documentation. When I try to print, it says it's connecting and then never can connect to the printer. It finally just times out. Where do I find what to enter for "queue"?

Printing w/Leopard & AD-based Windows Print Queues:

For those interested, I have written an overview of printing in Leopard 10.5.0 to Windows print servers (published queues Active Directory). Your mileage may vary. This document contains the good the bad and the ugly.
Objective:
Get Leopard based Macs to print to AD published SMB print queues hosted on Windows 2003 print servers. Sounds easy, huh?
Overview:
Print Servers:
Windows 2003 print servers.
Printers:
All the printers in my test were all new HP network b/w printers or network MFP b/w printers. All of them were less than 2 years old. None of them were consumer-grade home USB printers.
Mac Clients:
My test clients were Intel MacBook Pros and Intel iMacs running 10.5.0 Leopard. All of them had user AD accounts and all Macs were bound to AD using Directory Utility (or dsconfigad)
The AD clients have a unique naming convention at my company. In my environment we use the initials of the person for their login name (SAM). Example:
Real “human” Name: “Stephen Paul Jobs”
Long Active Directory Name: “Steve Jobs”
Short Active Directory Name: “spj”
“Legacy” NT Names: “domain\spj”
Full domain name (used for email etc): “[email protected]”
(you get the idea...)
Note: My Mac clients are not in an Open Directory domain. No “Magic Triangle” in this environment. Pure AD for the sake of this example. I am not managing the Mac clients via MCX in this scenario.
Print Protocols:
All the print queues hosted on the print servers were standard SMB/CIFS print queues. The syntax (UNC) looks like this:
smb://print_server.domain/queue
(This syntax is invisible to most users printing to AD-published printers (or any network based printer really) . Most users will have no idea what protocols are being used.)
Procedures:
Part 1: Set up a new printer from an existing AD-published print queue:
From the Apple menu select “System Preferences...” (or launch it from /Applications). The Printer Setup Utility app no longer exists. Apple has discontinued it fro various reasons.
Click on the Printer & Fax pane.
Click the “+” button on the left. This will launch the Apple Printer Browser (called “AddPrinter”, and lives in /System/Library/CoreServices), which looks similar to the previous browser in Tiger. The Printer Browser by default will usually show network printers vai Directory Services (AD/OD etc) as well as Bonjour printers and Mac OS X based shared printers – if they are shared via IPP and LPR under certain circumstances).
Select the desired AD-published print queue you want to print to by highlighting it in the browser list and clicking the “Add” button. (Note: Print queues published via Active Directory will show up as “Open Directory” printers, even though this is not 100% technically correct.)
Before the queue will be added, you will be prompted to authenticate as a local administrator. If you are not an admin you are screwed. Enter your name and password.
Once the print queue is added, it will show up on your Mac in several ways (barring any bugs – see below). Here are the ways to tell if you have added the print queue successfully:
A The new print queue will now be displayed in the Print & Fax system pref pane (but not always – see below).
B You will see a printer proxy application in ~/Library/Printers/ which corresponds to your new print queue. This is the print monitor app that will show up in your Dock when you print to the queue.
C You can see the new print queue via the CUPS admin page at http://localhost:631/printers.
D You can see your new print queue from the Terminal by typing this command: “lpstat –v” (type “man lpstat” for more info on the lpstat and related commands)
E You can also see your printers by launching an print-enabled application such as TextEdit or Safari and printing a page. You will be presented with Leopard’s new print dialog box (which now includes a print preview pane). From the “Printer” drop-down menu you can see all of your printers. You can add a printer from here too (which takes you to the steps listed above)
(of course, most end users will only use option A listed above. The other options are more abstract and complicated)
Now that the AD print queue has been setup on your Mac, you can print to it (maybe).
Part 2: Printing to an AD-published print queue:
Open a document you want to print.
Choose “Page Setup...” from the File menu if you need to configure the job. (Optional)
Choose “Print” from the File menu.
From the Print dialog box, choose the desired print queue from the Printer menu
Click the Print button.
You will need to authenticate with a valid Active Directory username and password. You don’t have to have administrator credentials, but you have to verify that you are a domain member. In my environment, my Windows print server doesn't require authentication, but for some reason Leopard or CUPS makes you authenticate. (See below). Not only is this a major PIA, but the authentication dialog box itself is formatted to include the wrong credentials format for authentication in the first place.
Volia! Done. Easy huh? Not really. Read on for the ugly stuff.
My Complaints and Caveats:
OK, so here’s where I vent, complain and scratch my head. Join in on the fun.
Sometimes shared print queues don’t show up in the Print & Fax system preference pane after they have been added. I have no idea why. The local CUPS admin page (http://localhost:631) on my Mac test clients can see the connected queues, and the queues show up in ~/Library/Printers. The “lpstat –v” command shows the connect queues too. But for some reason, sometimes network print queues that I have previously setup (and use regularly) don’t show up in the Leopard Print & Fax preference pane. Local USB printers always show up fine for me.
2. When challenged to authenticate a print job to a Windows print server (AD), the Mac’s authentication dialog box pre-populates the AD user’s name in the “Name” field incorrectly. Example:
A user named “Joe Is Cool” (short name “JIC”) prints a job to the print server. The print auth dialog box challenges him for a name and password. It is pre-populated already with the name of “Cool, Joe”. When a valid AD password is entered, the job is rejected (it fails authentication and gets put on hold – which is hard to see this unless you explicitly look at the Printer.app proxy tool in the Dock). However, if the user replaces “Cool, Joe” with his official AD short name of “JIC” and then enters his AD password, the print job is accepted and printed. I wish Apple didn’t try and pre-populate the dialog box! Can this be avoided or prevented?
In my environment, my Windows print server doesn't even require authentication, but for some reason Leopard or CUPS makes you authenticate. I’m working with my Windows administrators to figure this out. It will only accept user names with the short name format. It will not accept long (full) names or NT legacy names.
3) The Printer Setup Utility app, which used to live in /Applications/Utilities, no longer exists. Apple has discontinued it for various reasons. Mainly security and simplicity. I wish it was still available, but the system pref pane works fine (well, usually)
4) Active Directory-based print queues will show up in the OS X Printer Browser as “Open Directory” printers, even though this is not 100% technically correct. Why can’t OS X tell the difference between OD queues and AD queues and label them as such?
5) Leopard has locked down the ability to add network printers. You now must be a local administrator in 10.5 or later. I understand the importance of this security measure in certain environments, but why can’t there be an option in the Security preference pane to “Allow non-admins to add printers”? This would make me very happy.
6) Setting the default printer and resetting the CUPS system now require you to right-click in the left side of the Print & Fax pane. There no longer is a button or menu option to do this.
7) Sometimes after a job has printed the printer proxy app (from ~/Library/Printers) stays in the Dock and won’t go away.
Conclusion
Please chime in on your experiences, bugs, opinions and comments.
Message was edited by: Daniel Stranathan

