Unable to connect to printer will retry in 30 seconds...

I have upgraded to 10.6 and now can't print using our normal ethernet network, or print a pdf file.
In System Preference - Print & Fax, I have set up the 2 printers I use plus plus PDF 8.0 and 9.0.
I do have the latest drivers for these and the printers are seen as Bonjour printers.
But every time I go to print I get the following message "unable to connect to printer will retry in 30 seconds...", and if I try to print a pdf it looks like it is printing but no pdf is produced and no error message.
Also as on optionI have also set one of the printers up using the IP address, so it clearly sees the printer.
I have been able to use one of the printers but set up as a USB connection but I don't want this as a permanent solution.
Help

When you go back to 10.5, the obvious is to back all work just in case.
So when I put my 10.5 OS CD in I selected the option that installs with the option of a "previous systems" folder as you will need to hook out various bits from it.
I had a few problems with Adobe applications not loading properly but was sorted buy searching the problems on the internet. Plus a few other niggles again sorted via the net.
If you are not overly confident of sorting problems I would not do it.
It took me a couple of hours to get back to where I wanted to be after I reinstalled 10.5.

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I've just read through the thread and I might know what the problem is. Your printer is probably getting an IP address dynamically (using DHCP). I've found this to be a problem in some environments because the printer will sometimes suddenly get a new IP address and the computers, having received a specific IP address when they were configured, can't find the address. As a matter of course, when I install a new network printer I allocate a specific address to it. The downside is that your router's DHCP configuration will have to be redone to save a couple of IP addresses for the manual allocation.

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Recently when trying to print with a wifi bonjour networked OfficeJet J4680 this is the notice I receive, and it will never print.
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Removing the wifi networked Printer from System Preferences > Printers, and then turning OFF the OfficeJet's wifi option, and instead plugging it into the Airport with a USB cable resolved the issue.

Printing problems - Network host is busy, will retry in 30 seconds . . .

Configuration: 3 machines on the network
1. iMac with Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (wired connection)
2. Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) server on IA64 with CUPS 1.4.6 (machine is called tusko)
3. MacBookPro with Snow Leopard 10.6.7 (wireless connection)
4. The server has a fixed IP address 192.168.1.10, the iMac is 192.168.1.12 (static also)
5. The MacBookPro is getting an IP address from the DHCP server in the router (Linksys e4200)
6. I can ping any machine from any other machine.
Procedure:
1. I set up a HP LaserJet 1012 on the Linux box using the CUPS GUI (http://localhost:631/)
2. CUPS shows the print queue as "idle, Accepting jobs, Shared, Server Default), I can print a test page properly from the server
3. The printer shows correctly as "HP LaserJet 1012 @ tusko" on both macs in System Preferences - Print & Fax
4. If I print a file to this printer from either Mac, I see "Network host 'tusko.local' is busy; will retry in 30 seconds . . ." this message repeats until I finally kill the print job
Since this is an all-Apple setup (CUPS being out of Apple), the solution is going to be something very basic that I am doing wrong (btw everything IS powered up) -- question is WHAT?!
I also tried connecting the printer directly to a USB port on the iMac, sharing it, and printing to the shared printer with the MacBookPro - same problem.
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Hi Greg:
Thanks for the response.
Sorry, I'm using IPP. As an experiment, I printed a test page from Firefox running locally on the server, and that prints fine. So I have pointed CUPS at the right printer driver.
The other thing I've tried is to reset the printing system on the iMac by control-clicking in the area below the listed printer in the Print & Fax dialog and saying yes to "are you sure" when it warns about resetting the printing system. That leaves a blank pane. Then I started Word,
and invoked print. It came up with no printer selected, but offered a choice of the HP. When I select that, I see messages about gathering printer info (I expect that's Bonjour doing its thing), and the printer re-appears in the Print and Fax pane. When I "Print", I'm back to the usual problem.
Do you think I have something set incorrectly in the router?
Thanks.

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After mavericks upgrade on one of my two 2013 iMac, when I try to print anything on my network printer and plotter I always obtain this message: "unable to connect to printer" than printer pause and got "pronto per la stampa" (ready to print in italian).
I have a EPSON STYLUS PHOTO 1290 A3 color inkjet printer and an HP designjet 500 plus 24 plotter connected to a Windows XP machine under a Windows XP network.
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THis helped me. Had to share this!
Go to this link: http://macs.about.com/od/printersharing/ss/Printer-Sharing-Share-Your-Windows-7- Printer-With-Your-Mac_5.htm
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1) Make sure to have firewall set either to "Off", but if "On" then make sure set to allow SMB, Printer Share, and other devices. Thats a Biggie! (I suggest you Test first that you're indeed able to connect first to your Mac desktop server using the smb://YourServersFileSharingAddess.local, or cifs://YourServersFileSharingAddess.local. If you're not able to connect to your servers hard drive from your Laptop, then the printer setup will not work! So resolve this first and make sure you can connect using the mentioned protocols.
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Hi,
I am on a IMac Intel that runs both Windows and OSX. When I am logged onto Windows I can print fine. I am trying to set up the printer in OSX and am having difficulty. We have a Konica Minolta printer and an EFI Fiery RIP. I've just installed the correct driver for the Fiery. I was getting the error "Remote host did not accept data file (32)". I then deleted the printer and set it up again as IPP and now I get the error "Printer is busy, will retry in 10 seconds" and then nothing happens. What am I missing here?
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tearing my hair out... I am operating an Imac 10.5.8 leopard and I have the following problem. Firstly I have 3 printers connected in my small business. 1 is an HP photosmart via USB straight into the Imac (no problems). The other 2 - an EFI Fiery which in turn operates a Olivetti MF450 and a Xerox Work Centre 7435 both connect to my router. I get the following message in the print queue when trying to print to the Fiery: Network 192.168.1.121 host is busy; will retry in 10 seconds.. and from the Xerox the printer queue pauses each time I push print. I have spent all day trying to sort this, with every combination in LPD and IPP and still no success. I am still fairly new to Macs. I have a PC also networked to these printers and they print from the PC no problem.

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Hi Greg:
Thanks for the response.
Sorry, I'm using IPP. As an experiment, I printed a test page from Firefox running locally on the server, and that prints fine. So I have pointed CUPS at the right printer driver.
The other thing I've tried is to reset the printing system on the iMac by control-clicking in the area below the listed printer in the Print & Fax dialog and saying yes to "are you sure" when it warns about resetting the printing system. That leaves a blank pane. Then I started Word,
and invoked print. It came up with no printer selected, but offered a choice of the HP. When I select that, I see messages about gathering printer info (I expect that's Bonjour doing its thing), and the printer re-appears in the Print and Fax pane. When I "Print", I'm back to the usual problem.
Do you think I have something set incorrectly in the router?
Thanks.

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