I have noticed several of the changes in our system when printing to an AD printer from a Leopard client. I have one issue that is pretty odd and I'm not sure what is going on. When printing an Excel worksheet, I get prompted for AD credentials. After submitting the job, the print queue says "Waiting for Authentication", I have to press the Resume button and then the authentication dialog pops up. I successfully authenticate (My auth dialog is populated correctly and the remember to keychain option is selected) and the job prints fine. If I print the same document again (without closing the worksheet or Excel), or any other worksheet, I still have to reauth. I can print just fine to the same printer from Textwriter and I do not need to authenticate. Weird...

Adding a shared Windows printer

I am attempting to add to my iMac G5 a shared Windows printer (a Canon i9900) via the Printer Setup Utility following Apple Support Document # 301397 instructions. The printer is connected to a PC (running Windows XP) via a USB cable. The iMac and PC are networked via a router. One of the last instructions (7) in the Apple Support Document # 301397, "Choose the appropriate PPD or printer driver from the Printer Model pop-up menu" leads me to select "Other" for the Printer Model since there is no i9900 printer in the list of printers offered. This, in turn, leads me to a "Choose a File" window, actually the HD directory where the user (me) is expected (I guess) to find the pertinent driver. I have a driver installer CD that accompanied the i9900 but there are no drivers which can be selected on that CD (only a driver installer). I can install the drivers using the installer program on the CD but that simply installs the i9900 printer as a local printer to the iMac.
So the question is: How do I find the "appropriate PPD or printer driver from the Printer Model pop-up menu" as Apple Support Document # 301397 instructs me to do? Or is there a better way to do this?

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Suggest that you also cross-post in the Tiger's Printing & Faxing Forum.

Unable to print to shared windows printer (lexmark)

My Windows printer is shared on the network through an XP machine. Other XP PCs can see and print fine to the printer , but not my OS X (tried it with tiger and Leopard). The printer is Lexmark P6250, and the mac driver for that printer works fine because the printer works fine when it is directly connected to my mac via USB.
When looking for the printer through my MAC OS X, it can locate the printer on the windows network , no problem, but when I try to print anything from the mac to the windows network printer, Mac os x returns a communication error indicating that it cannot communicate with the printer. I have all firewalls on my windows PC disabled , and port 139 is open.
Can anyone help in resolving this problem ?

Carlito5 wrote:
The printer is Lexmark P6250, and the mac driver for that printer works fine because the printer works fine when it is directly connected to my mac via USB.
That is a limitation of the Lexmark drivers. There are no network capable drivers for this Lexmark printer either from Lexmark or from the open source developers. You can, however, print to the printer on the Windows comptuers by using a redirected printer as outlined in the following web page
http://iharder.sourceforge.net/current/macosx/winmacprinter/
Matt

Print to a shared Windows printer

OK, here is a scenario that I hope someone can help me with. I teach at a university, and I have in my office an elderly PowerMac G4-450 which, by choice, I use instead of the shiny new Dell PC that my department has generously provided for me (I like iWork way better than MS Office).
The Mac, of course, can't be upgraded beyond Tiger, so I run 10.4.11. The PC has a local shared printer on a parallel port, so I can't plug it into the Mac, but would like to be able to print to it from the Mac. So here is the problem: the print setup menu on Tiger does not allow you to specify a Windows domain, only a Workgroup. The PC is part of a domain, so its shares don't show up on the Mac. I have no control or authority over the configuration of the PC, so I am stuck with a printer on my desk that I can't get to without transferring files around and messing with two computers constantly.
Does anyone know if there is some trick for accessing a shared Windows printer that is a member of a domain? Is there some third party app or driver or hack or something that might make this printer visible from the Mac?

http://www.ifelix.net/tech/ has some hints on sharing printers between various flavors of Windows and Mac; depends on the OSs in play as to whether they actually got a guide written for it or not. Maybe something there will help.
As a side note, if you have access to a fast enough Mac, that will take 10.5 and has a firewire port, you could hook up that older PowerMac to it via firewire, boot up the PowerMac 450 in target disk mode (hold down T key while booting up) and then from the faster Mac, install OS 10.5 onto the externally mounted hard drive now appearing on its desktop that is your PowerMac 450 hard drive. That's how I squeezed 10.5 onto an old 2002 Quicksilver G4/800 computer a few years back.

Problems Printing to Shared Windows Printer

After upgrading to Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5), I can no longer print to my HP DeskJet 5150 printer from my Apple MacBookPro laptop. This Deskjet printer is NOT directly connected to the laptop. Instead, it's directly connected to my Windows PC (via USB port). This printer is shared out from the Windows PC.
I see the following error messages in the Printer Queue display every time I try to print something to that Windows shared printer:
"Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED"
"Unable to connect to CIFS host, will retry in 60 seconds..."
In addition, every print attempt requires me to enter my Windows authentication credentials:
userid (on my Windows PC)
password (on my Windows PC)
I am absolutely sure that I have entered those credentials correctly. Yet, the error message above would seem to imply that Windows rejected my credentials for some reason. On the Windows side, the Security Event log entries appear fine (no corresponding failure gets logged when the print attempt fails).
Of course, my printing to the shared out from Windows PC WORKED FLAWLESSLY under "Tiger" (Mac OS X 10.4.x). My problem started immediately after I upgraded to "Leopard" (Mac OS X 10.5) on October 28, 2007.
Please advise me how to resolve this printing to a Windows shared printer problem.
Thanks in advance,

I'm having the same problem. Sharing an HPLJ5MP on WinXPSP2 box, and printer sharing was working fine under Tiger. After installing Leopard, can see and set up printer, but attempts to print test page are thwarted. Log:
I [05/Nov/2007:15:27:27 -0800] [Job 495] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstops (PID 312)
I [05/Nov/2007:15:27:27 -0800] [Job 495] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/smb (PID 313)
E [05/Nov/2007:15:27:29 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:27:29 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:27:29 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:27:29 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:27:29 -0800] [Job 495] Unable to connect to CIFS host, will retry in 60 seconds...
E [05/Nov/2007:15:28:29 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:28:29 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:28:29 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:28:29 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:28:29 -0800] [Job 495] Unable to connect to CIFS host, will retry in 60 seconds...
E [05/Nov/2007:15:29:30 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:29:30 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:29:30 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:29:30 -0800] [Job 495] Connection failed: NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED
E [05/Nov/2007:15:29:30 -0800] [Job 495] Unable to connect to CIFS host, will retry in 60 seconds...
E [05/Nov/2007:15:30:30 -0800] [Job 495] Unable to connect to CIFS host after (tried 3 times)
E [05/Nov/2007:15:30:30 -0800] PID 313 (/usr/libexec/cups/backend/smb) stopped with status 1!
I [05/Nov/2007:15:30:30 -0800] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more.
I [05/Nov/2007:15:30:30 -0800] [Job 495] Backend returned status 1 (failed)
I [05/Nov/2007:15:30:30 -0800] Saving printers.conf...
Hope someone can post the fix...

Windows printing error 256

Hello everyone, this is my configuration:
MacBook Pro with OS X 10.4.10 and all the updates;
a desktop with Windows XP on it;
Canon MP810 as a printer and printfab as a driver.
I have got a Windows printer and I've had the "error: 256" when I try to access the printer or simply add it to the printers' list since a short time.
Probably I have had this since a security update.
http://www.apple-discuss.com/redirect.php?fid=6&tid=11292&goto=nextoldset
There you can read another discussion about this issue: no one could figure out how to fix this.
I have already tried using the advanced button clicking with option+spacebar on "more" and then manually setting the "smb://" URL.
I tried printing from another laptop where I have Windows and it perfectly worked.
I don't wanna spend cash for buying the wireless kit to print without the printer to be connected to a switched on computer.
Do you have any suggestion to fix the problem? I haven't called Apple yet, because very likely they won't be able to help me out with this problem. I called them in the past for easier issues and they couldn't help me. ^^
These are some tries that I did to debug the problem:
[i]Jupiter:~ deviad$ echo "hello" | smbclient //TimeMachine/CanonMP810 -c "print -"timeout connecting to 208.69.32.130:445
timeout connecting to 208.69.32.130:139
Error connecting to 208.69.32.130 (Operation already in progress)
Connection to TimeMachine failed
Jupiter:~ deviad$ echo "hello" | smbclient //192.168.1.2/CanonMP810 -c "print -"
Password:
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
Jupiter:~ deviad$ echo "hello" | smbclient //192.168.1.2/CanonMP810 -c "print -"Password:
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
Jupiter:~ deviad$ echo "hello" | smbclient //pippo:[email protected]/CanonMP810 -c "print -"
timeout connecting to 208.69.32.130:445
timeout connecting to 208.69.32.130:139
Error connecting to 208.69.32.130 (Operation already in progress)
Connection to pippo:[email protected] failed[/i]
What I do not understand now is who the heck is this 208.69.32.130. Why does my computer try to connect to this host? The IP of TimeMachine is 192.168.1.2
The IP of my macbook pro on the network is 192.168.1.3.
I really don't know what 208.69.32.130 is.
Thank you very much for your help.
Regards,
Davide

Hi,
* IP address
About the IP address 208.69.32.130.
I did a Google search and this address shows up many times as an OpenDnsServer.
Running the network utility from my Mac gives the result below.
Whois Server Version 1.3
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
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* Error 256
My iMac is on the latest sw state and PrintFab towards a Canon printer is working fine for me.
Did you already do a reinstall of the PrintFab software and try to setup the printer from scratch?
I found a link to a page describing a workaround for the 256 error.
http://www.erikjheels.com/2007-03-10-how-to-print-os-x-to-xp.html
/rob
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Win 8.1 and J4680c All-in-One: Can't reinstall the printer/drivers

I have followed all of the instructions to re-set up my wireless network, uninstall the printer/drivers, and reinstall the printer/drivers (including renaming all of the .dat files as .old), but once it gets to the install wizard, at the Checking System phase, it tells me:
C:\Users\Patricia\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS41F0\Setup\hpzshlaut...
System cannot find the file specified.
What is this? I cannot get past it to finish reinstalling, so I cannot use any of the functionality of the printer other than printing! Can anyone help??
Thanks!
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Hi,
Follow the steps below and check if that resolve the issue:
1. Open Mcafee software, from the Virus and Spyware Protection section click on Schedule and run scans. Click on Real time scanning and then on Turn Off. select till I restart the PC and confirm by clicking the Turn Off button.
Now try reinstalling the HP Software and check if the installation goes as expected.
If the issue persists continue following the next steps below:
2. Open the run dialog by clicking both the Windows key and the R key on your keyboard. Type %windir% and click on OK.
3. Type hpoins*.dat into the top search bar, if there are any results rename the extention into old instead of dat. (e.g. hpoins1.old)
4. Type hpwins*.dat into the top search bar, if there are any results rename the extention into old instead of dat. (e.g. hpwins1.old)
5. Launch the Run dialog by clicking both the Windows key and the R key on your keyboard. Type MSIEXEC /UNREGISTER into the Run dialog and click on OK.
6. Launch the Run dialog by clicking both the Windows key and the R key on your keyboard. Type MSIEXEC /REGSERVER into the Run dialog and click on OK.
7. Run the installation file and check for any difference.
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Shlomi
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I have posted about this before, about my own success in getting Windows 7 laptops to print via Bonjour through an Airport Extreme. I thought I had it all figured out. However, yesterday I replaced my older model Airport Extreme (first generation 1102.n) with the most current model (considered 5th generation). I configured the new Airport Extreme via Airport utility which allowed me to copy the exact settings of the old one. Everything appeared to work fine until I tried to print from my HP laptop running Windows 7. This laptop printed to our Canon Pixma MP490 (the Canon is hooked up via USB to the Extreme) via the older Airport Extreme and Bonjour without any problem. Interestingly, I had no problem installing the printer on the laptop using Bonjour--it shows it and appears to be in proper configuration. I correctly put the Extreme's IP address as 10.0.1.1 as I have done before. When I try to print, the dialogue box appears and shows the Canon 490 ready to go, but when I click to print, nothing happens, nothing appears in the que for the Canon printer. I have tried the usual remedies, deleting and reinstalling the printer, restarting the Extreme and the laptop itself. It just doesn't want to talk to the printer. Any thoughts are appreciated. I have done extensive web searching without any new ideas.

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http://www.bcauditor.com/files/publications/2011/report_4/report/OAGBC-Environmental-Asses sment-Office.pdf
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Printing from tiger to win2k3 print server in AD

Hiya all
I have a win2k3 domain to with a couple of win2k3 print servers, we have mostly win xp boxes but have a Mac population of about 100-140.
I am having problems printing to the print server from a Tiger workstation, it is a full member of the AD domain and will pre-authentiucate me to shares no problem, if add a printer listed under 'open directory' or browse to the print serve then select the server it all goes through fine and the print is then listed.
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select your AD domain from the list and then scroll down to your print server and click choose.
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Select the appropriate print share and change the make and model to reflect the printer.
click add and thats job done.
The only caveat I will add to this is that when your domain password expires and you change it this obviously will invalidate the connection, this means you must delete the keychain and re-add the printer.
Thanks
Laurence

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I am trying to add a printer connected to a windows computer. I am running Tiger.
I go to System Preferences - Click on Printers and Faxes. Click on the PLUS sign to add a Printer. Then I click on MORE PRINTERS. I see the name of my windows computer on the network. I click on the name of the windows computer and click Choose.
Then a pop up box appears - "Connect to Network Printer as". I need to supplly a User name and Password. And maybe add to my Keychain.
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I am getting lost at this stage and I do not see any docs / help file on this topic to guide me past this point.
Rob

Thanks. Before I read your post, I tried entering my Windows User Name and Password into this Mac OS X pop up box. Once I did this, all my windows printers appeared. I choose the one I wanted and then choose the corresponding driver in the drop down box.
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Rob

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